Area Info for Kentford (Suffolk)

About Kentford, Suffolk

Kentford is a small village located in the county of Suffolk, in the eastern part of England. It is situated near the town of Newmarket, which is renowned for its horse racing heritage. The village is part of the West Suffolk district and offers a rural setting with a close-knit community.

Location and Geography

Kentford lies approximately 4 miles south of Newmarket and about 15 miles north of Bury St Edmunds. The area is characterised by flat, agricultural land typical of the Suffolk countryside. The village is accessible via local roads connecting it to nearby towns and villages.

History and Development

Historically, Kentford developed as a small rural settlement with ties to agriculture and the nearby horse racing industry. Over the years, it has maintained its village character while experiencing some modern development, including housing and local amenities.

Community and Amenities

The village has a few local amenities, including a pub, a church, and some small shops. The community is active, with local events often centred around the village hall and surrounding countryside activities. The proximity to Newmarket provides residents with access to a wider range of services and facilities.

Transport Links

Kentford benefits from good transport links via road, with the A1304 and A14 nearby, providing connections to larger towns and motorways. The village is also within reasonable distance of Newmarket railway station, offering train services to Cambridge, Bury St Edmunds, and beyond.
Education
School
Moulton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School0.98 miles
School Road, Moulton, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8PR
Kennett Primary School0.99 miles
98 Station Road, Kennett, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7QQ
Mill Meadow1.79 miles
Mill Road, Gazeley, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8RW
St Christopher's Cevcp School2.42 miles
Bellflower Crescent, Red Lodge, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 8XQ
Cheveley CofE Primary School3.58 miles
Park Road, Cheveley, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 9DF
Fairstead House School3.70 miles
Fordham Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7AA
St Louis Roman Catholic Academy3.70 miles
Fordham Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7AA
All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Newmarket3.75 miles
Vicarage Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8JE
Ditton Lodge Community Primary School4.03 miles
St John`s Avenue, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8BL
Barrow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School4.16 miles
Colethorpe Lane, Barrow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5AU
Newmarket Academy4.18 miles
Exning Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0EB
Laureate Community Primary School and Nursery4.25 miles
Exning Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0AN
Houldsworth Valley Primary School4.28 miles
Rowley Drive, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0PU
Paddocks Primary School4.43 miles
Rochfort Avenue, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0DL
Fordham CofE Primary School4.83 miles
Isleham Road, Fordham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5NL
Exning Primary School5.05 miles
Oxford Street, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7EW
Health
Clinic
Specsavers Hearcare - Cambridgeshire (Newmarket - Specsavers Store)3.91 miles
Specsavers Opticians, 1 The Guineas, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8EQ
Specsavers Hearcare - Cambridgeshire (Newmarket Community Hospital)3.96 miles
Newmarket Community Hospital, 56 Exning Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7JG
Newmarket Community Hospital3.96 miles
56 Exning Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7JG
AHP Suffolk (Newmarket)3.96 miles
Newmarket Community Hospital, 56 Exning Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7JG
AHP Suffolk (Wickhambrook)7.31 miles
Wickhambrook Health Centre, Nunnery Green, Wickhambrook, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8XU
Specsavers Hearcare - Cambridgeshire (Mobile - Soham)7.62 miles
Staploe Medical Centre, Brewhouse Lane, Soham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5JD
Child Health Centre (Suffolk)9.53 miles
Hospital Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3ND
Child Development Centre9.53 miles
Hospital Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3ND
