Northstowe will be a sustainable and exemplar new town for the 21st century drawing upon the traditions of fen-edge market towns. It will be located in the Cambridgeshire area just near the age old village of Longstanton.

The schools will offer a fantastic education for all children, from primary to secondary. There will be, once completed, 6 primary schools and a single secondary school.

Northstowe is set to be the Uk's first "eco-town." This means it's eco-friendly and doesn't affect the environment as much as a normal busy town or city like London.

The key mode of transport by the time Northstowes completed will be the

The Northstowe proposals are the culmination of over two years’ design work. Sustainability is a fundamental feature of the new town, which will incorporate a range of measures to deliver increasing levels of energy, water and waste efficiency throughout the life of the development.

Northstowe is not one of the highly publicised eco-towns as the planning for the new town began many years prior to the Governments current eco-town proposals. However many of the eco-town principles and criteria of sustainability will feature at Northstowe creating what former Housing Minister, Yvette Cooper described in 2007 a “prototype for eco-towns".