IP33 1DY West Suffolk
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Abbeygate. Region: East of England.
Streets
- Brentgovel Street, Bury St Edmunds: 22 addresses
- Butter Market, Bury St Edmunds: 3 addresses
- Brentgovel Street, Bury St Edmunds: 1 address
- Parkway, Bury St Edmunds: 1 address
- Market Thoroughfare, Bury St Edmunds: 1 address
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 (33% of about 1,260 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Bury St Edmunds Town Centre (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 29.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- MARKET CROSS, grade I
- MOYSES HALL, grade I
- 1, RISBYGATE STREET (See details for further address information), grade II
- 1, THE TRAVERSE, grade II
- 12 AND 13, BUTTERMARKET, grade II
- 14 AND 15, BUTTERMARKET, grade II
- 15, CORNHILL, grade II
- 16, 16A AND 17, BUTTERMARKET, grade II
- 2, RISBYGATE STREET, grade II
- 20 AND 21A, BUTTERMARKET, grade II
- 27, CORNHILL, grade II
- 28 AND 28A, CORNHILL, grade II
- 32 AND 33, BRENTGOVEL STREET, grade II
- 34, BRENTGOVEL STREET, grade II
- 3A AND 3B, THE TRAVERSE, grade II
- 4 AND 4A, THE TRAVERSE, grade II
- 5, BRENTGOVEL STREET, grade II
- 6, THE TRAVERSE, grade II
- 8 AND 8A, THE TRAVERSE, grade II
- 90, ST JOHNS STREET, grade II
- 91 AND 92, ST JOHNS STREET, grade II
- BELFAST LINEN COMPANY AND NATIONWIDE ANGLIA BUILDING SOCIETY, grade II
- BOER WAR MEMORIAL, grade II
- Cupola House, grade II
- FORMER PUBLIC LIBRARY, grade II
- NUMBER 42 (EAST HALF), grade II
- NUMBER 42 (WEST HALF), grade II
- THE GRAPES PUBLIC HOUSE, grade II
- THE MARKET TAVERN PUBLIC HOUSE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- School Yard, Bury St Edmunds: up to 32 homes, not permissioned (150 m)
- Garages And Bus Depot, Cotton Lane, Bury St Edmunds: up to 50 homes, not permissioned (520 m)
- Cornwallis Court Bury St Edmunds: up to 39 homes, not permissioned (560 m)
- Tayfen Road, Bury St Edmunds: up to 100 homes, permissioned (570 m)
- Land At Ram Meadow, Bury St Edmunds: up to 84 homes, not permissioned (700 m)
- Weymed Site, Bury St Edmunds: up to 14 homes, permissioned (700 m)
- Station Hill, Bury St Edmunds: up to 300 homes, permissioned (720 m)
- Hospital Site, Hospital Road, Bury St Edmunds: up to 45 homes, not permissioned (770 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 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 93%, gigabit 93% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bury St Edmunds 929,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 850 m |
| Thurston 124,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.6 km | |
| Elmswell 122,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m, 37 within 800 m; nearest Arc Shopping Centre Bury St Edmunds | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Bury St Edmunds | 190 m |
| Car parks | 3 within 800 m; nearest Arc Motorcycle Parking | 270 m |
| EV charging points | 15 within 1.6 km; nearest Shell Recharge Charging Station | 300 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 51.8 km |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 34 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 8% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 20% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 31% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 23% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 65% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 68% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 21% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 28% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 42% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 27% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 56% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 3% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 49% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 94% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 6 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 Brentgovel Street.