Green Road Brandon, West Suffolk
291 addresses across 7 postcodes (IP27), about 1.6 km (1 mile) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 14600348.
- Energy: 19 homes have an energy certificate (C: 19).
- Flood: 22 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 A; Band D in West Suffolk costs £2,351 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Brandon, about 1.7 km (1 mile) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 730 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 25 to 50 m above sea level.
- Noise: 6 of its 291 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Forest Surgery, about 1.2 km (0.7 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 1,180 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 65% of households owned their home and 17% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 7 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
19 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 58 m². Most common: Bungalow, semi-detached (9); House, semi-detached (5); Flat (2). Built: 2007-2011 (14); 2007 onwards (3); 2003-2006 (2). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (13); owner-occupied (4); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (6 addresses)
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band A (35% of about 2,990 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Land Off Gas House Lane, Brandon: up to 10 homes, permissioned (890 m (0.6 miles))
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 30 November 2026 to 4 December 2026: SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major (paa) works)
Finished in the last three months
- 28 September 2026 to 1 October 2026: ANGLIAN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the verge (immediate - urgent works)
- 23 September 2026: SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL, Works for road purposes, two-way signals, on the verge (minor works)
- 18 September 2026: SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, multi-way signals, on the verge (minor works)
- 7 September 2026: SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, multi-way signals, on the carriageway (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 17 addresses are in areas at high risk, 5 at medium risk and 23 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
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.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP27 0UX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| IP27 0AB | not in 2 or 3 | 9 / 3 / 7 | unlikely |
| IP27 0DT | not in 2 or 3 | 4 / 2 / 10 | unlikely |
| IP27 0AR | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP27 0SY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP27 0UD | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| IP27 0YR | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 291 addresses are between 25 m and 50 m above sea level (33 m on average); the ground rises about 25 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP27 0AB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP27 0AR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP27 0DT | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| IP27 0SY | 91% | 91% | 91% | 0% |
| IP27 0UD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP27 0UX | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| IP27 0YR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Brandon 129,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Lakenheath 920 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.2 km (4.4 miles) | |
| Thetford 306,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 20 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Chestnut Close Brandon | 220 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Interchange Thetford | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| Car parks | Brandon Station Car Park | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 50.7 km (32 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 67.9 km (42 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Forest Surgery | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Harold Smith Dental Practice | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Hospital Road Site | 23 km (14 miles) |
| Police station | Suffolk Police Brandon Police Station | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,680 m² | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,600 m² | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.4 ha | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bowl barrow 580m north east of The Lodge, Brandon, a scheduled monument, 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-east.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bowl barrow 580m north east of The Lodge, Brandon | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Middle Saxon occupation on Chequer Meadow | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Waterworks Covert | Wood | 480 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Poors Plantation | Wood | 810 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Mount Plantation | Wood | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Session Heath | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Ling Belt | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) east |
| White Hill | Hill | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 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 |
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 285 | 291 |
6 of the street's 291 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glade Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 830 m (0.5 miles) | Good (May 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Forest Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong 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
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Mallard Way (3); On or near Swallow Drive (2); On or near Blackbird Avenue (1); On or near Nightingale Road (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 65% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 39% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 4% | 1% |
| Social rented | 14% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 12% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 73% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 46% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 17% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 29% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 92% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 3 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 2 to 7 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
- IP27 0UX: 251 addresses of 277 in the postcode
- IP27 0AB: 33 addresses of 83 in the postcode
- IP27 0DT: 3 addresses of 48 in the postcode
- IP27 0AR: 1 address of 6 in the postcode
- IP27 0SY: 1 address of 14 in the postcode
- IP27 0UD: 1 address of 35 in the postcode
- IP27 0YR: 1 address of 20 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Partridge Walk · Martin Close · Swallow Drive · Mallard Way · Blackbird Avenue · Linnet Crescent · Lark Close · Lingheath Road · Nightingale Road · Falcon Drive · Kingfisher Drive · Pump Lane
All the streets in IP27 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.