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Thinking of living at CB22 4NH? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
Most daily things are within reach on foot; the supermarket is further.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Westley Church of England VC Primary School | Primary | 600 m | 71% met the expected standard |
| Duxford Church of England Community Primary School | Primary | 1.5 km | 58% met the expected standard |
| The Bellbird Primary School | Primary | 2.0 km | 70% met the expected standard |
| The Icknield Primary School | Primary | 2.6 km | 59% met the expected standard |
| Sawston Village College | Secondary | 2.1 km | Attainment 8: 55.5 · 24.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near CB22 4NH, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Whittlesford Tennis Club | 600 m | 6 |
| Bowls | Duxford Bowls Club | 1.8 km | 3 |
| Football | Sawston Rovers FC | 1.7 km | 2 |
| Snooker | Sawston Church Institute Snooker and Billiards Club | 1.7 km | 1 |
| Swimming | Anglian Leisure Sawston | 2.3 km | 1 |
| Squash | Anglian Leisure Sawston | 2.3 km | 1 |
| Cricket | Newton Cricket Ground | 4.2 km | 1 |
| Rugby | Perse School Playing Fields | 4.7 km | 1 |
Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 46% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Whittlesford Parkway, about a 10-minute walk (800 m), with 454k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Millfield Farm, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 7A).
Central London is 69 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is William Westley Church of England VC Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 71% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Sawston Village College, 2.1 km away; Attainment 8: 55.5 · 24.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 4.5 km away, with Happy Positive closer still (750 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Granta Medical Practices (1.2 km), with Granta Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.2 km).
For a haircut, Slim's is 1.7 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Addenbrooke's and the Rosie Hospitals, 8.2 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 54% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 66% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 24 restaurants and cafés, 12 pubs and bars.
Tilly's Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Whittlesford Social Club the nearest pub (800 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 53 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 302 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 45% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 239 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Orchard Park, 1.4 km away; for exercise, Fitness Suite (4.7 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.0 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Stansted is 25 km away.
6 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Most households own their home, 13% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 48% of adults have a degree.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.