5 bedroom detached house for sale

An individually designed detached property occupying a superb location, set back from the road with attractive landscaped gardens in this pretty west Cambridgeshire village.

Cambridge 12 miles, Huntingdon (fast train to King's Cross 50 minutes) 6 miles, St Ives 4 miles, A14 2.5 miles (distances and time are approximate).

Elm View was constructed in 2004 from the current owners' personal design and built with brick, rendered and clad elevations under a tiled roof. A beautifully presented property extensively extended in 2014 to include an additional bathroom, boiler upgrade and new windows and to provide 2,890 sq ft of versatile accommodation arranged over 2 floors.

The small picturesque village of Hilton provides many local facilities including a post office/general store, village hall, 2 churches and a public house. The large village green, surrounded by a mix of impressive modern and period buildings, has a 55ft diameter turf maze/labyrinth, cut by William Sparrow in 1660 and is one of only 8 remaining in the country. More comprehensive facilities are available in St Ives and Huntingdon. Primary school education is available in the neighbouring villages of Elsworth and Fenstanton with secondary school education at the highly regarded Swavesey Village Collage (about 6.5 miles). The village is also well served for sports enthusiasts with cricket and football clubs and there are golf courses in St Ives, Brampton and Hemingford Abbots with sailing and windsurfing at the Hunts Sailing Club in St Ives and at Grafham Water.

For the commuter, a mainline railway station at Huntingdon provides a fast service to London's King's Cross in about 50 minutes, the nearby A14 links with the A1/M1 to the north and the M11 to the south and the recently opened Guided Busway provides regular services to Cambridge with many stops including Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge North and Addenbrookes Hospital.