AHP Suffolk (Back & Neck Service)9.73 miles
West Suffolk Hospital, Hardwick Lane, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2QZ
Blomfield House9.79 miles
Looms Lane, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1HE
Disability Resource Centre9.79 miles
Unit 6, Northgate Business Park, 110 Northgate Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1HP
Disability Resource Centre (Suffolk)11.14 miles
Papworth House, 4 Bunting Road, Moreton Hall Estate, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7BX
Geecol Wellness Ltd Hq11.21 miles
6 Maulkin Close, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7GG
AHP Suffolk (Bury St Edmunds)11.31 miles
The Self Centre, Kempson Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AR
Specsavers Hearcare - Cambridgeshire (Ely - Specsavers Store)12.95 miles
Specsavers Opticians, 45 High Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB7 4LF
Darwin Nurseries13.01 miles
Darwin Nurseries, 5 Quy Water, Newmarket Road, Teversham, Cambridgeshire, CB1 9AT
GP
Dr Hutton & Hopkinson2.23 miles
Turnpike Road, Red Lodge, Suffolk, IP28 8LB
Oakfield Surgery3.74 miles
Vicarage Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, Suffolk, CB8 8HP
Orchard House Surgery3.86 miles
Fred Archer Way, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8NU
The Rookery Medical Centre3.90 miles
Rookery House, The Rookery, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8NW
The Guildhall and Barrow Surgery Branch4.68 miles
Barrow Hill, Barrow, Suffolk, IP29 5DX
Dr Hutton & Hopkinson5.12 miles
10-10a Market Place, Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 7EF
Market Cross Surgery5.14 miles
7 Market Place, Mildenhall, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 7EG
The Burwell Surgery6.61 miles
Newmarket Road, Burwell, Cambridge, Cambs, CB25 0AE
Wickhambrook Surgery7.31 miles
Boyden Close, Nunnery Green, Wickhambrook, Suffolk, CB8 8XU
The Staploe Medical Ctr Soham7.62 miles
Brewhouse Lane, Soham, Ely, Cambs, CB7 5JD
DR P Dean and Partners - Victoria Surgery9.30 miles
Victoria Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3BB
The Guildhall and Barrow Surgery9.75 miles
Lower Baxter Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1ET
The Swan Surgery9.79 miles
Northgate Business Park, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1AE
Angel Hill Surgery9.80 miles
1 Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1LU
Lakenheath Surgery9.87 miles
135 High Street, Lakenheath, Lakenheath, Suffolk, IP27 9EP
Bottisham Medical Practice10.15 miles
Bottisham Medical Practice, Tunbridge Lane, Bottisham, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9DU
Hospital
Newmarket Hospital3.96 miles
Exning Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7JG
Beech House Hospital4.08 miles
Fordham Road,, CB8 7LF
West Suffolk Hospital9.73 miles
Hardwick Lane, Hardwick Lane, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2QZ
Wedgwood House9.73 miles
West Suffolk Hospital, Hardwicke Lane, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2QZ
BMI St Edmunds Hospital10.00 miles
St. Marys Square, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2AA
Princess Of Wales Hospital13.35 miles
Lynn Road, Lynn Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 1DN
Fulbourn Hospital13.99 miles
Fulbourn Hospital, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5EF
Brookfields Hospital15.14 miles
351 Mill Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 3DF
Union House15.31 miles
Union House, 37 Union Lane, Chesterton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 1PX
Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital15.94 miles
30 New Road, Impington, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 9EL
Addenbrooke's16.21 miles
Hills Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 0QQ
Rosie Hospital16.21 miles
Robinson Way, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 0QQ
Nuffield Health, Cambridge Hospital16.39 miles
Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital, 4 Trumpington Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 8AF
Walnut Tree Hospital18.84 miles
Walnut Tree Lane, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 1BE
St Leonards Hospital19.15 miles
Newton Road, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2RQ
Saffron Walden Community Hospital19.69 miles
Radwinter Road, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3HY
Pharmacy
Day Lewis Pharmacy2.18 miles
Unit 3, Red Lodge Village, Off Hundred Acre Way, Kings Warren, Red Lodge, Suffolk, IP28 8JU
