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Cambridgeshire has 51 towns of 2,500 or more and 139 villages and smaller places. Towns are graded against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more.

51graded towns

27grade A− or better

139villages and smaller places

Peterboroughlargest · 190,592

How Cambridgeshire compares: its report card →

#1 in CambridgeshireBar HillA⁺

#2 in CambridgeshireGirtonA⁺

Great Shelford, Porch House, High Street

#3 in CambridgeshireGreat Shelford and StaplefordA⁺

#4 in CambridgeshireMiltonA⁺

Cambridgeshire at a glance

What Cambridgeshire is like

The typical Cambridgeshire town grades highest on cost of living and jobs & income against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and lowest on outdoors. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.

The typical town, subject by subjectThe median Cambridgeshire town against UK towns · the line marks the typical UK town

How Cambridgeshire’s towns grade overall51 graded towns

A27B14C4D6

27 of 51 (53%) grade A− or better, against 25% of UK towns.

Every town ranked by scoreThe full Cambridgeshire list, with what drives each grade Compare two townsSide by side, subject by subject

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51 towns · ordered by Cambridgeshire rank

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Bar Hill

Town · 3,899 people · #1 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺HealthA⁺Jobs & incomeLowestB⁺Hazard risk

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Girton

Town · 4,384 people · #3 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeA⁺HealthLowestC⁻Hazard risk

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Great Shelford and Stapleford

Town · 6,159 people · #11 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeA⁺WalkabilityLowestC⁺Cost of living

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Milton

Town · 4,150 people · #24 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺HealthA⁺WalkabilityLowestBHazard risk

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Histon and Impington

Town · 7,781 people · #39 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺SchoolsA⁺WalkabilityLowestBSafety

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Hardwick

Town · 2,658 people · #45 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺HealthAJobs & incomeLowestB⁻Walkability

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Over

Town · 2,898 people · #50 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASafetyAJobs & incomeLowestCHazard risk

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Linton

Town · 4,452 people · #52 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthA⁻Jobs & incomeLowestCHazard risk

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Burwell

Town · 5,912 people · #64 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthASchoolsLowestCWalkability

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Hemingford Grey

Town · 3,372 people · #67 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthASafetyLowestD⁻Hazard risk

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Cambourne

Town · 11,071 people · #97 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASchoolsAHealthLowestB⁻Safety

Cottenham

Town · 6,156 people · #150 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺SchoolsA⁻WalkabilityLowestB⁻Safety

Ely

Town · 19,185 people · #161 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityA⁻HealthLowestC⁺Safety

Fulbourn

Town · 3,737 people · #175 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeAWalkabilityLowestB⁻Cost of living

Bluntisham and Colne

Town · 2,790 people · #274 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASafetyA⁻HealthLowestDWalkability

Somersham

Town · 3,349 people · #295 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingA⁻HealthLowestC⁻Walkability

Swavesey

Town · 2,739 people · #299 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeA⁻Cost of livingLowestD⁻Hazard risk

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St Ives

Town · 16,818 people · #315 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingAWalkabilityLowestD⁻Hazard risk

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Waterbeach

Town · 5,375 people · #316 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻WalkabilityA⁻Jobs & incomeLowestCHazard risk

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Little Paxton

Town · 4,031 people · #324 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingA⁻Jobs & incomeLowestC⁻Hazard risk

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Godmanchester

Town · 7,714 people · #325 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Cost of livingB⁺WalkabilityLowestC⁺Safety

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Longstanton and Northstowe

Town · 5,278 people · #368 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeA⁻SchoolsLowestD⁻Hazard risk

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Sawston

Town · 7,270 people · #377 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityB⁺Jobs & incomeLowestDHazard risk

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Melbourn

Town · 4,907 people · #405 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Jobs & incomeA⁻HealthLowestC⁻Schools

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Sawtry

Town · 5,870 people · #456 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingB⁺HealthLowestC⁺Schools

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Willingham

Town · 3,912 people · #492 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Cost of livingB⁺HealthLowestCHazard risk

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Fordham

Town · 2,566 people · #535 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASchoolsB⁺Cost of livingLowestC⁻Walkability

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Papworth Everard

Town · 3,821 people · #588 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingA⁻Jobs & incomeLowestDSchools

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St Neots

Large town · 33,262 people · #609 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingA⁻WalkabilityLowestC⁻Hazard risk

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Gamlingay

Town · 2,920 people · #617 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskAHealthLowestD⁻Schools

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Haddenham

Town · 3,050 people · #621 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskA⁻Cost of livingLowestC⁻Schools

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Cambridge

City · 152,742 people · #642 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺WalkabilityAJobs & incomeLowestC⁻Safety

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Sutton

Town · 3,880 people · #649 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingB⁺HealthLowestDSchools

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Yaxley

Town · 9,403 people · #681 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Cost of livingBJobs & incomeLowestCSchools

