CB3 1AZ South Cambridgeshire
Live postcode, introduced December 2023. Ward: Girton. Region: East of England.
Streets
- Stickfast Place, Cambridge: 2 addresses
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 E (28% of about 1,340 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
- 17-19, Bandon Road,Girton, Cambridgeshire, CB3 OLU, permissioned (480 m)
- National Institute Of Agricultural Botany Huntingdon Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0LE: up to 71 homes, permissioned (570 m)
- National Institute Of Agricultural Botany Huntingdon Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0LE: up to 170 homes, permissioned (570 m)
- Land South Of Wilberforce Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire: up to 38 homes, permissioned (760 m)
- 36, Madingley Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 0EX: up to 14 homes, permissioned (900 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.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 24 m above sea level.
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 11 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.6 km |
| Cambridge North 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km | |
| Waterbeach 372,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m, 13 within 800 m; nearest Milne Avenue Cambridge | 110 m |
| Bus or coach station | Drummer St Bus Station Cambridge | 3.0 km |
| Car parks | Park Street Car Park | 2.6 km |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 800 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 38.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Huntingdon Road Surgery | 1.7 km |
| Pharmacies | Jardines Pharmacy | 1.6 km |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 2.3 km |
| Hospital | Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital | 3.1 km |
| Police station | Histon Police Station | 3.1 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Highway Stops - Girton Service Station Cashzone | 370 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 830 m² | 1.0 km |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,490 m² | 100 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.4 ha | 190 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2.5 ha | 1.6 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Shawms, a listed building (Grade II*), 670 m south. 9 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 3 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Shawms | Listed building, Grade II* | 670 m south |
| Girton College | Listed building, Grade II* | 760 m north |
| Willow House | Listed building, Grade II* | 840 m south |
| Garden of 48 Storey's Way | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.1 km south-east |
| Histon Road Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.8 km east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Pellews Pond | Lake or reservoir | 380 m south-east |
| Brook Leys | Lake or reservoir | 500 m south-west |
| Pheasant Plantation | Wood | 650 m south-west |
| West Cambridge Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.5 km south |
| Arbury Orchard | Wood | 1.9 km north-east |
| Castle Hill | Hill | 2.1 km south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.8 | 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 | 2 | 2 |
None of the postcode's 2 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 | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 87% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 66% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 19% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 12% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 74% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 70% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 4% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 92% | 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 Stickfast Place.