CB6 1QL East Cambridgeshire
Live postcode, introduced August 1992. Ward: Littleport. Region: East of England.
Streets
- Manor Place, Littleport: 11 addresses
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 B (43% of about 680 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 5.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 4 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- 17 Main Street, grade II
- 5, HIGH STREET, grade II
- BARN, AND OUTBUILDINGS, REAR OF NUMBER 15, grade II
- FENLAND, grade II
- former Lloyds Bank, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- The Bingo Hall, Hempfield Road, Littleport, ELY, CB6 1NW, permissioned (40 m)
- 20 Wellington Street Littleport Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 1PN: up to 5 homes, permissioned (240 m)
- 20, Victoria Street, Littleport, Cambridgeshire, CB6 1LX: up to 4 homes, permissioned (280 m)
- Land South Of 7 - 11 Wisbech Road Littleport Cambridgeshire: up to 6 homes, permissioned (320 m)
- Station Road Littleport Ely CB6 1JL: up to 39 homes, permissioned (860 m)
- Station Road, Littleport, Ely CB6 1JL, pending decision (860 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 2 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.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 8 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 | 1.0 km |
| Ely 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 7.7 km | |
| Shippea Hill 80 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m, 21 within 800 m; nearest Globe Lane Littleport | 80 m |
| EV charging points | Newnham Street Car Park | 6.6 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 63.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest St. George's Medical Centre | 470 m |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest St. Georges Pharmacy | 470 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Granby Street (Dental Surgery) | 200 m |
| Hospital | Princess Of Wales Hospital | 5.2 km |
| Police station | Ely Police Station | 6.7 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest The Cooperative Food Littleport, Littleport | 130 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 5,470 m² | 160 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 7,380 m² | 450 m |
| Play area | 7 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 510 m² | 370 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.5 ha | 330 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.6 ha | 560 m |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 1.5 hectares in all.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 11 | 11 |
None of the postcode's 11 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 | 47 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 76% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 20% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 23% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 71% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 53% | 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) | 22% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 25% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 91% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 4% | 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.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Manor Place.