CB1 7BL postcode in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

CB1 7BL is a postcode in Cambridge, in the Coleridge ward. It is in the Cambridge parliamentary constituency and the Cambridgeshire police force area, and has been in use since November 2013.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses can get it. Cambridge: 95% Typical price £760,000 Homes sold in CB1 7, last 12 months. ▼ 5% on the year before Nearest station Cambridge 600 m in a straight line

Where CB1 7BL is, and what is near it

Map of CB1 7BL and what is near it Map of CB1 7BL: its centre point, with the 86 other postcodes in the CB1 7 sector, 3 schools, 2 railway stations, 3 GP practices and 7 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. CB1 7AA: also in CB1 7CB1 7AB: also in CB1 7CB1 7AD: also in CB1 7CB1 7AF: also in CB1 7CB1 7AG: also in CB1 7CB1 7AJ: also in CB1 7CB1 7AL: also in CB1 7CB1 7AN: also in CB1 7CB1 7AP: also in CB1 7CB1 7AR: also in CB1 7CB1 7AS: also in CB1 7CB1 7AT: also in CB1 7CB1 7AU: also in CB1 7CB1 7AW: also in CB1 7CB1 7AX: also in CB1 7CB1 7AY: also in CB1 7CB1 7AZ: also in CB1 7CB1 7BB: also in CB1 7CB1 7BJ: also in CB1 7CB1 7BN: also in CB1 7CB1 7BQ: also in CB1 7CB1 7BS: also in CB1 7CB1 7BU: also in CB1 7CB1 7BW: also in CB1 7CB1 7BX: also in CB1 7CB1 7BZ: also in CB1 7CB1 7DA: also in CB1 7CB1 7DB: also in CB1 7CB1 7DP: also in CB1 7CB1 7DY: also in CB1 7CB1 7DZ: also in CB1 7CB1 7EA: also in CB1 7CB1 7EB: also in CB1 7CB1 7ED: also in CB1 7CB1 7EF: also in CB1 7CB1 7EG: also in CB1 7CB1 7GX: also in CB1 7CB1 7HF: also in CB1 7CB1 7PH: also in CB1 7CB1 7PL: also in CB1 7CB1 7PN: also in CB1 7CB1 7QQ: also in CB1 7CB1 7RS: also in CB1 7CB1 7RT: also in CB1 7CB1 7RU: also in CB1 7CB1 7SF: also in CB1 7CB1 7SP: also in CB1 7CB1 7SR: also in CB1 7CB1 7SS: also in CB1 7CB1 7ST: also in CB1 7CB1 7SU: also in CB1 7CB1 7SW: also in CB1 7CB1 7SX: also in CB1 7CB1 7SY: also in CB1 7CB1 7SZ: also in CB1 7CB1 7TA: also in CB1 7CB1 7TD: also in CB1 7CB1 7TE: also in CB1 7CB1 7TF: also in CB1 7CB1 7TG: also in CB1 7CB1 7TH: also in CB1 7CB1 7TL: also in CB1 7CB1 7TP: also in CB1 7CB1 7TS: also in CB1 7CB1 7TT: also in CB1 7CB1 7TX: also in CB1 7CB1 7TY: also in CB1 7CB1 7TZ: also in CB1 7CB1 7UA: also in CB1 7CB1 7UB: also in CB1 7CB1 7UE: also in CB1 7CB1 7UF: also in CB1 7CB1 7UG: also in CB1 7CB1 7UP: also in CB1 7CB1 7UR: also in CB1 7CB1 7US: also in CB1 7CB1 7UT: also in CB1 7CB1 7UU: also in CB1 7CB1 7UW: also in CB1 7CB1 7UX: also in CB1 7CB1 7UY: also in CB1 7CB1 7UZ: also in CB1 7CB1 7XA: also in CB1 7CB1 7XB: also in CB1 7CB1 7XD: also in CB1 7CB1 7XE: also in CB1 7 Cambridge CB1 7BL Map of CB1 7BL and what is near it Map of CB1 7BL: its centre point, with the 86 other postcodes in the CB1 7 sector, 3 schools, 2 railway stations, 3 GP practices and 7 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Cambridge CB1 7BL
  • CB1 7BL
  • Other postcodes in CB1 7: press one for its page
  • 3 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 7 bus stops

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 52.1886, longitude 0.1374)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after CB1 7BL?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at CB1 7BL?