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Soham

Town · 10,609 people · #685 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingB⁻SchoolsLowestC⁺Health

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Warboys

Town · 4,318 people · #686 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingBHealthLowestDWalkability

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Brampton

Town · 6,585 people · #695 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Cost of livingA⁻Jobs & incomeLowestDHazard risk

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Fenstanton

Town · 3,015 people · #722 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthA⁻Cost of livingLowestD⁻Schools

Buckden

Town · 2,757 people · #806 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Cost of livingBSafetyLowestDSchools

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Huntingdon

Large town · 25,603 people · #1,158 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺WalkabilityACost of livingLowestDSafety

Littleport

Town · 9,170 people · #1,475 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingB⁻WalkabilityLowestDHazard risk

Ramsey

Town · 5,727 people · #1,557 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingB⁻WalkabilityLowestDHazard risk

Peterborough

City · 190,592 people · #1,572 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻WalkabilityA⁻Cost of livingLowestDSafety

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Eye

Town · 5,419 people · #1,653 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺Cost of livingC⁺SafetyLowestDSchools

Chatteris

Town · 11,022 people · #1,911 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁻SafetyC⁺WalkabilityLowestDSchools

Whittlesey

Town · 13,833 people · #1,991 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁻WalkabilityCHealthLowestDSchools

Doddington and Wimblington

Town · 4,279 people · #2,015 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁻SafetyCJobs & incomeLowestDHazard risk

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March

Large town · 21,345 people · #2,061 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺WalkabilityC⁺Cost of livingLowestD⁻Schools

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Manea

Town · 2,638 people · #2,066 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁻SafetyC⁻HealthLowestD⁻Hazard risk

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Wisbech

Large town · 26,800 people · #2,099 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityB⁻Cost of livingLowestD⁻Hazard risk

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Wittering Garrison town

Town · 2,678 people

StrongestAWalkabilityASchoolsLowestBSafety

Military garrison towns and university campuses keep their grades but aren’t ranked: most residents serve in the forces or are students.

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Cambridgeshire lists

Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.

All Cambridgeshire rankings →

Best places to live50 towns · #1 Bar Hill Best small towns38 towns · #1 Bar Hill Most affordable towns50 towns · #1 Yaxley Safest towns50 towns · #1 Hemingford Grey Towns with the best schools50 towns · #1 Histon and Impington Healthiest towns50 towns · #1 Bar Hill Best towns for jobs & income50 towns · #1 Girton Most walkable towns50 towns · #1 Cambridge Towns with the lowest flood risk50 towns · #1 Fulbourn and 3 more Best towns for the outdoors50 towns · #1 Huntingdon Most historic towns50 towns · #1 Linton Towns with the most civic life50 towns · #1 Haddenham Towns with the highest household incomes51 towns · #1 CambourneDescribed, no letters Towns with the lowest council tax51 towns · #1 PeterboroughDescribed, no letters Towns with the mildest winters51 towns · #1 Hemingford GreyDescribed, no letters Towns with the warmest summers51 towns · #1 Doddington and Wimblington and MarchDescribed, no letters Towns with the coolest summers51 towns · #1 GamlingayDescribed, no letters Towns with the fewest frosts51 towns · #1 Hemingford GreyDescribed, no letters Driest towns51 towns · #1 Bar HillDescribed, no letters Wettest towns51 towns · #1 WarboysDescribed, no letters

Villages and small towns

139 smaller places in Cambridgeshire

Places of 1,000 to 2,500 people have subject grades on their pages, but no overall grade or rank. The search at the top finds these too.

92 places under 1,000 people

Abbots Ripton Abbotsley Alconbury Weston Ashley Barton Bourn Brinkley Castle Camps Catworth Caxton Cheveley Chippenham Christchurch Coton Down Field Dry Drayton Ellington Elsworth Eltisley Elton Fen Ditton Fen Drayton Folksworth Glatton Grantchester Graveley Great Abington Great Chishill Great Eversden Great Gransden Great Staughton Great Stukeley Great Wilbraham Guilden Morden Hail Weston Harlton Heathfield Hemingford Abbots Heydon Hinxton Holme Horningsea Horseheath Ickleton Kingston Kneesworth Landbeach Litlington Little Abington Little Eversden Little Gransden Little Shelford Little Stukeley Little Thetford Lode Maxey Mepal Murrow Newton Newton-in-the-Isle Pidley Prickwillow Pymoor Rampton Ramsey Forty Foot Ramsey Mereside Ramsey St Mary's Shepreth Spaldwick Steeple Morden Stetchworth Stow cum Quy Swaffham Bulbeck Swaffham Prior Teversham Thriplow Tilbrook Toft Tydd St Giles Ufford Upwood Wansford Waresley West Perry West Wickham West Wratting Wicken Wilburton Wistow Witcham Wothorpe Yelling

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Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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