CB7 5FF

Soham South · 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
CB7
Postcode sector
CB7 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CB7 5AN 93 m
CB7 5QL 144 m
CB7 5JR 150 m
CB7 5FB 178 m
CB7 5AQ 191 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CB7 5FF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CB
Postcode district
CB7
Postcode sector
CB7 5
Latitude
52.328075
Longitude
0.341113
British National Grid easting
559,630
British National Grid northing
272,576

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
East Cambridgeshire · E07000009
Parish or community
E04001641
Output area
E00187648
Lower layer super output area
East Cambridgeshire 006C · E01018049
Middle layer super output area
East Cambridgeshire 006 · E02003737

Postcode source versions

Explore CB7

18 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, The Oaks, Soham, Ely, CB7 5FF 8 November 2024 £505,000
25, The Oaks, Soham, Ely, CB7 5FF 23 May 2023 £625,000
12, The Oaks, Soham, Ely, CB7 5FF 5 July 2019 £500,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
4
Secondary
1
  1. St Andrew's CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    143 m
  2. Soham Village College

    Academy converter

    227 m
  3. The Weatheralls Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    916 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
516
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 218
  • Anti social behaviour 95
  • Vehicle crime 47
  • Criminal damage and arson 36
  • Public order 28

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
48

23 female, 25 male

Postcode households
22
Residents per household
2.2
CB7 5 residents
19,533

Age bands in CB7 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.6%

3,688 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.9%

1,758 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.9%

5,342 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.8%

5,320 residents

Age 65 and over
18.9%

3,756 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider CB7 5 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

1

within 5 km

  • STAPLOE MEDICAL CENTRE

    BREWHOUSE LANE, SOHAM, ELY, CB7 5JD

    ODS code D81014

    796 m

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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Soham

    RLY · Soham

    0.7 miles
  • Dennis Terrace

    BCT · Exning

    4.3 miles
  • Dennis Terrace

    BCT · Exning

    4.3 miles
  • School

    BCT · Exning

    4.4 miles
  • School

    BCT · Exning

    4.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Cambridgeshire 006C, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,899 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
6 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.

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
2
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

Property market

The five-year median is £565,000 from 2 recorded sales in CB7 5FF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for East Cambridgeshire is £344,211 in June 2026, up 6.1% year on year.

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Andrew's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 143 m.

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

Recorded crime

516 published events cover 12 months, averaging 43 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 218 events.

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