Peas Hill Cambridge
30 addresses across 3 postcodes (CB2), about 130 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 5400323.
- Flood: 3 addresses on its postcodes are 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 Cambridge costs £2,467 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 59% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Cambridge, about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Christ's Pieces, is about 340 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 10 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Trumpington Street Medical Practice, about 260 m away, with 10 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 3,070 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 13% of households owned their home and 28% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1,369 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jul 2020 | 10 CB2 3PP | Other | £1,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 11 Jun 2014 | 2 CB2 3PP | Other | £15,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Cambridge in 2026-27: Band D £2,467 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,645 | £1,919 | £2,193 | £2,467 | £3,015 | £3,563 | £4,112 | £4,934 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (22% of about 1,390 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Historic Core (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 22.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- CHURCH OF ST EDWARD, KING AND MARTYR, grade II*
- 1, ST MARY'S PASSAGE, grade II
- 10 AND 11, KING'S PARADE, grade II
- 10, ST EDWARD'S PASSAGE, grade II
- 12 AND 12A, KING'S PARADE, grade II
- 12-15, ST EDWARD'S PASSAGE, grade II
- 13, KING'S PARADE, grade II
- 14, KING'S PARADE, grade II
- 15, KING'S PARADE, grade II
- 15A AND 16, ST EDWARD'S PASSAGE, grade II
- 16, KING'S PARADE, grade II
- 17, KING'S PARADE, grade II
- 18-21, KING'S PARADE, grade II
- 22, KING'S PARADE, grade II
- 3 AND 4, ST EDWARD'S PASSAGE, grade II
- 3 St Mary's Passage, grade II
- 4 AND 5, PEAS HILL, grade II
- 8, ST EDWARD'S PASSAGE, grade II
- 9, KING'S PARADE, grade II
- 9, ST EDWARD'S PASSAGE, grade II
- ARTS THEATRE, grade II
- Five wall-mounted Richardson Candles in Kings Parade, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Land Rear Of 5-17 New Square Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1EY: up to 8 homes, permissioned (670 m (0.4 miles))
- Essex House 71 Regent Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire: up to 13 homes, permissioned (720 m (0.4 miles))
- 14-17 Regent Terrace Cambridge CB2 1AA: up to 6 homes, permissioned (770 m (0.5 miles))
- Housing Allocation, Land at Parkside Police Station and Fire and Rescue Station, Parkside, Cambridge, CB1: up to 50 homes, not permissioned (840 m (0.5 miles))
- Land at Parkside Police Station, Parkside, not permissioned (850 m (0.5 miles))
- Warkworth Lodge Warkworth Terrace Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1EG: up to 9 homes, permissioned (850 m (0.5 miles))
- Carlyle Lodge 71A Chesterton Road Cambridge CB4 3AN: up to 6 homes, permissioned (1 km (0.6 miles))
- Land Rear Of Gibson House Paradise Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1DJ: up to 8 homes, permissioned (1 km (0.6 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CB2 3PJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CB2 1SJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 4 | unlikely |
| CB2 3PP | not in 2 or 3 | 3 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 10 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB2 1SJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CB2 3PJ | 100% | 59% | 59% | 0% |
| CB2 3PP | 100% | 71% | 71% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Cambridge 11 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Cambridge North 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) | |
| Shelford (Cambs) 222,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.4 km (4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 18 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 58 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Bene't Street Cambridge | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Drummer St Bus Station Cambridge | 370 m |
| Car parks | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Grand Arcade car park | 220 m |
| EV charging points | 13 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 36.5 km (23 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 10 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Trumpington Street Medical Practice | 260 m |
| Pharmacies | 9 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 180 m |
| NHS dentists | 14 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Nuffeild Health Cambridge Hospital | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Police station | Parkside Police Station | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest M&S ATM | 120 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 10 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Christ's Pieces 4.8 ha | 340 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Midsummer Common 14 ha | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 710 m² | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | University Rugby Ground 3.0 ha | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,980 m² | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 10 parks and gardens, 61 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Edward, King and Martyr, a listed building (Grade II*), 20 m. 636 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 62 of them Grade I and 41 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Edward, King and Martyr | Listed building, Grade II* | 20 m |
| Church of St Mary the Great | Listed building, Grade I | 60 m north |
| Railings and Gates Round the Senate House | Listed building, Grade I | 80 m north-west |
