Bassingbourn

Bassingbourn is covered by postcode district SG8. It is in the South Cambridgeshire council area, Cambridgeshire.

Typical price £390,000 Homes sold in Bassingbourn, last 12 months. ▼ 2.1% on the year before Gigabit broadband 37 of 53 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 20 of 54 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 117 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Bassingbourn, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Bassingbourn, by flood risk Of the 54 postcodes in Bassingbourn that ONS places, 18 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 34 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 10 postcodes at high or medium risk; 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Bassingbourn. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A1198 SG8 5FJ: not on the flood risk listSG8 5GY: not on the flood risk listSG8 5HX: not on the flood risk listSG8 5LG: not on the flood risk listSG8 5LH: not on the flood risk listSG8 5LJ: not on the flood risk listSG8 5LL: not on the flood risk listSG8 5LP: not on the flood risk listSG8 5LQ: not on the flood risk listSG8 5LR: not on the flood risk listSG8 5LS: not on the flood risk listSG8 5LT: not on the flood risk listSG8 5LU: not on the flood risk listSG8 5LW: not on the flood risk listSG8 5LX: not on the flood risk listSG8 5NA: not on the flood risk listSG8 5NF: not on the flood risk listSG8 5NG: not on the flood risk listSG8 5NJ: not on the flood risk listSG8 5NL: not on the flood risk listSG8 5NP: not on the flood risk listSG8 5NQ: not on the flood risk listSG8 5NR: not on the flood risk listSG8 5NU: not on the flood risk listSG8 5NW: not on the flood risk listSG8 5PN: not on the flood risk listSG8 5PR: not on the flood risk listSG8 5RE: not on the flood risk listSG8 5SR: not on the flood risk listSG8 5UJ: not on the flood risk listSG8 5UL: not on the flood risk listSG8 5XP: not on the flood risk listSG8 5XW: not on the flood risk listSG8 5HZ: low flood risk at worstSG8 5YR: low flood risk at worstSG8 5HR: high flood riskSG8 5HS: high flood riskSG8 5HT: high flood riskSG8 5HY: high flood riskSG8 5LD: high flood riskSG8 5LE: high flood riskSG8 5LF: high flood riskSG8 5ND: high flood riskSG8 5NE: high flood riskSG8 5NH: high flood riskSG8 5NX: high flood riskSG8 5NY: high flood riskSG8 5NZ: high flood riskSG8 5PA: high flood riskSG8 5PB: high flood riskSG8 5PP: high flood riskSG8 5PS: high flood riskSG8 5PZ: high flood risk Bassingbourn 10 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to SG8 5LD, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk10 postcodes at high or medium risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to SG8 5PS, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Bassingbourn, by flood risk Of the 54 postcodes in Bassingbourn that ONS places, 18 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 34 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 10 postcodes at high or medium risk; 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Bassingbourn. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Bassingbourn
  • A home or business at high risk: 18
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 2
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 34
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 54 postcodes in Bassingbourn that ONS places, 18 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 34 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 180 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 52.0801, longitude -0.0545. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk

18 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

SG8 5PS19 at high riskSG8 5HT14 at high riskSG8 5PB13 at high riskSG8 5LD12 at high riskSG8 5HR8 at high riskSG8 5LF7 at high riskSG8 5ND7 at high riskSG8 5NY6 at high riskSG8 5NZ6 at high riskSG8 5LE4 at high riskSG8 5NE4 at high riskSG8 5PA4 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 10 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SG8 5LD, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SG8 5PS, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Bassingbourn?

Homes sold for a typical £390,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.1% on the 12 months before. At 37 of the 53 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 117 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 20 of its 54 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Roysia Surgery, 3.3 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Royston, 3.5 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

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Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Bassingbourn?

