Brookside Moulton, West Suffolk
29 addresses across 3 postcodes (CB8), about 610 m (0.4 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 14600192.
- Sales: 20 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £800,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 12 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 4, E: 4, F: 2, G: 1).
- Flood: 4 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 D; Band D in West Suffolk costs £2,351 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 29% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Kennett, about 2.8 km (1.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Green, is about 100 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 35 to 44 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 29 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Orchard House Surgery, about 5.5 km (3.4 miles) away.
- People: About 490 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 79% of households owned their home and 43% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 4 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £800,000 | £800,000 | £800,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | £675,000 | £675,000 | £675,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | £1,180,000 | £1,180,000 | £1,180,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £1,115,000 | £1,115,000 | £1,115,000 |
| 2022 | 2 | £1,270,000 | £800,000 | £1,740,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £1,040,000 | £1,040,000 | £1,040,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £510,000 | £510,000 | £510,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £232,000 | £232,000 | £232,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £1,050,000 | £1,050,000 | £1,050,000 |
| 2008 | 2 | £487,500 | £480,000 | £495,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £180,000 | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £170,500 | £170,500 | £170,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jan 2026 | 15 CB8 8SG | Detached | £800,000 | |
| 27 Oct 2025 | 31 CB8 8SG | Detached | £675,000 | |
| 17 Oct 2024 | RECTORY SCHOOL CB8 8SG | Detached | £1,180,000 | |
| 31 May 2023 | THE OLD RECTORY CB8 8SG | Detached | £1,115,000 | |
| 25 Aug 2022 | HARE PARK HOUSE, 11 CB8 8SG | Detached | £1,740,000 | |
| 15 Jul 2022 | 5 CB8 8SG | Detached | £800,000 | |
| 25 Jun 2021 | RECTORY SCHOOL CB8 8SG | Detached | £1,040,000 | |
| 16 Mar 2018 | 15 CB8 8SG | Detached | £510,000 | |
| 16 Mar 2018 | 15 CB8 8SG | Other | £510,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 7 Feb 2017 | MOULTON PRIORY CB8 8SG | Other | £2,150,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 2 Dec 2016 | 10 CB8 8SG | Terraced | £232,000 | |
| 9 Jul 2010 | HARE PARK HOUSE, 11 CB8 8SG | Detached | £1,050,000 | |
| 13 Aug 2008 | PRIORY COTTAGE, 29 CB8 8SG | Detached | £480,000 | |
| 14 Jul 2008 | RECTORY SCHOOL CB8 8SG | Detached | £495,000 | |
| 30 Apr 2007 | 10 CB8 8SG | Terraced | £180,000 | |
| 18 Mar 2005 | 1 CB8 8SG | Semi-detached | £170,500 | |
| 5 Aug 2004 | PRIORY COTTAGE, 29 CB8 8SG | Detached | £390,000 | |
| 5 Mar 2003 | 1 CB8 8SG | Semi-detached | £194,955 | |
| 11 Oct 2002 | RECTORY SCHOOL CB8 8SG | Detached | £375,000 | |
| 28 May 1997 | GREENACRE CB8 8SG | Detached | £209,000 |
Energy performance certificates
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 129 m². Most common: House, detached (6); Flat (2); Bungalow, detached (2). Built: before 1900 (5); 1930-1949 (2); 2003-2006 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (8); rented (private) (2).
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, Moulton (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 7.
- 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
- PACK HORSE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KENNETT, grade II*
- 17 AND 19, BROOKSIDE, grade II
- 23 AND 25, BROOKSIDE, grade II
- BRIDGE 40 METRES WEST OF PRIMARY SCHOOL BROOKSIDE, grade II
- CROOKED COTTAGE, grade II
- THE PRIMARY SCHOOL AND THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE, grade II
- THE PRIORY, 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, 3 at medium risk and 20 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 74 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 2 medium, 19 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| CB8 8SG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 2 / 6 | unlikely |
| CB8 8SE | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 3 | unlikely |
| CB8 8SF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 11 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 29 addresses are between 35 m and 44 m above sea level (37 m on average); the ground rises about 10 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB8 8SE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CB8 8SF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CB8 8SG | 100% | 29% | 29% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Kennett 54,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| Newmarket 374,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) | |
| Dullingham 32,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.9 km (6.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Village Hall Moulton | 180 m |
| Bus or coach station | The Guineas Bus Station Newmarket | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | Granary Road | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 44.3 km (28 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Orchard House Surgery | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Superdrug Pharmacy | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Bury Road (Dental Surgery) | 4.4 km (2.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Newmarket Community Hospital | 5.9 km (3.6 miles) |
| Police station | Bury St Edmunds police station | 16.1 km (10 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Green 6,530 m² | 100 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,990 m² | 140 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.1 ha | 180 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,320 m² | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Packhorse bridge, a scheduled monument, 80 m north. 17 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Packhorse bridge | Scheduled monument | 80 m north |
| Pack Horse Bridge Over the River Kennett | Listed building, Grade II* | 80 m north |
| Church of St Peter | Listed building, Grade I | 360 m south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Folly Hill | Hill | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Chippenham Hill | Hill | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Round Plantation | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Sandpit Plantation | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) north |
| Trinity Plantation | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Slade Bottom | Valley | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 27 | 29 |
2 of the street's 29 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 West Suffolk: see them on the West Suffolk page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moulton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 470 m (0.3 miles) | Outstanding (Dec 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Moulton Stores Ltd CB8 8RZ | Retailers - other | 270 m | 5 Very good | 10 Jan 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Tweed Close (2); On or near Bridge Street (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 79% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 38% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 51% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 43% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 43% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 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 8SG: 27 addresses of 29 in the postcode
- CB8 8SE: 1 address of 36 in the postcode
- CB8 8SF: 1 address of 28 in the postcode
Nearby streets
The Green · Bridge Street · Riverside Walk · Tweed Close · Benefield Road · Bury Lane · Mayes Meadow · Park Close · The Street · The Street · Gazeley Road · Church Road
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 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.