CB5 8 postcode sector in the CB5 district

CB5 8 is a sector of the CB5 district: every postcode that starts CB5 8. It has 279 postcodes in use, 13 of them large-user postcodes. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

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Every postcode in the CB5 8 sector, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in the CB5 8 sector, by flood risk Of the 279 postcodes in the CB5 8 sector that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 14 are at low risk at worst and 251 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 postcodes lie beyond the edge and are listed under the map. Places named: Cambridge. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A14 CB5 8AA: not on the flood risk listCB5 8AD: not on the flood risk listCB5 8AE: not on the flood risk listCB5 8AS: not on the flood risk listCB5 8AU: not on the flood risk listCB5 8AX: not on the flood risk listCB5 8AY: not on the flood risk listCB5 8BA: not on the flood risk listCB5 8BD: not on the flood risk listCB5 8BG: not on the flood risk listCB5 8BL: not on the flood risk listCB5 8BN: not on the flood risk listCB5 8BP: not on the flood risk listCB5 8BQ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8BS: not on the flood risk listCB5 8BW: not on the flood risk listCB5 8DA: not on the flood risk listCB5 8DD: not on the flood risk listCB5 8DE: not on the flood risk listCB5 8DG: not on the flood risk listCB5 8DJ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8DL: not on the flood risk listCB5 8DN: not on the flood risk listCB5 8DP: not on the flood risk listCB5 8DQ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8DR: not on the flood risk listCB5 8DS: not on the flood risk listCB5 8DT: not on the flood risk listCB5 8DW: not on the flood risk listCB5 8DZ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8EA: not on the flood risk listCB5 8ED: not on the flood risk listCB5 8EF: not on the flood risk listCB5 8EG: not on the flood risk listCB5 8EH: not on the flood risk listCB5 8EL: not on the flood risk listCB5 8EN: not on the flood risk listCB5 8ER: not on the flood risk listCB5 8ES: not on the flood risk listCB5 8ET: not on the flood risk listCB5 8EU: not on the flood risk listCB5 8EZ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8FB: not on the flood risk listCB5 8FE: not on the flood risk listCB5 8FF: not on the flood risk listCB5 8FR: not on the flood risk listCB5 8FS: not on the flood risk listCB5 8GA: not on the flood risk listCB5 8GB: not on the flood risk listCB5 8HA: not on the flood risk listCB5 8HB: not on the flood risk listCB5 8HE: not on the flood risk listCB5 8HG: not on the flood risk listCB5 8HJ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8HP: not on the flood risk listCB5 8HR: not on the flood risk listCB5 8HS: not on the flood risk listCB5 8HU: not on the flood risk listCB5 8HW: not on the flood risk listCB5 8HX: not on the flood risk listCB5 8HY: not on the flood risk listCB5 8HZ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8JD: not on the flood risk listCB5 8JE: not on the flood risk listCB5 8JG: not on the flood risk listCB5 8JH: not on the flood risk listCB5 8JL: not on the flood risk listCB5 8JN: not on the flood risk listCB5 8JP: not on the flood risk listCB5 8JS: not on the flood risk listCB5 8JW: not on the flood risk listCB5 8JX: not on the flood risk listCB5 8JY: not on the flood risk listCB5 8JZ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8LA: not on the flood risk listCB5 8LB: not on the flood risk listCB5 8LD: not on the flood risk listCB5 8LE: not on the flood risk listCB5 8LF: not on the flood risk listCB5 8LG: not on the flood risk listCB5 8LH: not on the flood risk listCB5 8LJ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8LL: