The Maples Kesgrave, East Suffolk
16 addresses across 2 postcodes (IP4), about 130 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 38601683.
- Sales: 11 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £655,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in East Suffolk cost £277,949 in August 2026 (-2.3% on a year); private rents averaged £848 a month.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 3).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Woodbridge Road - Holly Road, is 300 m away.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A1214, carries 19,962 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in East Suffolk costs £2,335 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Derby Road (Ipswich), about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 460 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 37 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 16 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Two Rivers Medical Centre, about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 560 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 90% of households owned their home and 29% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 13 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 6 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 2 of them fatal or serious.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £655,000 | £655,000 | £655,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £415,000 | £415,000 | £415,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £375,000 | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £415,000 | £415,000 | £415,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £350,000 | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £137,000 | £137,000 | £137,000 |
| 1996 | 3 | £128,000 | £73,000 | £139,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £118,500 | £118,500 | £118,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 1996 | 2 IP4 5RW | Detached | £73,000 | New build. |
| 18 May 2017 | 3 IP4 5RW | Detached | £415,000 | |
| 16 Sep 1998 | 3 IP4 5RW | Detached | £137,000 | |
| 8 Mar 1996 | 4 IP4 5RW | Detached | £128,000 | |
| 25 Aug 2015 | 9 IP4 5RW | Detached | £415,000 | |
| 26 Jul 2016 | 10 IP4 5RW | Detached | £375,000 | |
| 19 Sep 2014 | 10 IP4 5RW | Detached | £350,000 | |
| 31 Mar 1995 | 10 IP4 5RW | Detached | £118,500 | |
| 12 Mar 2025 | 14 IP4 5RW | Detached | £655,000 | |
| 21 May 2001 | 14 IP4 5RW | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 21 Jun 1996 | 14 IP4 5RW | Detached | £139,000 |
House prices and rents in East Suffolk
A typical home in East Suffolk cost £277,949 in August 2026, 2.3% less than a year before. That is 7% more than five years earlier and 28% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £403,830 |
| Semi-detached | £265,470 |
| Terraced | £206,275 |
| Flat or maisonette | £140,565 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £227,188 |
Private renters in East Suffolk paid £848 a month on average in September 2026, 5.8% more than a year before. That is 37% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £607 |
| Two bedrooms | £798 |
| Three bedrooms | £947 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,350 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 134 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (2); House, detached (2). Built: 1983-1990 (4). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 15,332 kWh of it on average in 2024, 35% more than the district's 11,368 kWh, and 3,227 kWh of electricity, about the same as the district. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP4 5RW | 12 7 Economy 7 | 2,400 kWh | 13 | 14,489 kWh |
| IP4 5RB | 9 | 2,009 kWh | 8 | 13,534 kWh |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is IP4.
