CB2 1TB Cambridge
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Newnham. Region: East of England.
Streets
- Trinity Street, Cambridge: 31 addresses
- Green Street, Cambridge: 1 address
- Rose Crescent, Cambridge: 1 address
- St John's Street, Cambridge: 1 address
- All Saints Passage, 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.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,645 | £1,919 | £2,193 | £2,467 | £3,015 | £3,563 | £4,112 | £4,934 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (33% of about 1,630 homes).
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: 45.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 1 protected tree within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, grade I
- GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE, THE BUILDINGS SURROUNDING GONVILLE COURT AND CAIUS COURT INCLUDING THE HALL, CHAPEL, MASTER'S LODGE AND GATE OF VIRTUE, BUT EXCLUDING THE GATE OF HONOUR, grade I
- ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, GATEWAY TO ST JOHN'S STREET TO SOUTH OF THE COLLEGE BUILDINGS, grade I
- TRINITY COLLEGE, FOUNTAIN IN GREAT COURT, grade I
- 13, TRINITY STREET, grade II*
- 14, TRINITY STREET, grade II*
- 30 AND 31, TRINITY STREET, grade II*
- GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE, THE NORTH AND EAST RANGES OF TREE COURT AND SOUTH WALL, grade II*
- 1-11, ROSE CRESCENT, grade II
- 10, GREEN STREET, grade II
- 10, TRINITY STREET, grade II
- 12, MARKET HILL, grade II
- 15, MARKET HILL, grade II
- 15, TRINITY STREET, grade II
- 16 AND 16A, TRINITY STREET, grade II
- 19, TRINITY STREET, grade II
- 20 AND 21, TRINITY STREET, grade II
- 23, GREEN STREET, grade II
- 24, GREEN STREET, grade II
- 25, GREEN STREET, grade II
- 26 AND 27, GREEN STREET, grade II
- 26 Trinity Street, grade II
- 27 AND 28, TRINITY STREET, grade II
- 29, TRINITY STREET, grade II
- 3-7, GREEN STREET, grade II
- 32, TRINITY STREET, grade II
- 33 AND 34, TRINITY STREET, grade II
- 35-37, TRINITY STREET, grade II
- 35, 36 and 37, Sidney Street, grade II
- 38, TRINITY STREET, grade II
And 15 more.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Land Rear Of 5-17 New Square Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1EY: up to 8 homes, permissioned (680 m)
- Carlyle Lodge 71A Chesterton Road Cambridge CB4 3AN: up to 6 homes, permissioned (760 m)
- Henry Giles House Chesterton Road, not permissioned (810 m)
- Housing allocation at, Henry Giles House, Chesterton Road, Cambridge, CB4: up to 48 homes, not permissioned (810 m)
- Essex House 71 Regent Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire: up to 13 homes, permissioned (880 m)
- 18 Chesterton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire: up to 8 homes, permissioned (890 m)
- Warkworth Lodge Warkworth Terrace Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1EG: up to 9 homes, permissioned (920 m)
- 121 - 125 Chesterton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire: up to 19 homes, permissioned (920 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
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.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 35 addresses are between 9 m and 11 m above sea level (10 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 61%, ultrafast 61%, gigabit 61% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Cambridge 11 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.9 km |
| Cambridge North 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km | |
| Shelford (Cambs) 222,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 12 stops within 400 m, 55 within 800 m; nearest All Saints Passage Cambridge | 100 m |
| Bus or coach station | Drummer St Bus Station Cambridge | 400 m |
| Car parks | 2 within 800 m; nearest Park Street Car Park | 320 m |
| EV charging points | 11 within 1.6 km; nearest Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 290 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 36.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 9 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Bridge Street Medical Centre | 140 m |
| Pharmacies | 8 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Superdrug Pharmacy | 140 m |
| NHS dentists | 14 practices within 1.6 km; nearest New Square Dental Practice | 710 m |
| Hospital | Nuffeild Health Cambridge Hospital | 1.9 km |
| Police station | Parkside Police Station | 910 m |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m; nearest M&S ATM | 140 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 11 within 800 m; nearest Christ's Pieces 4.8 ha | 380 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Midsummer Common 14 ha | 660 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 710 m² | 420 m |
| Playing field | University Rugby Ground 3.0 ha | 1.0 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,330 m² | 1.0 km |
Within 800 m: 11 parks and gardens, 62 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is 30 and 31, Trinity Street, a listed building (Grade II*), 0 m. 606 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 61 of them Grade I and 34 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| 30 and 31, Trinity Street | Listed building, Grade II* | 0 m |
| 14, Trinity Street | Listed building, Grade II* | 20 m |
| 13, Trinity Street | Listed building, Grade II* | 30 m |
| Gonville and Caius College, the North and East Ranges of Tree Court and South Wall | Listed building, Grade II* | 70 m south |
| Trinity Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 220 m south-west |
| Christ's College | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 320 m east |
| Cambridge Castle mound | Scheduled monument | 650 m north-west |
| Hobson's Conduit | Scheduled monument | 1.0 km south |
| Cambridge Museum Of Technology (formerly Cheddars Lane Sewage Pumping Station) | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 35 | 35 |
None of the postcode's 35 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 22 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | under 1% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 1% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 35% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 22% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 16% | 17% |
| Private rented | 50% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 11% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 11% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | under 1% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 69% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 7% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 22% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 68% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 30% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | under 1% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 0% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 84% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 10 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Trinity Street.