Properties to buy in Ely

Find your next home in Ely with our up-to-date property listings.

Ely is one of the most sought-after places to buy in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Most people searching for property for sale in Ely are comparing it against Cambridge, where the same budget buys noticeably less. Homes here range from period and listed houses in the compact centre near the cathedral, the Ship of the Fens, to apartments close to the station and newer family houses and bungalows on the edges of the city. Trains reach Cambridge in around 20 minutes and London King’s Cross in about an hour and a half, which is what pulls in buyers who want more room and a slower pace without losing the link to the city. Schools matter a lot locally, with King’s Ely and several strong state options keeping family demand high all year.

If little is coming up in Ely itself, or the budget is stretched, the surrounding fen villages often come in lower, though only a few homes tend to be available in each at any one time. Littleport sits just to the north on the same rail line, with Haddenham, Little Downham, Witchford, Sutton and Stretham all a short drive from the city. When you want more to choose from, the bigger towns nearby list far more, with Soham and Newmarket to the east and Cambridge to the south. Waterbeach, expanding around its station, suits anyone splitting the difference between Ely and Cambridge.

Why Cheffins?

Cheffins has sold property across Ely and the surrounding fenland for generations, run from an office in the city by a firm trading here since 1825. As local estate agents in Ely, the team handles everything from apartments near the cathedral to farmhouses and barn conversions out in the villages, with a long-standing rural and agricultural side that knows the fen landscape as well as anyone. The team can tell you how the city’s pockets differ, how the surrounding villages compare, and what a period or listed home really involves before you commit.