Thornton Road, Girton

8 Thornton Road is a well-proportioned three-bedroom semi-detached home, ideally positioned in a peaceful, established residential area in the popular village of Girton, just to the northwest of Cambridge. The property offers around 900 sq ft of internal accommodation across two floors, complemented by a generous 134 sq ft brick-built outbuilding that includes two stores and a garden office – ideal for working from home, hobbies, or additional storage. The house also benefits from gas central heating with a three-year-old boiler and is fully double glazed.

On the ground floor, the entrance hall leads to two bright, similarly sized reception rooms – a front-facing living room and a rear dining room with garden views, both measuring approximately 12'8" x 10'6". The kitchen is located at the rear of the house and measures over 16 feet in length, providing ample space for units, storage, and informal dining.

Upstairs, the layout includes three bedrooms: two spacious doubles and a smaller single, perfect for a nursery or study. The bathroom, containing bath with shower over, WC and sink, is also on the first floor.

The property sits on a good-sized plot with a south-facing private rear garden that is mainly laid to lawn and backs onto mature trees, creating a lovely green outlook. The outbuilding is adjacent to the house and offers flexible usage, including a home office with window and power, a small workshop with power and light, and a garden store. The front of the house includes a driveway for off-street parking, and there is gated side access to the rear garden.

Located within easy reach of the city centre, the University of Cambridge's West Site and Science Park, as well as the A14 and M11, this property is perfect for professionals, families, or investors. It also lies within the catchment for Girton Glebe Primary School and is close to a variety of village amenities including a Co-op, recreation grounds, and pubs. This is a rare opportunity to secure a family home in one of Cambridge’s most sought-after village locations, offering scope to update and personalise to your taste.

Girton is the only local village that is home to and shares a name with a Cambridge College. It’s at the west edge of the city, so super easy to access, but still looks and feels like a traditional village with its own identity.

You can hop on a bus or your bike and head straight into town, or enjoy the village’s many facilities of its own – including pubs and restaurants, a local shop, a primary school (that feeds into Impington VC, about 2.5 miles away), nursery, tennis club and golf club.

Choose Girton if you want to get into the city easily but don’t like the idea of urban or suburban living

There is a Sainsbury’s supermarket in the new suburb of Eddington (about a mile away) plus a further primary school and a small Co-op by Girton College, which is open 7 days a week until late. Many of the city's private schools are on the west side of the city, so are easily accessible and Eddington also has an award-winning performance and community space and various other facilities. Choose Girton if you want to get into the city easily but don’t like the idea of urban or suburban living, particularly if you want to get in without using the car.