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Thinking of living at CB23 8SX? 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 station is further.
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bar Hill Community Primary School | Primary | 800 m | 74% met the expected standard |
| Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School, and Pre-School | Primary | 1000 m | 70% met the expected standard |
| Hardwick and Cambourne Community Primary School | Primary | 3.7 km | 56% met the expected standard |
| Oakington CofE Primary School | Primary | 4.0 km | 72% met the expected standard |
| Hatton Park Primary School | Primary | 4.3 km | 68% met the expected standard |
| Northstowe Learning Community | Secondary | 5.1 km | Attainment 8: 51.4 · 23.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Gretton School | Independent | 4.8 km | Attainment 8: 6.1 · 3.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near CB23 8SX, 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 | Bar Hill Recreation Ground | 460 m | 8 |
| Golf | Cambridge Bar Hill Hotel | 1.1 km | 4 |
| Football | Mini Football pitches | 4.7 km | 2 |
| Cricket | Dry Drayton Cricket Ground | 930 m | 1 |
| Swimming | Waves Health & Leisure Club | 1.1 km | 1 |
| Gym | Waves Health & Leisure Club | 1.1 km | 1 |
| Fitness | Fortitude Fitness Centre | 4.2 km | 1 |
| Gymnastics | The Oakington and Westwick Sports Pavilion | 4.3 km | 1 |
| Table tennis | The Oakington and Westwick Sports Pavilion | 4.3 km | 1 |
| Touch rugby | 4g sports pitch | 4.7 km | 1 |
| Netball | MUGA | 4.8 km | 1 |
| Bowls | Longstanton Bowls Club | 4.8 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: 48% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Cambridge North, a drive away (10 km), with 1.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Kings Cross.
The nearest bus stop is Field View, 150 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (route 5); 15 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Bar Hill Community Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (800 m); 74% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Northstowe Learning Community, 5.1 km away; Attainment 8: 51.4 · 23.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Parkside Community College (5.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco (Main Shop), 800 m away; Holland & Barrett (800 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Maple Surgery Bar Hill Health Centre (650 m), with Tesco In-Store Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Ashleys the Barbers is 350 m 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.
Costa Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (700 m), and Bar Hill Sports And Social Club the nearest pub (200 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 Bar Hill Nature Reserve, 150 m away; for exercise, Waves Health & Leisure Club (1.1 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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Neighbours tend to stay put: 43% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 51% 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.