NR33 9RT East Suffolk
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Carlton & Whitton. Region: East of England.
Streets
- Landspring Lane, Lowestoft: 30 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in East Suffolk in 2026-27: Band D £2,335 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,557 | £1,816 | £2,075 | £2,335 | £2,854 | £3,372 | £3,891 | £4,670 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (56% of about 640 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
- Broadlands Park Marsh Road Lowestoft NR33 9JY: up to 1 home, permissioned (770 m)
- Tingdene Broadlands Marsh Road Oulton Broad Suffolk NR33 9JY: up to 4 homes, permissioned (810 m)
- Builders Direct Supply Co Ltd South Elmham Terrace Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 9NH: up to 44 homes, not permissioned (870 m)
- Oulton Broad Caravan Site Saltwater Way Lowestoft Suffolk: up to 56 homes, permissioned (890 m)
- Former Sanyo site Lowestoft Suffolk: up to 650 homes, permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 30 addresses are between 15 m and 16 m above sea level (16 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Oulton Broad South 60,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 700 m |
| Oulton Broad North 137,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km | |
| Lowestoft 468,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 14 stops within 400 m, 58 within 800 m; nearest Landspring Lane Whitton | 120 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Lowestoft | 2.8 km |
| Car parks | Pakefield Street Car Park | 1.9 km |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest PoGo Charge | 1.1 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 37.5 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 120.1 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Victoria Road Surgery | 670 m |
| Pharmacies | 7 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Well | 290 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Colosseum Dental (Avenue) | 1.4 km |
| Hospital | Lowestoft Hospital | 3.1 km |
| Police station | Lowestoft Police Station | 3.2 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Whitton Food Market, Witton Estate | 510 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,140 m² | 390 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 100 m² | 350 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 740 m |
| Allotments | Blackheath Road Allotments 850 m² | 910 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.2 hectares in all.
Landmarks
5 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Lothing | Tidal water | 1.4 km north-east |
| The Grove | Wood | 1.5 km south-west |
| Leathes' Ham | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km north-east |
| White Cast Marshes | Wetland | 1.7 km north-west |
| Pakefield Cliffs | Cliff or slope | 1.9 km south-east |
| Bloodmoor Hill | Hill | 2.3 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 30 | 30 |
None of the postcode's 30 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 61 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 43% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 95% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 68% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 5% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 46% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 48% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 19% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 69% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 55% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 18% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 19% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 11% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 9 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 Landspring Lane.