Heath Road Mid Suffolk
79 addresses across 8 postcodes (IP30), about 1.2 km (0.8 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 25502427.
- Sales: 59 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £455,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 40 homes have an energy certificate (A: 6, B: 6, C: 8, D: 11, E: 8, F: 1).
- Flood: 6 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 B; Band D in Mid Suffolk costs £2,317 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Elmswell, about 2.3 km (1.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Haughley Park, is about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 59 to 65 m above sea level.
- Noise: 21 of its 102 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Woolpit Health Centre, about 680 m (0.4 miles) away.
- People: About 1,350 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 65% of households owned their home and 32% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £455,000 | £455,000 | £455,000 |
| 2024 | 3 | £480,000 | £262,000 | £550,000 |
| 2023 | 2 | £422,500 | £410,000 | £435,000 |
| 2022 | 2 | £397,500 | £370,000 | £425,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | £352,750 | £303,000 | £402,500 |
| 2020 | 2 | £292,500 | £285,000 | £299,999 |
| 2019 | 4 | £305,000 | £230,000 | £510,000 |
| 2018 | 3 | £420,000 | £225,000 | £507,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £390,000 | £390,000 | £390,000 |
| 2016 | 3 | £400,000 | £350,000 | £425,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | £300,000 | £250,000 | £350,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £290,000 | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 2026 | NOWTON HOUSE IP30 9RU | Detached | £455,000 | |
| 21 May 2024 | MILL HOUSE IP30 9QU | Detached | £550,000 | |
| 23 Feb 2024 | 12 IP30 9RU | Semi-detached | £262,000 | |
| 9 Jan 2024 | MOSSBURY IP30 9QU | Detached | £480,000 | |
| 13 Dec 2023 | HOLLYBUSH IP30 9QU | Semi-detached | £435,000 | |
| 12 Oct 2023 | 9 IP30 9RU | Semi-detached | £410,000 | |
| 12 Sep 2022 | BARENDALE IP30 9QU | Detached | £370,000 | |
| 6 Jun 2022 | GLENCREE IP30 9QU | Detached | £425,000 | |
| 25 Jun 2021 | 2, WHITEHOUSES IP30 9RL | Semi-detached | £303,000 | |
| 30 Mar 2021 | TORBROOKE IP30 9RU | Detached | £402,500 | |
| 18 Dec 2020 | 6 IP30 9RU | Semi-detached | £299,999 | |
| 31 Jan 2020 | 1, EUONYMOUS COTTAGE IP30 9RU | Semi-detached | £285,000 | |
| 4 Dec 2019 | GLENCREE IP30 9QU | Detached | £230,000 | |
| 28 Oct 2019 | SALTINGS IP30 9RL | Detached | £510,000 | |
| 21 Jun 2019 | WAVERLEY IP30 9RU | Detached | £370,000 | |
| 31 Jan 2019 | 5 IP30 9RU | Semi-detached | £240,000 | |
| 19 Dec 2018 | 2 IP30 9RU | Semi-detached | £225,000 | |
| 19 Nov 2018 | MEADOW BROOK IP30 9RL | Detached | £420,000 | |
| 13 Apr 2018 | MILL HOUSE IP30 9QU | Detached | £507,000 | |
| 13 Jan 2017 | SALTINGS IP30 9RL | Detached | £390,000 | |
| 13 Jan 2017 | MEADOW BROOK IP30 9RL | Other | £190,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 30 Aug 2016 | TORBROOKE IP30 9RU | Detached | £350,000 | |
| 31 Mar 2016 | MILL HOUSE IP30 9QU | Detached | £425,000 | |
| 24 Mar 2016 | NOWTON HOUSE IP30 9RU | Detached | £400,000 | |
| 9 Oct 2015 | HOLLYBUSH IP30 9QU | Semi-detached | £350,000 | |
| 9 Jan 2015 | TORBROOKE IP30 9RU | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 1 Dec 2014 | BROOKFIELD IP30 9QU | Detached | £290,000 | |
| 30 Aug 2013 | 6 IP30 9RU | Semi-detached | £200,000 | |
| 8 Jun 2012 | NUTKINS COTTAGE IP30 9RL | Semi-detached | £290,000 | |
| 4 May 2012 | 3, MEADOW VIEW IP30 9RL | Detached | £345,000 | |
| 28 Oct 2011 | BRAMBLES IP30 9RL | Detached | £286,500 | |
| 18 Mar 2010 | BARENDALE IP30 9QU | Detached | £197,000 | |
| 10 Apr 2008 | RUDLAND HOUSE IP30 9RL | Semi-detached | £110,000 | |
| 3 Dec 2007 | 1, WHITEHOUSES IP30 9RL | Detached | £330,000 | |
| 30 Mar 2007 | 2 IP30 9RU | Semi-detached | £158,000 | |
| 19 Mar 2007 | MILL HOUSE IP30 9QU | Detached | £395,000 | |
| 3 Jan 2007 | WESTERFIELD IP30 9QU | Detached | £335,000 | |
| 2 Jan 2007 | NUTKINS COTTAGE IP30 9RL | Detached | £295,000 | |
| 13 Jul 2006 | THYME COTTAGE IP30 9RU | Semi-detached | £173,000 | |
| 16 Dec 2005 | BRECKLAND IP30 9QU | Detached | £185,000 | |
| 25 Jul 2005 | NOWTON HOUSE IP30 9RU | Detached | £272,500 | |
| 22 Jun 2005 | HEATH HOUSE IP30 9RL | Detached | £390,000 | |
| 26 Sep 2003 | 1, WHITEHOUSES IP30 9RL | Detached | £228,500 | |
| 19 Sep 2003 | 2 IP30 9RU | Semi-detached | £137,500 | |
| 22 Jul 2002 | SALTINGS IP30 9RL | Detached | £170,000 | |
| 8 Feb 2001 | 6 IP30 9RU | Semi-detached | £84,000 | |
| 27 Jul 2000 | ASHLEIGH IP30 9RL | Detached | £189,000 | |
| 19 May 2000 | NOWTON HOUSE IP30 9RU | Detached | £115,000 | |
| 4 Feb 2000 | THYME COTTAGE IP30 9RU | Semi-detached | £88,000 | |
| 30 Nov 1999 | ORCHARD END IP30 9RL | Detached | £130,000 |
Energy performance certificates
40 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 113 m². Most common: House, detached (13); House, semi-detached (13); Bungalow, detached (10). Built: 1950-1966 (9); 2026 (8); 1967-1975 (5). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (24); rented (private) (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (24 addresses)
- 1 Euonymous Cottage, Heath Road, Woolpit
- 2 Prior Road, Woolpit
- 2 Whitehouses, Heath Road, Woolpit
- 2, Heath Road, Woolpit
- 2, Oaklands, Woolpit
- 3, Oaklands, Woolpit
- 4, Heath Road, Woolpit
- 5, Heath Road, Woolpit
- 8 Lavender Road, Woolpit
- Annexe, Walnut Grove, Heath Road, Woolpit
- Birchwood, Heath Road, Woolpit
- Brookfield, Heath Road, Woolpit
- Bycroft, Heath Road, Woolpit
- Glencree, Heath Road, Woolpit
- Hollybush, Heath Road, Woolpit
- Meadow Brook, Heath Road, Woolpit
- Nowton House, Heath Road, Woolpit
