SG8 5QS

Barrington · South Cambridgeshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Royston
Local authority
South Cambridgeshire
Postcode district
SG8
Postcode sector
SG8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SG8 5QY 75 m
SG8 5QW 112 m
SG8 5TH 142 m
SG8 5QL 172 m
SG8 5QT 228 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SG8 5QS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SG
Postcode district
SG8
Postcode sector
SG8 5
Latitude
52.134420
Longitude
-0.010209
British National Grid easting
536,283
British National Grid northing
250,323

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
South Cambridgeshire · E07000012
Parish or community
E04001830
Westminster constituency
South Cambridgeshire · E14001481
Output area
E00092176
Lower layer super output area
South Cambridgeshire 013D · E01018275
Middle layer super output area
South Cambridgeshire 013 · E02003787

Postcode source versions

Explore SG8

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
21, Stocks Lane, Orwell, Royston, SG8 5QS 6 April 2022 £1,600,000
8, Stocks Lane, Orwell, Royston, SG8 5QS 24 August 2021 £710,000
3, Stocks Lane, Orwell, Royston, SG8 5QS 17 February 2020 £405,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Petersfield CofE Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    580 m
  2. Barrington CofE VC Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.4 km
  3. Aurora Meldreth Manor School

    Other independent special school

    4.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
58
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 18
  • Anti social behaviour 11
  • Public order 9
  • Burglary 5
  • Criminal damage and arson 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
30

16 female, 14 male

Postcode households
14
Residents per household
2.1
SG8 5 residents
11,451

Age bands in SG8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.9%

2,107 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

1,029 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.9%

3,119 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.7%

2,868 residents

Age 65 and over
18.3%

2,050 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SG8 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.

Nearby transport

  • Shepreth Rail Station

    RLY · Shepreth

    2.3 miles
  • Foxton Rail Station

    RLY · Foxton

    3.0 miles
  • Meldreth Rail Station

    RLY · Meldreth

    3.1 miles
  • Sassoon Drive

    BCT · Royston

    5.0 miles
  • Teasdale Close

    BCT · Royston

    5.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Cambridgeshire 013D, 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

23,102 of 33,755

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

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

Property market

The five-year median is £1,155,000 from 2 recorded sales in SG8 5QS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for South Cambridgeshire is £436,011 in June 2026, up 4.9% year on year.

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Petersfield CofE Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 580 m.

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

Recorded crime

58 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 18 events.

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