Bridge Road Ely, East Cambridgeshire
55 addresses across 5 postcodes (CB7), about 240 m long, classed as a minor road. USRN 12000575.
17 homes have an energy certificate (B: 2, C: 7, D: 8). 10 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in East Cambridgeshire costs £2,485 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Ely, about 260 m away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden is about 500 m away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 4 to 7 m above sea level. The nearest GP surgery is St Mary's Surgery, about 1.2 km away. About 500 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 75% of households owned their home and 52% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
17 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 75 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (10); House, end-terrace (5); Flat (1). Built: before 1900 (6); 1900-1929 (4); 1996-2002 (4). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (10); rented (private) (4).
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 street: most are in band B (33% of about 850 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Ely (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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 (400 m)
- Station Gateway, Angel Drove, Ely, not permissioned (400 m)
- Alexander House 38 Forehill Ely Cambridgeshire: up to 20 homes, permissioned (910 m)
- Pound Store, 10, Forehill, ELY, Cambridgeshire CB7 4AF, permissioned (1.0 km)
- Pound Store, 10, Forehill, ELY, Cambridgeshire CB7 4AF, permissioned (1.0 km)
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 6 at medium risk and 24 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| CB7 4BS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 4 / 6 | unlikely |
| CB7 4BW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| CB7 4BP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| CB7 4BX | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 11 | unlikely |
| CB7 4BN | not in 2 or 3 | 3 / 2 / 5 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 55 addresses are between 4 m and 7 m above sea level (5 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB7 4BN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CB7 4BP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CB7 4BS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CB7 4BW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CB7 4BX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Ely 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 260 m |
| Soham 66,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.3 km | |
| Littleport 252,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m, 7 within 800 m; nearest Ely Railway Station | 340 m |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Ely Station Car Park | 290 m |
| EV charging points | 6 within 1.6 km; nearest Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 1.1 km |
| 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 | 1.2 km |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 350 m |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Broad Street (Dental Surgery) | 760 m |
| Hospital | Princess Of Wales Hospital | 2.6 km |
| Police station | Ely Police Station | 1.4 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Tesco Bank ATM | 370 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.2 ha | 500 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 2.9 ha | 700 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 160 m² | 610 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 6.9 ha | 160 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Bridge Fen Allotments 3.1 ha | 460 m |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 5.0 hectares in all.
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
Noise figures are still being loaded.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ely St John's Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km | No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costa Coffee CB7 4DJ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 360 m | 5 Very good | 14 Oct 2024 |
| Tesco CB7 4DJ | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 360 m | 5 Very good | 12 Jan 2026 |
| Urban Fresh Ely CB7 4BN | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 440 m | 5 Very good | 29 Apr 2026 |
| Yo! To Go CB7 4DJ | Retailers - other | 450 m | 5 Very good | 30 Sep 2026 |
| Locoespresso CB7 4BS | Retailers - other | 480 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 9 Mar 2026 |
| L A Golden Bean CB7 4BS | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 480 m | 5 Very good | 14 Feb 2024 |
| Ely Food Station CB7 4BS | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 490 m | 5 Very good | 13 Aug 2026 |
| The Cutter CB7 4BN | Pub/bar/nightclub | 490 m | 5 Very good | 15 Oct 2025 |
| Riverside Inn CB7 4BN | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 490 m | 2 Improvement necessary | 17 Apr 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (cambridgeshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 75% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 23% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 45% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 26% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 15% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 17% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 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 street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 52% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 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 street 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- CB7 4BS: 37 addresses of 43 in the postcode
- CB7 4BW: 12 addresses of 14 in the postcode
- CB7 4BP: 3 addresses of 4 in the postcode
- CB7 4BX: 2 addresses of 34 in the postcode
- CB7 4BN: 1 address of 54 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in CB7 and across East Cambridgeshire.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.