CB7 5JZ

Fordham & Isleham · 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 6AR 52 m
CB7 5WS 145 m
CB7 5PH 162 m
CB7 5LJ 163 m
CB7 6BF 167 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CB7 5JZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
CB
Postcode district
CB7
Postcode sector
CB7 5
Latitude
52.306110
Longitude
0.384081
British National Grid easting
562,638
British National Grid northing
270,229

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
East Cambridgeshire · E07000009
Parish or community
E04001631
Output area
E00090976
Lower layer super output area
East Cambridgeshire 007A · E01018034
Middle layer super output area
East Cambridgeshire 007 · E02003738

Postcode source versions

Explore CB7

9 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Scabious Gardens, Fordham, Ely, CB7 5JZ 30 March 2021 £650,000
5, Scabious Gardens, Fordham, Ely, CB7 5JZ 21 December 2020 £640,000
2, Scabious Gardens, Fordham, Ely, CB7 5JZ 16 October 2012 £410,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Fordham CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    971 m
  2. Cambian Dunbroch School

    Other independent special school

    3.7 km
  3. St Andrew's CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
162
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 61
  • Burglary 19
  • Anti social behaviour 19
  • Other crime 14
  • Vehicle crime 11

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
22

10 female, 12 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
4.4
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 0.1% 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+
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

1

within 5 km

  • STAPLOE MEDICAL CENTRE

    BREWHOUSE LANE, SOHAM, ELY, CB7 5JD

    ODS code D81014

    4.3 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

  • George Gibson Close

    BCT · Exning

    2.7 miles
  • George Gibson Close

    BCT · Exning

    2.7 miles
  • Glanely Gardens

    BCT · Exning

    2.7 miles
  • Glanely Gardens

    BCT · Exning

    2.7 miles
  • Memorial

    BCT · Exning

    2.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Cambridgeshire 007A, 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

25,005 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
7 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
0
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

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Fordham CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 971 m.

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

Recorded crime

162 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 61 events.

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