CB2 1RB Cambridge

Streets

• Trumpington Street, Cambridge: 9 addresses
• The Fen Causeway, 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 (22% of about 730 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, Historic Core (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
• Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 13.
• Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
• Tree preservation orders: 5 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
• Green belt: no.

Listed buildings

• FENCE ALONG STREET FRONTAGE OF THE MAIN BLOCK OF THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM, grade I
• Fitzwilliam Museum and boundary wall, plinths and gates to the north-east, grade I
• 31, TRUMPINGTON STREET, grade II*
• 1-12, FITZWILLIAM STREET (See details for further address information), grade II
• 16-24, FITZWILLIAM STREET, grade II
• 25-27, TRUMPINGTON STREET, grade II
• 30, TRUMPINGTON STREET, grade II
• 35 AND 36, TRUMPINGTON STREET, grade II
• BUILDINGS SURROUNDING TUNWELL'S COURT, grade II
• Gates, gate piers and railings of the Cambridge Judge Business School fronting Trumpington Street, grade II
• Grove Lodge and outbuilding to south, grade II
• K6 Telephone Kiosk outside St Peter's Terrace, grade II
• THE LITTLE ROSE INN, grade II

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km

• Essex House 71 Regent Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire: up to 13 homes, permissioned (460 m)
• 14-17 Regent Terrace Cambridge CB2 1AA: up to 6 homes, permissioned (500 m)
• 23 And 25, Hills Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1NW: up to 10 homes, permissioned (750 m)
• Housing Allocation, Land at Parkside Police Station and Fire and Rescue Station, Parkside, Cambridge, CB1: up to 50 homes, not permissioned (840 m)
• Land at Parkside Police Station, Parkside, not permissioned (840 m)
• 82-88 Hills Road and 57-63 Bateman Street: up to 20 homes, not permissioned (850 m)
• Land Rear Of 5-17 New Square Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1EY: up to 8 homes, permissioned (880 m)
• Warkworth Lodge Warkworth Terrace Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1EG: up to 9 homes, permissioned (890 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 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.