CB7 4JW East Cambridgeshire
Live postcode, introduced February 2011. Ward: Ely West. 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 B (33% of about 850 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
- Station Gateway, Angel Drove, Ely: up to 100 homes, not permissioned (300 m)
- Station Gateway, Angel Drove, Ely, not permissioned (300 m)
- Land At Barton Road Car Park Barton Road Ely Cambridgeshire, permissioned (800 m)
- Alexander House 38 Forehill Ely Cambridgeshire: up to 20 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: 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 address is about 3 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 | Ely 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 360 m |
| Soham 66,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.6 km | |
| Littleport 252,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m, 10 within 800 m; nearest Tesco Ely | 210 m |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Ely Station Car Park | 350 m |
| EV charging points | 6 within 1.6 km; nearest Roam Charging Station | 820 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 56.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest St Mary's Surgery | 1.0 km |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 250 m |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Broad Street (Dental Surgery) | 850 m |
| Hospital | Princess Of Wales Hospital | 2.8 km |
| Police station | Ely Police Station | 1.3 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Tesco Bank ATM | 280 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.2 ha | 640 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 2.9 ha | 740 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 160 m² | 730 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 6.2 ha | 170 m |
| Allotments | Bridge Fen Allotments 3.1 ha | 900 m |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 6.9 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is 'Cherry Hill', castle mound, a scheduled monument, 670 m north. 75 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 17 of them Grade I and 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| 'Cherry Hill', castle mound | Scheduled monument | 670 m north |
| Hill House | Listed building, Grade II* | 670 m north |
| 41 and 41A, Broad Street | Listed building, Grade II* | 680 m north-east |
| Barn and Storehouse of the Monastery | Listed building, Grade I | 740 m north |
| Ely Porta | Listed building, Grade I | 770 m north |
| Ely Cathedral: claustral buildings | Scheduled monument | 1.0 km north |
| Hospital of St John the Baptist and St Mary Magdalene, St John's Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Roswell Pits | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km north-east |
| Quanea Hill | Hill | 3.3 km east |
| The Rookery | Wood | 3.4 km east |
| Thorney Hill | Hill | 3.6 km east |
| Hainey Hill | Hill | 4.1 km south-east |
| Redmoor Plantation | Wood | 4.4 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.4 | 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 | 1 | 1 |
None of the postcode's 1 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 | 44 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 73% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 42% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 26% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 68% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 45% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 24% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 18% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 19% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 9% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 35% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 19% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 52% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 9 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.