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CB3 8EL

Bar Hill · South Cambridgeshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Bar Hill
Local authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
Postcode district
CB3
Postcode sector
CB3 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CB23 8EE 82 m
CB23 8EL 102 m
CB23 8DZ 104 m
CB23 8ED 130 m
CB23 8EH 143 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CB3 8EL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 September 2006
Postcode area
CB
Postcode district
CB3
Postcode sector
CB3 8
Latitude
52.253945
Longitude
0.017053
British National Grid easting
537,779
British National Grid northing
263,667

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
South Cambridgeshire · E07000012
Electoral ward
Bar Hill · E05011283
Parish or community
E04001760
Westminster constituency
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire · E14001512
Output area
E00091921
Lower layer super output area
South Cambridgeshire 022C · E01018223
Middle layer super output area
South Cambridgeshire 022 · E02007085

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
8
Secondary
1

  1. Bar Hill Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    331 m

  2. Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.6 km

  3. Oakington CofE Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    3.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
287
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 63
  • Anti social behaviour 45
  • Vehicle crime 33
  • Shoplifting 29
  • Criminal damage and arson 29

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

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

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • MAPLE SURGERY BAR HILL HEALTH CENTRE

    HANOVER CLOSE, BAR HILL, CAMBRIDGE, CB23 8EH

    ODS code D81078

    143 m

  • SAS - C&P - MKGP PLUS LTD

    MAPLE SURGERY, HANOVER CLOSE, BAR HILL, CAMBRIDGE, CB23 8EH

    ODS code Y07024

    143 m

  • SWAVESEY SURGERY

    58 BOXWORTH END, SWAVESEY, CAMBRIDGE, CB24 4RA

    ODS code D81607

    4.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Cambridge North Rail Station

    RLY · Chesterton

    6.3 miles

  • Cambridge Rail Station

    RLY · Cambridge

    6.6 miles

  • Cambridge Airport

    GAT · Cambridge

    7.3 miles

  • Cambridge South Station

    RSE · Addenbrookes

    7.3 miles

  • Cambridge South Rail Station

    RLY · Cambridge

    7.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Cambridgeshire 022C, 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

25,638 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
6 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

12 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Bar Hill Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 331 m.

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

Recorded crime

287 published events cover 12 months, averaging 23.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 63 events.

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