Beccles Road Barnby, East Suffolk
53 addresses across 5 postcodes (NR34), about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 42500287.
- Sales: 13 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £115,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 15 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, D: 8, E: 4, F: 1, G: 1).
- Flood: 2 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 60% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Oulton Broad South, about 4 km (2.5 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 6.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are -1 to 18 m above sea level.
- Noise: 34 of its 53 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Rosedale Surgery, about 3.5 km (2.2 miles) away.
- People: About 350 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 93% of households owned their home and 31% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £115,000 | £115,000 | £115,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £645,000 | £645,000 | £645,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £475,000 | £475,000 | £475,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £375,000 | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £272,000 | £272,000 | £272,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £212,000 | £212,000 | £212,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £210,000 | £210,000 | £210,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £236,000 | £236,000 | £236,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £110,000 | £110,000 | £110,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Jun 2026 | BLINDMANS GATE SERVICE STATION NR34 7QW | Other | £250,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 13 Aug 2024 | 2, CHURCH COTTAGES NR34 7QN | Semi-detached | £115,000 | |
| 2 Jun 2023 | BADGERS GROVE NR34 7QW | Other | £85,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 22 Feb 2023 | SALMONS LEAP NR34 7QW | Detached | £645,000 | |
| 31 Mar 2021 | CROSSING COTTAGE NR34 7QW | Detached | £475,000 | |
| 15 Aug 2018 | THE OLD RECTORY NR34 7QN | Detached | £375,000 | |
| 19 Oct 2017 | 1, CHURCH COTTAGES NR34 7QN | Semi-detached | £272,000 | |
| 12 Jun 2014 | WILLOW COTTAGE NR34 7QN | Detached | £212,000 | |
| 20 Sep 2010 | WILLOW COTTAGE NR34 7QN | Detached | £210,000 | |
| 11 Jul 2007 | SALMONS LEAP NR34 7QW | Detached | £236,000 | |
| 30 Jul 2003 | MELROSE FARM NR34 7QW | Detached | £110,000 | |
| 16 May 2001 | WHITE HOUSE FARM NR34 7QW | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 7 Jun 1999 | CHURCH FARM NR34 7QN | Detached | £55,000 |
Energy performance certificates
15 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 153 m². Most common: House, detached (7); House, semi-detached (4); Bungalow, detached (3). Built: before 1900 (8); 1983-1990 (2); 2003-2006 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (10); rented (private) (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (9 addresses)
- 1 Church Cottages, Beccles Road, Barnby
- 1 Melchet Cottages, Beccles Road, Barnby
- 2 Melchet Cottages, Beccles Road, Barnby
- Church Farm, Beccles Road, Barnby
- Flat Above Blindmans Gate Service Station, Beccles Road, Barnby
- Melrose Farm, Beccles Road, Barnby
- The Old Rectory, Beccles Road, Barnby
- White House Farm, Beccles Road, Barnby
- Willow Cottage, Beccles Road, Barnby
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 (26% of about 740 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 4.
- 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 JOHN THE BAPTIST, grade II*
- Barnby War Memorial, grade II
- POND FARMHOUSE, grade II
- WADE HALL, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 1 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: of the 10 homes the Environment Agency counts, 1 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 0 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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| NR34 7QW | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NR34 7QN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NR34 7QB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NR34 7QF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| NR34 7QU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 53 addresses are between -1 m and 18 m above sea level (7 m on average); the ground rises about 19 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NR34 7QB | 100% | 60% | 60% | 0% |
| NR34 7QF | 100% | 24% | 24% | 0% |
| NR34 7QN | 75% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| NR34 7QU | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| NR34 7QW | 0% | 0% | 0% | 7% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Oulton Broad South 60,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Oulton Broad North 137,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.9 km (3 miles) | |
| Beccles 130,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest West Cottage Barnby | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Lowestoft | 7 km (4.4 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Reedham Ferry South | 13.4 km (8.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | PoGo Charge | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 35.2 km (22 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 116 km (72 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Rosedale Surgery | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Well | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Colosseum Dental (Avenue) | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Beccles & District Hospital | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| Police station | Lowestoft Police Station | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | Whitton Food Market, Witton Estate | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 8,070 m² | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,810 m² | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 7,880 m² | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 5,760 m² | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St John the Baptist, a listed building (Grade II*), 580 m (0.4 miles) south-west. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St John the Baptist | Listed building, Grade II* | 580 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Wade Hall moated site | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Sandy Hill | Hill | 180 m south |
| Barnby Broad | Lake or reservoir | 430 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Ash Ground | Wood | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Mutford Big Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Castle Marsh | Wetland | 1.5 km (1 mile) north |
| Six Mile Corner | Tidal water | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.7 | 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 | 4 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 7 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 18 | 6 |
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 19 | 47 |
34 of the street's 53 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 6 from railways, 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 East Suffolk: see them on the East Suffolk page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
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 | 59 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 39% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 93% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 64% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 48% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 43% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 26% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 66% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 51% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 16% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 31% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 10% | 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 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.
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
- NR34 7QW: 32 addresses of 36 in the postcode
- NR34 7QN: 16 addresses
- NR34 7QB: 2 addresses of 34 in the postcode
- NR34 7QF: 2 addresses of 46 in the postcode
- NR34 7QU: 1 address of 11 in the postcode
All the streets in NR34 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 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.