Cambourne

Cambourne is covered by postcode districts CB1 and CB23. It is in the South Cambridgeshire council area, Cambridgeshire.

Typical price £370,000 Homes sold in Cambourne, last 12 months. ▲ 2.1% on the year before Gigabit broadband 180 of 232 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 4 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Cambourne, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Cambourne, by flood risk Of the 271 postcodes in Cambourne that ONS places, 271 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Cambourne. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A428 CB1 0DA: not on the flood risk listCB1 0JN: not on the flood risk listCB23 4LA: not on the flood risk listCB23 5AB: not on the flood risk listCB23 5AD: not on the flood risk listCB23 5AE: not on the flood risk listCB23 5AF: not on the flood risk listCB23 5AP: not on the flood risk listCB23 5AR: not on the flood risk listCB23 5AS: not on the flood risk listCB23 5AT: not on the flood risk listCB23 5AU: not on the flood risk listCB23 5AW: not on the flood risk listCB23 5AX: not on the flood risk listCB23 5BH: not on the flood risk listCB23 5BL: not on the flood risk listCB23 5BN: not on the flood risk listCB23 5BP: not on the flood risk listCB23 5BQ: not on the flood risk listCB23 5DG: not on the flood risk listCB23 5DJ: not on the flood risk listCB23 5DQ: not on the flood risk listCB23 5DR: not on the flood risk listCB23 5DT: not on the flood risk listCB23 5DU: not on the flood risk listCB23 5DX: not on the flood risk listCB23 5DY: not on the flood risk listCB23 5DZ: not on the 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listCB23 6LE: not on the flood risk listCB23 6LF: not on the flood risk listCB23 6LG: not on the flood risk listCB23 6LJ: not on the flood risk listCB23 6ND: not on the flood risk listCB23 6NE: not on the flood risk listCB23 6NF: not on the flood risk listCB23 6NH: not on the flood risk listCB23 6NJ: not on the flood risk listCB23 6NL: not on the flood risk list Cambourne Map of every postcode in Cambourne, by flood risk Of the 271 postcodes in Cambourne that ONS places, 271 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Cambourne. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A428 Cambourne
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 271

Of the 271 postcodes in Cambourne that ONS places, 271 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. 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 52.2182, longitude -0.0691. 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

What is it like to live in Cambourne?

Homes sold for a typical £370,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.1% on the 12 months before. At 180 of the 232 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 271 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is St Neots, 12.2 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. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Cambourne?

Homes in Cambourne sold for a typical £370,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 115 sales, up 2.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£370,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£362,500
12 months to August 2026
£370,000

▲ up 2.1% on the 12 months before

Detached£532,000 39 sales
Semi-detached£370,000 17 sales
Terraced£350,000 41 sales
Flat or maisonette£125,625 18 sales

Across the whole CB23 district, Cambourne's main postcode district: a typical £390,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Cambourne: 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 Cambourne?

13 of the 271 postcodes now in use in Cambourne came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 16 of the 172 homes sold in Cambourne were newly built (9%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CB23 district, 16%.

The newest postcodes

CB23 6NDsince February 2024CB23 6NHsince February 2024CB1 0DAsince January 2024CB1 0ZJsince January 2024CB23 6NLsince November 2023CB23 6NFsince October 2023

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 CambourneAcross the CB23 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 115 (Under 1%) 14 of 368 (4%)
The 12 months to August 2025 16 of 172 (9%) 93 of 594 (16%)

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 Cambourne?

Ofcom reports on 232 of the 271 postcodes in Cambourne. At 180 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit180 of 232
Postcodes where every home can get superfast197 of 232

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 Cambourne at risk of flooding?

None of the 271 postcodes in Cambourne is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Cambourne?

The open schools at the postcodes in Cambourne. 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

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Cambourne?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Cambourne is St Neots Rail Station, 12.2 km away in a straight line.

  • St Neots Rail Station Railway station 12.2 kmDrive
  • Shepreth Rail Station Railway station 13.4 kmDrive
  • Foxton Rail Station Railway station 13.9 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 Cambourne?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Cambourne. 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 Cambourne safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 706 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Cambourne 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. 65 September 2025
  2. 49 October 2025
  3. 52 November 2025
  4. 51 December 2025
  5. 42 January 2026
  6. 55 February 2026
  7. 57 March 2026
  8. 63 April 2026
  9. 77 May 2026
  10. 67 June 2026
  11. 67 July 2026
  12. 61 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences319 reports
Anti-social behaviour107 reports
Criminal damage and arson51 reports
Other theft40 reports
Other crime36 reports
Public order34 reports
Vehicle crime29 reports
Burglary25 reports

Also: shoplifting 21, drugs 21, bicycle theft 11, possession of weapons 6, robbery 4, theft from the person 2.

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 Cambourne?

District, borough or city council
South Cambridgeshire
County council
Cambridgeshire
Parliamentary constituency
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
Police force area
Cambridgeshire
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrat)

All 271 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

Moving to Cambourne

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Cambourne postcodes

271 postcodes in use in Cambourne, by district:

CB23 postcode district,232 postcodesCB1 postcode district,39 postcodes

Those districts are all in the CB postcode area.

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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Cambourne

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Cambourne's £370,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Highfields Caldecote3.2 km, £482,500Papworth Everard4.8 km, £340,000Hardwick5.1 km, £404,000Bar Hill7.2 km, £320,000Fenstanton8.9 km, £340,000Longstanton10.5 km, £386,000Girton10.7 km, £610,000Gamlingay11.0 km, £375,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Cambourne

What is it like to live in Cambourne?
Homes sold for a typical £370,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.1% on the 12 months before. At 180 of the 232 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 271 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is St Neots, 12.2 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 Cambourne?
Cambourne is covered by postcode districts CB1 and CB23, across 271 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Cambourne in?
Cambourne is in the South Cambridgeshire council area, and Cambridgeshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Cambourne?
Cambourne is in the St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Cambourne?
Homes in Cambourne sold for a typical £370,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 115 sales, up 2.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Cambourne?
In Cambourne, primary schools at its postcodes include Monkfield Park Primary School, Jeavons Wood Primary School and The Vine Inter-Church Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Cambourne Village College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Cambourne have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Cambourne is St Neots, 12.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Cambourne?
Ofcom reports on 232 of the 271 postcodes in Cambourne. At 180 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Cambourne at risk of flooding?
None of the 271 postcodes in Cambourne is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Cambourne?
13 of the 271 postcodes now in use in Cambourne came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 16 of the 172 homes sold in Cambourne were newly built (9%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CB23 district, 16%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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