B1069 Snape, East Suffolk
128 addresses across 7 postcodes (IP17), about 340 m long, classed as a b road. USRN 38600423.
- Energy: 36 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 24, D: 3, E: 6, F: 2).
- Flood: 32 addresses on its postcodes are 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 C; Band D in East Suffolk costs £2,335 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Saxmundham, about 5.8 km away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are -1 to 7 m above sea level.
- Noise: 32 of its 128 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Saxmundham Health Centre, about 6.2 km away.
- People: About 400 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 73% of households owned their home and 49% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often burglary.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
36 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 109 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (13); House, semi-detached (7); Flat (6). Built: 2007 onwards (14); before 1900 (6); 2007-2011 (4). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (29); rented (private) (2).
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 street: most are in band C (24% of about 1,150 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Snape Maltings (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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
Roadworks
Planned, as of 30 September 2026
- 2 October 2026: BT, Utility asset works, two-way signals, on the verge (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 32 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 34 homes the Environment Agency counts, 17 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 2 low and 8 very low.
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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP17 1FB | zone 3 | 19 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP17 1SP | zone 3 | 3 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP17 1SR | zone 3 | 7 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP17 1GJ | zone 2 | 1 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| IP17 1ST | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| IP17 1SS | zone 2 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP17 1SW | zone 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 128 addresses are between -1 m and 7 m above sea level (3 m on average); the ground rises about 8 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP17 1FB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP17 1GJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP17 1SP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP17 1SR | 100% | 86% | 86% | 0% |
| IP17 1SS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP17 1ST | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP17 1SW | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Saxmundham 177,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.8 km |
| Wickham Market 68,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.7 km | |
| Darsham 68,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.4 km | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m, 5 within 800 m; nearest The Maltings Snape | 210 m |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 3.5 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 58.9 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 91.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Saxmundham Health Centre | 6.2 km |
| Pharmacies | Saxmundham Pharma | 5.7 km |
| NHS dentists | Suffolk House Dental Surgery | 5.7 km |
| Hospital | Aldeburgh Hospital | 7.0 km |
| Police station | Suffolk Constabulary | 7.1 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 1,210 m² | 1.3 km |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.0 ha | 1.3 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 5,580 m² | 880 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Snape Concert Hall and River View Cafe, a listed building (Grade II*), 250 m north-east. 10 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Snape Concert Hall and River View Cafe | Listed building, Grade II* | 250 m north-east |
| Barn 60 Metres North West of Abbey Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 620 m north |
| Bowl barrow on Blaxhall Common | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km south-west |
| Bowl barrow in Tunstall Forest, 525m SSE of Fourwinds | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Iken Wood | Wood | 890 m south-east |
| Cliff Reach | Tidal water | 1.3 km south-east |
| Iken Cliff | Cliff or slope | 1.7 km south-east |
| Sandy Point | Wetland | 2.4 km east |
| Pack Knolls | Hill | 3.2 km west |
| The Canal | Lake or reservoir | 3.8 km north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 11 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 20 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 96 | 128 |
32 of the street's 128 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snape Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.2 km | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresh Food Pantry IP17 1SR | Retailers - other | 170 m | 5 Very good | 25 Jul 2018 |
| MALT And Riverside Cafe & Restaurant IP17 1SR | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 170 m | 5 Very good | 13 Feb 2025 |
| Earsham Street Delicatessen At Snape Maltings IP17 1SP | Retailers - other | 240 m | 5 Very good | 21 Jan 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Sports/Recreation Area (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 73% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 48% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 23% | 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) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 40% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 51% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 27% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 15% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 49% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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
- IP17 1FB: 43 addresses
- IP17 1SP: 43 addresses of 44 in the postcode
- IP17 1SR: 14 addresses
- IP17 1GJ: 13 addresses
- IP17 1ST: 13 addresses of 14 in the postcode
- IP17 1SS: 1 address of 2 in the postcode
- IP17 1SW: 1 address
All the streets in IP17 and across East Suffolk.
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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.