CB5 9AL

Fen Ditton & Fulbourn · South Cambridgeshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Cambridge
Local authority
South Cambridgeshire
Postcode district
CB5
Postcode sector
CB5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CB25 9AU 15 m
CB25 9AW 73 m
CB25 9AB 167 m
CB25 9AH 211 m
CB25 9AN 213 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CB5 9AL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 July 2000
Postcode area
CB
Postcode district
CB5
Postcode sector
CB5 9
Latitude
52.223753
Longitude
0.226483
British National Grid easting
552,176
British National Grid northing
260,728

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
South Cambridgeshire · E07000012
Parish or community
E04001842
Westminster constituency
South Cambridgeshire · E14001481
Output area
E00187813
Lower layer super output area
South Cambridgeshire 007D · E01018297
Middle layer super output area
South Cambridgeshire 007 · E02003781

Postcode source versions

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Boldmere, Colliers Lane, Quy, Cambridge, CB5 9AL 25 June 1999 £100,000
Boldmere, Colliers Lane, Quy, Cambridge, CB5 9AL 1 May 1998 £55,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
10
Secondary
1
  1. Bottisham Village College

    Academy converter

    2.0 km
  2. Bottisham Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.6 km
  3. Marleigh Primary Academy

    Free schools

    3.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
52
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 15
  • Anti social behaviour 14
  • Vehicle crime 9
  • Criminal damage and arson 6
  • Public order 4

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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • BOTTISHAM MEDICAL PRACTICE

    TUNBRIDGE LANE, BOTTISHAM, CAMBRIDGE, CB25 9DU

    ODS code D81055

    2.3 km

  • EAST BARNWELL HEALTH CENTRE

    DITTON LANE, CAMBRIDGE, CB5 8SP

    ODS code D81086

    4.2 km

  • MILTON SURGERY

    87 COLES ROAD, MILTON, CAMBRIDGE, CB24 6BL

    ODS code D81612

    4.8 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 Airport

    GAT · Cambridge

    2.4 miles
  • Cambridge North Rail Station

    RLY · Chesterton

    2.9 miles
  • Waterbeach Rail Station

    RLY · Waterbeach

    2.9 miles
  • Cambridge Rail Station

    RLY · Cambridge

    4.3 miles
  • Cambridge South Station

    RSE · Addenbrookes

    5.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Cambridgeshire 007D, 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

23,796 of 33,755

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

16 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools. Bottisham Village College is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

52 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 15 events.

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