not on the flood risk listCB5 8LN: not on the flood risk listCB5 8LP: not on the flood risk listCB5 8LQ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8LR: not on the flood risk listCB5 8LS: not on the flood risk listCB5 8LT: not on the flood risk listCB5 8LU: not on the flood risk listCB5 8LW: not on the flood risk listCB5 8LX: not on the flood risk listCB5 8LY: not on the flood risk listCB5 8LZ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8NA: not on the flood risk listCB5 8NB: not on the flood risk listCB5 8ND: not on the flood risk listCB5 8NE: not on the flood risk listCB5 8NG: not on the flood risk listCB5 8NH: not on the flood risk listCB5 8NJ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8NL: not on the flood risk listCB5 8NN: not on the flood risk listCB5 8NP: not on the flood risk listCB5 8NQ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8NR: not on the flood risk listCB5 8NS: not on the flood risk listCB5 8NU: not on the flood risk listCB5 8NW: not on the flood risk listCB5 8NY: not on the flood risk listCB5 8NZ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8PA: not on the flood risk listCB5 8PB: not on the flood risk listCB5 8PD: not on the flood risk listCB5 8PF: not on the flood risk listCB5 8PH: not on the flood risk listCB5 8PJ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8PL: not on the flood risk listCB5 8PN: not on the flood risk listCB5 8PP: not on the flood risk listCB5 8PQ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8PR: not on the flood risk listCB5 8PS: not on the flood risk listCB5 8PT: not on the flood risk listCB5 8PU: not on the flood risk listCB5 8PW: not on the flood risk listCB5 8PX: not on the flood risk listCB5 8PY: not on the flood risk listCB5 8PZ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8QE: not on the flood risk listCB5 8QF: not on the flood risk listCB5 8QG: not on the flood risk listCB5 8QH: not on the flood risk listCB5 8QJ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8QL: not on the flood risk listCB5 8QN: not on the flood risk listCB5 8QP: not on the flood risk listCB5 8QQ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8QR: not on the flood risk listCB5 8QS: not on the flood risk listCB5 8QT: not on the flood risk listCB5 8QU: not on the flood risk listCB5 8QW: not on the flood risk listCB5 8QX: not on the flood risk listCB5 8QY: not on the flood risk listCB5 8QZ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8RA: not on the flood risk listCB5 8RB: not on the flood risk listCB5 8RD: not on the flood risk listCB5 8RE: not on the flood risk listCB5 8RG: not on the flood risk listCB5 8RH: not on the flood risk listCB5 8RJ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8RL: not on the flood risk listCB5 8RN: not on the flood risk listCB5 8RQ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8RR: not on the flood risk listCB5 8RS: not on the flood risk listCB5 8RT: not on the flood risk listCB5 8RU: not on the flood risk listCB5 8RW: not on the flood risk listCB5 8RX: not on the flood risk listCB5 8SA: not on the flood risk listCB5 8SB: not on the flood risk listCB5 8SD: not on the flood risk listCB5 8SE: not on the flood risk listCB5 8SF: not on the flood risk listCB5 8SG: not on the flood risk listCB5 8SH: not on the flood risk listCB5 8SL: not on the flood risk listCB5 8SN: not on the flood risk listCB5 8SP: not on the flood risk listCB5 8SQ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8SR: not on the flood risk listCB5 8SS: not on the flood risk listCB5 8SU: not on the flood risk listCB5 8SW: not on the flood risk listCB5 8SY: not on the flood risk listCB5 8SZ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8TD: not on the flood risk listCB5 8TE: not on the flood risk