Hall Road Barsham, East Suffolk
8 addresses across 4 postcodes (NR34), about 790 m (0.5 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 42501877.
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 East Suffolk costs £2,335 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Beccles, about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Blacksmith's Common, is about 2.2 km (1.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 14 to 25 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 8 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Beccles Medical Centre, about 2.2 km (1.4 miles) away.
- People: About 540 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 77% of households owned their home and 36% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
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 D (21% of about 980 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.
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 25 September 2026 to 28 September 2026: ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway, verge (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 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: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NR34 8JY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NR34 8JZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NR34 8HA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NR34 8JU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 8 addresses are between 14 m and 25 m above sea level (19 m on average); the ground rises about 11 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NR34 8HA | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| NR34 8JU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NR34 8JY | 50% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| NR34 8JZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Beccles 130,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Brampton (Suffolk) 15,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) | |
| Somerleyton 12,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.9 km (6.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Old Hall Farm Ringsfield | 350 m |
| Ferry terminal | Reedham Ferry South | 12.6 km (7.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | Bungay Community Centre | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 30.8 km (19 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 108 km (67 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Beccles Medical Centre | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Beccles H.c.c. Limited | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Beccles & District Hospital | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Police station | Halesworth Police Station | 10.6 km (6.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | East of England Co-op Swines Green, Swines Green Cashzone | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Blacksmith's Common 3.4 ha | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 440 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 9,800 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 7,910 m² | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of All Saints, a listed building (Grade II*), 430 m (0.3 miles) south. 10 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade II* | 430 m (0.3 miles) south |
| Holy Trinity Church | Listed building, Grade I | 940 m (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Moated site of Barsham Hall and remains of associated buildings | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1 mile) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| John John's Wood | Wood | 930 m (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Kiln Covert | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Barsham Hill | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Barsham Marshes | Wetland | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Geldeston Dyke | Tidal water | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-west |
| Spring Lake | Lake or reservoir | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 6 | 8 |
2 of the street's 8 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 East Suffolk: see them on the East Suffolk page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ringsfield Church of England Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (Jul 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: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Sir John Leman High School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (Apr 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; Post-16 provision: 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 | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 28% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 77% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 50% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 11% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 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) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 28% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 65% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 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 | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 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 5 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 8JY: 4 addresses of 8 in the postcode
- NR34 8JZ: 2 addresses of 8 in the postcode
- NR34 8HA: 1 address of 33 in the postcode
- NR34 8JU: 1 address of 11 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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.