A12 Babergh
8 addresses across 6 postcodes (IP8,IP9), about 5.3 km (3.3 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 1511145.
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Babergh costs £2,342 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Ipswich, about 5.1 km (3.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.4 km (1.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 13 to 45 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 8 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Hawthorn Drive Surgery, about 3.7 km (2.3 miles) away.
- People: About 1,380 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 84% of households owned their home and 32% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Babergh in 2026-27: Band D £2,342 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,561 | £1,821 | £2,081 | £2,342 | £2,862 | £3,382 | £3,903 | £4,683 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band B (25% of about 3,520 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 12.
- 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
- CHURCH OF ST PETER, grade II*
- Barn at Copdock Hall, grade II
- BELLDOWN, grade II
- CHARITY FARMHOUSE, grade II
- CHELMESIS GAINSBOROUGH INGLENOOK, grade II
- CHERRY COTTAGE CHERRY ORCHARD, grade II
- COPDOCK LODGE, grade II
- COPDOCK MILL, grade II
- CROPE HALL, grade II
- FELCOURT, grade II
- MILL HOUSE, grade II
- TUDOR COTTAGE, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP8 3GU | not in 2 or 3 | ||
| IP9 2LW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP8 3JT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP8 3JU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP8 3JZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP8 3TT | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 8 addresses are between 13 m and 45 m above sea level (35 m on average); the ground rises about 32 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP8 3JT | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| IP8 3JU | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| IP8 3JZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP8 3TT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP9 2LW | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Ipswich 3.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Derby Road (Ipswich) 95,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) | |
| Westerfield 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.6 km (5.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hotel Copdock | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | London Road Park and Ride Copdock | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Harwich International Ferry Terminal Harwich International Port | 14.3 km (8.9 miles) |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Merriveen Ltd. - Depot Parking | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 57.1 km (35 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 60.4 km (38 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Hawthorn Drive Surgery | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Capel Dental Practice | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| Hospital | St Clements Hospital | 8 km (5 miles) |
| Police station | Suffolk Police - Capel St Mary Police Station | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 2,700 m² | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,430 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.8 ha | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.0 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Old Hall, a listed building (Grade II*), 850 m (0.5 miles) south. 8 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Old Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 850 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Brockley Wood | Wood | 720 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Old Hall Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Clubs Heath | Wood | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Wood's Hill | Hill | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-west |
| Beech Water | Lake or reservoir | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) north-east |
| Stalls Valley | Valley | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 14.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 8 |
4 of the street's 8 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Babergh: see them on the Babergh page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copdock Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (suffolk).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 47% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 62% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 41% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 50% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 52% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 32% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 4 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 7 to 8 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- IP8 3GU: 2 addresses
- IP9 2LW: 2 addresses of 8 in the postcode
- IP8 3JT: 1 address of 7 in the postcode
- IP8 3JU: 1 address of 4 in the postcode
- IP8 3JZ: 1 address of 13 in the postcode
- IP8 3TT: 1 address of 20 in the postcode
Nearby streets
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.