CB24 4TE South Cambridgeshire
Live postcode, introduced September 2006. Ward: Swavesey. Region: East of England.
Streets
- Daintrees Road, Fen Drayton: 18 addresses
- Holywell Ferry Road, South Cambridgeshire: 8 addresses
- Unnamed street near Oaktree Road, Fen Drayton: 2 addresses
- Holywell Ferry Road, South Cambridgeshire: 2 addresses
- Unnamed street near Daintrees Road, Holywell: 1 address
- Brown's Road, Fen Drayton: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Daintrees Road, Fen Drayton: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Daintrees Road, Fen Drayton: 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 (21% of about 850 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: 4 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 56 , Park Lane, FEN DRAYTON, CB24 4SW, permissioned (160 m)
- Land At The Back Of 30 Cootes Lane Fen Drayton Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB24 4SL: up to 1 home, permissioned (530 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 7 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 17 homes the Environment Agency counts, 1 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 6 low and 0 very low.
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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 34 addresses are between 5 m and 7 m above sea level (6 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 53%, gigabit 53% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Huntingdon 1.6 million journeys in 2024–25 | 10.9 km |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m, 6 within 800 m; nearest The Orchard Fen Drayton | 250 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station St Ives | 3.4 km |
| EV charging points | St Ives Park & Ride GeniePoint | 2.9 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 49.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Swavesey Surgery | 2.8 km |
| Pharmacies | Fenstanton Pharmacy | 2.1 km |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 3.3 km |
| Hospital | Hinchingbrooke Hospital | 11.7 km |
| Police station | Huntingdon Police Station | 10.8 km |
| Cash machines | SGN Ltd - Hemingford, Hemingford Cashzone | 3.4 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 2,630 m² | 1.7 km |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 330 m² | 200 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.9 ha | 160 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 9,310 m² | 1.7 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Homestead, a listed building (Grade II*), 320 m south-east. 25 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 3 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| The Homestead | Listed building, Grade II* | 320 m south-east |
| The Three Tuns Inn | Listed building, Grade II* | 390 m south-east |
| Parish Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade II* | 540 m south-east |
| Low Hill bowl barrow, 575m north of Fen Drayton Reservoir | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 28 | 34 |
6 of the postcode's 34 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 | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 79% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 38% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 9% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 64% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 49% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 44% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 43% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 16% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 49% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 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 Daintrees Road.