CB2 1HE Cambridge

Streets

• Union Road, Cambridge: 27 addresses
• Unnamed street near Union Road, Newtown: 1 address
• George Iv Street, Cambridge: 1 address

Council tax

What each band costs in Cambridge in 2026-27: Band D £2,467 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (23% of about 920 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this postcode; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

• Conservation area: yes, New Town And Glisson Road (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
• Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 9.
• Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
• Tree preservation orders: 4 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
• Green belt: no.

Listed buildings

• The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and the English Martyrs, Cambridge, grade I
• WANSTEAD HOUSE, grade II*
• 12-18, HILLS ROAD, grade II
• 20 AND 22, HILLS ROAD, grade II
• 4 AND 6, HILLS ROAD, grade II
• 8 AND 10, HILLS ROAD, grade II
• RECTORY OF THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY AND THE ENGLISH MARTYRS (ROMAN CATHOLIC), grade II
• SCOTT POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE, grade II
• WALL AND GATEPIERS OF THE RECTORY, grade II

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km

• 23 And 25, Hills Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1NW: up to 10 homes, permissioned (160 m)
• 14-17 Regent Terrace Cambridge CB2 1AA: up to 6 homes, permissioned (280 m)
• 82-88 Hills Road and 57-63 Bateman Street: up to 20 homes, not permissioned (310 m)
• Essex House 71 Regent Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire: up to 13 homes, permissioned (320 m)
• Betjeman House Broadcasting House Botanic House and Public Houses at 106 -108, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2: up to 156 homes, permissioned (450 m)
• Betjeman House Broadcasting House Botanic House and Public Houses at 106 -108, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2: up to 156 homes, permissioned (450 m)
• 23, Tenison Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB1 2DG: up to 6 homes, permissioned (640 m)
• Boltons Warehouse, 23 Tenison Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB1 2DG: up to 1 home, permissioned (640 m)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted within 100 m of this postcode. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Flood risk

No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.

Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.

High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.

Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 89% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.