CB6 2HL

Ely West · East Cambridgeshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ely
Local authority
East Cambridgeshire
Postcode district
CB6
Postcode sector
CB6 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CB6 2JN 342 m
CB6 3NW 381 m
CB6 2JU 383 m
CB6 3NR 393 m
CB6 3GN 407 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CB6 2HL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CB
Postcode district
CB6
Postcode sector
CB6 2
Latitude
52.385810
Longitude
0.218666
British National Grid easting
551,090
British National Grid northing
278,734

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
East Cambridgeshire · E07000009
Electoral ward
Ely West · E05011565
Parish or community
E04012836
Output area
E00173729
Lower layer super output area
East Cambridgeshire 004H · E01035535
Middle layer super output area
East Cambridgeshire 004 · E02003735

Postcode source versions

Explore CB6

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Ely Road, Witchford, Ely, CB6 2HL 12 December 2017 £600,000
Meadow Lands, Ely Road, Witchford, Ely, CB6 2HL 24 March 2017 £290,500
3, Ely Road, Witchford, Ely, CB6 2HL 21 May 2007 £360,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
9
Secondary
2
  1. Witchford Village College

    Academy converter

    714 m
  2. The Rackham Church of England Primary School and Pre-School

    Voluntary controlled school

    904 m
  3. Ely St John's Community Primary School

    Community school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
198
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 91
  • Violence and sexual offences 41
  • Anti social behaviour 22
  • Burglary 16
  • Criminal damage and arson 12

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

5 female, 3 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.7
CB6 2 residents
12,529

Age bands in CB6 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18%

2,262 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

1,184 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.6%

2,969 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.6%

3,605 residents

Age 65 and over
20.5%

2,581 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CB6 2 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • ST MARY'S SURGERY

    37 ST. MARYS STREET, ELY, CB7 4HF

    ODS code D81034

    3.0 km

  • CATHEDRAL MEDICAL CENTRE

    PRINCESS OF WALES HOSP, LYNN ROAD, ELY, CB6 1DN

    ODS code Y00185

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Ely Rail Station

    RLY · Ely

    2.1 miles
  • Soham

    RLY · Soham

    5.8 miles
  • Littleport Rail Station

    RLY · Littleport

    6.7 miles
  • Manea Rail Station

    RLY · Manea

    7.9 miles
  • Waterbeach Rail Station

    RLY · Waterbeach

    8.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Cambridgeshire 004H, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,317 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
8 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
2
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

15 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. Witchford Village College is the nearest published school at 714 m.

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

Recorded crime

198 published events cover 12 months, averaging 16.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 91 events.

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