CB23 1LY

Harston & Comberton · South Cambridgeshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
South Cambridgeshire
Postcode district
CB23
Postcode sector
CB23 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CB23 1AE 766 m
CB23 7WJ 1.5 km
CB23 7AW 1.5 km
CB23 7AB 1.6 km
CB23 7AX 1.7 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CB23 1LY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2006
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CB
Postcode district
CB23
Postcode sector
CB23 1
Latitude
52.166686
Longitude
0.075691
British National Grid easting
542,059
British National Grid northing
254,076

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
South Cambridgeshire · E07000012
Parish or community
E04012735
Westminster constituency
South Cambridgeshire · E14001481
Output area
E00187750
Lower layer super output area
South Cambridgeshire 014D · E01018256
Middle layer super output area
South Cambridgeshire 014 · E02003788

Postcode source versions

Explore CB23

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
14
Secondary
3
  1. Trumpington Meadows Primary School

    Foundation school

    2.0 km
  2. Barton CofE VA Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.1 km
  3. Haslingfield Endowed Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

8 female, 8 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.0
CB23 1 residents
2,643

Age bands in CB23 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.2%

454 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

247 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.4%

487 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.5%

833 residents

Age 65 and over
23.6%

625 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CB23 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

6

within 5 km

  • HARSTON SURGERY

    11 CHURCH STREET, HARSTON, CAMBRIDGE, CB22 7NP

    ODS code D81058

    3.2 km

  • NEWNHAM WALK SURGERY

    WORDSWORTH GROVE, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 9HS

    ODS code D81005

    4.3 km

  • COMBERTON SURGERY

    58 GREEN END, COMBERTON, CAMBRIDGE, CB23 7DY

    ODS code D81035

    4.7 km

  • WOODLANDS SURGERY

    48-49 BATEMAN STREET, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1LR

    ODS code D81070

    4.8 km

  • LENSFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    48 LENSFIELD ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1EH

    ODS code D81001

    4.9 km

  • TRUMPINGTON STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    56 TRUMPINGTON STREET, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1RG

    ODS code D81013

    4.9 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Cambridge South Station

    RSE · Addenbrookes

    2.4 miles
  • Cambridge South Rail Station

    RLY · Cambridge

    2.4 miles
  • Cambridge South Station

    RSE · Addenbrookes

    2.4 miles
  • Shelford (Cambs) Rail Station

    RLY · Great Shelford

    3.0 miles
  • Cambridge Rail Station

    RLY · Cambridge

    3.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Cambridgeshire 014D, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,339 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
9 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

28 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. Trumpington Meadows Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 3 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.