Stoke Road Babergh
42 addresses across 4 postcodes (IP7), about 1.9 km (1.2 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 1510578.
- Sales: 20 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £665,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 14 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 3, E: 8, F: 2).
- Flood: 3 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 Babergh costs £2,342 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 17% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Manningtree, about 10.1 km (6.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Green, is about 2.6 km (1.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 20 to 50 m above sea level.
- Noise: 12 of its 42 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Hadleigh Health Centre, about 3.6 km (2.2 miles) away.
- People: About 320 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 75% of households owned their home and 39% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £665,000 | £665,000 | £665,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £515,000 | £515,000 | £515,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | £443,500 | £297,000 | £590,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £955,000 | £955,000 | £955,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £200,000 | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £553,000 | £553,000 | £553,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £422,500 | £422,500 | £422,500 |
| 2006 | 2 | £272,500 | £215,000 | £330,000 |
| 2005 | 2 | £202,500 | £195,000 | £210,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £215,000 | £215,000 | £215,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £440,000 | £440,000 | £440,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £217,500 | £217,500 | £217,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Mar 2026 | THE FARMHOUSE, CHERRY ORCHARD FARM IP7 5RB | Detached | £665,000 | |
| 28 Apr 2020 | PARTRIDGE COTTAGE IP7 5RB | Other | £15,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 31 Jan 2020 | MAY COTTAGE IP7 5RB | Detached | £515,000 | |
| 19 Dec 2019 | THE FARMHOUSE, CHERRY ORCHARD FARM IP7 5RB | Detached | £590,000 | |
| 18 Apr 2019 | ROWAN COTTAGE IP7 5RB | Semi-detached | £297,000 | |
| 31 Jul 2018 | PORTMANS FARM IP7 5RB | Detached | £955,000 | |
| 5 Sep 2016 | PARTRIDGE COTTAGE IP7 5RB | Other | £12,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 25 Jul 2014 | PARTRIDGE COTTAGE IP7 5RB | Detached | £200,000 | |
| 10 Aug 2010 | CROOKED ACRES IP7 5RB | Detached | £553,000 | |
| 17 Apr 2009 | THE HAVEN IP7 5RB | Detached | £422,500 | |
| 28 Jul 2006 | ROWAN COTTAGE IP7 5RB | Semi-detached | £215,000 | |
| 9 May 2006 | DORIAN IP7 5RB | Detached | £330,000 | |
| 26 Jul 2005 | THE HAVEN IP7 5RB | Detached | £195,000 | |
| 26 May 2005 | CHERRY ORCHARD COTTAGE IP7 5RB | Semi-detached | £210,000 | |
| 28 Jul 2004 | ROWAN COTTAGE IP7 5RB | Semi-detached | £215,000 | |
| 23 Sep 2003 | CROOKED ACRES IP7 5RB | Detached | £440,000 | |
| 16 Mar 2000 | DORIAN IP7 5RB | Detached | £217,500 | |
| 9 Dec 1999 | MARKS COTTAGE IP7 5RB | Detached | £290,000 | |
| 11 Jun 1999 | ROWAN COTTAGE IP7 5RB | Terraced | £110,000 | |
| 13 Aug 1997 | BARTONS COTTAGE IP7 5RB | Semi-detached | £86,000 |
Energy performance certificates
14 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 118 m². Most common: House, detached (6); House, semi-detached (3); Bungalow, detached (3). Built: before 1900 (7); 1967-1975 (3); 1950-1966 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7); rented (private) (5).
Each home's certificates and sales (9 addresses)
- Bridge Barn Cherry Orchard Farm, Stoke Road, Layham
- Cherry Orchard Cottage, Stoke Road, Layham
- May Cottage, Stoke Road, Layham
- Partridge Cottage, Stoke Road, Layham
- Portmans Farm, Stoke Road, Layham
- Rowan Cottage, Stoke Road, Layham
- The Croft, Layham
- The Hollies, Stoke Road, Layham
- Warwick Cottage, Stoke Road, Layham
Council tax
What each band costs in Babergh in 2026-27: Band D £2,342 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,561 | £1,821 | £2,081 | £2,342 | £2,862 | £3,382 | £3,903 | £4,683 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (19% of about 1,000 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- 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
- LOTS FARMHOUSE, grade II
- STOKE ROAD COTTAGE, grade II
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, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 0 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 18 homes the Environment Agency counts, 2 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 0 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 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP7 5RB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP7 5LZ | zone 3 | 2 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP7 5NB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP7 5RD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 42 addresses are between 20 m and 50 m above sea level (33 m on average); the ground rises about 30 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP7 5LZ | 85% | 69% | 69% | 0% |
| IP7 5NB | 67% | 17% | 17% | 0% |
| IP7 5RB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP7 5RD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Manningtree 1.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 10.1 km (6.3 miles) |
| Mistley 64,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.4 km (7.7 miles) | |
| Bures 53,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.6 km (7.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest North Hill Lower Layham | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Colchester North Park-and-Ride Mile End | 9.9 km (6.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 50.5 km (31 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Hadleigh Health Centre | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Mill Pharmacy | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Hospital Liaison Team | 11.7 km (7.2 miles) |
| Police station | Hadleigh Police Station | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | Santander | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | The Green 1,110 m² | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 610 m² | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,820 m² | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Moated site and remains of demolished parts of Shelley Hall, a post-medieval great house, a scheduled monument, 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south-east. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Moated site and remains of demolished parts of Shelley Hall, a post-medieval great house | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Parkland and gardens of Giffords Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Dogkennel Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Hazel Grove | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Belvedere Wood | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) south |
| Layham Grove | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-east |
| Higham Hill | Hill | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 11 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 30 | 42 |
12 of the street's 42 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 Babergh: see them on the Babergh 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 | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 75% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 51% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 46% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 36% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 39% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 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
- IP7 5RB: 36 addresses of 42 in the postcode
- IP7 5LZ: 4 addresses of 22 in the postcode
- IP7 5NB: 1 address of 12 in the postcode
- IP7 5RD: 1 address
Nearby streets
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.