EastCambs

Come and live in East Cambs

Space, big skies and fast trains to Cambridge and London. New homes, local estate agents and everything you need to settle in.

Traditional brick houses on Waterside, Ely
Waterside, Ely. Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0

Why East Cambridgeshire?

City, market town or village

Choose from the cathedral city of Ely, the market towns of Soham and Littleport, or dozens of villages on the Isle and towards Newmarket. Homes here typically offer more space than in Cambridge, with countryside on the doorstep.

Ely is a major rail junction with trains to Cambridge in around 15 minutes and direct services to London King’s Cross. Soham’s station reopened in 2021, and Littleport has its own station on the line to King’s Lynn.

Explore the towns and villages Travel and transport

At a glance

  • Large new neighbourhoods are being built in North Ely, alongside smaller developments in the towns and villages.
  • Shared ownership and affordable homes are available on several sites.
  • Village colleges, primary schools and independent schools across the district.

New homes

New housing developments

Developments from major housebuilders currently selling or launching soon. Follow each link for prices, available plots and show home opening times.

Map of new housing developments in East Cambridgeshire Schematic map, not to scale. Numbered markers show 7 developments: two in Ely, two in Littleport, and one each in Soham, Isleham and Haddenham. The numbered list below gives full details. River Great Ouse Cambridge Newmarket Ely Littleport Soham Burwell Haddenham Sutton Isleham Fordham Bottisham Wicken 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

  1. Cathedral Rise

    Ely · Bellway

    One- and two-bedroom apartments and two- to five-bedroom houses, the latest phase of the Orchards Green neighbourhood in North Ely. Building started in January 2026.

    • Under construction

  2. High Flyer Reach

    Ely · David Wilson Homes and Redrow

    Two housebuilders on the High Flyer Farm site north of Kings Avenue, part of the wider North Ely development. Redrow’s homes are three- to five-bedroom and all-electric.

    David Wilson Homes Redrow

    • David Wilson Homes selling
    • Redrow coming soon

  3. Harley Heights

    Littleport · Persimmon Homes

    Two- to five-bedroom homes in Littleport, with a station on the line to Ely, Cambridge and London.

    • Selling

  4. Peacock Grove

    Littleport · David Wilson Homes

    Two-, three- and four-bedroom homes next to Saxon Business Park.

    • Selling

  5. Newman Fields

    Soham · Persimmon Homes

    Two- to five-bedroom detached and semi-detached homes on the northern edge of Soham, about a mile from the station.

    • Selling

  6. Bloor Homes at Isleham

    Isleham · Bloor Homes

    Two-, three- and four-bedroom homes off Fordham Road, beside fields and The Beeches community centre. Some shared ownership homes are offered through Flagship Homes.

    • Check availability

  7. Discovery Fields

    Haddenham · Orbit Homes

    Affordable two- and three-bedroom homes for shared ownership, with air source heat pumps and EV charging.

    • Last few remaining

Map pins come from OpenStreetMap. Where a site isn’t mapped yet (High Flyer Reach, Newman Fields and Discovery Fields), the pin shows the area only. Information checked in November 2026. Availability changes quickly, so please confirm details with each developer. Listings are independent and are not paid for or endorsed. For the bigger picture, see East Cambridgeshire District Council’s North Ely development page.

Settling in

Once you’ve moved: register with a GP, check school places, set up council tax and bin collections, and find your local clubs.