CB2 4AX

Balsham · South Cambridgeshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Balsham
Local authority: South Cambridgeshire
Constituency: South Cambridgeshire
Postcode district: CB2
Postcode sector: CB2 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
CB22 3AX	3 m
CB21 6BW	1.5 km
CB22 3AZ	1.8 km
CB22 3AQ	2.0 km
CB22 3UY	2.0 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: CB2 4AX
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 September 2006
Postcode area: CB
Postcode district: CB2
Postcode sector: CB2 4
Latitude: 52.144446
Longitude: 0.232872
British National Grid easting: 552,884
British National Grid northing: 251,922

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: East of England · E12000006
Local authority district: South Cambridgeshire · E07000012
Electoral ward: Balsham · E05011282
Parish or community: E04001759
Westminster constituency: South Cambridgeshire · E14001481
Output area: E00091897
Lower layer super output area: South Cambridgeshire 016B · E01018219
Middle layer super output area: South Cambridgeshire 016 · E02003790

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

Explore CB2

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 7
Primary: 5
Secondary: 0

Babraham CofE (VC) Primary School

Academy converter
2.3 km
Great Abington Primary School

Community school
3.1 km
Fulbourn Primary School

Community school
4.2 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
Postcode sector residents: Not available

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version not available.

Nearby transport

Whittlesford Parkway Rail Station

RLY · Whittlesford
4.0 miles
The Kings Head

BCT · Hadstock
4.8 miles
The Library

BCT · Hadstock
4.9 miles
Cambridge Airport

GAT · Cambridge
5.2 miles
St John's Cross

BCT · Great Chesterford
5.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Cambridgeshire 016B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,519 of 33,755

Income: 7 of 10
Employment: 8 of 10
Education and skills: 8 of 10
Health and disability: 9 of 10
Crime: 9 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 5 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. Babraham CofE (VC) Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.