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Thinking of living at CB25 9BA? 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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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottisham Community Primary School | Primary | 300 m | 72% met the expected standard |
| Swaffham Bulbeck Church of England Primary School | Primary | 2.1 km | 75% met the expected standard |
| Great Wilbraham CofE Primary Academy | Primary | 2.8 km | 70% met the expected standard |
| Swaffham Prior Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4.4 km | 94% met the expected standard |
| Fulbourn Primary School | Primary | 5.2 km | 76% met the expected standard |
| Bottisham Village College | Secondary | 750 m | Attainment 8: 51.1 · 16.8% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Landmark International School | Independent | 4.8 km | 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Waldorf Cambridge School | Independent | 5.4 km | 5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near CB25 9BA, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swimming | Anglian Leisure Bottisham | 810 m | 2 |
| Tennis | Anglian Leisure Bottisham | 810 m | 1 |
| Bowls | Mitchell Lodge Bowls Club | 2.3 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: 42% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Waterbeach, a drive away (6.4 km), with 372k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Cambridge.
The nearest bus stop is Stocks Close, 100 m away, with a bus about every 55 minutes on weekdays (routes 12, B5); 6 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 63 minutes away by public transport (25 by car).
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Bottisham Community Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 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, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 51.1 · 16.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Co-op Bottisham, 300 m away; The Country Store & Post Office (2.4 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bottisham Medical Practice (500 m), with Bottisham Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Bottisham Barber is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Addenbrooke's and the Rosie Hospitals, 12 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: 6 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
Lexi's Cafe And Bakery is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Bell Inn the nearest pub (300 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 45 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 236 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 45% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 108 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is The Dirt Hills, 200 m away; for exercise, Barn (250 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.1 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
18 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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For holidays, London Stansted is 37 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 25% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 43% 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.