Cherrytree Lane Botesdale, Mid Suffolk
26 addresses across 2 postcodes (IP22), about 330 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 25502254.
- Energy: 12 homes have an energy certificate (C: 3, D: 2, E: 3, F: 3, G: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 Mid Suffolk costs £2,317 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 40% to 89% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Diss, about 8.7 km (5.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 31 to 36 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 26 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Botesdale Health Centre, about 110 m away.
- People: About 700 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 72% of households owned their home and 30% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 10 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 110 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (5); House, detached (5); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (6); 1983-1990 (2); 1976-1982 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (10).
Each home's certificates and sales (8 addresses)
- 1 Spring Meadows, Cherry Tree Lane, Botesdale
- 2 Spring Meadows, Cherry Tree Lane, Botesdale
- Boxtree Cottage, Cherry Tree Lane, Botesdale
- Brookview, Cherry Tree Lane, Botesdale
- Lone Pine, Cherry Tree Lane, Botesdale
- Poplar Cottage, Cherry Tree Lane, Botesdale
- Walnut Tree Farm, Cherry Tree Lane, Botesdale
- Wayside Cottage, Cherry Tree Lane, Botesdale
Council tax
What each band costs in Mid Suffolk in 2026-27: Band D £2,317 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,545 | £1,802 | £2,059 | £2,317 | £2,832 | £3,347 | £3,861 | £4,634 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band B (22% of about 1,470 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Botesdale (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- 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
- Boxtree Cottage and Camomile Cottage, grade II
- WAYSIDE COTTAGE, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 15 December 2026: BT, Utility asset works, road closure, on the carriageway, verge (major (paa) works)
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 27 addresses are between 31 m and 36 m above sea level (33 m on average); the ground rises about 5 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP22 1DL | 94% | 89% | 89% | 0% |
| IP22 1DN | 100% | 40% | 40% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Diss 701,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.7 km (5.4 miles) |
| Elmswell 122,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.4 km (8.3 miles) | |
| Harling Road 1,770 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.8 km (8.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Simonds Court Botesdale | 210 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Diss | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 41.4 km (26 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 73.4 km (46 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Botesdale Health Centre | 110 m |
| Pharmacies | Rapha Delivery Pharmacy | 7.5 km (4.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Hopton Dental Surgery | 6.2 km (3.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Hartismere Hospital | 9.5 km (5.9 miles) |
| Police station | Norfolk Police - Diss Public Enquiry Office | 7.3 km (4.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Central England Co-Op - Rickinghall Cashzone | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 550 m² | 320 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,500 m² | 310 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 6,440 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Street Farmhouse With Attached Outbuilding, a listed building (Grade II*), 210 m south-east. 62 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 6 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Street Farmhouse With Attached Outbuilding | Listed building, Grade II* | 210 m south-east |
| The Priory With Attached Outbuildings and Garden Walls | Listed building, Grade II* | 210 m south-east |
| Chapel of St. Botolph | Listed building, Grade II* | 230 m south-east |
| St Catherines | Listed building, Grade II* | 330 m south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Butts Plantation | Wood | 900 m (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Black Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Jacobites Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Russian Plantation | Wood | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| New Waters | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km (1 mile) east |
| Snape Hill | Hill | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 24 | 26 |
2 of the street's 26 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 Mid Suffolk: see them on the Mid Suffolk page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 250 m | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Orchard IP22 1BS | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 220 m | 5 Very good | 9 Dec 2024 |
| The Baked Apple IP22 1BS | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 230 m | 1 Major improvement necessary | 10 Sep 2026 |
| Botesdale & Rickinghall Pre-School IP22 1BZ | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 240 m | 5 Very good | 30 Nov 2016 |
| Botesdale Fish and Chip Shop IP22 1BS | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 250 m | 5 Very good | 3 Dec 2025 |
| The Bell Inn IP22 1BN | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 330 m | 2 Improvement necessary | 26 Feb 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near The Drift (4); On or near Back Hills (2); On or near The Street (2); On or near Fen Lane (1); On or near The Fairstead (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 36% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 72% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 51% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 17% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 47% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 41% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 31% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 59% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 37% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 18% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 6 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
Nearby streets
The Fairstead · The Drift · Fen Lane · Rose Lane · Fen Lane · Oswald Mews · The Street · Chapel Lane · Summerhouse Close · Bridewell Lane · The Limes · Bell Meadow
All the streets in IP22 and across Mid 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.