CB23 8UD South Cambridgeshire
Live postcode, introduced September 2006. Ward: Bar Hill. Region: East of England.
Streets
- Trafalgar Way, Bar Hill: 6 addresses
- Huntingdon Road, Huntingdonshire: 1 address
- Trafalgar Way, Bar Hill: 1 address
- B1050, Earith: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in South Cambridgeshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,536 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,691 | £1,973 | £2,254 | £2,536 | £3,100 | £3,663 | £4,227 | £5,073 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (47% of about 880 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Hallmark Hotel, Land South side of Huntingdon Road, Bar Hill, CAMBRIDGE, CB23 8EU, permissioned (460 m)
- Land at Hazlewell Farm, Bar Road, Lolworth, CAMBRIDGE, CB23 8DS, permissioned (830 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 0 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 9 addresses are between 21 m and 24 m above sea level (22 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 0%, ultrafast 0%, gigabit 0% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Cambridge North 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 10.1 km |
| Cambridge 11 million journeys in 2024–25 | 10.6 km | |
| Waterbeach 372,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.0 km | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m, 6 within 800 m; nearest Saxon Way Bar Hill | 170 m |
| Bus or coach station | Drummer St Bus Station Cambridge | 9.1 km |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km; nearest Q-Arc Building, Cambridge Science Park | 240 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 43.9 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Maple Surgery Bar Hill Health Centre | 510 m |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Tesco In-Store Pharmacy | 460 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Bar Hill Dental Practice | 510 m |
| Hospital | Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital | 6.5 km |
| Police station | Histon Police Station | 6.4 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Longstanton High Street | 3.4 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,520 m² | 420 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 850 m² | 600 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 5.2 ha | 570 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.0 ha | 1.2 km |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.3 hectares in all.
Landmarks
2 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Lolworth Spring | Wood | 570 m north-west |
| Craft's Hill | Hill | 1.1 km south-east |
| The Plantation | Wood | 1.2 km south |
| Roger's Wood | Wood | 1.3 km west |
| Icehouse Grove | Wood | 1.8 km south |
| View Ponds | Lake or reservoir | 3.1 km west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 14.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 2 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 4 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 9 |
9 of the postcode's 9 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 44% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 40% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 22% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 73% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 87% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 8 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 Trafalgar Way.