Photo: Cruccone · CC BY 3.0The median home in Waterbeach sells for £386,500
That is the middle of 218 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 5.9 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
A third of Waterbeach’s sales are detached houses
218 homes sold in three years: 73 detached houses, 65 semi-detached houses, 72 terraced houses and 8 flats and maisonettes.
median sale · 73 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £450K–£625K
- Last 12 months
- £484K22 sold
median sale · 65 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £335K–£415K
- Last 12 months
- £375K23 sold
median sale · 72 sold in 3 years
- Middle half
- £320K–£380K
- Last 12 months
- £336K20 sold
Flats and maisonettes: 8 sold, median £238K
Too few sales for a card of their own.
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 33% of sales
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Half of Waterbeach’s homes sold for between £335K and £500K
One sale in ten was under £275K and one in ten over £625K. 8% sold for under £250K.
The median, £386,500, sits in the £300–400K band
218 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
The typical home costs 5.9 times as much as in 1995, a faster rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £68,000 in 1995 to £402,000 in the last 12 months (£377,500 in 2019).
Fewer homes sell than in most years
65 sales in the last 12 months, against 141 in 2014, the busiest year, and 41 in 2008. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 25% more sales than 2020.
Waterbeach costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Waterbeach, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
| 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Last 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached houses | £97K | £174K | £250K | £275K | £362K | £475K | £484K |
| Semi-detached houses | £64K | £112K | £172K | £193K | £245K | £350K | £375K |
| Terraced houses | £60K | £90K | £158K | £185K | £239K | £324K | £336K |
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 54% in 2018
433 new homes have been sold in Waterbeach since 1995; the share peaked at 54% in 2018.
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
A new home sold for a median £246,000
against £390,000 for a home sold on, 37% less, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
6% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 1.9% sold leasehold in Waterbeach. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Capper Road is Waterbeach’s busiest street, with 19 sales in three years
14 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 6 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
| # | Street | Postcode area | Sales | Median | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Capper Road | CB25 | 19 | £325,000 | Mixed |
| 2 | Winfold Road | CB25 | 13 | £310,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 3 | Bannold Road | CB25 | 11 | £535,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 4 | Station Road | CB25 | 11 | £520,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 5 | Cambridge Road | CB25 | 10 | £642,500 | Mixed |
| 6 | Kirby Road | CB25 | 10 | £375,000 | Mostly terraced houses |
| 7 | Hop Bine Drive | CB25 | 8 | £405,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 8 | Way Lane | CB25 | 8 | £400,000 | Mixed |
| 9 | Rosemary Road | CB25 | 7 | £370,000 | Mixed |
| 10 | Providence Way | CB25 | 6 | £313,000 | Mixed |
| 11 | Harvey Way | CB25 | 5 | £455,000 | Mostly detached houses |
| 12 | High Street | CB25 | 5 | £418,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
| 13 | Watermans Road | CB25 | 5 | £360,000 | Mixed |
| 14 | Star Drive | CB25 | 5 | £340,000 | Mostly semi-detached houses |
Cambridge Road: £642,500
Winfold Road: £310,000
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is twice the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Waterbeach is the 14th most expensive of 51 towns in Cambridgeshire
Waterbeach is in the middle of Cambridgeshire’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Towns of 2,500 or more in Cambridgeshire with 10+ standard sales; each links to its own Housing page.
Waterbeach’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries.
| Town | Miles | Median | Sold, 12 mo | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterbeach | — | £387K | 65 | +11% |
| Milton | 2.4 | £420K | 48 | +27% |
| Cottenham | 3.2 | £415K | 86 | +36% |
| Histon and Impington | 4 | £450K | 72 | +13% |
| Bottisham | 4.4 | £465K | 17 | +27% |
| Oakington | 5.2 | £390K | 15 | +4% |
| Cambridge | 5.3 | £485K | 1,012 | +17% |
| Girton | 5.3 | £600K | 47 | +37% |
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Waterbeach
What is the average house price in Waterbeach?
The median home in Waterbeach sold for £386,500 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 218 standard sales (£402,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £540,000, semi-detached houses £371,250, terraced houses £348,500 and flats and maisonettes £238,000.
Are house prices going up in Waterbeach?
The median was £382,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£380,000), and £402,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Waterbeach each year?
65 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 89 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Waterbeach?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Cambridge Road (CB25, £642,500), Bannold Road (CB25, £535,000) and Station Road (CB25, £520,000).
How much does a new build cost in Waterbeach?
New homes sold for a median £246,000 over three years, against £390,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 4.1% of sales.
Is Waterbeach expensive for Cambridgeshire?
Waterbeach is the 14th most expensive of 51 towns of 2,500 or more in Cambridgeshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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