Melbourn

Melbourn is covered by postcode district SG8. It is in the South Cambridgeshire council area, Cambridgeshire.

Typical price £405,000 Homes sold in Melbourn, last 12 months. ▲ 1.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 58 of 121 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 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Melbourn, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Melbourn, by flood risk Of the 121 postcodes in Melbourn that ONS places, 121 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Melbourn. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A10 SG8 6AA: not on the flood risk listSG8 6AB: not on the flood risk listSG8 6AD: not on the flood risk listSG8 6AE: not on the flood risk listSG8 6AF: not on the flood risk listSG8 6AG: not on the flood risk listSG8 6AH: not on the flood risk listSG8 6AJ: not on the flood risk listSG8 6AL: not on the flood risk listSG8 6AN: not on the flood risk listSG8 6AP: not on the flood risk listSG8 6AR: not on the flood risk listSG8 6AS: not on the flood risk listSG8 6AT: not on the flood risk listSG8 6AX: not on the flood risk listSG8 6AY: not on the flood risk listSG8 6AZ: not on the flood risk listSG8 6BA: not on the flood risk listSG8 6BB: not on the flood risk listSG8 6BD: not on the flood risk listSG8 6BE: not on the flood risk listSG8 6BG: not on the flood risk listSG8 6BH: not on the flood risk listSG8 6BJ: not on the flood risk listSG8 6BL: not on the flood risk listSG8 6BN: not on the flood risk listSG8 6BP: not on the flood risk listSG8 6BQ: not on the flood risk listSG8 6BS: not on the flood risk listSG8 6BT: not on the flood risk listSG8 6BU: not on the flood risk listSG8 6BW: not on the flood risk listSG8 6BX: not on the flood risk listSG8 6BY: not on the flood risk listSG8 6BZ: not on the flood risk listSG8 6DA: not on the flood risk listSG8 6DB: not on the flood risk listSG8 6DD: not on the flood risk listSG8 6DJ: not on the flood risk listSG8 6DN: not on the flood risk listSG8 6DP: not on the flood risk listSG8 6DR: not on the flood risk listSG8 6DS: not on the flood risk listSG8 6DT: not on the flood risk listSG8 6DU: not on the flood risk listSG8 6DW: not on the flood risk listSG8 6DX: not on the flood risk listSG8 6DY: not on the flood risk listSG8 6DZ: not on the flood risk listSG8 6EA: not on the flood risk listSG8 6EB: not on the flood risk listSG8 6ED: not on the flood risk listSG8 6EE: not on the flood risk listSG8 6EF: not on the flood risk listSG8 6EG: not on the flood risk listSG8 6EH: not on the flood risk listSG8 6EJ: not on the flood risk listSG8 6EL: not on the flood risk listSG8 6EP: not on the flood risk listSG8 6EQ: not on the flood risk listSG8 6ER: not on the flood risk listSG8 6ES: not on the flood risk listSG8 6ET: not on the flood risk listSG8 6EU: not on the flood risk listSG8 6EW: not on the flood risk listSG8 6EX: not on the flood risk listSG8 6FB: not on the flood risk listSG8 6FD: not on the flood risk listSG8 6FE: not on the flood risk listSG8 6FF: not on the flood risk listSG8 6FG: not on the flood risk listSG8 6FH: not on the flood risk listSG8 6FJ: not on the flood risk listSG8 6FL: not on the flood risk listSG8 6FQ: not on the flood risk listSG8 6FS: not on the flood risk listSG8 6FT: not on the flood risk listSG8 6FW: not on the flood risk listSG8 6FX: not on the flood risk listSG8 6FY: not on the flood risk listSG8 6FZ: not on the flood risk listSG8 6GA: not on the flood risk listSG8 6GD: not on the flood risk listSG8 6GE: not on the flood risk listSG8 6GF: not on the flood risk listSG8 6GH: not on the flood risk listSG8 6GJ: not on the flood risk listSG8 6GL: not on the flood risk listSG8 6HA: not on the flood risk listSG8 6HB: not on the flood risk listSG8 6HD: not on the flood risk listSG8 6HE: not on the flood risk listSG8 6HF: not on the flood risk listSG8 6HG: not on the flood risk listSG8 6HH: not on the flood risk listSG8 6HJ: not on the flood risk listSG8 6HL: not on the flood risk listSG8 6HN: not on the flood risk listSG8 6HP: not on the flood risk listSG8 6HR: not on the flood risk listSG8 6HS: not on the flood risk listSG8 6HT: not on the flood risk listSG8 6HU: not on the flood risk listSG8 6HW: not on the flood risk listSG8 6HX: not on the flood risk listSG8 6HY: not on the flood risk listSG8 6HZ: not on the flood risk listSG8 6JA: not on the flood risk listSG8 6JB: not on the flood risk listSG8 6JD: not on the flood risk listSG8 6JE: not on the flood risk listSG8 6JF: not on the flood risk listSG8 6JL: not on the flood risk listSG8 6NA: not on the flood risk listSG8 6NG: not on the flood risk listSG8 6NH: not on the flood risk listSG8 6PH: not on the flood risk listSG8 6UH: not on the flood risk listSG8 6UJ: not on the flood risk listSG8 6UL: not on the flood risk listSG8 6UT: not on the flood risk list Melbourn Map of every postcode in Melbourn, by flood risk Of the 121 postcodes in Melbourn that ONS places, 121 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Melbourn. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A10 Melbourn
  • 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: 121

