Girton
Girton is covered by postcode district CB3. It is in the South Cambridgeshire council area, Cambridgeshire.
Every postcode in Girton, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 5
- At medium risk at worst: 0
- At low risk at worst: 1
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 72
Of the 78 postcodes in Girton that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 72 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 52.2338, longitude 0.0856. 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.
What is it like to live in Girton?
Homes sold for a typical £610,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 10.9% on the 12 months before. At 71 of the 77 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 35 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 78 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Firs House Surgery, 2.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Cambridge North, 5.1 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 Girton?
Homes in Girton sold for a typical £610,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 39 sales, up 10.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £820,000 21 sales
- Semi-detached £437,500 10 sales
- Terraced 4 sales, too few to price
- Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CB3 district, Girton's main postcode district: a typical £621,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Girton: 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 Girton?
3 of the 78 postcodes now in use in Girton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 47 homes sold in Girton were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CB3 district, 38%.
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 Girton | Across the CB3 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 39 (0%) | 17 of 107 (16%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 47 (0%) | 72 of 191 (38%) |
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 Girton?
Ofcom reports on 77 of the 78 postcodes in Girton. At 71 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 Girton at risk of flooding?
6 of the 78 postcodes in Girton 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 35 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 Girton?
The open schools at the postcodes in Girton. 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
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 Girton?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Girton is Cambridge North Rail Station, 5.1 km away in a straight line.
- Cambridge North Rail Station Railway station 5.1 kmDrive
- Cambridge Rail Station Railway station 5.7 kmDrive
- Cambridge South Rail Station Railway station 7.3 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 Girton?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Girton. 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 2.1 kmCycle
- Huntingdon Road Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2023 · Phone 01223 364127 2.8 kmCycle
- Arbury Road Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01223 364433 3.0 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Girton safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 295 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Girton 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
- 30 September 2025
- 24 October 2025
- 28 November 2025
- 14 December 2025
- 15 January 2026
- 25 February 2026
- 30 March 2026
- 24 April 2026
- 29 May 2026
- 27 June 2026
- 27 July 2026
- 22 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: bicycle theft 11, other crime 10, possession of weapons 8, shoplifting 5, theft from the person 1.
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 Girton?
- 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 78 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 Girton
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
Girton postcodes
78 postcodes in use in Girton, by district:
That district is in the CB postcode area.
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Places near Girton
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Girton's £610,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Girton
- What is it like to live in Girton?
- Homes sold for a typical £610,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 10.9% on the 12 months before. At 71 of the 77 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 35 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 78 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Firs House Surgery, 2.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Cambridge North, 5.1 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 Girton?
- Girton is covered by postcode district CB3, across 78 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Girton in?
- Girton is in the South Cambridgeshire council area, and Cambridgeshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Girton?
- Girton 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 Girton?
- Homes in Girton sold for a typical £610,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 39 sales, up 10.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Girton?
- In Girton, primary schools at its postcodes include Girton Glebe Primary School and Gretton School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Gretton School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Girton have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Girton is Cambridge North, 5.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Girton?
- Ofcom reports on 77 of the 78 postcodes in Girton. At 71 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Girton at risk of flooding?
- 6 of the 78 postcodes in Girton 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 35 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 Girton?
- 3 of the 78 postcodes now in use in Girton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 47 homes sold in Girton were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CB3 district, 38%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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