listCB5 8TF: not on the flood risk listCB5 8TG: not on the flood risk listCB5 8TH: not on the flood risk listCB5 8TJ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8TL: not on the flood risk listCB5 8TN: not on the flood risk listCB5 8TP: not on the flood risk listCB5 8TQ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8TR: not on the flood risk listCB5 8TT: not on the flood risk listCB5 8TU: not on the flood risk listCB5 8TW: not on the flood risk listCB5 8TX: not on the flood risk listCB5 8TY: not on the flood risk listCB5 8TZ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8UA: not on the flood risk listCB5 8UB: not on the flood risk listCB5 8UD: not on the flood risk listCB5 8UF: not on the flood risk listCB5 8UG: not on the flood risk listCB5 8UH: not on the flood risk listCB5 8UJ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8UL: not on the flood risk listCB5 8UN: not on the flood risk listCB5 8UP: not on the flood risk listCB5 8UQ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8UR: not on the flood risk listCB5 8US: not on the flood risk listCB5 8UT: not on the flood risk listCB5 8UU: not on the flood risk listCB5 8UW: not on the flood risk listCB5 8UX: not on the flood risk listCB5 8UY: not on the flood risk listCB5 8UZ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8WL: not on the flood risk listCB5 8WR: not on the flood risk listCB5 8WT: not on the flood risk listCB5 8XB: not on the flood risk listCB5 8XD: not on the flood risk listCB5 8XE: not on the flood risk listCB5 8XG: not on the flood risk listCB5 8XH: not on the flood risk listCB5 8XJ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8XL: not on the flood risk listCB5 8XN: not on the flood risk listCB5 8XP: not on the flood risk listCB5 8XQ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8XR: not on the flood risk listCB5 8XS: not on the flood risk listCB5 8XT: not on the flood risk listCB5 8XU: not on the flood risk listCB5 8XW: not on the flood risk listCB5 8XX: not on the flood risk listCB5 8XY: not on the flood risk listCB5 8YE: not on the flood risk listCB5 8YH: not on the flood risk listCB5 8YJ: not on the flood risk listCB5 8YN: not on the flood risk listCB5 8YW: not on the flood risk listCB5 8ZB: not on the flood risk listCB5 8ZD: not on the flood risk listCB5 8ZE: not on the flood risk listCB5 8ZF: not on the flood risk listCB5 8ZS: not on the flood risk listCB5 8AB: low flood risk at worstCB5 8AF: low flood risk at worstCB5 8AG: low flood risk at worstCB5 8AJ: low flood risk at worstCB5 8AN: low flood risk at worstCB5 8AP: low flood risk at worstCB5 8AT: low flood risk at worstCB5 8AW: low flood risk at worstCB5 8DH: low flood risk at worstCB5 8EB: low flood risk at worstCB5 8JB: low flood risk at worstCB5 8JJ: low flood risk at worstCB5 8JQ: low flood risk at worstCB5 8ST: low flood risk at worstCB5 8AR: medium flood risk at worstCB5 8EY: medium flood risk at worstCB5 8HN: medium flood risk at worstCB5 8HT: medium flood risk at worstCB5 8AL: high flood riskCB5 8AQ: high flood riskCB5 8HH: high flood riskCB5 8HL: high flood riskCB5 8HQ: high flood riskCB5 8JF: high flood riskCB5 8NT: high flood riskCB5 8QD: high flood riskCB5 8SX: high flood risk Cambridge Map of every postcode in the CB5 8 sector, by flood risk Of the 279 postcodes in the CB5 8 sector that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 14 are at low risk at worst and 251 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 postcodes lie beyond the edge and are listed under the map. Places named: Cambridge. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A14A1309 Cambridge
  • A home or business at high risk: 9
  • At medium risk at worst: 5
  • At low risk at worst: 14
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 251

