Cottenham

Cottenham is covered by postcode district CB24. It is in the South Cambridgeshire council area, Cambridgeshire.

Typical price £405,000 Homes sold in Cottenham, last 12 months. ▼ 3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 46 of 116 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 4 of 116 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 33 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 1 primary school and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Cottenham, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Cottenham, by flood risk Of the 116 postcodes in Cottenham that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 112 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Cottenham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. CB24 8AA: not on the flood risk listCB24 8AD: not on the flood risk listCB24 8AE: not on the flood risk listCB24 8AF: not on the flood risk listCB24 8AG: not on the flood risk listCB24 8AJ: not on the flood risk listCB24 8AL: not on the flood risk listCB24 8AN: not on the flood risk listCB24 8AP: not on the flood risk listCB24 8AQ: not on the flood risk listCB24 8AR: not on the flood risk listCB24 8AT: not on the flood risk listCB24 8AU: not on the flood risk listCB24 8AW: not on the flood risk listCB24 8AX: not on the flood risk listCB24 8AY: not on the flood risk listCB24 8AZ: not on the flood risk listCB24 8BA: not on the flood risk listCB24 8BB: not on the flood risk listCB24 8BH: not on the flood risk listCB24 8BN: not on the flood risk listCB24 8DB: not on the flood risk listCB24 8GG: not on the flood risk listCB24 8QL: not on the flood risk listCB24 8QN: not on the flood risk listCB24 8QP: not on the flood risk listCB24 8QR: not on the flood risk listCB24 8QS: not on the flood risk listCB24 8QT: not on the flood risk listCB24 8QU: not on the flood risk listCB24 8QW: not on the flood risk listCB24 8QX: not on the flood risk listCB24 8QY: not on the flood risk listCB24 8QZ: not on the flood risk listCB24 8RA: not on the flood risk listCB24 8RB: not on the flood risk listCB24 8RD: not on the flood risk listCB24 8RE: not on the flood risk listCB24 8RF: not on the flood risk listCB24 8RG: not on the flood risk listCB24 8RH: not on the flood risk listCB24 8RJ: not on the flood risk listCB24 8RN: not on the flood risk listCB24 8RQ: not on the flood risk listCB24 8RS: not on the flood risk listCB24 8RU: not on the flood risk listCB24 8RX: not on the flood risk listCB24 8SB: not on the flood risk listCB24 8SD: not on the flood risk listCB24 8SE: not on the flood risk listCB24 8SF: not on the flood risk listCB24 8SG: not on the flood risk listCB24 8SH: not on the flood risk listCB24 8SJ: not on the flood risk listCB24 8SL: not on the flood risk listCB24 8SQ: not on the flood risk listCB24 8SS: not on the flood risk listCB24 8SX: not on the flood risk listCB24 8SZ: not on the flood risk listCB24 8TA: not on the flood risk listCB24 8TB: not on the flood risk listCB24 8TD: not on the flood risk listCB24 8TE: not on the flood risk listCB24 8TF: not on the flood risk listCB24 8TG: not on the flood risk listCB24 8TH: not on the flood risk listCB24 8TJ: not on the flood risk listCB24 8TL: not on the flood risk listCB24 8TN: not on the flood risk listCB24 8TQ: not on the flood risk listCB24 8TR: not on the flood risk listCB24 8TS: not on the flood risk listCB24 8TT: not on the flood risk listCB24 8TU: not on the flood risk listCB24 8TW: not on the flood risk listCB24 8TX: not on the flood risk listCB24 8TY: not on the flood risk listCB24 8TZ: not on the flood risk listCB24 8UA: not on the flood risk listCB24 8UB: not on the flood risk listCB24 8UD: not on the flood risk listCB24 8UF: not on the flood risk listCB24 8UH: not on the flood risk listCB24 8UJ: not on the flood risk listCB24 8UL: not on the flood risk listCB24 8UN: not on the flood risk listCB24 8UQ: not on the flood risk listCB24 8UR: not on the flood risk listCB24 8US: not on the flood risk listCB24 8UT: not on the flood risk listCB24 8UU: not on the flood risk listCB24 8UW: not on the flood risk listCB24 8XA: not on the flood risk listCB24 8XB: not on the flood risk listCB24 8XD: not on the flood risk listCB24 8XF: not on the flood risk listCB24 8XG: not on the flood risk listCB24 8XH: not on the flood risk listCB24 8XJ: not on the flood risk listCB24 8XL: not on the flood risk listCB24 8XN: not on the flood risk listCB24 8XP: not on the flood risk listCB24 8XQ: not on the flood risk listCB24 8XR: not on the flood risk listCB24 8XS: not on the flood risk listCB24 8XT: not on the flood risk listCB24 8XU: not on the flood risk listCB24 8XW: not on the flood risk listCB24 8XX: not on the flood risk listCB24 8XY: not on the flood risk listCB24 8XZ: not on the flood risk listCB24 8YY: not on the flood risk listCB24 8RZ: very low flood risk onlyCB24 8UG: medium flood risk at worstCB24 8SA: high flood riskCB24 8SW: high flood risk Cottenham Map of every postcode in Cottenham, by flood risk Of the 116 postcodes in Cottenham that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 112 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Cottenham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Cottenham
  • A home or business at high risk: 2
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 1
  • Not on the at-risk list: 112

Of the 116 postcodes in Cottenham that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 112 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.2871, longitude 0.1233. 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

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

CB24 8SW31 at high riskCB24 8SA1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Cottenham?

