Brookside Dalham, West Suffolk
13 addresses across 1 postcode (CB8), about 100 m long, classed as a local access road. USRN 14600018.
8 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £980,000 across 1 sale. 3 homes have an energy certificate (E: 2, F: 1). No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in West Suffolk costs £2,351 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 86% of premises. The nearest railway station is Kennett, about 6.0 km away in a straight line. Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 48 to 50 m above sea level. The nearest GP surgery is Wickhambrook Surgery, about 6.4 km away. About 210 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 77% of households owned their home and 45% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 2 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often criminal damage and arson.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £980,000 | £980,000 | £980,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £1,000,000 | £1,000,000 | £1,000,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £850,000 | £850,000 | £850,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £310,000 | £310,000 | £310,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £370,000 | £370,000 | £370,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £160,000 | £160,000 | £160,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £135,000 | £135,000 | £135,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £115,000 | £115,000 | £115,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Jul 2025 | 2 CB8 8TG | Detached | £980,000 | |
| 6 Oct 2020 | RUFFLES BARN CB8 8TG | Detached | £1,000,000 | |
| 17 Aug 2017 | RUFFLES BARN CB8 8TG | Detached | £850,000 | |
| 18 Mar 2002 | 3 CB8 8TG | Detached | £310,000 | |
| 27 Apr 2001 | 2 CB8 8TG | Semi-detached | £370,000 | |
| 4 Sep 1998 | 5 CB8 8TG | Detached | £160,000 | |
| 8 Nov 1996 | 6 CB8 8TG | Detached | £135,000 | |
| 13 Apr 1995 | 5 CB8 8TG | Detached | £115,000 |
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 288 m². Most common: House, detached (3). Built: before 1900 (2); 1967-1975 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
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 street: most are in band D (27% of about 1,090 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Dalham (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 6.
- 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
- 2 AND 4 STORES HILL, grade II
- 4 THE STREET, grade II
- 5 BROOKSIDE, grade II
- DAIRY FARMHOUSE, grade II
- K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK BY GENERAL STORES, grade II
- THE AFFLECK ARMS PUBLIC HOUSE, 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, 0 addresses are 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: of the 7 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 5 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 13 addresses are between 48 m and 50 m above sea level (48 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB8 8TG | 100% | 86% | 86% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Kennett 54,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.0 km |
| Newmarket 374,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.9 km | |
| Dullingham 32,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m, 4 within 800 m; nearest Affleck Arms Dalham | 40 m |
| Bus or coach station | The Guineas Bus Station Newmarket | 8.1 km |
| EV charging points | Granary Road | 7.5 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 42.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Wickhambrook Surgery | 6.4 km |
| Pharmacies | Barrow Pharmacy | 4.6 km |
| NHS dentists | Bury Road (Dental Surgery) | 7.4 km |
| Hospital | Newmarket Community Hospital | 8.7 km |
| Police station | Bury St Edmunds police station | 13.8 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 520 m² | 2.4 km |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.4 ha | 2.1 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,320 m² | 2.9 km |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.8 | 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
Noise figures are still being loaded.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2.0 km.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Affleck Arms CB8 8TG | Pub/bar/nightclub | 20 m | 5 Very good | 14 Feb 2020 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Stores Hill (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 77% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 55% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 19% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 53% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 38% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 20% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 24% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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
- CB8 8TG: 13 addresses
Nearby streets
All the streets in CB8 and across West 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.