Superdrug Stores Plc3.87 miles
Unit 11, The Guineas Shopping Centre, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8HT
Lloydspharmacy3.87 miles
Units 1 & 2, The Guineas Shopping Centre, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8HT
Tesco Stores Ltd3.89 miles
Tesco Pharmacy, Fordham Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7AH
Lords Pharmacy 3.91 miles
Unit 61, The Guineas Shopping Centre, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8EQ
Boots3.93 miles
82 High Street, Newmarket, CB8 8JX
Chemistree3.93 miles
Unit 12 Acorn Bus Ctre, Oaks Drive, Newmarket, CB8 7SX
Barrow Pharmacy4.68 miles
Barrow Hill Surgery, Barrow Hill, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5DX
Lloydspharmacy5.12 miles
27 Market Place, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 7EF
Lloydspharmacy5.16 miles
2 Manor Court, High Street, Mildenhall, IP28 7EH
Lloydspharmacy6.79 miles
57 High Street, Burwell, Cambridge, CB25 0HD
Staploe Pharmacy7.62 miles
The Staploe Medical Ctr., Brewhouse Lane, Soham, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5JD
Lloydspharmacy7.64 miles
31 High Street, Soham, Cambridgeshire, CB7 5HA
Asda Stores Ltd8.67 miles
Western Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3SP
Day Lewis Plc8.80 miles
7 St Olaves Precinct, Bury St Edmunds,, IP32 6SP
Lloydspharmacy9.30 miles
17 Victoria Street, Bury-St-Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3BB
Leisure
Park
CHIPPENHAM HALL (Grade II Listed)2.40 miles
CHIPPENHAM FEN3.62 miles
CAVENHAM4.39 miles
BARTON MILLS4.93 miles
CAVENHAM HEATH5.27 miles
ISLEHAM5.39 miles
ASPALL CLOSE6.82 miles
DULLINGHAM HOUSE (Grade II Listed)6.83 miles
WEST STOW6.84 miles
ICKWORTH HOUSE (Grade II* Listed)7.64 miles
CULFORD PARK (Grade II Listed)8.51 miles
SWAFFHAM PRIOR HOUSE (Grade II Listed)8.57 miles
WICKEN FEN8.88 miles
ABBEY GARDENS AND PRECINCTS (Grade II Listed)9.92 miles
MAIDSCROSS HILL10.07 miles
WILBRAHAM TEMPLE (Grade II Listed)10.45 miles
Shop
Groceries
Nisa Local2.42 miles
Bellflower Crescent, Red Lodge, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, IP28 8XQ
M&S Hyperion Bp3.72 miles
6 Bury Rd, Newmarket, CB8 7BP
SPAR Newmarket3.75 miles
Spar Store, Seahorse, Suffolk, CB8 8HP
Waitrose Newmarket3.77 miles
Fred Archer Way, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8NY
Iceland Newmarket3.79 miles
1 Crown Walk, Exeter Road, Newmarket, CB8 8NG
Tesco Newmarket (Extra)3.85 miles
Fordham Rd, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7AH
ASDA Newmarket3.91 miles
Fordhall Retail Park, Newmarket, CB8 7SX
M&S Newmarket3.96 miles
8 The Guineas., Newmarket, CB8 8EG
Co-op Newmarket4.27 miles
Newmarket, CB8 0BP
Valley Way Convenience Store4.41 miles
102 Valley Way, Newmarket Suffolk CB8 0QL
SPAR Barrow4.42 miles
Spar Store, Barrow Stores, Suffolk, IP29 5AN
Londis, Newmarket5.05 miles
20 Oxford Street, Newmarket, CB8 7EW
Sainsbury's Mildenhall5.10 miles
Recreation Way, Mildenhall, Bury St. Edmunds, IP28 7HG
Londis Fordham Service Station5.11 miles
31 Carter Street, Fordham, CB7 5NG
Co-op Bury St. Edmunds5.12 miles
Mildenhall, IP28 7ES
Co-op Ely5.14 miles
Fordham, CB7 5NG
Transport
Airport
Cambridge City Airport13.95 miles
London Stansted Airport27.97 miles
London Southend Airport49.39 miles
Bus Stop
Business Park (W)0.15 miles
Business Park (E)0.15 miles
Post Office (N)0.20 miles
Post Office (S)0.21 miles
The Bell (W)0.29 miles
The Bell (E)0.29 miles
Kennett Rail Station ()0.48 miles
Kennett Rail Station ()0.48 miles
Railway Station (N)0.50 miles
Railway Station (S)0.51 miles
The Cock (E)0.66 miles
The Cock (W)0.67 miles
County Primary Sch (N)0.91 miles
The Close (S)1.02 miles
The Close (N)1.02 miles
Village Hall (W)1.05 miles
Ferry Port
King's Lynn Ferry Landing33.73 miles
West Lynn Ferry Landing33.82 miles
Wallasea Island Ferry Landing46.61 miles
Burnham on Crouch Ferry Landing46.82 miles
Tilbury Ferry Terminal56.88 miles
Gravesend Pier57.22 miles
Railway Station
Kennett Rail Station0.48 miles
Newmarket Rail Station4.13 miles
Dullingham Rail Station7.00 miles
Bury St Edmunds Rail Station9.60 miles
Shippea Hill Rail Station11.47 miles
Waterbeach Rail Station12.33 miles
Lakenheath Rail Station12.38 miles
Ely Rail Station12.52 miles
Thurston Rail Station13.63 miles
Brandon Rail Station13.93 miles
Thetford Rail Station14.94 miles
Littleport Rail Station15.10 miles
Cambridge Rail Station15.75 miles
Shelford (Cambs) Rail Station16.97 miles
Whittlesford Parkway Rail Station17.88 miles
Elmswell Rail Station18.10 miles
Crime
Flood Data
Flood Risk Per Year (CB8 7R*)
