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Thinking of living at CB24 3AL? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakington CofE Primary School | Primary | 0 m | 72% met the expected standard |
| Northstowe Learning Community | Primary | 2.2 km | Attainment 8: 51.4 · 23.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Girton Glebe Primary School | Primary | 2.7 km | 61% met the expected standard |
| Hatton Park Primary School | Primary | 2.8 km | 68% met the expected standard |
| Histon and Impington Brook Primary School | Primary | 2.8 km | 90% met the expected standard |
| Northstowe Learning Community | Secondary | 2.2 km | Attainment 8: 51.4 · 23.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Impington Village College | Secondary | 3.5 km | Attainment 8: 58.6 · 32.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Cottenham Village College | Secondary | 4.5 km | Attainment 8: 52 · 18.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| North Cambridge Academy | Secondary | 5.8 km | Attainment 8: 43.9 · 10.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Chesterton Community College | Secondary | 5.9 km | Attainment 8: 68 · 48.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Gretton School | Independent | 2.0 km | Attainment 8: 6.1 · 3.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Hope Tree School | Independent | 4.5 km | – |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Oakington Recreation Ground | 280 m | 14 |
| Golf | Girton Golf Club | 1.4 km | 4 |
| Swimming | Waves Health & Leisure Club | 3.0 km | 4 |
| Football | Mini Football pitches | 3.0 km | 3 |
| Bowls | Longstanton Bowls Club | 3.1 km | 3 |
| Cricket | Histon Cricket Club | 3.6 km | 3 |
| Multi-sport | Girton Playing Fields and Trim Track | 2.6 km | 2 |
| Skateboard | Orchard Park Skatepark | 4.2 km | 2 |
| Gymnastics | The Oakington and Westwick Sports Pavilion | 300 m | 1 |
| Table tennis | The Oakington and Westwick Sports Pavilion | 300 m | 1 |
| Cycling | Pump Track | 2.0 km | 1 |
| Gym | Waves Health & Leisure Club | 3.0 km | 1 |
| Touch rugby | 4g sports pitch | 3.0 km | 1 |
| Netball | MUGA | 3.1 km | 1 |
| Squash | Squash Court | 3.6 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: 47% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Cambridge North, a drive away (7.3 km), with 1.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Kings Cross.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 41 minutes away by public transport (24 by car).
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Oakington CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 72% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Northstowe Learning Community, 2.2 km away; Attainment 8: 51.4 · 23.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Swavesey Village College (3.5 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 2.6 km away, with Nisa Local closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Longstanton Branch Surgery (2.5 km), with Well Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.7 km).
For a haircut, Bechecomber's Hair is 2.6 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Addenbrooke's and the Rosie Hospitals, 14 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: 7 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Olive Tree Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (800 m), and White Horse the nearest pub (350 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 91 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 47 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 43% of homes.
It's new: 53% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 890 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Northstowe Phase 2 Water Park, 2.4 km away; for exercise, The Oakington and Westwick Sports Pavilion (300 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.5 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Stansted is 46 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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| Cambridge Arts and Sciences (CATS and CSVPA) | Independent | 6.7 km | 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
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Every primary near CB24 3AL, 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.
Most households own their home, 14% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 49% 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.