Witchford

Witchford is covered by postcode district CB6. It is in the East Cambridgeshire council area, Cambridgeshire.

Typical price £328,000 Homes sold in Witchford, last 12 months. ▼ 3.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 29 of 55 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at medium risk 3 of 55 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 12 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Witchford, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Witchford, by flood risk Of the 55 postcodes in Witchford that ONS places, 3 are at medium risk at worst and 52 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Witchford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A142 CB6 2FX: not on the flood risk listCB6 2GA: not on the flood risk listCB6 2GB: not on the flood risk listCB6 2GD: not on the flood risk listCB6 2GE: not on the flood risk listCB6 2GF: not on the flood risk listCB6 2GG: not on the flood risk listCB6 2GZ: not on the flood risk listCB6 2HA: not on the flood risk listCB6 2HB: not on the flood risk listCB6 2HD: not on the flood risk listCB6 2HF: not on the flood risk listCB6 2HH: not on the flood risk listCB6 2HJ: not on the flood risk listCB6 2HL: not on the flood risk listCB6 2HN: not on the flood risk listCB6 2HP: not on the flood risk listCB6 2HQ: not on the flood risk listCB6 2HR: not on the flood risk listCB6 2HS: not on the flood risk listCB6 2HT: not on the flood risk listCB6 2HU: not on the flood risk listCB6 2HX: not on the flood risk listCB6 2HY: not on the flood risk listCB6 2JA: not on the flood risk listCB6 2JB: not on the flood risk listCB6 2JD: not on the flood risk listCB6 2JG: not on the flood risk listCB6 2JH: not on the flood risk listCB6 2JJ: not on the flood risk listCB6 2JL: not on the flood risk listCB6 2JN: not on the flood risk listCB6 2JP: not on the flood risk listCB6 2JQ: not on the flood risk listCB6 2JR: not on the flood risk listCB6 2JS: not on the flood risk listCB6 2JU: not on the flood risk listCB6 2JW: not on the flood risk listCB6 2JX: not on the flood risk listCB6 2LU: not on the flood risk listCB6 2LX: not on the flood risk listCB6 2SB: not on the flood risk listCB6 2UN: not on the flood risk listCB6 2XB: not on the flood risk listCB6 2XD: not on the flood risk listCB6 2XE: not on the flood risk listCB6 2XF: not on the flood risk listCB6 3FA: not on the flood risk listCB6 3GN: not on the flood risk listCB6 3NR: not on the flood risk listCB6 3NW: not on the flood risk listCB6 3NX: not on the flood risk listCB6 2FH: medium flood risk at worstCB6 2HG: medium flood risk at worstCB6 2JT: medium flood risk at worst Witchford Map of every postcode in Witchford, by flood risk Of the 55 postcodes in Witchford that ONS places, 3 are at medium risk at worst and 52 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Witchford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Witchford
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 52

Of the 55 postcodes in Witchford that ONS places, 3 are at medium risk at worst and 52 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 52.3875, longitude 0.2059. 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 medium risk at worst

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

CB6 2FH10 at medium riskCB6 2HG1 at medium riskCB6 2JT1 at medium risk

What is it like to live in Witchford?

Homes sold for a typical £328,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.5% on the 12 months before. At 29 of the 55 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 12 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 3 of its 55 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is St Mary's Surgery, 3.7 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Ely, 4.2 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 Witchford?

Homes in Witchford sold for a typical £328,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 37 sales, down 3.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£328,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£340,000
12 months to August 2026
£328,000

▼ down 3.5% on the 12 months before

Detached£475,000 17 sales
Semi-detached£310,000 14 sales
Terraced£288,750 6 sales

Across the whole CB6 district, Witchford's main postcode district: a typical £335,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Witchford: 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 Witchford?

12 of the 55 postcodes now in use in Witchford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 53 homes sold in Witchford were newly built (11%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CB6 district, 19%.

The newest postcodes

CB6 2UNsince July 2023CB6 2SBsince April 2023CB6 2GDsince August 2022CB6 2LUsince March 2022CB6 2HDsince February 2022CB6 2LXsince October 2021

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 WitchfordAcross the CB6 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 37 (0%) 11 of 439 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 6 of 53 (11%) 127 of 653 (19%)

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 Witchford?

Ofcom reports on 55 of the 55 postcodes in Witchford. At 29 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit29 of 55
Postcodes where every home can get superfast51 of 55
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband2 of 55

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.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Witchford at risk of flooding?

3 of the 55 postcodes in Witchford 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 12 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 3 of 55 postcodes Medium: 12

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 Witchford?

The open schools at the postcodes in Witchford. 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 Witchford?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Witchford is Ely Rail Station, 4.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Ely Rail Station Railway station 4.2 kmCycle
  • Soham Railway station 10.2 kmDrive
  • Littleport Rail Station Railway station 11.2 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 Witchford?

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

Police.uk records 229 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Witchford 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. 19 September 2025
  2. 14 October 2025
  3. 17 November 2025
  4. 18 December 2025
  5. 29 January 2026
  6. 22 February 2026
  7. 25 March 2026
  8. 19 April 2026
  9. 21 May 2026
  10. 23 June 2026
  11. 11 July 2026
  12. 11 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Other theft88 reports
Violence and sexual offences52 reports
Anti-social behaviour45 reports
Burglary11 reports
Criminal damage and arson10 reports
Public order8 reports
Other crime6 reports
Vehicle crime5 reports

Also: drugs 2, bicycle theft 1, 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 Witchford?

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 55 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

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Witchford postcodes

55 postcodes in use in Witchford, by district:

CB6 postcode district,55 postcodes

That district is in the CB postcode area.

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Places near Witchford

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Witchford's £328,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Ely4.2 km, £350,000Haddenham, East Cambridgeshire5.3 km, £330,000Sutton, East Cambridgeshire5.8 km, £310,000Littleport10.0 km, £276,000Soham10.6 km, £271,500Manea11.0 km, £265,000Cottenham12.5 km, £405,000Chatteris13.0 km, £230,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Witchford

What is it like to live in Witchford?
Homes sold for a typical £328,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.5% on the 12 months before. At 29 of the 55 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 12 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 3 of its 55 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is St Mary's Surgery, 3.7 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Ely, 4.2 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 Witchford?
Witchford is covered by postcode district CB6, across 55 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Witchford in?
Witchford is in the East Cambridgeshire council area, and Cambridgeshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Witchford?
Witchford 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 Witchford?
Homes in Witchford sold for a typical £328,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 37 sales, down 3.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Witchford?
In Witchford, primary schools at its postcodes include The Rackham Church of England Primary School and Pre-School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Witchford Village College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Witchford have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Witchford is Ely, 4.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Witchford?
Ofcom reports on 55 of the 55 postcodes in Witchford. At 29 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Witchford at risk of flooding?
3 of the 55 postcodes in Witchford 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 12 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 Witchford?
12 of the 55 postcodes now in use in Witchford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 53 homes sold in Witchford were newly built (11%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CB6 district, 19%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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