Of the 279 postcodes in the CB5 8 sector that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 14 are at low risk at worst and 251 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

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.

CB5 8HL23 at high riskCB5 8SX9 at high riskCB5 8HQ2 at high riskCB5 8HH2 at high riskCB5 8AL2 at high riskCB5 8NT2 at high riskCB5 8QD2 at high riskCB5 8AQ1 at high riskCB5 8JF1 at high risk

2 further out, not drawn

These postcodes lie well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without them to show the rest closer; they are in every count.

CB5 8TACB5 8TB

What do homes sell for in CB5 8?

Homes in CB5 8 sold for a typical £405,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 81 sales, down 11% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£405,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£455,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 11% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £625,000 5 sales
  • Semi-detached £460,000 23 sales
  • Terraced £440,750 26 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £290,000 27 sales

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

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start CB5 8. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.

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

Postcodes in CB5 8

Pick a postcode to see its council and MP, broadband, flood risk, what homes sell for, council tax, the nearest schools and stations, and crime around it.

CB5 8AACB5 8ABCB5 8ADCB5 8AECB5 8AFCB5 8AGCB5 8AJCB5 8ALCB5 8ANCB5 8APCB5 8AQCB5 8ARCB5 8ASCB5 8ATCB5 8AUCB5 8AWCB5 8AXCB5 8AYCB5 8BACB5 8BDCB5 8BGCB5 8BLCB5 8BNCB5 8BPCB5 8BQCB5 8BSCB5 8BWCB5 8BXCB5 8DACB5 8DDCB5 8DECB5 8DGCB5 8DHCB5 8DJCB5 8DLCB5 8DNCB5 8DPCB5 8DQCB5 8DRCB5 8DSCB5 8DTCB5 8DWCB5 8DZCB5 8EACB5 8EBCB5 8EDCB5 8EFCB5 8EGCB5 8EHCB5 8ELCB5 8ENCB5 8ERCB5 8ESCB5 8ETCB5 8EUCB5 8EYCB5 8EZCB5 8FBCB5 8FECB5 8FFCB5 8FRCB5 8FSCB5 8GACB5 8GBCB5 8HACB5 8HBCB5 8HECB5 8HGCB5 8HHCB5 8HJCB5 8HLCB5 8HNCB5 8HPCB5 8HQCB5 8HRCB5 8HSCB5 8HTCB5 8HUCB5 8HWCB5 8HXCB5 8HYCB5 8HZCB5 8JBCB5 8JDCB5 8JECB5 8JFCB5 8JGCB5 8JHCB5 8JJCB5 8JLCB5 8JNCB5 8JPCB5 8JQCB5 8JSCB5 8JWCB5 8JXCB5 8JYCB5 8JZCB5 8LACB5 8LBCB5 8LDCB5 8LECB5 8LFCB5 8LGCB5 8LHCB5 8LJCB5 8LLCB5 8LNCB5 8LPCB5 8LQCB5 8LRCB5 8LSCB5 8LTCB5 8LUCB5 8LWCB5 8LXCB5 8LYCB5 8LZCB5 8NACB5 8NBCB5 8NDCB5 8NECB5 8NFCB5 8NGCB5 8NHCB5 8NJCB5 8NLCB5 8NNCB5 8NPCB5 8NQCB5 8NRCB5 8NSCB5 8NTCB5 8NUCB5 8NWCB5 8NYCB5 8NZCB5 8PACB5 8PBCB5 8PDCB5 8PFCB5 8PHCB5 8PJCB5 8PLCB5 8PNCB5 8PPCB5 8PQCB5 8PRCB5 8PSCB5 8PTCB5 8PUCB5 8PWCB5 8PXCB5 8PYCB5 8PZCB5 8QDCB5 8QECB5 8QFCB5 8QGCB5 8QHCB5 8QJCB5 8QLCB5 8QNCB5 8QPCB5 8QQCB5 8QRCB5 8QSCB5 8QTCB5 8QUCB5 8QWCB5 8QXCB5 8QYCB5 8QZCB5 8RACB5 8RBCB5 8RDCB5 8RECB5 8RGCB5 8RHCB5 8RJCB5 8RLCB5 8RNCB5 8RQCB5 8RRCB5 8RSCB5 8RTCB5 8RUCB5 8RWCB5 8RXCB5 8SACB5 8SBCB5 8SDCB5 8SECB5 8SFCB5 8SGCB5 8SHCB5 8SLCB5 8SNCB5 8SPCB5 8SQCB5 8SRCB5 8SSCB5 8STCB5 8SUCB5 8SWCB5 8SXCB5 8SYCB5 8SZCB5 8TACB5 8TBCB5 8TDCB5 8TECB5 8TFCB5 8TGCB5 8THCB5 8TJCB5 8TLCB5 8TNCB5 8TPCB5 8TQCB5 8TRCB5 8TSCB5 8TTCB5 8TUCB5 8TWCB5 8TXCB5 8TYCB5 8TZCB5 8UACB5 8UBCB5 8UDCB5 8UECB5 8UFCB5 8UGCB5 8UHCB5 8UJCB5 8ULCB5 8UNCB5 8UPCB5 8UQCB5 8URCB5 8USCB5 8UTCB5 8UUCB5 8UWCB5 8UXCB5 8UYCB5 8UZCB5 8WLCB5 8WRCB5 8WTCB5 8XBCB5 8XDCB5 8XECB5 8XGCB5 8XHCB5 8XJCB5 8XLCB5 8XNCB5 8XPCB5 8XQCB5 8XRCB5 8XSCB5 8XTCB5 8XUCB5 8XWCB5 8XXCB5 8XYCB5 8YECB5 8YHCB5 8YJCB5 8YNCB5 8YWCB5 8ZBCB5 8ZDCB5 8ZECB5 8ZFCB5 8ZSCB5 8ZT

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed. See all our data sources

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