Monks Path Elmswell, Mid Suffolk
8 addresses across 2 postcodes (IP30), about 40 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 25504194.
- Sales: 24 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £217,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 7 homes have an energy certificate (B: 7).
- Flood: 11 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 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Elmswell, about 230 m away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 180 m away, and Lukeswood (2.7 hectares) is about 680 m (0.4 miles) 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: It is about 68 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 8 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Woolpit Health Centre, about 2.2 km (1.3 miles) away.
- People: About 420 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 82% of households owned their home and 42% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £217,000 | £217,000 | £217,000 |
| 2024 | 3 | £230,000 | £225,000 | £298,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £245,000 | £245,000 | £245,000 |
| 2022 | 3 | £235,000 | £215,000 | £240,500 |
| 2019 | 15 | £230,000 | £202,500 | £314,995 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Nov 2025 | 5 IP30 9TB | Terraced | £217,000 | |
| 27 Sep 2024 | 12 IP30 9TB | Terraced | £298,000 | |
| 27 Sep 2024 | 11 IP30 9TB | Terraced | £230,000 | |
| 9 Feb 2024 | 7 IP30 9TB | Terraced | £225,000 | |
| 7 Sep 2023 | 15 IP30 9TB | Semi-detached | £245,000 | |
| 30 Sep 2022 | 6 IP30 9TB | Terraced | £235,000 | |
| 26 Aug 2022 | 6 IP30 9TB | Terraced | £230,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 3 Aug 2022 | 9 IP30 9TB | Terraced | £240,500 | |
| 6 Apr 2022 | 4 IP30 9TB | Terraced | £215,000 | |
| 5 Sep 2019 | 4 IP30 9TB | Terraced | £202,500 | New build. |
| 30 Aug 2019 | 5 IP30 9TB | Terraced | £205,000 | New build. |
| 23 Aug 2019 | 6 IP30 9TB | Terraced | £205,000 | New build. |
| 28 Jun 2019 | 7 IP30 9TB | Terraced | £219,995 | New build. |
| 28 Jun 2019 | 10 IP30 9TB | Terraced | £210,995 | New build. |
| 27 Jun 2019 | 3 IP30 9TB | Terraced | £219,995 | New build. |
| 21 Jun 2019 | 9 IP30 9TB | Terraced | £214,995 | New build. |
| 7 Jun 2019 | 1 IP30 9TB | Semi-detached | £264,995 | New build. |
| 28 May 2019 | 8 IP30 9TB | Terraced | £279,995 | New build. |
| 29 Mar 2019 | 2 IP30 9TB | Detached | £314,995 | New build. |
| 29 Mar 2019 | 12 IP30 9TB | Terraced | £279,995 | New build. |
| 29 Mar 2019 | 11 IP30 9TB | Terraced | £230,000 | New build. |
| 8 Mar 2019 | 14 IP30 9TB | Semi-detached | £299,995 | New build. |
| 1 Feb 2019 | 15 IP30 9TB | Semi-detached | £244,995 | New build. |
| 25 Jan 2019 | 16 IP30 9TB | Terraced | £294,995 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 63 m². Most common: House, end-terrace (3); House, semi-detached (2); House, mid-terrace (1). Built: 2016 (7).
Each home's certificates and sales (7 addresses)
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 (29% of about 1,250 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Former Grampian/Harris Factory, St. Edmund Drive, Elmswell: up to 184 homes, permissioned (50 m)
- Land To The West of The Former Bacon Factory, Elmswell: up to 65 homes, permissioned (160 m)
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, 8 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 6 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 9TB | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 0 / 4 | unlikely |
| IP30 9LY | not in 2 or 3 | 6 / 3 / 2 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 68 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP30 9LY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP30 9TB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Elmswell 122,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 230 m |
| Thurston 124,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7 km (4.4 miles) | |
| Stowmarket 976,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.3 km (5.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 22 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Shop Corner Elmswell | 310 m |
| Bus or coach station | Barnards Stowmarket | 8.3 km (5.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tesla Supercharger | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 54.7 km (34 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 60.8 km (38 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Woolpit Health Centre | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Station Pharmacy | 300 m |
| NHS dentists | Wedgwood House Dental Practice | 7.9 km (4.9 miles) |
| Hospital | West Suffolk Hospital | 13.8 km (8.6 miles) |
| Police station | Stowmarket Police Station. | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest East of England Co-op Elmswell Cashzone | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,480 m² | 180 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Lukeswood 2.7 ha | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 570 m² | 200 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Blackbourne Meadow 4.5 ha | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 1 km (0.7 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 3.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St John, a listed building (Grade II*), 820 m (0.5 miles) south-west. 19 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St John | Listed building, Grade II* | 820 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Lady's Well (holy well and moat) | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Grove | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
| Norton Wood | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Long Plantation | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| East Wood | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| The Basin | Lake or reservoir | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) south-east |
| Brook Vale | Valley | 4.8 km (3 miles) south |
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) | 12.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 7 | 8 |
1 of the street's 8 addresses is 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmswell Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 670 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walking Wok IP30 9HR | Other catering premises | 180 m | 5 Very good | 16 Jun 2025 |
| Elmswells Takeaway IP30 9EG | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 250 m | 5 Very good | 28 Jun 2024 |
| Elmswell Fish and Chip Shop IP30 9EG | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 250 m | 5 Very good | 10 Sep 2026 |
| The Fox IP30 9HD | Pub/bar/nightclub | 260 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 29 Aug 2024 |
| Rolfes of Elmswell IP30 9HD | Retailers - other | 280 m | 5 Very good | 19 Nov 2025 |
| Harry's Kebabs IP30 9HD | Mobile caterer | 280 m | 5 Very good | 18 Aug 2026 |
| mace store IP30 9HD | Retailers - other | 280 m | 5 Very good | 7 Sep 2023 |
| Elmswell Tavern IP30 9EE | Pub/bar/nightclub | 290 m | 5 Very good | 11 Aug 2026 |
| Elmswell Food Bank (Give Hope Shelter) IP30 9EE | Retailers - other | 300 m | Exempt | |
| Wesley Coffee Shop IP30 9EE | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 310 m | 5 Very good | 21 Oct 2025 |
| Street Farm Day Nursery IP30 9HD | Other catering premises | 330 m | 4 Good | 5 Mar 2026 |
| East of England Co-op Food Store IP30 9BS | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 450 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 29 Sep 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 16 |
| Public order | 5 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 4 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Lawn Drive (10); On or near Monks Path (7); On or near St Edmunds Drive (4); On or near School Avenue (2); On or near Elmswell (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 31 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 27% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 10% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 20% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 10% | 17% |
| Private rented | 5% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 79% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 10% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 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 | 15% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 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 9 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
Nearby streets
St Edmunds Drive · St Edmunds Drive · Elmswella Crescent · Gambrel Close · Pinman Close · Harris Road · Hall Lane · Lawn Drive · Gavel Way · Harris Road · Fare View · The Granary
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.