Homes sold for a typical £405,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3% on the 12 months before. At 46 of the 116 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 33 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 116 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Firs House Surgery, 4.7 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Waterbeach, 5.7 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 Cottenham?

Homes in Cottenham sold for a typical £405,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 84 sales, down 3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£405,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£417,500 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £485,750 42 sales
  • Semi-detached £337,000 21 sales
  • Terraced £295,000 20 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

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

Across the whole CB24 district, Cottenham's main postcode district: a typical £410,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Cottenham: 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 Cottenham?

7 of the 116 postcodes now in use in Cottenham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 20 of the 117 homes sold in Cottenham were newly built (17%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CB24 district, 20%.

The newest postcodes

CB24 8BAsince March 2023CB24 8BHsince May 2022CB24 8BBsince February 2022CB24 8AZsince December 2021CB24 8AXsince October 2021CB24 8ATsince August 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 CottenhamAcross the CB24 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 84 (1%) 8 of 404 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 20 of 117 (17%) 136 of 672 (20%)

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 Cottenham?

Ofcom reports on 116 of the 116 postcodes in Cottenham. At 46 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit46 of 116
Postcodes where every home can get superfast109 of 116
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 116

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 Cottenham at risk of flooding?

4 of the 116 postcodes in Cottenham 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 33 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 4 of 116 postcodes High: 32Medium: 1Low: 5Very low: 1

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 Cottenham?

The open schools at the postcodes in Cottenham. 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 Cottenham?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Cottenham is Waterbeach Rail Station, 5.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Waterbeach Rail Station Railway station 5.7 kmDrive
  • Cambridge North Rail Station Railway station 7.4 kmDrive
  • Cambridge Rail Station Railway station 10.4 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 Cottenham?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Cottenham. 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 Cottenham safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 394 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Cottenham 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. 28 September 2025
  2. 35 October 2025
  3. 22 November 2025
  4. 15 December 2025
  5. 24 January 2026
  6. 32 February 2026
  7. 33 March 2026
  8. 28 April 2026
  9. 26 May 2026
  10. 41 June 2026
  11. 52 July 2026
  12. 58 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences126 reports
Anti-social behaviour100 reports
Criminal damage and arson46 reports
Burglary23 reports
Public order19 reports
Vehicle crime18 reports
Shoplifting15 reports
Other crime15 reports

Also: other theft 10, bicycle theft 7, drugs 5, robbery 4, theft from the person 3, possession of weapons 3.

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 Cottenham?

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

All 116 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 Cottenham

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

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Cottenham postcodes

116 postcodes in use in Cottenham, by district:

CB24 postcode district,116 postcodes

That district is in the CB postcode area.

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Places near Cottenham

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Cottenham's £405,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Histon and Impington4.2 km, £535,000Northstowe4.6 km, £380,000Waterbeach4.9 km, £402,000Willingham5.2 km, £375,000Longstanton5.3 km, £386,000Milton5.5 km, £404,500Girton6.5 km, £610,000Haddenham, East Cambridgeshire7.8 km, £330,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Cottenham

What is it like to live in Cottenham?
Homes sold for a typical £405,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3% on the 12 months before. At 46 of the 116 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 33 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 116 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Firs House Surgery, 4.7 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Waterbeach, 5.7 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 Cottenham?
Cottenham is covered by postcode district CB24, across 116 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Cottenham in?
Cottenham is in the South Cambridgeshire council area, and Cambridgeshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Cottenham?
Cottenham is in the Ely and East Cambridgeshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Charlotte Cane (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Cottenham?
Homes in Cottenham sold for a typical £405,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 84 sales, down 3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Cottenham?
In Cottenham, primary schools at its postcodes include Cottenham Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Cottenham Village College and The Centre School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Cottenham have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Cottenham is Waterbeach, 5.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Cottenham?
Ofcom reports on 116 of the 116 postcodes in Cottenham. At 46 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Cottenham at risk of flooding?
4 of the 116 postcodes in Cottenham 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 33 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 Cottenham?
7 of the 116 postcodes now in use in Cottenham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 20 of the 117 homes sold in Cottenham were newly built (17%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CB24 district, 20%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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