Spring Lane Mid Suffolk
26 addresses across 5 postcodes (IP14,IP6), about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 25503260.
- Sales: 4 recorded sales since 1995; in 2020 the median was £795,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (A: 1, B: 1, D: 1, F: 2, 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 E; Band D in Mid Suffolk costs £2,317 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Needham Market, about 5 km (3.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 32 to 64 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 26 addresses is 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 870 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 74% of households owned their home and 42% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 2 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often criminal damage and arson.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | £795,000 | £795,000 | £795,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £590,000 | £590,000 | £590,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £430,000 | £430,000 | £430,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Jul 2020 | LOWER SPRING COTTAGE IP6 9TN | Detached | £795,000 | |
| 26 Oct 2018 | LITTLE CHOPPINS STUD IP6 9TN | Other | £920,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 5 Jul 2002 | STACK HOUSE BARN IP6 9TN | Detached | £590,000 | |
| 2 Jun 1998 | STACK HOUSE BARN IP6 9TN | Detached | £430,000 |
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 144 m². Most common: House, detached (5); Bungalow, semi-detached (1). Built: before 1900 (3); 2018 (1); Pre-1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band E (21% of about 2,140 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
- BARN 40 METRES NORTH WEST OF CHOPPINS HILL HOUSE, grade II
- LITTLE CHOPPINS FARMHOUSE, grade II
- LOWER SPRING COTTAGE, grade II
- SPRING COTTAGE, grade II
- SPRING FARMHOUSE, grade II
- UPPER SPRING COTTAGE, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
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 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP6 9TN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| IP6 9UN | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| IP6 9TW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| IP14 6AW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP6 9PX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 26 addresses are between 32 m and 64 m above sea level (45 m on average); the ground rises about 32 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP14 6AW | 80% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| IP6 9PX | 100% | 33% | 33% | 0% |
| IP6 9TN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP6 9TW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP6 9UN | 64% | 64% | 64% | 36% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Needham Market 130,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Stowmarket 976,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) | |
| Westerfield 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.5 km (5.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Barnards Stowmarket | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 58.1 km (36 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 68.6 km (43 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Needham Market Country Practice | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Needham Market Pharmacy | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Quintons Court (Dental Practice) | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Ipswich Hospital | 12.8 km (7.9 miles) |
| Police station | Stowmarket Police Station. | 9.9 km (6.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 690 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 6,330 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,910 m² | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Choppins Hill House, a listed building (Grade I), 820 m (0.5 miles) south. 7 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Choppins Hill House | Listed building, Grade I | 820 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Rookery | Wood | 790 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Gosbeck Wood | Wood | 920 m (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Coddenham Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Dial Farm Plantations | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Broom Hill | Hill | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) south |
| Shire Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 25 | 26 |
1 of the street's 26 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
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
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Spring Lane (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 74% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 43% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 10% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 62% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 40% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 35% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 16% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 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 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 6 to 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
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
- IP6 9TN: 15 addresses
- IP6 9UN: 5 addresses of 39 in the postcode
- IP6 9TW: 4 addresses of 7 in the postcode
- IP14 6AW: 1 address of 15 in the postcode
- IP6 9PX: 1 address of 16 in the postcode
All the streets in IP14, 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.