CB24 postcode district: Histon and Impington and around, Cambridgeshire

CB24 is a postcode district in Cambridgeshire, with 818 postcodes in use in 7 sectors. It has postcodes in Histon and Impington, Cottenham, Willingham and 5 more places. It is split between 2 councils: South Cambridgeshire (817 postcodes) and Cambridge (1).

Postcodes in use: 818
Sectors: 7
Councils: 2 councils
Places: 8 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in CB24, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 88
In use before 2020: 730
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 818 postcodes in CB24 that ONS places, 88 are new since 2020 and 730 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 190 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.2793, longitude 0.0801. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

CB24 1EZJuly 2026 CB24 6AXMay 2026 CB24 1FGMarch 2026 CB24 5BDMarch 2026 CB24 8BUFebruary 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

25 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CB24 1FE, is the newest of them.
10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CB24 1EZ, is the newest of them.
7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CB24 1EN, is the newest of them.
7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CB24 8BA, is the newest of them.
6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CB24 8BU, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in CB24?

Ofcom reports on 789 of the 818 postcodes in CB24. At 450 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 6 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit450 of 789

Postcodes where every home can get superfast707 of 789

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband6 of 789

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is CB24 at risk of flooding?

150 of the 818 postcodes in CB24 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1,588 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 150 of 818 postcodes High: 1,119Medium: 469Low: 394Very low: 120

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in CB24?

Homes in CB24 sold for a typical £410,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 404 sales, up 3.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£410,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£397,000 12 months to August 2025

▲ up 3.3% on the 12 months before

Detached £545,000 177 sales
Semi-detached £380,000 111 sales
Terraced £310,000 90 sales
Flat or maisonette £201,174 26 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it