| King's College, Screens and Entrance Gateway on King's Parade | Listed building, Grade I | 90 m south-west |
| Trinity Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 240 m north-west |
| King's College | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 330 m west |
| Hobson's Conduit | Scheduled monument | 810 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Cambridge Castle mound | Scheduled monument | 860 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Cambridge Museum Of Technology (formerly Cheddars Lane Sewage Pumping Station) | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Grove | Wood | 350 m south-west |
| The Backs | Lake or reservoir | 360 m south-west |
| Mill Pit | Lake or reservoir | 440 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Castle Hill | Hill | 840 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Giants Grave | Valley | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) south-east |
| Chesterton Fen | Wetland | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 30 | 30 |
None of the street's 30 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 Cambridge: see them on the Cambridge page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Street CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 580 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Parkside Community College | Secondary | 11–16 | 690 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Alban's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (May 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good |
| St Pauls CofE VA Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St Matthew's Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Mar 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Newnham Croft Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Brunswick Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Chesterton Community College | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| St Luke's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Requires improvement (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Cambridge Maths School | 16 plus | 16–19 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Milton Road Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Jul 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caffe Nero CB2 1SP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 20 m | 4 Good | 12 Jan 2026 |
| Fitzbillies CB2 1SP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 30 m | 5 Very good | 28 Jan 2026 |
| Indigo Coffee House CB2 3PJ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 30 m | 4 Good | 13 Mar 2026 |
| Benets CB2 1SP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 40 m | 5 Very good | 28 Jan 2026 |
| Orlenes Kitchen Catering & Events Mgmt Ltd CB2 3PP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 40 m | 5 Very good | 13 May 2025 |
| Aromi Caffe CB2 3PP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 40 m | 5 Very good | 3 Oct 2024 |
| Kings Newsagent CB2 1SJ | Retailers - other | 50 m | 5 Very good | 19 Oct 2023 |
| Jim Garrahy's Fudge Kitchen CB2 1SJ | Retailers - other | 50 m | 5 Very good | 17 Jul 2023 |
| BrewBoard Taproom CB2 3PP | Pub/bar/nightclub | 50 m | 5 Very good | 14 Aug 2025 |
| Cambridge Arts Theatre CB2 3PJ | Other catering premises | 50 m | 5 Very good | 1 Sep 2023 |
| Ittou Noodle Bar CB2 1SJ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 60 m | 5 Very good | 6 Feb 2026 |
| Sticks 'n' Sushi CB2 3QJ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 70 m | 5 Very good | 1 Sep 2025 |
| The Shopkeeper's Daughter CB2 3PP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 70 m | 5 Very good | 26 Aug 2026 |
| Aromi Caffe Ltd CB2 3QN | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 70 m | 5 Very good | 3 Oct 2024 |
| The Bath House CB2 3QN | Pub/bar/nightclub | 70 m | 5 Very good | 27 Apr 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 351 |
| Shoplifting | 248 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 236 |
| Theft from the person | 110 |
| Other theft | 108 |
| Public order | 85 |
| Bicycle theft | 84 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 52 |
| Robbery | 24 |
| Drugs | 23 |
| Possession of weapons | 14 |
| Burglary | 13 |
| Vehicle crime | 11 |
| Other crime | 10 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Market Hill (265); On or near Shopping Area (226); On or near Post Office Terrace (207); On or near Sidney Street (191); On or near Wheeler Street (173).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 22 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 1% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 1% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 13% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 9% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 13% | 17% |
| Private rented | 74% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 15% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | under 1% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 71% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 5% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 20% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 81% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 16% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 28% | 34% |
| No qualifications | under 1% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 0% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 86% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 7 to 8 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
- CB2 3PJ: 28 addresses of 33 in the postcode
- CB2 1SJ: 1 address of 52 in the postcode
- CB2 3PP: 1 address of 12 in the postcode
Nearby streets
St Marys Passage · Peas Hill · Wheeler Street · Trinity Street · St Mary's Street · Guildhall Street · King's Parade · Parson's Court · Market Hill · Bene't Street · Fisher Square · Market Street
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.