Gill's Hill Bourn, South Cambridgeshire
21 addresses across 3 postcodes (CB23), about 410 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 35302002.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (C: 4, D: 4, E: 2).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in South Cambridgeshire costs £2,536 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 87% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Shepreth, about 10.4 km (6.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 530 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 39 to 56 m above sea level.
- Noise: 8 of its 27 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Bourn Surgery, about 520 m (0.3 miles) away.
- People: About 340 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 51% of households owned their home and 45% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 12 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 127 m². Most common: House, detached (5); Bungalow, detached (4); House, semi-detached (1). Built: 1976-1982 (3); 2016 (2); 2017 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in South Cambridgeshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,536 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,691 | £1,973 | £2,254 | £2,536 | £3,100 | £3,663 | £4,227 | £5,073 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (38% of about 1,160 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Bourn (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 6 protected trees on or by this street; in a protected area: Bourn Parish.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- GILLS HILL FARMHOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 4 November 2026 to 6 November 2026: CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, stop/go boards, on the carriageway (minor works)
- 2 December 2026 to 3 December 2026: BT, Utility asset works, road closure, on the verge (major (paa) works)
- 2 December 2026 to 3 December 2026: BT, Utility asset works, road closure, on the verge (major works, permit applied for)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CB23 2TS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CB23 2AA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| CB23 2TR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 28 addresses are between 39 m and 56 m above sea level (46 m on average); the ground rises about 17 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB23 2AA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CB23 2TR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CB23 2TS | 100% | 87% | 87% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Shepreth 110,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.4 km (6.5 miles) |
| Foxton 99,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.2 km (6.9 miles) | |
| Meldreth 246,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.9 km (7.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Short Street Bourn | 220 m |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 39.4 km (25 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Bourn Surgery | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Jardines Pharmacy | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Colosseum Dental (Cambourne) | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Nuffeild Health Cambridge Hospital | 12.7 km (7.9 miles) |
| Police station | Parkside Police Station | 13.2 km (8.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Papworth Everard, Ermine Street North | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,980 m² | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,100 m² | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.8 ha | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Bourn Allotments 1,880 m² | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.5 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Parish Church of St Helen and St Mary, a listed building (Grade I), 210 m north-west. 37 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Parish Church of St Helen and St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 210 m north-west |
| A ringwork and bailey castle, and 17th century formal garden remains, at Bourn Hall | Scheduled monument | 340 m west |
| Bourn Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 370 m west |
| Manor Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 440 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Moulton Hills Roman barrows | Scheduled monument | 820 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Bourn Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 820 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Longstowe Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hall Plantation | Wood | 510 m (0.3 miles) west |
| West Grove | Wood | 590 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| The Rookery | Wood | 660 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Bourn Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Sirius Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) north |
| Claypit Hill | Hill | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.5 | 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 | 7 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 19 | 27 |
8 of the street's 27 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for South Cambridgeshire: see them on the South Cambridgeshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourn CofE Primary Academy Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 590 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambourne Grill at M J Rolls CB23 2TU | Mobile caterer | 210 m | 4 Good | 28 May 2025 |
| Bamboo Sky CB23 2SQ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 220 m | 4 Good | 10 Feb 2026 |
| Little Hands Nursery CB23 2SG | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 250 m | 5 Very good | 12 Jun 2025 |
| J.J. Patel Post Office/Stores CB23 2SG | Retailers - other | 290 m | 4 Good | 17 Jul 2025 |
| The Stove Cafe CB23 2SH | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 5 Mar 2025 |
| Knibbs Meat Safe CB23 2SH | Retailers - other | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 25 Sep 2026 |
| Metta Herbal CB23 2SH | Manufacturers/packers | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 7 Apr 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 5 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Fox Road (5); On or near Fairway Close (4); On or near High Street (3).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 21% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 51% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 28% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 38% | 17% |
| Private rented | 4% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 30% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 55% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 12% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 28% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL: Highway repair and maintenance works, 4 November 2026 to 6 November 2026 (stop/go boards) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: BT: Utility asset works, 2 December 2026 to 3 December 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- CB23 2TS: 18 addresses of 20 in the postcode
- CB23 2AA: 2 addresses of 18 in the postcode
- CB23 2TR: 1 address of 21 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Fairway Close · Gills Hill · Fox Road · Gill's Hill · Short Street · High Street · Church Street · Baldwins Close · Hall Close
All the streets in CB23 and across South 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 industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.