Cottenham
Cottenham is covered by postcode district CB24. It is in the South Cambridgeshire council area, Cambridgeshire.
Every postcode in Cottenham, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 7
- In use before 2020: 109
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 116 postcodes in Cottenham that ONS places, 7 are new since 2020 and 109 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 180 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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; 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
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CB24 8BA, is the newest of them.
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.
- 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
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
| Period | In Cottenham | Across 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).
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 checkerSource: 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.
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.
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.
- Firs House Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2024 · Phone 01223 234286 4.7 kmCycle
- Willingham Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01954 260230 5.1 kmDrive
- Waterbeach and Cottenham Surgeries Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2026 · Phone 01223 860387 5.2 kmDrive
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
- 28 September 2025
- 35 October 2025
- 22 November 2025
- 15 December 2025
- 24 January 2026
- 32 February 2026
- 33 March 2026
- 28 April 2026
- 26 May 2026
- 41 June 2026
- 52 July 2026
- 58 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
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 postcodeSource: 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.
- Tell South Cambridgeshire about council tax Council tax, on scambs.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Cottenham postcodes
116 postcodes in use in Cottenham, by district:
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.
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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