Lot number: 5
Result
Sold after auction for an undisclosed amount
18.50 acres of Land at Short Drove, Little Downham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2TL
An opportunity to acquire a single block of arable land (including parcels 1533 and 1523), extending to 18.50 acres (7.48 hectares) situated on the outskirts of the village with access off West Fen Drove, Little Downham.
The land is predominantly Grade 2 on Defra’s Agricultural Land Classification Map and the soils are identified by the Soil Survey for England and Wales as belonging to the Peacock Soil Association which is further described as being deep humose calcareous clayey and non-calcareous fine loamy over clayey soils. Some peat soils.
The land has been farmed in an arable rotation with a history of producing good yields. The most recent cropping being: 2023- Oilseed Rape, 2022- Winter Barley, 2021- Sugar Beet, 2020- Winter Wheat.