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Thinking of living at CB23 7PL? 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.
You'll mostly drive: the nearest station, supermarket, GP are all over 1 km away.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coton Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School | Primary | 600 m | 43% met the expected standard |
| University of Cambridge Primary School | Primary | 2.0 km | 71% met the expected standard |
| Barton CofE VA Primary School | Primary | 3.2 km | 59% met the expected standard |
| Meridian Primary School | Primary | 3.4 km | 58% met the expected standard |
| Mayfield Primary School | Primary | 3.4 km | 58% met the expected standard |
| Chesterton Community College | Secondary | 4.0 km | Attainment 8: 68 · 48.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Parkside Community College | Secondary | 4.5 km | Attainment 8: 63.5 · 32.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Comberton Village College | Secondary | 4.6 km | Attainment 8: 55.7 · 26.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| North Cambridge Academy | Secondary | 4.8 km | Attainment 8: 43.9 · 10.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Impington Village College | Secondary | 5.5 km | Attainment 8: 58.6 · 32.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St John's College School | Independent | 2.9 km | – |
| King's College School | Independent | 3.1 km | – |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Coton Recreation Ground | 440 m | 26 |
| Rowing | Boat Club | 3.6 km | 21 |
| Multi-sport | University of Cambridge Sports Centre | 1.6 km | 18 |
| Squash | University Of Cambridge Sports Centre (West Site) | 1.6 km | 11 |
| Swimming | King'S College School | 3.1 km | 11 |
| Bowls | Coton Bowls Club | 320 m | 6 |
| Cricket | Storey's Field Cricket Pitch | 2.0 km | 5 |
| Golf | Girton Golf Club Clubhouse | 3.9 km | 5 |
| Rugby | Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club | 2.9 km | 2 |
| Canoe | Cambridge University Canoe Club | 3.7 km | 2 |
| Skateboard | St Albans Road Skate Area | 4.4 km | 2 |
| Football | Cambridge Football Stadium | 4.5 km | 2 |
| Polo | Haggis Farm Polo Club | 2.3 km | 1 |
| Athletics | Wilberforce Road Sports Ground | 2.3 km | 1 |
| Fitness | OUTTRAIN | 3.0 km | 1 |
| Badminton | Squash and Badminton Courts (St Catharine's College) | 3.5 km | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 26. 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: 48% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Cambridge, a drive away (5.4 km), with 10.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Kings Cross.
The nearest bus stop is The Footpath, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 8); 2 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Coton Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 43% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Chesterton Community College, 4.0 km away; Attainment 8: 68 · 48.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Parkside Community College (5.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 1.9 km away, with Walter Smith Fine Foods closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Huntingdon Road Surgery, Girton branch (3.1 km), with Jardines Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (3.5 km).
For a haircut, No.5 The Skin Clinic is 1.8 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Addenbrooke's and the Rosie Hospitals, 8.5 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: 13 restaurants and cafés, 14 pubs and bars.
Coton Orchard Cafe and Shop is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and The Plough the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 59 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 121 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 41% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 650 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Brook Leys, 1.6 km away; for exercise, University of Cambridge Sports Centre (1.6 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.5 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Stansted is 40 km away.
10 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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| Gretton School | Independent | 4.2 km | Attainment 8: 6.1 · 3.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
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Every primary near CB23 7PL, 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.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 43% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 51% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is University of Cambridge, 3.7 km away (TEF Gold).
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.