Helmingham Road Ashbocking, Mid Suffolk
43 addresses across 5 postcodes (IP14,IP6), about 1.7 km (1.1 miles) long. USRN 25502560.
- Sales: 21 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £312,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Mid Suffolk cost £317,979 in August 2026 (+5.3% on a year); private rents averaged £1,011 a month.
- Energy: 14 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 4, E: 7, F: 2).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the Minor road, carries 219 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in Mid Suffolk costs £2,317 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Needham Market, about 7.9 km (4.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 55 to 65 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 43 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Debenham Group Practice, about 7.3 km (4.5 miles) away.
- People: About 770 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 74% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £312,000 | £312,000 | £312,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | £347,500 | £340,000 | £355,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £325,000 | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £235,000 | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £145,000 | £145,000 | £145,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £273,000 | £273,000 | £273,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £180,000 | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £605,000 | £605,000 | £605,000 |
| 2007 | 2 | £343,000 | £196,000 | £490,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £183,000 | £183,000 | £183,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £149,950 | £149,950 | £149,950 |
| 2003 | 1 | £340,000 | £340,000 | £340,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Aug 2006 | BYWAYS IP6 9RZ | Semi-detached | £183,000 | |
| 3 Jun 2019 | FIELD VIEW IP6 9RZ | Semi-detached | £355,000 | |
| 21 Aug 2014 | FIELD VIEW IP6 9RZ | Semi-detached | £273,000 | |
| 30 Apr 2007 | FIELD VIEW IP6 9RZ | Detached | £196,000 | |
| 15 Aug 2008 | GOSBECK HOUSE IP6 9RZ | Detached | £605,000 | |
| 16 Apr 2002 | GOSBECK HOUSE IP6 9RZ | Detached | £320,000 | |
| 17 Mar 2017 | 43, HALL COTTAGES IP6 9RZ | Detached | £235,000 | |
| 31 Oct 1997 | HEATHGRAY IP6 9RZ | Detached | £118,000 | |
| 22 Sep 2004 | 44, MILL COTTAGE IP6 9RZ | Semi-detached | £149,950 | |
| 5 Dec 2015 | 45, MILL COTTAGES IP6 9RZ | Semi-detached | £145,000 | |
| 2 Jan 1996 | 45, MILL COTTAGES IP6 9RZ | Semi-detached | £42,500 | |
| 31 Oct 2007 | STREET HOUSE IP6 9RZ | Detached | £490,000 | |
| 7 Jul 2003 | STREET HOUSE IP6 9RZ | Detached | £340,000 | |
| 4 Jan 1996 | STREET HOUSE IP6 9RZ | Detached | £142,000 | |
| 11 May 2023 | THE OLD DAIRY IP6 9RZ | Other | £10,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 15 Sep 2017 | THE OLD DAIRY IP6 9RZ | Other | £50,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 13 Sep 2019 | WHIPSIDERRY IP6 9RZ | Semi-detached | £340,000 | |
| 11 May 2018 | WHIPSIDERRY IP6 9RZ | Semi-detached | £325,000 | |
| 28 Sep 2009 | WHIPSIDERRY IP6 9RZ | Semi-detached | £180,000 | |
| 1 Jul 2025 | 4, WHITE GATE COTTAGES IP6 9RZ | Semi-detached | £312,000 | |
| 29 Nov 2024 | 4, WHITE GATE COTTAGES IP6 9RZ | Semi-detached | £365,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
House prices and rents in Mid Suffolk
A typical home in Mid Suffolk cost £317,979 in August 2026, 5.3% more than a year before. That is 11% more than five years earlier and 28% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £440,981 |
| Semi-detached | £278,154 |
| Terraced | £226,023 |
| Flat or maisonette | £142,118 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £260,075 |
Private renters in Mid Suffolk paid £1,011 a month on average in September 2026, 6.9% more than a year before. That is 40% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £725 |
| Two bedrooms | £928 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,130 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,593 |
Energy performance certificates
14 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 91 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (9); House, detached (4); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (10); 1930-1949 (2); 1976-1982 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7); rented (private) (4); rented (social) (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (14 addresses)
- 1 Poplar Cottages, Gosbeck Road, Helmingham
- 2 Poplar Cottages, Gosbeck Road, Helmingham
- 2, Gosbeck Road, Helmingham
- 3 Gosbeck Road, Helmingham
- 3 Poplar Cottages, Gosbeck Road, Helmingham
- 4 Poplar Cottages, Gosbeck Road, Helmingham
- 37, Gosbeck Road, Helmingham
- 42, Gosbeck Road, Helmingham
- 46 Poplar Farm Cottages, Gosbeck Road, Helmingham
- 47 Poplar Farm Cottages, Gosbeck Road, Helmingham
- 164 Gosbeck Road, Helmingham
- Ivy House, Gosbeck Road, Helmingham
- Plum Tree Cottage, Gosbeck Road, Helmingham
- Red Cottage, Gosbeck Road, Helmingham
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 45 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel (16 meters are on Economy 7, the off-peak tariff for storage heaters).
