CB3 0WT Cambridge
Live postcode, introduced April 2024. Ward: Castle. Region: East of England.
Streets
- Down House Drive, Cambridge: 48 addresses
- Brierley Walk, 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 D (29% of about 840 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
- 295 - 301 Histon Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3NF: up to 26 homes, permissioned (330 m)
- 295 to 301 Histon Road, permissioned (340 m)
- The Meadows Community Centre 1 St Catharines Road Impington Cambridge CB4 3XJ: up to 56 homes, permissioned (640 m)
- Aylesborough Close Cambridge Cambridgeshire: up to 34 homes, permissioned (730 m)
Flood risk
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this postcode yet.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% 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 | 3.4 km |
| Cambridge 11 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.3 km | |
| Waterbeach 372,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.0 km | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m, 19 within 800 m; nearest Brownlow Road Arbury | 210 m |
| Bus or coach station | Drummer St Bus Station Cambridge | 2.8 km |
| Car parks | Park Street Car Park | 2.3 km |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 1.3 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 39.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Arbury Road Surgery | 1.3 km |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Jardines Pharmacy | 910 m |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Cavendish House Dental Care | 1.1 km |
| Hospital | Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital | 1.8 km |
| Police station | Histon Police Station | 1.8 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Histon Road Cashzone | 910 m |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 19% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 77% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 22% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 57% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 20% | 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) | 85% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 67% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 7% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 81% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 6 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 Down House Drive.