CB6 1FU East Cambridgeshire
Live postcode, introduced August 2016. Ward: Littleport. Region: East of England.
Streets
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 A (33% of about 900 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
- Site To North And North West Of 50, Station Road, Littleport, ELY, CB6 1QF: up to 3 homes, permissioned (230 m)
- Furthermoor Farm 11 New River Bank Littleport Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 4TA: up to 1 home, permissioned (380 m)
- Station Road Littleport Ely CB6 1JL: up to 39 homes, permissioned (450 m)
- Station Road, Littleport, Ely CB6 1JL, pending decision (450 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 6 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 5 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 5 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 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 addresses are about 1 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 | Littleport 252,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 190 m |
| Shippea Hill 80 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.4 km | |
| Ely 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 8.8 km | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m, 6 within 800 m; nearest Mildenhall Road Littleport | 180 m |
| EV charging points | Newnham Street Car Park | 7.7 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 64.6 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest St. George's Medical Centre | 1.5 km |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest St. Georges Pharmacy | 1.5 km |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Granby Street (Dental Surgery) | 1.0 km |
| Hospital | Princess Of Wales Hospital | 6.3 km |
| Police station | Ely Police Station | 7.8 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Littleport, Littleport | 1.1 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 5,470 m² | 1.3 km |
| Play area | Unnamed 310 m² | 1.1 km |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.2 ha | 1.2 km |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.6 ha | 520 m |
Landmarks
1 listed building is within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| The Dock | Lake or reservoir | 200 m south |
| Sandall's Cut | Lake or reservoir | 1.1 km south |
| Brick Hill | Hill | 3.8 km south |
| Six Acre Plantation | Wood | 3.8 km north-east |
| Redmoor Plantation | Wood | 4.7 km south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.3 | 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 | 2 | 8 |
6 of the postcode's 8 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 | 39 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 20% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 19% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 64% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 40% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 14% | 17% |
| Private rented | 19% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 23% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 29% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 56% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 5 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.