Lilac Close Brandon, West Suffolk
9 addresses across 3 postcodes (IP27), about 60 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 14600440.
- Sales: 4 recorded sales since 1995; in 2017 the median was £145,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, E: 1).
- Flood: 26 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 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Brandon, about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Orchard, is about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 12 to 13 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Forest Surgery, about 1.7 km (1.1 miles) away.
- People: About 580 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 59% of households owned their home and 17% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 15 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | £145,000 | £145,000 | £145,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £116,000 | £116,000 | £116,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £116,000 | £116,000 | £116,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £57,000 | £57,000 | £57,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2017 | 3 IP27 0LW | Semi-detached | £145,000 | |
| 18 Dec 2015 | 5 IP27 0LW | Semi-detached | £116,000 | |
| 5 May 2006 | 3 IP27 0LW | Semi-detached | £116,000 | |
| 16 Mar 2001 | 3 IP27 0LW | Semi-detached | £57,000 |
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 60 m². Most common: Bungalow, semi-detached (2). Built: 1967-1975 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 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 (36% 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: 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
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 14 addresses are in areas at high risk, 12 at medium risk and 16 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 0LW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 3 | unlikely |
| IP27 0LN | not in 2 or 3 | 5 / 4 / 3 | unlikely |
| IP27 0XH | not in 2 or 3 | 9 / 8 / 10 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 9 addresses are between 12 m and 13 m above sea level (13 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP27 0LN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP27 0LW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP27 0XH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Brandon 129,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Lakenheath 920 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) | |
| Thetford 306,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.3 km (6.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 22 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Drove Brandon | 80 m |
| Car parks | Brandon Station Car Park | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 53.1 km (33 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 66.9 km (42 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Forest Surgery | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Harold Smith Dental Practice | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Princess Of Wales Hospital | 22.3 km (14 miles) |
| Police station | Suffolk Police Brandon Police Station | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | The Orchard 5,080 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 290 m² | 30 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.3 ha | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.4 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Brandon Hall, a listed building (Grade II*), 370 m north-east. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brandon Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 370 m north-east |
| Church of St Peter | Listed building, Grade I | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Bell barrow known as White Hill | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| Middle Saxon occupation on Chequer Meadow | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Leylands Farm Romano-British site, Hockwold | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Home Wood | Wood | 370 m north-west |
| Brandonfield Wood | Wood | 940 m (0.6 miles) west |
| White Hill | Hill | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Gravelhill Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Wiltonhill Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Wilton Hill | Hill | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 9 | 9 |
None of the street's 9 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breckland School | Secondary | 11–16 | 380 m | No published inspection |
| Forest Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 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
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town Street Post Office IP27 0JU | Retailers - other | 450 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 19 Mar 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 9 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Seymour Avenue (9); On or near Field Road (2); On or near Lilac Close (2); On or near The Rookery (1); On or near The Drove (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 59% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 30% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 20% | 17% |
| Private rented | 21% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 23% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 13% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 75% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 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 | 17% | 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) | 91% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 4 to 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
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 0LW: 5 addresses
- IP27 0LN: 2 addresses of 33 in the postcode
- IP27 0XH: 2 addresses of 65 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Field Road · The Rookery · Edmund Road · The Drove · The Rookery · Seymour Avenue · The Hill · The Street · Pond Lane · West Drive · White Horse Street
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.