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP14 6ET | 8 | 3,848 kWh | under 5 | |
| IP14 6EP | 18 10 Economy 7 | 4,409 kWh | none recorded | |
| IP6 9RZ | 19 6 Economy 7 | 4,880 kWh | none recorded |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is IP14.
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 E (23% of about 1,000 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- 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
- BARN, 40 METRES NORTH OF GOSBECK HALL, grade II
- GOSBECK HALL, grade II
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 10 November 2026 to 11 November 2026: BT, Utility asset works, temp obstruction 15 minute delay, on the verge (minor works)
- 23 February 2027 to 24 February 2027: UK POWER NETWORKS EASTERN & LONDON, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the verge (major (paa) works, permit applied for)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP14 6ES | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP14 6ET | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP14 6ER | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP14 6EP | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP6 9RZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 3 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 43 addresses are between 55 m and 65 m above sea level (61 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP14 6EP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP14 6ER | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP14 6ES | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP14 6ET | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP6 9RZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Needham Market 130,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.9 km (4.9 miles) |
| Westerfield 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) | |
| Derby Road (Ipswich) 95,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.8 km (7.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 58.3 km (36 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 70.9 km (44 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Debenham Group Practice Good Dec 2022 | 7.3 km (4.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Claydon Pharmacy | 7 km (4.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Quintons Court (Dental Practice) | 7.9 km (4.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Ipswich Hospital Requires improvement Feb 2026 | 11.3 km (7 miles) |
| Care homes | Witnesham Nursing Home Requires improvement Sep 2026 | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) |
| Police station | Ipswich Police Station | 11.1 km (6.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 690 m² | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 6,330 m² | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Helmingham Hall, a registered park or garden (Grade I), 2.5 km (1.5 miles) north-east. 8 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Helmingham Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Grove | Wood | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) east |
| Gosbeck Wood | Wood | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) west |
| Sky Hall Wood | Wood | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south-west |
| The Leys | Lake or reservoir | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) north-east |
| Broom Hill | Hill | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) south-west |
| Otley Bottom | Valley | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.1 | 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 | 41 | 43 |
2 of the street's 43 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
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Nurseries and childcare
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
Ofsted also registers 229 childminders and 46 home childcarers (nannies) in Suffolk. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
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).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the Minor road, with 219 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 60 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minor road | Not recorded | 219 counted 2025 | 0% | 60 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 74% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 38% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 20% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 63% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 23% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 27% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 23% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 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 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: UK POWER NETWORKS EASTERN & LONDON: Utility repair and maintenance works, 23 February 2027 to 24 February 2027 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: BT: Utility asset works, 10 November 2026 to 11 November 2026 (temp obstruction 15 minute delay) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- IP14 6ES: 17 addresses of 19 in the postcode
- IP14 6ET: 15 addresses of 16 in the postcode
- IP14 6ER: 6 addresses of 9 in the postcode
- IP14 6EP: 3 addresses of 33 in the postcode
- IP6 9RZ: 2 addresses of 37 in the postcode
All the streets in IP14, IP6 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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.