CB4 2UT Cambridge
Live postcode, introduced March 1982. Ward: King's Hedges. Region: East of England.
Streets
- Caledon Way, Cambridge: 13 addresses
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 B (65% of about 690 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
- Land At Aragon Close And Sackville Close Cambridge Cambridgeshire: up to 14 homes, permissioned (330 m)
- The Meadows Community Centre 1 St Catharines Road Impington Cambridge CB4 3XJ: up to 56 homes, permissioned (550 m)
- Garage Block 1-20, Cameron Road and Land Adjacent to Nos. 33 And 45 Nuns Way, permissioned (550 m)
- Aylesborough Close Cambridge Cambridgeshire: up to 34 homes, permissioned (710 m)
- Jenny Wren, St. Kilda Avenue, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 2QA: up to 9 homes, permissioned (1.0 km)
- Jenny Wren, St. Kilda Avenue, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 2QA: up to 9 homes, permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 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.
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 | 2.5 km |
| Cambridge 11 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km | |
| Waterbeach 372,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 12 stops within 400 m, 38 within 800 m; nearest Stanley Avenue Orchard Park | 150 m |
| Bus or coach station | Drummer St Bus Station Cambridge | 3.1 km |
| Car parks | Cambridge North Station Car Park | 2.5 km |
| EV charging points | 5 within 1.6 km; nearest Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 830 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 39.5 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Arbury Road Surgery | 890 m |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Allied Pharmacy Arbury | 1.0 km |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Cavendish House Dental Care | 740 m |
| Hospital | Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital | 1.5 km |
| Police station | Histon Police Station | 1.5 km |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 930 m |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 22% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 9% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 27% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 7% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 52% | 17% |
| Private rented | 22% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 63% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 9% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 8% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 7% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 24% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 35% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 9% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 28% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 78% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 37% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 78% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 4% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 3 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 Caledon Way.