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Lode

Lode is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of around 704. It has around 3 restaurants and cafés, 8 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Waterbeach (3.8 km). There were around 3 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Lode area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Cambridgeshire area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 87,764 residents at roughly 135 people per km².

Council
East Cambridgeshire
County
Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South East Cambridgeshire
Police force
Cambridgeshire
60/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 85th of 294 English council areas — better than 71% of them.

Low crime97
Home affordability29
Affordable rents48
Good schools4
Life expectancy77
Low deprivation84
Employment88
Low council tax37

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

20°COvercast

  • Today: 20° / 11° · 8% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:22Sunset 19:30

13h 9m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Haringey Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

5 reported · July 2026 150% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: East Cambridgeshire · Cambridgeshire

Local policing priorities

  • Using a combination of your feedback and our own data, we have set the below as the top three things your local neighbourhood policing te…
  • Using a combination of your feedback and our own data, we have set the below as the top three things your local neighbourhood policing te…

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

133 reported road collisions (2024)

45 killed or seriously injured · 206 casualties · 15.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

21 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 18 rated 4–5 ★ (16 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Waterbeach (3.8 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Waterbeach (3.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£344,211 average 6.1% YoY

Across East Cambridgeshire · to 2026-06

Detached£490,551
Semi-detached£327,539
Terraced£274,286
Flat£170,236

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,035 average monthly rent 0.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £729
  • 2 bed £955
  • 3 bed £1,163

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

10.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.0 times median annual pay (9.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 166.9p · Asda (6.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (6.9 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

41 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Downing Park (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

87,764 residents in East Cambridgeshire · 135/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 266 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,485 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 41,350)

A £1,657
B £1,933
C £2,209
D £2,485
E £3,037
F £3,590
G £4,142
H £4,970

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

40 schools · 14,415 pupils

29 primary · 5 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 13 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (72%)

37inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Soham Village CollegeOutstanding
  • Bottisham Village CollegeRequires improvement
  • Vista Academy LittleportInadequate
  • Ely College
  • Witchford Village College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Cambridgeshire

Care & health services

595 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes141
  • GP practices108
  • Dentists128
  • Homecare agencies137
  • Hospitals & hospices20

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cambridgeshire

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 74 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

136 applications decided

89% granted · 121 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Charlotte Cane

Liberal Democrat

Ely and East Cambridgeshire

Recent votes:

  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative majority

  • Con 15
  • LD 12
  • Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,520 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

13 jobs advertised · £40,833 avg

e.g. Quality Inspector, Plant Operator, Software Engineer C

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£786 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,657 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 44,555 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

82% low-carbon electricity

Wind 33% · Solar 25% · Nuclear 19% · Gas 17%

75 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

53% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction8.0
  • Feeling worthwhile8.3
  • Happiness yesterday7.8
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ely and East Cambridgeshire:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Bottisham and Lode railway station · 0.2 km

    Bottisham and Lode Railway Station is a disused railway station on the Cambridge to Mildenhall railway in East Anglia, England. The station is located on the northern outskirts of the village of Lode, at the end of St…

  • Lode, Cambridgeshire · 0.4 km

    Lode is a village and civil parish in the East Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is on the southern edge of The Fens. It lies just north of the B1102 between Quy and Swaffham Bulbec…

  • Anglesey Abbey · 0.7 km

    Anglesey Abbey is a National Trust property in the village of Lode, 5+1⁄2 miles (8.9 km) northeast of Cambridge, England. The property includes a country house, built on the remains of a priory, 98 acres of gardens an…

  • Stow-Cum-Quy Fen · 1.8 km

    Stow-Cum-Quy Fen is a 29.9-hectare (74-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Lode in Cambridgeshire. Most of it is common land.

  • Bottisham Village College · 2.1 km

    Bottisham Village College is a mixed secondary school located in Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, England. The school opened in 1937 as the second village college as a part of the Local Director of Education Henry Morris' v…

  • Quy railway station · 2.2 km

    Quy railway station served the parish of Stow cum Quy, Cambridgeshire, England from 1884 to 1964 on the Cambridge to Mildenhall railway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Lode?
Lode is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, in the East Cambridgeshire local authority.
What is the population of Lode?
Lode has an approximate settlement population of 704.
How deprived is Lode?
The East Cambridgeshire local authority, which includes Lode, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.