Ely
Ely is covered by postcode districts CB6 and CB7. It is in the East Cambridgeshire council area, Cambridgeshire.
Every postcode in Ely, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 19
- In use before 2020: 435
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 454 postcodes in Ely that ONS places, 19 are new since 2020 and 435 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 150 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 52.4019, longitude 0.2630. 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
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CB6 2YD, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Ely?
Homes sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 346 of the 426 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 116 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 15 of its 454 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ely, 1.2 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 Ely?
Homes in Ely sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 235 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £491,000 77 sales
- Semi-detached £360,500 58 sales
- Terraced £307,575 79 sales
- Flat or maisonette £215,000 21 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CB7 district, Ely's main postcode district: a typical £300,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ely: 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 Ely?
19 of the 454 postcodes now in use in Ely came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 14 of the 301 homes sold in Ely were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CB7 district, 10%.
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 Ely | Across the CB7 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 235 (0%) | 9 of 321 (3%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 14 of 301 (5%) | 49 of 497 (10%) |
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 Ely?
Ofcom reports on 426 of the 454 postcodes in Ely. At 346 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 Ely at risk of flooding?
15 of the 454 postcodes in Ely 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 116 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 Ely?
The open schools at the postcodes in Ely. 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
- Highfield Ely Academy350 m 134 pupils, 134 places
- King's Ely700 m 1,126 pupils, 1,250 places
- Lantern Community Primary School800 m 448 pupils, 444 places
- Isle of Ely Primary School950 m 446 pupils, 420 places
- Ely St Mary's CofE Junior School1.2 km 226 pupils, 480 places
- Spring Meadow Infant School1.2 km 143 pupils, 180 places
- Ely St John's Community Primary School1.4 km 371 pupils, 420 places
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 Ely?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ely is Ely Rail Station, 1.2 km away in a straight line.
- Ely Rail Station Railway station 1.2 kmCycle
- Littleport Rail Station Railway station 7.6 kmDrive
- Soham Railway station 8.7 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 Ely?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Ely. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- St Mary's Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01353 663434 500 mWalk
- Cathedral Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01353 669923 1.5 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Ely safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,553 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ely 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
- 121 September 2025
- 135 October 2025
- 108 November 2025
- 113 December 2025
- 128 January 2026
- 88 February 2026
- 130 March 2026
- 124 April 2026
- 142 May 2026
- 135 June 2026
- 170 July 2026
- 159 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 43, drugs 28, bicycle theft 20, theft from the person 16, possession of weapons 15, robbery 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 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 Ely?
- District, borough or city council
- East 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 454 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 Ely
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell East Cambridgeshire about council tax Council tax, on eastcambs.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Ely
- 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
Ely postcodes
454 postcodes in use in Ely, by district:
Those districts are all in the CB postcode area.
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Places near Ely
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ely's £350,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Ely
- What is it like to live in Ely?
- Homes sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 346 of the 426 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 116 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 15 of its 454 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Ely, 1.2 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 Ely?
- Ely is covered by postcode districts CB6 and CB7, across 454 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Ely in?
- Ely is in the East Cambridgeshire council area, and Cambridgeshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Ely?
- Ely 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 Ely?
- Homes in Ely sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 235 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Ely?
- In Ely, primary schools at its postcodes include Highfield Ely Academy, King's Ely and Lantern Community Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Highfield Ely Academy and King's Ely. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Ely have a railway station?
- Yes: Ely is 1.2 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Ely, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Ely?
- Ofcom reports on 426 of the 454 postcodes in Ely. At 346 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Ely at risk of flooding?
- 15 of the 454 postcodes in Ely 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 116 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 Ely?
- 19 of the 454 postcodes now in use in Ely came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 14 of the 301 homes sold in Ely were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CB7 district, 10%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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