South Street Risby, West Suffolk
55 addresses across 3 postcodes (IP28), about 620 m (0.4 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 37401151.
- Sales: 46 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £470,000 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 29 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 1, D: 15, E: 8, F: 3, G: 1).
- 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 B; Band D in West Suffolk costs £2,351 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 90% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Bury St Edmunds, about 5.7 km (3.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Green, is about 450 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 58 to 67 m above sea level.
- Noise: 20 of its 55 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Victoria Surgery, about 5.4 km (3.3 miles) away.
- People: About 890 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 66% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 3 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often vehicle crime.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | £470,000 | £280,000 | £660,000 |
| 2022 | 2 | £607,500 | £530,000 | £685,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £610,000 | £610,000 | £610,000 |
| 2020 | 2 | £515,000 | £430,000 | £600,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £465,000 | £465,000 | £465,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £586,000 | £586,000 | £586,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | £395,000 | £355,000 | £435,000 |
| 2016 | 3 | £405,000 | £370,000 | £440,000 |
| 2015 | 3 | £339,000 | £248,000 | £420,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | £292,500 | £210,000 | £495,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | £432,475 | £429,950 | £435,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £279,000 | £279,000 | £279,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Dec 2024 | 7 IP28 6QU | Detached | £660,000 | |
| 24 May 2024 | 31 IP28 6QU | Semi-detached | £280,000 | |
| 18 Oct 2022 | 5 IP28 6QU | Detached | £685,000 | |
| 20 Sep 2022 | THE COTTAGE IP28 6QU | Detached | £530,000 | |
| 30 Jul 2021 | 15 IP28 6QU | Detached | £610,000 | |
| 15 Dec 2020 | 24A IP28 6QU | Detached | £430,000 | |
| 7 Aug 2020 | LANTANA, 6 IP28 6QU | Detached | £600,000 | |
| 18 Jan 2019 | 18 IP28 6QU | Detached | £465,000 | |
| 19 Apr 2018 | 5 IP28 6QU | Detached | £586,000 | |
| 11 Apr 2017 | 13 IP28 6QU | Detached | £435,000 | |
| 6 Jan 2017 | 24A IP28 6QU | Detached | £355,000 | |
| 18 Nov 2016 | WEDGELAND HOUSE IP28 6QU | Detached | £405,000 | |
| 18 Aug 2016 | 15 IP28 6QU | Detached | £440,000 | |
| 27 Jul 2016 | THE COTTAGE IP28 6QU | Detached | £370,000 | |
| 17 Nov 2015 | 22 IP28 6QU | Detached | £420,000 | |
| 19 Oct 2015 | 1 IP28 6QU | Detached | £248,000 | |
| 2 Oct 2015 | 23 IP28 6QU | Semi-detached | £339,000 | |
| 29 May 2014 | 24 IP28 6QU | Semi-detached | £210,000 | |
| 22 May 2014 | SOUTH LODGE IP28 6QU | Detached | £495,000 | |
| 10 Jan 2014 | 17 IP28 6QU | Detached | £292,500 | |
| 12 Aug 2013 | THORNWOOD IP28 6QU | Detached | £429,950 | |
| 26 Jun 2013 | THE OLD FORGE IP28 6QU | Detached | £435,000 | |
| 28 Sep 2012 | THE OLD FORGE IP28 6QU | Detached | £279,000 | |
| 1 Oct 2010 | 1 IP28 6QU | Detached | £233,500 | |
| 19 Aug 2010 | 30 IP28 6QU | Semi-detached | £208,000 | |
| 25 May 2010 | WELHAM HOUSE IP28 6QU | Detached | £440,000 | |
| 27 Aug 2009 | THE COTTAGE IP28 6QU | Detached | £249,995 | |
| 29 Jun 2009 | 15 IP28 6QU | Detached | £299,950 | |
| 25 Jul 2008 | 19 IP28 6QU | Detached | £340,000 | |
| 2 Aug 2007 | 21 IP28 6QU | Detached | £328,000 | |
| 12 Jul 2007 | SOUTH LODGE IP28 6QU | Detached | £445,000 | |
| 15 Dec 2006 | WEDGELAND HOUSE IP28 6QU | Detached | £273,000 | |
| 27 Sep 2006 | 1 IP28 6QU | Detached | £225,000 | |
| 27 Jan 2006 | 13 IP28 6QU | Detached | £265,000 | |
| 6 May 2005 | 15 IP28 6QU | Detached | £287,500 | |
| 21 Jun 2002 | COPPER LEAVES IP28 6QU | Detached | £165,000 | |
| 22 Nov 2001 | 1 IP28 6QU | Detached | £157,500 | |
| 31 Aug 2001 | 30 IP28 6QU | Semi-detached | £111,000 | |
| 27 Jul 2001 | 27 IP28 6QU | Terraced | £110,000 | |
| 10 Sep 1999 | COPPER LEAVES IP28 6QU | Detached | £126,500 | |
| 5 Feb 1999 | WEDGELAND HOUSE IP28 6QU | Detached | £109,000 | |
| 17 Jul 1998 | 22 IP28 6QU | Detached | £144,500 | |
| 18 Dec 1997 | 27 IP28 6QU | Terraced | £74,650 | |
| 21 Aug 1997 | 5 IP28 6QU | Detached | £165,000 | |
| 26 Nov 1996 | 1 IP28 6QU | Detached | £90,000 | |
| 7 Sep 1995 | 26 IP28 6QU | Terraced | £62,000 |
Energy performance certificates
29 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 116 m². Most common: House, detached (18); House, semi-detached (7); Bungalow, end-terrace (1). Built: 1976-1982 (8); 1950-1966 (6); 1967-1975 (5). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (22); rented (social) (3); rented (private) (2).
