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Thinking of living at CB25 9AL? 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 primary school, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottisham Community Primary School | Primary | 2.8 km | 72% met the expected standard |
| Teversham CofE VA Primary School | Primary | 3.1 km | 73% met the expected standard |
| Marleigh Primary Academy | Primary | 3.2 km | 60% met the expected standard |
| Fen Ditton Primary School | Primary | 3.4 km | 63% met the expected standard |
| Swaffham Bulbeck Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4.0 km | 75% met the expected standard |
| Bottisham Village College | Secondary | 2.1 km | Attainment 8: 51.1 · 16.8% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St Bede's Inter-Church School | Secondary | 5.4 km | Attainment 8: 61.6 · 37.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Coleridge Community College | Secondary | 5.9 km | Attainment 8: 55.1 · 25.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Netherhall School | Secondary | 6.0 km | Attainment 8: 45.5 · 15.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Landmark International School | Independent | 4.2 km | 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Waldorf Cambridge School | Independent | 4.2 km | 5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Red Balloon Learner Centre - Cambridge | Independent | 5.0 km | 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swimming | Quy Mill Hotel & Spa Cambridge | 1.3 km | 4 |
| Tennis | Anglian Leisure Bottisham | 2.0 km | 4 |
| Bmx | BMX Track | 4.4 km | 2 |
| Fitness | David Lloyd Cambridge | 5.0 km | 2 |
| Ice skating | Cambridge Ice Arena | 2.9 km | 1 |
| Pilates | R3form | 3.2 km | 1 |
| Yoga | R3form | 3.2 km | 1 |
| Barre | R3form | 3.2 km | 1 |
| Bowls | Mitchell Lodge Bowls Club | 4.2 km | 1 |
| Climbing | Rainbow Rocket North | 4.7 km | 1 |
| Footballgolf | Cambridge FootGolf Centre | 4.7 km | 1 |
| Football | Cledara Abbey Stadium | 4.9 km | 1 |
| Squash | David Lloyd (Cambridge) | 5.0 km | 1 |
| Badminton | David Lloyd Cambridge | 5.0 km | 1 |
| Running | David Lloyd Cambridge | 5.0 km | 1 |
| Cycling | David Lloyd Cambridge | 5.0 km | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 17. 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: 50% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Cambridge North, a drive away (4.5 km), with 1.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Kings Cross.
The nearest bus stop is Herring's Close, 150 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route T5); 4 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Bottisham Community Primary School, a short drive or bike ride (2.8 km); 72% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Bottisham Village College, 2.1 km away; Attainment 8: 51.1 · 16.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Parkside Community College (4.2 km) and St Bede's Inter-Church School (4.7 km).
Few families with young children: only 15% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-op Bottisham, 2.3 km away, with Quy Stores and Post Office closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bottisham Medical Practice (2.4 km), with Bottisham Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.3 km).
For a haircut, Morgan's is 2.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Addenbrooke's and the Rosie Hospitals, 6.7 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, 9 pubs and bars.
Anglesey Abbey Redwoods Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (2.1 km), and The White Swan the nearest pub (250 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 148 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 88 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 40% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 710 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Anglesey Abbey (National Trust), 1.9 km away; for exercise, Barn (2.3 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.3 µg/m³).
4 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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Every primary near CB25 9AL, 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.
For holidays, London Stansted is 39 km away.
Most households own their home, 24% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 53% 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.