Ipswich Road Thornham Parva, Mid Suffolk
20 addresses across 6 postcodes (IP23), about 1.7 km (1 mile) long. USRN 25502863.
- Sales: 11 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £650,000 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: 4 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 2, E: 1).
- 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.
- Energy projects: 2 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Red House Farm, Old Norwich Road - Battery Energy Storage System, is 1 km (0.6 miles) away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; 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 Diss, about 6.2 km (3.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Little Green, is about 2.8 km (1.7 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 43 to 53 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 20 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Eye Health Centre, about 3.2 km (2 miles) away.
- People: About 800 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 82% of households owned their home and 31% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | £650,000 | £650,000 | £650,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £239,650 | £239,650 | £239,650 |
| 2016 | 1 | £295,000 | £295,000 | £295,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £442,000 | £442,000 | £442,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £370,000 | £370,000 | £370,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £545,000 | £545,000 | £545,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £240,000 | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £159,995 | £159,995 | £159,995 |
| 1999 | 1 | £185,000 | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 May 2007 | 67 IP23 8BZ | Detached | £545,000 | |
| 8 Nov 2002 | 67 IP23 8BZ | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 20 Dec 1999 | 67 IP23 8BZ | Detached | £185,000 | |
| 24 Mar 2021 | BULLS HALL FARM IP23 8BZ | Detached | £650,000 | |
| 1 Feb 2016 | FIELD CORNER IP23 8BZ | Detached | £295,000 | |
| 13 Dec 2001 | FIELD CORNER IP23 8BZ | Detached | £159,995 | |
| 21 Oct 2022 | THE BULL AUBERGE IP23 8BZ | Other | £490,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 30 Oct 2020 | THE VILLA IP23 8BZ | Detached | £239,650 | |
| 5 Dec 2014 | THE VILLA IP23 8BZ | Detached | £442,000 | |
| 27 Aug 2010 | TUDOR COTTAGE IP23 8BZ | Detached | £370,000 | |
| 8 Aug 2003 | TUDOR COTTAGE IP23 8BZ | Detached | £240,000 |
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
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 147 m². Most common: House, detached (2); House, semi-detached (2). Built: before 1900 (2); 1900-1929 (1); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 32 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel (12 meters are on Economy 7, the off-peak tariff for storage heaters).
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP23 8EY | 6 | 2,117 kWh | under 5 | |
| IP23 8BZ | 6 | 6,679 kWh | under 5 | |
| IP23 8DD | 20 12 Economy 7 | 4,420 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 IP23.
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 C (20% of about 1,760 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 4.
- 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
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, grade I
- CARTERS COTTAGE CARTERS FARM, grade II
- CHANDOS FARMHOUSE, grade II
- CHURCH FARMHOUSE, grade II
Energy projects nearby
4 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 2 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red House Farm, Old Norwich Road - Battery Energy Storage System Mid Suffolk DC/25/02824 | Battery storage | 520 MW | Planning application made Jun 2025 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Cranswick Country Foods Mid Suffolk DC/21/00610 | Solar farm | 1.5 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Apr 2021 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Eye Biomass Plant | Biomass | 14.3 MW | Operational Jul 1992 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Humphrey Group Mid Suffolk 0724/10 | Wind 2 turbines | 5 MW | Operational Feb 2013 | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
Started, not reported finished by 31 October 2026
- 3 November 2026 to 4 November 2026: SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works, permit applied for)
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 25 January 2027 to 27 January 2027: ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway, 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 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP23 8ET | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| IP23 8EY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP23 8BZ | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP23 8DD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP23 8DE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP23 8DG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | 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 20 addresses are between 43 m and 53 m above sea level (48 m on average); the ground rises about 10 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP23 8BZ | 88% | 63% | 63% | 0% |
| IP23 8DD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP23 8DE | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| IP23 8DG | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| IP23 8ET | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| IP23 8EY | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Diss 701,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.2 km (3.8 miles) |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Diss | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 41.5 km (26 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 76.2 km (47 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Eye Health Centre Good Jun 2023 | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Wellbeing Pharmacy | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Fair Green Dental Practice | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Hartismere Hospital | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Limes Retirement Home Good Jun 2026 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Police station | Norfolk Police - Diss Public Enquiry Office | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | Eye Cashzone | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Little Green 1.5 ha | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 210 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 9,740 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 7,680 m² | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Yaxley Manor House, a listed building (Grade II*), 700 m (0.4 miles) north. 4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Yaxley Manor House | Listed building, Grade II* | 700 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Howe Plantation | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Hogg's Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Great Belt | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Connaught Plantation | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) south |
| Sallow Plantation | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south |
| Thorndon Pool | Lake or reservoir | 4 km (2.5 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 16 | 20 |
4 of the street's 20 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 | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mellis Church of England Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 690 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection | 65% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 12% at the higher standard (2025; 60% in 2024 and 63% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
1 nursery, pre-school or club within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 770 m (0.5 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yaxley & Mellis Pre-School IP23 8DP | Sessional day care | 26 | Good (Feb 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
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
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 52% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 60% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 41% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 21% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 31% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 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 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 6 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL: Highway repair and maintenance works, 3 November 2026 to 4 November 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER: Utility repair and maintenance works, 25 January 2027 to 27 January 2027 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- IP23 8ET: 9 addresses of 11 in the postcode
- IP23 8EY: 6 addresses of 23 in the postcode
- IP23 8BZ: 2 addresses of 26 in the postcode
- IP23 8DD: 1 address of 26 in the postcode
- IP23 8DE: 1 address of 5 in the postcode
- IP23 8DG: 1 address of 12 in the postcode
All the streets in IP23 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.