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (26% of about 500 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Risby (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- 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
- GUYS OF NORTON GARDEN CENTRE, grade II
- LITTLE MANOR, grade II
- RISBY PLACE, grade II
- STABLES/COACH HOUSE TO NORTH OF RISBY PLACE, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 3 August 2026: ANGLIAN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, multi-way signals, on the carriageway (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP28 6QU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| IP28 6QR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
| IP28 6RT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 55 addresses are between 58 m and 67 m above sea level (64 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP28 6QR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP28 6QU | 100% | 90% | 90% | 0% |
| IP28 6RT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bury St Edmunds 929,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km (3.6 miles) |
| Kennett 54,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.7 km (6 miles) | |
| Thurston 124,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.2 km (7.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 10 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest School Risby | 350 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Bury St Edmunds | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | Lackford Lakes | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 50.1 km (31 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Victoria Surgery | 5.4 km (3.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Barrow Pharmacy | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Mydentist | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Hospital Road Site | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| Police station | Bury St Edmunds police station | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | Esso Millford, Barton Mills | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Green 9,100 m² | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 960 m² | 220 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.9 ha | 250 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,360 m² | 130 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.9 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Giles, a listed building (Grade I), 660 m (0.4 miles) north-east. 23 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Giles | Listed building, Grade I | 660 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Risby Little Wood | Wood | 920 m (0.6 miles) north |
| Tweed's Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) west |
| French Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Twenty Acre Hill | Hill | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-west |
| Barrow Bottom | Valley | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) west |
| Stake Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 5 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 14 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 35 | 55 |
20 of the street's 55 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 West Suffolk: see them on the West Suffolk page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 270 m | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Nook IP28 6QU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 150 m | 5 Very good | 18 Jan 2025 |
| Risby VC Primary IP28 6RT | School/college/university | 230 m | 5 Very good | 26 Sep 2025 |
| Deputy Dogs Caffe IP28 6RD | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 270 m | 5 Very good | 19 Nov 2024 |
| Fam's Food at Cooper's Cabin IP28 6RD | Mobile caterer | 270 m | 5 Very good | 20 Mar 2025 |
| Risby Pre-School And Childminding Se IP28 6RT | School/college/university | 330 m | 5 Very good | 17 Jul 2023 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near South Street (3).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 32% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 66% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 38% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 22% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 52% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 59% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 60% | 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) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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
- IP28 6QU: 53 addresses of 56 in the postcode
- IP28 6QR: 1 address of 18 in the postcode
- IP28 6RT: 1 address of 28 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Orchard Close · Aylmer Close · Welham Lane · Abrey Close
All the streets in IP28 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.