Of the 121 postcodes in Melbourn that ONS places, 121 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 52.0825, longitude 0.0194. 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 Melbourn?

Homes sold for a typical £405,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.9% on the 12 months before. At 58 of the 121 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 121 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 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Meldreth, 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 Melbourn?

Homes in Melbourn sold for a typical £405,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 63 sales, up 1.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£405,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£397,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 1.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £592,500 22 sales
  • Semi-detached £378,000 25 sales
  • Terraced £337,500 14 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole SG8 district, Melbourn's main postcode district: a typical £400,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Melbourn: 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 Melbourn?

7 of the 121 postcodes now in use in Melbourn came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 80 homes sold in Melbourn were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG8 district, 11%.

The newest postcodes

SG8 6GJsince December 2021SG8 6GHsince August 2021SG8 6GLsince June 2021SG8 6GDsince January 2021SG8 6GEsince January 2021SG8 6GAsince December 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 MelbournAcross the SG8 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 63 (0%) 9 of 452 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 80 (0%) 70 of 640 (11%)

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 Melbourn?

Ofcom reports on 121 of the 121 postcodes in Melbourn. At 58 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit58 of 121
Postcodes where every home can get superfast101 of 121

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 Melbourn at risk of flooding?

None of the 121 postcodes in Melbourn 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 Melbourn?

The open schools at the postcodes in Melbourn. 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 Melbourn?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Melbourn is Meldreth Rail Station, 1.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Meldreth Rail Station Railway station 1.2 kmWalk
  • Shepreth Rail Station Railway station 3.6 kmCycle
  • Royston Rail Station Railway station 4.6 kmCycle

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 Melbourn?

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

Police.uk records 288 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Melbourn 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. 22 September 2025
  2. 12 October 2025
  3. 30 November 2025
  4. 14 December 2025
  5. 28 January 2026
  6. 19 February 2026
  7. 30 March 2026
  8. 16 April 2026
  9. 31 May 2026
  10. 27 June 2026
  11. 19 July 2026
  12. 40 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences107 reports
Anti-social behaviour56 reports
Criminal damage and arson35 reports
Public order22 reports
Vehicle crime19 reports
Burglary15 reports
Other theft11 reports
Drugs9 reports

Also: other crime 9, shoplifting 2, robbery 2, possession of weapons 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 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 Melbourn?

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

All 121 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 Melbourn

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

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Melbourn postcodes

121 postcodes in use in Melbourn, by district:

SG8 postcode district,121 postcodes

That district is in the SG postcode area.

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Places near Melbourn

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

Royston4.4 km, £356,500Bassingbourn5.1 km, £390,000Great Shelford and Stapleford11.2 km, £650,000Sawston11.3 km, £385,000Ashwell12.7 km, £340,000Highfields Caldecote14.4 km, £482,500Hardwick14.6 km, £404,000Buntingford15.4 km, £441,250 All places A to Z

Questions about Melbourn

What is it like to live in Melbourn?
Homes sold for a typical £405,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.9% on the 12 months before. At 58 of the 121 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 121 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 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Meldreth, 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 Melbourn?
Melbourn is covered by postcode district SG8, across 121 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Melbourn in?
Melbourn is in the South Cambridgeshire council area, and Cambridgeshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Melbourn?
Melbourn is in the South Cambridgeshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Pippa Heylings (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Melbourn?
Homes in Melbourn sold for a typical £405,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 63 sales, up 1.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Melbourn?
In Melbourn, primary schools at its postcodes include Melbourn Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Melbourn Village College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Melbourn have a railway station?
Yes: Meldreth is 1.2 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Melbourn, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Melbourn?
Ofcom reports on 121 of the 121 postcodes in Melbourn. At 58 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Melbourn at risk of flooding?
None of the 121 postcodes in Melbourn 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 Melbourn?
7 of the 121 postcodes now in use in Melbourn came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 80 homes sold in Melbourn were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SG8 district, 11%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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