Phase 1

Eddington, the first phase of the North West Cambridge Development, is the start of a new residential community.

Prioritising housing seeks to meet the housing supply shortage in Cambridge, but Eddington is more than just a housing development.

Unprecedented in scale and ambition, the first phase is a new place complete with award-winning community facilities which are open to the wider community to enjoy.

Phase 1 includes:

• 700 homes for qualifying University and College staff
• 325 post-graduate student rooms
• 700 market homes
• Three form entry University of Cambridge Primary School
• Storey’s Field Centre: a community centre and performance arts space
• Eddington Nursery
• Health centre
• Sainsbury’s supermarket
• Retail units
• Hotel
• Sports pitches
• Public, green space and landscaping incorporating the water-recycling system
• Roads and transport routes including junctions at Madingley Road and Huntingdon Road
• Energy centre and district heating network

The scheme was designed in a collaborative joint effort with a range of different architects, including:

• AECOM
• Alison Brooks Architects
• DRMM
• Maccreanor Lavington/Witherford Watson Mann
• Marks Barfield
• Mecanoo
• MUMA
• Pollard Thomas Edwards
• RH Partnership
• Stanton Williams
• Townshend Landscape Architects
• WilkinsonEyre/Mole Architects