Mellis Road Thrandeston, Mid Suffolk
50 addresses across 3 postcodes (IP21), about 1.5 km (1 mile) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 25502023.
- Sales: 24 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £143,000 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 13 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 5, E: 3, F: 3).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 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 Diss, about 3.8 km (2.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Little Green, is about 480 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 35 to 46 m above sea level.
- Noise: 13 of its 50 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Eye Health Centre, about 3.7 km (2.3 miles) away.
- People: About 140 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 79% of households owned their home and 36% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | £143,000 | £91,000 | £195,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £630,000 | £630,000 | £630,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £555,000 | £555,000 | £555,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £150,000 | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £242,000 | £242,000 | £242,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £116,500 | £116,500 | £116,500 |
| 2011 | 1 | £178,000 | £178,000 | £178,000 |
| 2008 | 2 | £282,850 | £124,700 | £441,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £389,000 | £389,000 | £389,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £341,698 | £341,698 | £341,698 |
| 2005 | 1 | £115,000 | £115,000 | £115,000 |
| 2004 | 2 | £241,125 | £147,250 | £335,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep 2025 | 2 IP21 4BU | Semi-detached | £195,000 | |
| 24 Apr 2025 | 3, OLD QUEENS HEAD IP21 4BU | Terraced | £91,000 | |
| 25 Aug 2023 | MANOR HOUSE IP21 4BU | Other | £550,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 23 Jun 2021 | THE COTTAGE IP21 4BU | Detached | £630,000 | |
| 17 Feb 2020 | WOODSTOCK IP21 4BU | Detached | £555,000 | |
| 7 Jul 2017 | 4, OLD QUEENS HEAD IP21 4BU | Terraced | £150,000 | |
| 21 Dec 2016 | 3 IP21 4BU | Semi-detached | £242,000 | |
| 30 Oct 2013 | 4, OLD QUEENS HEAD IP21 4BU | Terraced | £116,500 | |
| 12 Dec 2011 | ASHLEY IP21 4BU | Semi-detached | £178,000 | |
| 6 Aug 2008 | 3, OLD QUEENS HEAD IP21 4BU | Terraced | £124,700 | |
| 6 May 2008 | KILN FARM IP21 4BD | Detached | £441,000 | |
| 7 Dec 2007 | THE COTTAGE IP21 4BU | Detached | £389,000 | |
| 13 Dec 2006 | KILN FARM IP21 4BD | Detached | £341,698 | |
| 14 Jan 2005 | 2 IP21 4BU | Semi-detached | £115,000 | |
| 4 Aug 2004 | 3 IP21 4BU | Semi-detached | £147,250 | |
| 3 Mar 2004 | PANTILES IP21 4BU | Detached | £335,000 | |
| 19 Sep 2003 | 3, OLD QUEENS HEAD IP21 4BU | Terraced | £92,500 | |
| 24 Mar 2003 | KILN FARM IP21 4BD | Detached | £315,000 | |
| 5 Jun 2001 | THE COTTAGE IP21 4BU | Detached | £183,000 | |
| 19 Jan 2001 | OLD POST OFFICE IP21 4BU | Semi-detached | £134,000 | |
| 16 Dec 1999 | FRIDAY COTTAGE IP21 4BU | Detached | £175,000 | |
| 14 Oct 1996 | 3, OLD QUEENS HEAD IP21 4BU | Terraced | £41,250 | |
| 30 Aug 1995 | 3, OLD QUEENS HEAD IP21 4BU | Terraced | £38,000 | |
| 27 Apr 1995 | OLD POST OFFICE IP21 4BU | Semi-detached | £81,000 |
Energy performance certificates
13 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 101 m². Most common: House, detached (7); House, semi-detached (3); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (6); 1976-1982 (2); 1900-1929 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (10).
Each home's certificates and sales (9 addresses)
- 2, Mellis Road, Thrandeston
- 3, Mellis Road, Thrandeston
- Ashley, Mellis Road, Thrandeston
- Field House, Mellis Road, Thrandeston
- Friday Cottage, Mellis Road, Thrandeston
- Home Close, Little Green, Thrandeston
- Honeysuckle Cottage, Little Green, Thrandeston
- Mulberry House, Mellis Road, Thrandeston
- Woodstock, Mellis Road, Thrandeston
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 (21% of about 1,090 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Thrandeston (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- 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
- THE MANOR HOUSE, grade II*
- CHESTNUT FARM HOUSE, grade II
- HONEYSUCKLE COTTAGE AND ADJOINING DWELLING, grade II
- OLD QUEENS HEAD COTTAGES, grade II
- THE OLD COTTAGE, grade II
- THE OLD COTTAGE, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 16 November 2026 to 21 November 2026: SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP21 4BU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP21 4BD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP21 4BX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 50 addresses are between 35 m and 46 m above sea level (40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP21 4BD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP21 4BU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP21 4BX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Diss 701,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Telephone Box Thrandeston | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Diss | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 39.1 km (24 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 78 km (48 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Eye Health Centre | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Rapha Delivery Pharmacy | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Fair Green Dental Practice | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Hospital | Hartismere Hospital | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Police station | Norfolk Police - Diss Public Enquiry Office | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | Eye Cashzone | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Little Green 1.5 ha | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 210 m² | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 9,740 m² | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 7,680 m² | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 1.5 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Manor House, a listed building (Grade II*), 240 m north-east. 15 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 Manor House | Listed building, Grade II* | 240 m north-east |
| Church of St Margaret | Listed building, Grade I | 620 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Seethings Wood | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Whitmore's Wood | Wood | 3.3 km (2 miles) south-west |
| Fir Grove | Wood | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) east |
| Howe Plantation | Wood | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) south |
| The Mere | Lake or reservoir | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) north |
| Spears Hill | Hill | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.0 | 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 | 2 | 2 |
| 55 to 59 | 11 | 1 |
| Under 55 | 37 | 47 |
13 of the street's 50 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 3 from railways, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mellis Church of England Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
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 (norfolk).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 61 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 6% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 40% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 79% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 59% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 41% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 43% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 34% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 62% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 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 | 41% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 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 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, 16 November 2026 to 21 November 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- IP21 4BU: 37 addresses of 41 in the postcode
- IP21 4BD: 9 addresses of 16 in the postcode
- IP21 4BX: 4 addresses of 29 in the postcode
All the streets in IP21 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.