Upthorpe Road Stanton, West Suffolk
37 addresses across 5 postcodes (IP31), about 560 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 37401864.
- Energy: 15 homes have an energy certificate (B: 2, C: 1, D: 8, E: 4).
- Flood: 7 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 West Suffolk costs £2,351 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 9% to 97% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Thurston, about 9.6 km (6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 640 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 34 to 43 m above sea level.
- Noise: 17 of its 37 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Stanton Surgery, about 290 m away.
- People: About 1,070 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 70% of households owned their home and 25% 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 other theft.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
15 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 123 m². Most common: House, detached (8); Bungalow, detached (4); House, semi-detached (2). Built: before 1900 (4); 1950-1966 (3); 1967-1975 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (12).
Each home's certificates and sales (10 addresses)
- 2 The Walks, Old Bury Road, Stanton
- 5 The Walks, Old Bury Road, Stanton
- Churchgate, Old Bury Road, Stanton
- Courtfield, Old Bury Road, Stanton
- Glen Cove, Old Bury Road, Stanton
- Kerry Lodge, Old Bury Road, Stanton
- Lilac Cottage, Old Bury Road, Stanton
- Northroyd, Old Bury Road, Stanton
- Sucrerie, Old Bury Road, Stanton
- The Flat, The Old Rectory, Old Bury Road, Stanton
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band B (28% of about 1,340 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Stanton (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 10.
- 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 ALL SAINTS, grade II*
- 1 AND 2, THE STREET, grade II
- CORNER COTTAGE, DAWN COTTAGE AND ROSLEY, grade II
- COURTFIELD TRADESCANT COTTAGE, grade II
- FOUNDRY HOUSE, grade II
- GABLE END, grade II
- LONDON HOUSE, grade II
- MANOR FARMHOUSE, grade II
- Stanton War Memorial, grade II
- WILLOW HOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 18 November 2026 to 20 November 2026: ANGLIAN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the carriageway (minor works)
- 17 December 2026: SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL, Works for road purposes, multi-way signals, on the footway, carriageway, verge (minor works)
Finished in the last three months
- 28 October 2026: UK POWER NETWORKS EASTERN & LONDON, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
- 8 October 2026 to 21 October 2026: ANGLIAN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the carriageway (minor works)
- 5 October 2026: ANGLIAN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 5 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP31 2BX | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 3 | unlikely |
| IP31 2BS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| IP31 2DA | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
| IP31 2BZ | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP31 2BY | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 37 addresses are between 34 m and 43 m above sea level (37 m on average); the ground rises about 9 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP31 2BS | 100% | 86% | 86% | 0% |
| IP31 2BX | 100% | 88% | 88% | 0% |
| IP31 2BY | 100% | 9% | 9% | 0% |
| IP31 2BZ | 100% | 97% | 97% | 0% |
| IP31 2DA | 100% | 20% | 20% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Thurston 124,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.6 km (6 miles) |
| Elmswell 122,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10 km (6.2 miles) | |
| Bury St Edmunds 929,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.8 km (8.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 14 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Jacobs Close Stanton | 20 m |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 47.7 km (30 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 65.9 km (41 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Stanton Surgery | 290 m |
| Pharmacies | Ixworth Pharmacy | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Hopton Dental Surgery | 6.5 km (4 miles) |
| Hospital | Hospital Road Site | 14.9 km (9.3 miles) |
| Police station | Norfolk Police - Thetford Public Enquiry Office | 13.4 km (8.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,290 m² | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,270 m² | 170 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5.4 ha | 140 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,760 m² | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 0.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St John, a listed building (Grade II*), 210 m north. 32 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 4 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St John | Listed building, Grade II* | 210 m north |
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade II* | 340 m east |
| Grundle House | Listed building, Grade II* | 670 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Stanton Upthorpe windmill | Scheduled monument | 900 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Upthorpe Windmill | Listed building, Grade II* | 910 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Roman villa at Stanton Clair | Scheduled monument | 940 m (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Adams Wood | Wood | 820 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| New Grove | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Half Grove | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Hockhouse Grove | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south |
| High Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) east |
| Island Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.7 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 15 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 20 | 37 |
17 of the street's 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanton Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 800 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanton Service Station. IP31 2BZ | Retailers - other | 220 m | 5 Very good | 31 Mar 2023 |
| Stanton Stores IP31 2BP | Retailers - other | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 19 Oct 2020 |
| The Cock Inn IP31 2BP | Pub/bar/nightclub | 450 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 8 Sep 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Other theft | 1 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Bury Road (1); On or near Michaelhouse Way (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 41 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 21% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 20% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 70% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 38% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 21% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 24% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 68% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 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) | 33% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 18% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 25% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 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 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL: Works for road purposes, 17 December 2026 (multi-way signals) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: UK POWER NETWORKS EASTERN & LONDON: Utility repair and maintenance works, 28 October 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: ANGLIAN WATER: Utility repair and maintenance works, 18 November 2026 to 20 November 2026 (two-way signals) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: ANGLIAN WATER: Utility repair and maintenance works, 5 October 2026 (two-way signals) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- IP31 2BX: 20 addresses of 23 in the postcode
- IP31 2BS: 8 addresses of 10 in the postcode
- IP31 2DA: 5 addresses of 8 in the postcode
- IP31 2BZ: 3 addresses of 300 in the postcode
- IP31 2BY: 1 address of 12 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Jacobs Close · Shetlands · Old Rectory Gardens · Michaelhouse Way · Capell Walk · The Chase · Parkside · Church Close · Micklefields · Culvers Meadow · Lofft Close · Fordhams Close
All the streets in IP31 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.