Every home and business at CB1 7BL can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)100% can get it

Cambridge: 95%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)100% can get it

Cambridge: 99%

The line marks the figure across Cambridge.

Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

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

When are the bins collected at CB1 7BL?

BinDayBuddy has not read Cambridge City Council's days for CB1 7BL today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

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Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is CB1 7BL at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include CB1 7BL.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Cambridge

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for CB1 7BL: 5,669 properties in Cambridge are at high risk (7.9% of all its properties). All the figures for Cambridge

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of CB1 7BL is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near CB1 7BL?

Homes in CB1 7 sold for a typical £760,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 29 sales, down 5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£760,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£800,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £1,432,500 8 sales
  • Semi-detached £715,000 9 sales
  • Terraced £705,000 8 sales
  • Flat or maisonette Not enough sales to price (4)

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

Across the whole CB1 district: a typical £485,000 from 427 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in CB1 7BL

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in CB1 7BL from January 2024 to August 2026. The prices above are for the homes around it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near CB1 7BL?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 1,130 homes in the neighbourhood around CB1 7BL. The largest share of them, 40%, are in council tax band C. More were built from 2000 to 2009 than in any other period (63%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around CB1 7BL

Band D in Cambridge for 2026‑27: £2,467. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,645 (band A) to £4,112 (band G); band C, the most common, is £2,193.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 90 (8%)£1,645
Band Babout 250 (22%)£1,919
Band Cabout 450 (40%)£2,193
Band Dabout 100 (9%)£2,467
Band Eabout 140 (12%)£3,015
Band Fabout 70 (6%)£3,563
Band Gabout 30 (3%)£4,112
Band Hwithheld£4,934

When the homes were built

  1. 2% Before 1900
  2. 1% 1900 to 1918
  3. 2% 1919 to 1939
  4. 9% 1945 to 1964
  5. None 1965 to 1982
  6. Withheld 1983 to 1999
  7. 63% 2000 to 2009
  8. 24% 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

1965 to 1982, 2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Cambridge before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of CB1 7BL is in (ONS area E01035518), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near CB1 7BL?

The nearest open schools to CB1 7BL, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near CB1 7BL, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to CB1 7BL?

The nearest railway station to the centre of CB1 7BL is Cambridge Rail Station, 600 metres away in a straight line.

  • Cambridge Rail Station Railway station 600 mWalk
  • Cambridge South Rail Station Railway station 1.6 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

7 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Clifton Road, 50 m away.

More stations near CB1 7BL, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near CB1 7BL?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of CB1 7BL, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near CB1 7BL?

0 within 1 km 50 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of CB1 7BL, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • EB Charging Ltd Charging point · 2 chargers · Type 2 · up to 22 kW 1.4 kmCycle
  • Swarco E-Connect Charging point · 3 chargers · Type 2, CCS, CHAdeMO · up to 50 kW 1.4 kmCycle
  • A charging point Charging point · No details mapped 1.4 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near CB1 7BL?

The nearest to the centre of CB1 7BL, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to CB1 7BL?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near CB1 7BL?

The nearest care homes to the centre of CB1 7BL, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near CB1 7BL?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of CB1 7BL, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near CB1 7BL?

The nearest vets to the centre of CB1 7BL on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is CB1 7BL in a conservation area?

The centre of CB1 7BL is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near CB1 7BL?

Police.uk records 395 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of CB1 7BL in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences107 reports
Anti-social behaviour78 reports
Bicycle theft40 reports
Criminal damage and arson38 reports
Public order34 reports
Other theft30 reports

Also: shoplifting 25, burglary 18, drugs 7, vehicle crime 6, other crime 5, theft from the person 3, robbery 3, possession of weapons 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for CB1 7BL

Ward
Coleridge
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
East of England
Country
England
Built-up area
Cambridge
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
November 2013

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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