Number of Properties in Catchment100
Very Low Risk (<0.1% chance of flooding)0
Low Risk (0.1% < 1% chance of flooding)0
Medium Risk (1% < 3.3% chance of flooding)0
High Risk (>3.3%)0
Property Sales
3, CHURCH LANE
KENNETT
NEWMARKET
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB8 7QG		£375,000
2024-08-30
semidetached
freehold
Sold 2021-02-19   £325,000
Sold 2015-01-16   £199,000
12, DANE HILL ROAD
KENNETT
NEWMARKET
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB8 7QY		£190,000
2024-06-20
flatmaisonette
leasehold
Sold 2016-09-16   £135,000
Sold 2012-02-24   £108,000
6, BYERLEY CLOSE
KENTFORD
NEWMARKET
SUFFOLK
CB8 7RD		£250,000
2024-03-15
semidetached
freehold
Sold 2021-03-08   £245,000
Sold 2019-04-11   £230,000
23, CHURCH LANE
KENNETT
NEWMARKET
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB8 7QG		£325,000
2024-01-17
semidetached
freehold
Sold 2017-03-10   £265,000
Sold 2013-01-04   £196,500
24, DANE HILL ROAD
KENNETT
NEWMARKET
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB8 7QY		£295,000
2023-10-02
semidetached
freehold
Sold 2021-12-15   £260,000
Sold 2016-07-13   £230,000
Sold 2011-07-22   £145,000
6, ST NICHOLAS CLOSE
KENNETT
NEWMARKET
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB8 7FG		£87,500
2023-06-23
flatmaisonette
leasehold
Sold 2011-08-23   £52,500
16, BYERLEY CLOSE
KENTFORD
NEWMARKET
SUFFOLK
CB8 7RD		£128,000
2022-04-01
terraced
leasehold
FLINT HOUSE, 5, CHURCH LANE
KENNETT
NEWMARKET
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB8 7QG		£480,000
2022-03-18
semidetached
freehold
Sold 2012-12-14   £242,000
7, DANE HILL ROAD
KENNETT
NEWMARKET
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB8 7QX		£262,000
2021-06-15
semidetached
freehold
Sold 2015-09-03   £222,500
122, STATION ROAD
KENNETT
NEWMARKET
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB8 7QQ		£260,000
2021-01-26
semidetached
freehold
Sold 2014-02-21   £175,000
20, DANE HILL ROAD
KENNETT
NEWMARKET
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB8 7QY		£245,000
2020-11-13
semidetached
freehold
Sold 2018-11-23   £207,000
Sold 2014-11-28   £160,000
4, BYERLEY CLOSE
KENTFORD
NEWMARKET
SUFFOLK
CB8 7RD		£301,200
2020-09-25
detached
freehold
Sold 2018-07-19   £295,000
Sold 2016-07-29   £299,995
15, DANE HILL ROAD
KENNETT
NEWMARKET
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB8 7QX		£680,000
2019-01-10
detached
freehold
DANE HILL FARM (TELECOMMUNICATIONS MAST), DANE HILL ROAD
KENNETT
NEWMARKET
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB8 7QX		£60,000
2018-06-08
otherPropertyType
leasehold
17, BYERLEY CLOSE
KENTFORD
NEWMARKET
SUFFOLK
CB8 7RD		£111,000
2017-03-24
semidetached
leasehold
3, BYERLEY CLOSE
KENTFORD
NEWMARKET
SUFFOLK
CB8 7RD		£399,995
2016-08-26
detached (New)
freehold
2, BYERLEY CLOSE
KENTFORD
NEWMARKET
SUFFOLK
CB8 7RD		£399,995
2016-06-30
detached (New)
freehold
1, BYERLEY CLOSE
KENTFORD
NEWMARKET
SUFFOLK
CB8 7RD		£399,995
2016-06-30
detached (New)
freehold
20, CHURCH LANE
KENNETT
NEWMARKET
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB8 7QG		£289,000
2015-11-06
detached
freehold
Sold 2013-01-25   £233,000
9, DANE HILL ROAD
KENNETT
NEWMARKET
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB8 7QX		£315,000
2015-06-16
semidetached
freehold
18, CHURCH LANE
KENNETT
NEWMARKET
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB8 7QG		£191,250
2014-07-04
detached
freehold
30, DANE HILL ROAD
KENNETT
NEWMARKET
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB8 7QY		£134,000
2010-12-15
semidetached
freehold
1, DANE HILL ROAD
KENNETT
NEWMARKET
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB8 7QX		£290,000
2010-12-10
detached
freehold
116, STATION ROAD
KENNETT
NEWMARKET
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB8 7QQ		£158,000
2010-10-20
semidetached
freehold
10G, DANE HILL ROAD
KENNETT
NEWMARKET
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB8 7QX		£440,000
2010-10-14
detached
freehold
Sold 2007-01-24   £435,000
10, ST NICHOLAS CLOSE
KENNETT
NEWMARKET
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB8 7FG		£67,500
2010-04-09
terraced
leasehold
10D, DANE HILL ROAD
KENNETT
NEWMARKET
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB8 7QX		£409,950
2008-02-29
detached
freehold
1, CHURCH LANE
KENNETT
NEWMARKET
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB8 7QG		£235,000
2007-09-12
semidetached
freehold
10A, DANE HILL ROAD
KENNETT
NEWMARKET
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CB8 7QX		£440,000
2007-02-08
detached
freehold
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