- Nutkins Cottage, Heath Road, Woolpit
- Orchard End, The Heath
- Rudlen Cottage, Warren Lane, Woolpit
- Saltings, Heath Road, Woolpit
- Torbrooke, Heath Road, Woolpit
- Waverley, Heath Road, Woolpit
- Willow Brook, Heath Road, Woolpit
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (22% of about 1,210 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- 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
- BARN, 10 METRES SOUTH WEST OF HAGUE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- FORGE COTTAGE, grade II
- GREEN FARMHOUSE, grade II
- GUINS, grade II
- HAGUE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- K6 TELEPHONE BOX, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 21 October 2026: SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
- 21 August 2026: SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 4 at medium risk and 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP30 9RU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| IP30 9QU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP30 9RL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 2 / 2 | unlikely |
| IP30 9RN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 3 | unlikely |
| IP30 9QF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP30 9RD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP30 9RT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 5 | unlikely |
| IP30 9YX | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 0 / 4 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 102 addresses are between 59 m and 65 m above sea level (63 m on average); the ground rises about 7 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP30 9QF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP30 9QU | 100% | 93% | 93% | 0% |
| IP30 9RD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP30 9RL | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| IP30 9RN | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| IP30 9RT | 91% | 5% | 5% | 0% |
| IP30 9RU | 100% | 81% | 81% | 0% |
| IP30 9YX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Elmswell 122,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Thurston 124,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) | |
| Stowmarket 976,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 10 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Primary School Woolpit | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Barnards Stowmarket | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tesla Supercharger | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 57.1 km (35 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 58.8 km (37 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Woolpit Health Centre | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Woolpit Medical Services LTD | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Wedgwood House Dental Practice | 7.2 km (4.5 miles) |
| Hospital | West Suffolk Hospital | 13.1 km (8.1 miles) |
| Police station | Stowmarket Police Station. | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | East of England Co-op Elmswell Cashzone | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Haughley Park 41 ha | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 440 m² | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 8,270 m² | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6,690 m² | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Lanes, a listed building (Grade II*), 380 m south-east. 38 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 |
|---|---|---|
| The Lanes | Listed building, Grade II* | 380 m south-east |
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Lady's Well (holy well and moat) | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Warren | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Woolpit Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Great Wood | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| Brook Vale | Valley | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) south |
| Mill Hill | Hill | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) south |
| Drinkstone Lake | Lake or reservoir | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.3 | 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 81 | 102 |
21 of the street's 102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolpit Primary Academy | Primary | 5–11 | 410 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Jul 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolpit Primary Academy IP30 9RU | School/college/university | 390 m | 5 Very good | 29 Apr 2025 |
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 | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 65% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 42% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 26% | 17% |
| Private rented | 6% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 29% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 63% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 33% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 32% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL: Highway repair and maintenance works, 21 October 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- IP30 9RU: 31 addresses of 32 in the postcode
- IP30 9QU: 17 addresses of 20 in the postcode
- IP30 9RL: 17 addresses of 21 in the postcode
- IP30 9RN: 6 addresses of 55 in the postcode
- IP30 9QF: 5 addresses
- IP30 9RD: 1 address of 48 in the postcode
- IP30 9RT: 1 address of 30 in the postcode
- IP30 9YX: 1 address of 65 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Sharpe's Row · Lomax Close · Melvin Way
All the streets in IP30 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.