CB9 9BB West Suffolk
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Haverhill South. Region: East of England.
Streets
- Glamis Close, Parkway: 13 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in West Suffolk in 2026-27: Band D £2,351 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,568 | £1,829 | £2,090 | £2,351 | £2,874 | £3,397 | £3,919 | £4,703 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band B (81% of about 880 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Social Services Camps Road: up to 17 homes, permissioned (880 m)
- FormerGasworks,WithersfieldRoad,Haverhill: up to 10 homes, not permissioned (900 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 92%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Dullingham 32,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.5 km |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m, 52 within 800 m; nearest Windsor Terrace Haverhill | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Haverhill | 1.3 km |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1.0 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 25.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Haverhill Family Practice | 940 m |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Haverhill Pharmacy | 940 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 1.0 km |
| Hospital | Saffron Walden Community Hospital | 13.2 km |
| Police station | Haverhill Police Station | 1.2 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Abs Mini Market | 300 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3,370 m² | 510 m |
| Play area | 8 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,580 m² | 200 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Castle Playing Fields 7.5 ha | 40 m |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 770 m² | 400 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.3 hectares in all.
Air quality
No modelled figures for this square.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 35 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 27% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 14% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 51% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 22% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 34% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 64% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 19% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 9% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 66% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 16% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 54% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 16% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 28% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 87% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 3% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 3 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Glamis Close.