Rectory Road Mid Suffolk
18 addresses across 6 postcodes (IP6), about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 25501009.
- Sales: 10 recorded sales since 1995; in 2017 the median was £365,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 1, E: 1, 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.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Mid Suffolk costs £2,317 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 33% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Needham Market, about 5.3 km (3.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 29 to 35 m above sea level.
- Noise: 6 of its 18 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Needham Market Country Practice, about 5.3 km (3.3 miles) away.
- People: About 250 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 86% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | £365,000 | £365,000 | £365,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | £555,000 | £325,000 | £785,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £270,000 | £270,000 | £270,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £249,500 | £249,500 | £249,500 |
| 2005 | 2 | £470,000 | £250,000 | £690,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £201,000 | £201,000 | £201,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £175,000 | £175,000 | £175,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £72,000 | £72,000 | £72,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Aug 2017 | BROOK COTTAGE IP6 9RB | Detached | £365,000 | |
| 16 Sep 2016 | THE OLD RECTORY IP6 9RB | Detached | £785,000 | |
| 18 Aug 2016 | 2, RECTORY COTTAGES IP6 9RD | Semi-detached | £325,000 | |
| 13 Nov 2013 | BROOK COTTAGE IP6 9RB | Detached | £270,000 | |
| 18 Jul 2008 | 2, RECTORY COTTAGES IP6 9RD | Semi-detached | £249,500 | |
| 29 Jul 2005 | THE OLD RECTORY IP6 9RB | Detached | £690,000 | |
| 28 Feb 2005 | OLD SCHOOL HOUSE IP6 9RB | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 23 Mar 2004 | TUMBLEDOWN BARN IP6 9RB | Detached | £201,000 | |
| 24 Jun 2003 | BROOK COTTAGE IP6 9RB | Detached | £175,000 | |
| 6 Sep 1996 | 2, RECTORY COTTAGES IP6 9RD | Semi-detached | £72,000 |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 118 m². Most common: House, detached (3); House, semi-detached (2). Built: before 1900 (3); 2003-2006 (1); 1900-1929 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 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 D (29% of about 770 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- 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
- CHURCH OF ST GREGORY, grade I
- HEMINGSTONE HALL AND ATTACHED GARDEN WALLS ON THE SOUTH WEST SIDE, grade I
- BARN, 100 METRES NORTH EAST OF HEMINGSTONE HALL, grade II
- CHURCH FARMHOUSE, grade II
- THE OLD RECTORY, grade II
- THE ROSERY, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 2 November 2026 to 6 November 2026: CITYFIBRE METRO NETWORKS LTD, Utility asset works, temp obstruction 15 minute delay, on the carriageway, verge (standard works)
Finished in the last three months
- 19 October 2026: SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
- 12 October 2026: BT, Utility asset works, temp obstruction 15 minute delay, on the verge (minor works)
- 29 September 2026 to 11 October 2026: CITYFIBRE METRO NETWORKS LTD, Utility asset works, temp obstruction 15 minute delay, on the carriageway, verge (standard works)
- 23 September 2026: SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
- 20 August 2026: CITYFIBRE METRO NETWORKS LTD, Statutory Infrastructure Works, no carriageway incursion, on the verge (minor works)
- 17 August 2026: SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL, Works for road purposes, some carriageway incursion, on the verge (minor works)
- 17 August 2026 to 25 August 2026: CITYFIBRE METRO NETWORKS LTD, Statutory Infrastructure Works, road closure, on the carriageway, verge (major works)
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: of the 3 homes the Environment Agency counts, 1 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 2 low and 0 very low.
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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP6 9RB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP6 9RE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP6 9RA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP6 9RD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP6 9QZ | zone 2 | 1 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| IP6 9RG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 18 addresses are between 29 m and 35 m above sea level (32 m on average); the ground rises about 7 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP6 9QZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP6 9RA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP6 9RB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP6 9RD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP6 9RE | 33% | 33% | 33% | 0% |
| IP6 9RG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Needham Market 130,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Westerfield 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) | |
| Ipswich 3.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 10.1 km (6.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Church Lane Hemingstone | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Tower Ramparts Bus Station Ipswich | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 8.6 km (5.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 60.4 km (38 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 67.8 km (42 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Needham Market Country Practice | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Claydon Pharmacy | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Quintons Court (Dental Practice) | 5.4 km (3.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Ipswich Hospital | 10.4 km (6.5 miles) |
| Police station | Ipswich Police Station | 9.3 km (5.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | East Of England Co-op Barham, Barham | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 2,090 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.2 ha | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,910 m² | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Gregory, a listed building (Grade I), 190 m south-east. 21 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Gregory | Listed building, Grade I | 190 m south-east |
| Hemingstone Hall and Attached Garden Walls on the South West Side | Listed building, Grade I | 410 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Stonewall Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Shrubland Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 2 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Shrubbery | Wood | 560 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Broom Hill | Hill | 640 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Sky Hall Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Nucleus Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Shire Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
| The Slade | Valley | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 12 | 18 |
6 of the street's 18 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).
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).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 13% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 86% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 39% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 72% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 12% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 41% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 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) | 46% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 7% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 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 8 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, 19 October 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: CITYFIBRE METRO NETWORKS LTD: Utility asset works, 2 November 2026 to 6 November 2026 (temp obstruction 15 minute delay) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: BT: Utility asset works, 12 October 2026 to 14 October 2026 (temp obstruction 15 minute delay) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- IP6 9RB: 5 addresses
- IP6 9RE: 5 addresses
- IP6 9RA: 3 addresses
- IP6 9RD: 3 addresses of 4 in the postcode
- IP6 9QZ: 1 address of 4 in the postcode
- IP6 9RG: 1 address of 5 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in 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.
- 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.