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Thinking of living at CB8 9NH? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burrough Green CofE Primary Academy | Primary | 0 m | – |
| Kettlefields Primary School | Primary | 2.3 km | 61% met the expected standard |
| Thurlow Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | 6.0 km | 73% met the expected standard |
Every primary near CB8 9NH, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cricket | pavilion | 260 m | 1 |
| Squash | The Ellesmere Centre | 2.6 km | 1 |
| Tennis | West Wratting Recreation Ground | 4.6 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: 42% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Dullingham, a drive away (3.5 km), with 32k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Cambridge.
The nearest bus stop is Primary School, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 19, 904); 2 departures an hour from the 4 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 Burrough Green CofE Primary Academy, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The weekly shop is an easy trip: a food store is about 10 minutes away without a car.
The GP surgery is around 22 minutes on foot or by bus.
For a haircut, Sandra Byatt Hair & Beauty is 6.8 km 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.
Crown Outside Catering is the closest café or restaurant (2.3 km), and The Bull the nearest pub (50 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 Green, 6.5 km away.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.1 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
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.
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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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.