Schools
4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Kennett Primary School is the nearest published school at 214 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
CB8 7US
Fordham & Isleham · East Cambridgeshire · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Fordham & Isleham
- Local authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire
- Postcode district
- CB8
- Postcode sector
- CB8 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- CB8 7US
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 July 2026
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- CB
- Postcode district
- CB8
- Postcode sector
- CB8 7
- Latitude
- 52.284886
- Longitude
- 0.485801
- British National Grid easting
- 569,653
- British National Grid northing
- 268,102
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- East Cambridgeshire · E07000009
- Electoral ward
- Fordham & Isleham · E05011566
- Parish or community
- E04001634
- Westminster constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire · E14001224
- Output area
- E00090982
- Lower layer super output area
- East Cambridgeshire 007B · E01018035
- Middle layer super output area
- East Cambridgeshire 007 · E02003738
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore CB8
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 4
- Primary
- 4
- Secondary
- 0
- 214 m
Kennett Primary School
Academy converter
- 2.3 km
St Christopher's CEVCP School
Academy sponsor led
- 3.1 km
The Pines Primary School
Free schools
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 51
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 15
- Other theft 8
- Anti social behaviour 8
- Burglary 7
- Criminal damage and arson 5
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- CB8 7 residents
- 7,173
Age bands in CB8 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 31.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.7%
1,279 residents
650 residents
2,422 residents
2,009 residents
1,369 residents
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.
GP practices
1
within 5 km
THE REYNARD SURGERY
TURNPIKE ROAD, RED LODGE, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, IP28 8JZ
ODS code D83078
2.3 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.6 miles
Kennett Rail Station
RLY · Kennett
- 1.0 miles
Business Park
BCT · Kentford
- 1.0 miles
Business Park
BCT · Kentford
- 1.0 miles
The Bell
BCT · Kentford
- 1.0 miles
The Bell
BCT · Kentford
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Cambridgeshire 007B, 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
6 of 10
Overall England rank
16,982 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 10 of 10
- Housing and services
- 1 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
Recorded crime
51 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.25 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.