Council tax
What each band costs in East Suffolk in 2026-27: Band D £2,335 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,557 | £1,816 | £2,075 | £2,335 | £2,854 | £3,372 | £3,891 | £4,670 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (28% of about 1,560 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)
- Land adjacent 155 The Street Rushmere St Andrew Suffolk: up to 39 homes, permissioned (860 m (0.5 miles))
Energy projects nearby
2 energy projects near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ipswich Hospital Energy Centre Ipswich 12/01006/FUL | Biomass | 2.6 MW | Operational Mar 2017 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Foxhall Landfill Site | Landfill Gas | 1.2 MW | Operational Jun 1996 | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
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, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP4 5RW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| IP4 5RB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 300 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbridge Road - Holly Road Kesgrave, Ipswich | Not recorded | Not recorded | 300 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 37 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP4 5RB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP4 5RW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Derby Road (Ipswich) 95,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Westerfield 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) | |
| Ipswich 3.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 23 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Linksfield Rushmere St Andrew | 130 m |
| Bus or coach station | Ipswich Hospital Copleston | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Shotley Point Marina Ferry Landing Shotley Gate | 12.6 km (7.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | Sainsburys Warren Heath Smart Charge | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Southend Airport SEN | 65.7 km (41 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 70.2 km (44 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Two Rivers Medical Centre Requires improvement Jun 2025 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Wellbeing Pharmacy | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Orchid Dental | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Ipswich Hospital Requires improvement Feb 2026 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Montrose House Outstanding May 2018 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Police station | Suffolk Constabulary Police Headquarters | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | ATM | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 360 m² | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 120 m² | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Ipswich Town Training Centre 13 ha | 140 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bowl barrow on Playford Heath, 870m south of Lux Farm, a scheduled monument, 1.7 km (1 mile) east. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bowl barrow on Playford Heath, 870m south of Lux Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1 mile) east |
| Bowl barrow on Playford Heath, 625m south of Lux Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Bowl barrow 170m west of Kesgrave High School buildings | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Broom Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Spring Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north |
| Alder Carr | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north |
| Lux Wood | Wood | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-east |
| Decoypond Wood | Wood | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south |
| New Cut | Tidal water | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.0 | 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 |
| Under 55 | 15 | 16 |
1 of the street's 16 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 East Suffolk: see them on the East Suffolk page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Alban's Catholic High School Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–18 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (Jan 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 45.3 (46.9 in 2025 and 48.9 in 2024); 38.4% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C; 9.8% AAB or better; progress average |
| Heath Primary School, Kesgrave | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 58% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 12% at the higher standard (2025; 64% in 2024 and 75% in 2023) |
| Broke Hall Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 74% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 76% in 2024 and 69% in 2023) |
| Copleston High School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 48.3 (46.9 in 2025 and 49.2 in 2024); 51.3% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C+; 6% AAB or better; progress below average |
| Rushmere Hall Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection | 59% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 72% in 2024 and 67% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
5 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 630 m (0.4 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kicks and Tricks Rushmere IP5 1DE | Out-of-school day care | 50 | Feb 2026: Expected standard in 2 areas, Needs attention in 2 | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
| Busy Bees Day Nursery at Ipswich Rushmere IP4 5RE | Full day care | 112 | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| The Roundabout Nursery IP5 1AA | Full day care | 29 | Good (Mar 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Hunnitots Day Nursery IP4 5PD | Full day care | 102 | Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Little Leaders Kesgrave IP5 1JF | Full day care | 43 | Not inspected yet | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 229 childminders and 46 home childcarers (nannies) in Suffolk. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ipswich Town Training Centre | Other catering premises | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 11 Mar 2026 |
| FRY&BBQ IP5 1AQ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 450 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 13 Oct 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 10 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Meadowside Gardens (5); On or near Beech Grove (4); On or near Sports/Recreation Area (2); On or near Woodbridge Road (2).
Road safety
6 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 2 serious and 4 slight, in which 2 people were seriously hurt. 1 involved a cyclist; 1 involved a motorcyclist. 17% happened in the dark. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Dec 2025 16:30 | Slight | 1 person: 1 cyclist | A1214, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 12 Jun 2025 12:22 | Slight | 1 person | A1214, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 30 Apr 2025 17:30 | Slight | 1 person | A1214, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 19 Feb 2024 07:36 | Slight | 2 people | A1214, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 18 Feb 2023 17:48 | Serious | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | A1214, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on |
| 23 Feb 2021 13:36 | Serious | 1 person | A1214, 30 mph | Daylight |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A1214 between A1189 and A12/Main Road, with 19,962 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 390 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1214 | A1189 to A12/Main Road | 19,962 estimated; counted 2020 | 2% | +10% since 2015 | 390 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 34% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 90% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 61% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 48% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 42% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 31% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 65% | 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) | 65% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 8 to 10 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
Oak Close · Meadowside Gardens · Beech Grove · Bent Lane · Elm Road · Linksfield Gardens · The Mills · Beech Road · Woodbridge Road · Beech Gardens
All the streets in IP4 and across East 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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.