Map of CB5 8XR postcode

General information
Postcode CB5 8XR
Post Town Cambridge
Nearest station Cambridge North (2 km)
Bus stops
Cambridge Airport (E)
Playground (NE)
Newmarket Park-and-Ride (SW)
Cambridge Airport (W)
Thorpe Way (N)
Dennis Road (W)
Known addresses
1 Gypsy Moth Lane, Cambridge
Main property type Other
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 52.214968
Longitude 0.178218
Easting 548911
Northing 259652
Grid reference TL489596
UTM reference 31U 307231 5788700
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Plus code 9F42657H+X7
Altitude 13 metres (43 feet)
Sunrise (today) 7:22
Sunset (today) 17:07
Distance away
Distance to sea 64 KMs (39.8 miles)
Administrative areas
Parish Fen Ditton E04001782
Ward Fen Ditton & Fulbourn E05011291
Local Authority District South Cambridgeshire E07000012
County Electoral Division Fulbourn E58000065
Local Authority Cambridgeshire E10000003
County Cambridgeshire E10000003
Constituency (2024) South Cambridgeshire E14001481
MP Pippa Heylings Liberal Democrat
Police force Cambridgeshire
NUTS/ITL 3 Cambridgeshire CC
NUTS/ITL 2 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
NUTS/ITL 1 East of England
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced January 2024
Last updated December 2025
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020)
18,616 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£58,400
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urban (2021)Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Rural/urban (2011)Urban city and town
Built up area (2024)Cambridge (Cambridge)E63010556
Census output area (2021)E00092280
Census output area (2011)E00092280
Lower layer super output area (2021)South Cambridgeshire 007DE01018297
Lower layer super output area (2011)South Cambridgeshire 007DE01018297
Middle layer super output area (2021)Milton, Fen Ditton & QuyE02003781
Middle layer super output area (2011)Milton, Fen Ditton & QuyE02003781
Travel to work areaCambridgeE30000186
Property sales
Average property price in Cambridge £404,732
Annual change -1.5%
View all properties sold in the CB postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
1 Gypsy Moth Lane, CambridgeNew build other (freehold)Dec 2022£818,243


View all properties sold in the CB5 8 sector

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