CB5 9BZ

Bottisham · East Cambridgeshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
East Cambridgeshire
Postcode district
CB5
Postcode sector
CB5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CB25 9HE 822 m
CB25 9JA 1.0 km
CB25 9HF 1.2 km
CB25 9HZ 1.6 km
CB25 9HD 1.6 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CB5 9BZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
1 June 1999
Postcode area
CB
Postcode district
CB5
Postcode sector
CB5 9
Latitude
52.255434
Longitude
0.222546
British National Grid easting
551,799
British National Grid northing
264,243

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
East Cambridgeshire · E07000009
Electoral ward
Bottisham · E05015488
Parish or community
E04001637
Output area
E00090861
Lower layer super output area
East Cambridgeshire 009A · E01018011
Middle layer super output area
East Cambridgeshire 009 · E02003740

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. Waterbeach Community Primary School

    Community school

    2.6 km
  2. Bottisham Village College

    Academy converter

    4.1 km
  3. Swaffham Bulbeck Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.2 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

  • Other theft 2
  • Vehicle crime 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

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

  • WATERBEACH AND COTTENHAM SURGERIES

    ROSALIND FRANKLIN HOUSE, BANNOLD ROAD, WATERBEACH, CAMBRIDGE, CB25 9LQ

    ODS code D81042

    2.6 km

  • BOTTISHAM MEDICAL PRACTICE

    TUNBRIDGE LANE, BOTTISHAM, CAMBRIDGE, CB25 9DU

    ODS code D81055

    4.3 km

  • MILTON SURGERY

    87 COLES ROAD, MILTON, CAMBRIDGE, CB24 6BL

    ODS code D81612

    4.4 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

  • Waterbeach Rail Station

    RLY · Waterbeach

    1.2 miles
  • Cambridge North Rail Station

    RLY · Chesterton

    3.5 miles
  • Cambridge Airport

    GAT · Cambridge

    3.8 miles
  • Cambridge Rail Station

    RLY · Cambridge

    5.6 miles
  • Dennis Terrace

    BCT · Exning

    5.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Cambridgeshire 009A, 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

24,674 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 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

8 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Waterbeach Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.6 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 Other theft with 2 events.

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