Homes in Bassingbourn sold for a typical £390,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 14 sales, down 2.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£390,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£398,500
12 months to August 2026
£390,000

▼ down 2.1% on the 12 months before

Detached 2 sales, too few to price
Semi-detached£395,000 8 sales
Terraced 4 sales, too few to price

Across the whole SG8 district, Bassingbourn's main postcode district: a typical £400,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bassingbourn: 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

Are new homes being built in Bassingbourn?

2 of the 54 postcodes now in use in Bassingbourn came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 22 homes sold in Bassingbourn were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG8 district, 11%.

The newest postcodes

SG8 5RFsince July 2026SG8 5REsince October 2020

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn BassingbournAcross the SG8 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 14 (0%) 9 of 452 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 22 (0%) 70 of 640 (11%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Bassingbourn?

Ofcom reports on 53 of the 54 postcodes in Bassingbourn. At 37 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit37 of 53
Postcodes where every home can get superfast51 of 53

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 Bassingbourn at risk of flooding?

20 of the 54 postcodes in Bassingbourn 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 117 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 20 of 54 postcodes High: 115Medium: 2Low: 33

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

Which schools are in Bassingbourn?

The open schools at the postcodes in Bassingbourn. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Bassingbourn?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bassingbourn is Royston Rail Station, 3.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Royston Rail Station Railway station 3.5 kmCycle
  • Meldreth Rail Station Railway station 4.5 kmCycle
  • Ashwell & Morden Rail Station Railway station 6.7 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Bassingbourn?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Bassingbourn. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Bassingbourn safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 300 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bassingbourn over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 23 September 2025
  2. 26 October 2025
  3. 33 November 2025
  4. 23 December 2025
  5. 23 January 2026
  6. 13 February 2026
  7. 19 March 2026
  8. 29 April 2026
  9. 31 May 2026
  10. 20 June 2026
  11. 28 July 2026
  12. 32 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences140 reports
Anti-social behaviour66 reports
Criminal damage and arson26 reports
Public order25 reports
Other theft13 reports
Other crime8 reports
Burglary7 reports
Vehicle crime7 reports

Also: drugs 4, possession of weapons 4.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Bassingbourn?

District, borough or city council
South Cambridgeshire
County council
Cambridgeshire
Parliamentary constituency
South Cambridgeshire
Police force area
Cambridgeshire
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Pippa Heylings (Liberal Democrat)

All 54 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

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Bassingbourn postcodes

54 postcodes in use in Bassingbourn, by district:

SG8 postcode district,54 postcodes

That district is in the SG postcode area.

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Places near Bassingbourn

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bassingbourn's £390,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Royston3.9 km, £356,500Melbourn5.1 km, £405,000Ashwell8.0 km, £340,000Potton12.4 km, £357,250Gamlingay12.7 km, £375,000Baldock13.7 km, £365,000Biggleswade13.7 km, £340,000Stotfold14.3 km, £425,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Bassingbourn

What is it like to live in Bassingbourn?
Homes sold for a typical £390,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.1% on the 12 months before. At 37 of the 53 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 117 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 20 of its 54 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Roysia Surgery, 3.3 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Royston, 3.5 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Bassingbourn?
Bassingbourn is covered by postcode district SG8, across 54 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Bassingbourn in?
Bassingbourn is in the South Cambridgeshire council area, and Cambridgeshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Bassingbourn?
Bassingbourn is in the South Cambridgeshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Pippa Heylings (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Bassingbourn?
Homes in Bassingbourn sold for a typical £390,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 14 sales, down 2.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Bassingbourn?
In Bassingbourn, primary schools at its postcodes include Bassingbourn Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Bassingbourn Village College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Bassingbourn have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bassingbourn is Royston, 3.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Bassingbourn?
Ofcom reports on 53 of the 54 postcodes in Bassingbourn. At 37 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Bassingbourn at risk of flooding?
20 of the 54 postcodes in Bassingbourn 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 117 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Bassingbourn?
2 of the 54 postcodes now in use in Bassingbourn came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 22 homes sold in Bassingbourn were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG8 district, 11%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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