CB25 0BW East Cambridgeshire
Live postcode, introduced September 2006. Ward: Burwell. Region: East of England.
Streets
- Factory Road, East Cambridgeshire: 9 addresses
- Harrison's Drove, East Cambridgeshire: 7 addresses
- Newnham Drove, East Cambridgeshire: 5 addresses
- Unnamed street near Factory Road, Newnham: 3 addresses
- Unnamed street near Lode Lane, Wicken: 3 addresses
- Unnamed street near Factory Road, Reach: 2 addresses
- Unnamed street near Factory Road, River Bank: 2 addresses
- Unnamed street near Factory Road, Upware: 2 addresses
- Hightown Drove, East Cambridgeshire: 2 addresses
- Unnamed street near Factory Road, Newnham: 1 address
- Priory Drove, East Cambridgeshire: 1 address
- Harrison's Drove, East Cambridgeshire: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in East Cambridgeshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,485 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,657 | £1,933 | £2,209 | £2,485 | £3,037 | £3,590 | £4,142 | £4,970 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band D (27% of about 630 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
- McGowan Rutherford Factory Road Burwell Cambridge CB25 0BN: up to 1 home, permissioned (100 m)
- 2 Priory Farm Cottages Factory Road Burwell Cambridge CB25 0BW: up to 2 homes, permissioned (120 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 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: of the 4 homes the Environment Agency counts, 1 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 3 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 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 38 addresses are between -2 m and 2 m above sea level (0 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 67%, ultrafast 67%, gigabit 67% of premises; 33% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Soham 66,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.0 km |
| Waterbeach 372,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.3 km | |
| Newmarket 374,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.8 km | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m | |
| Bus or coach station | The Guineas Bus Station Newmarket | 8.3 km |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 4.8 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 45.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Burwell Surgery | 2.4 km |
| Pharmacies | Jardines Pharmacy | 2.3 km |
| NHS dentists | Burwell Dental Surgery | 1.9 km |
| Hospital | Newmarket Community Hospital | 7.6 km |
| Police station | Ely Police Station | 12.8 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Burwell, Burwell | 1.5 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 6,230 m² | 2.4 km |
| Play area | Unnamed 390 m² | 1.1 km |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3.9 ha | 1.2 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2.3 ha | 2.3 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Moated site 215m south of Chancel Farm, a scheduled monument, 2.0 km north.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Moated site 215m south of Chancel Farm | Scheduled monument | 2.0 km north |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Priory Wood | Wood | 1.9 km south |
| St Edmund's Fen | Wood | 2.1 km north-west |
| Pound Hill | Hill | 2.1 km south-east |
| Wicken Poors' Fen | Wood | 2.4 km north-west |
| Bunkers Hill | Hill | 2.4 km south-east |
| Church Hill | Hill | 3.1 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 38 | 38 |
None of the postcode's 38 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 | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 87% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 44% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 50% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 44% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 42% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 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 Factory Road.