Westleton Road Dunwich, East Suffolk
50 addresses across 4 postcodes (IP17), about 570 m (0.4 miles) long, classed as a local access road. USRN 38601593.
- Energy: 21 homes have an energy certificate (B: 2, C: 3, D: 4, E: 8, F: 3, G: 1).
- Flood: 4 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 East Suffolk costs £2,335 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Darsham, about 7 km (4.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 750 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 2 to 11 m above sea level.
- Noise: 15 of its 50 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Sole Bay H/C, about 7 km (4.4 miles) away.
- People: About 200 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 76% of households owned their home and 40% 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 public order.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
21 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 126 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (11); House, detached (5); House, mid-terrace (2). Built: before 1900 (12); 1983-1990 (3); 1900-1929 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (14).
Each home's certificates and sales (15 addresses)
- 1 Rose Cottage, St. James Street, Dunwich
- Bell Cottage, St. James Street, Dunwich
- Bridge House, Dunwich
- Gainsborough House, St. James Street, Dunwich
- Gardeners Cottage, Church Farm House, St. James Street, Dunwich
- Jasmine Cottage, St. James Street, Dunwich
- Mill Cottage, St. James Street, Dunwich
- School House, St. James Street, Dunwich
- Sea Drift, St. James's Street, Dunwich
- Sea View, St. James's Street, Dunwich
- Ship Cottage, St. James's Street, Dunwich
- Ship House, St. James's Street, Dunwich
- The Bungalow, St. James's Street, Dunwich
- The Ferns, St. James's Street, Dunwich
- The Old School, St. James Street, Dunwich
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (19% of about 1,310 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Dunwich (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 9.
- 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 FARMHOUSE, grade II
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES, grade II
- DUNWICH MUSEUM, grade II
- Dunwich War Memorial Cross, grade II
- IVY COTTAGE OLD POST OFFICE TINKERS COTTAGE, grade II
- OLD TOWN HALL, grade II
- REMAINS OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH 25 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST JAMES, grade II
- Ship House and Red House, grade II
- The Ship Inn, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 3 September 2026 to 7 September 2026: BT, Utility asset works, temp obstruction 15 minute delay, on the footway, carriageway, verge (standard works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 4 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: of the 26 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 3 medium, 5 low and 1 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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP17 3DU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 2 / 4 | unlikely |
| IP17 3DT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| IP17 3DX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP17 3DZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 2 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 50 addresses are between 2 m and 11 m above sea level (5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP17 3DT | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| IP17 3DU | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| IP17 3DX | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| IP17 3DZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Darsham 68,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7 km (4.3 miles) |
| Halesworth 125,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.1 km (6.9 miles) | |
| Saxmundham 177,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.6 km (7.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Ship Inn Dunwich | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Walberswick Ferry Landing | 5.1 km (3.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | Yoxford Village Hall | 8.1 km (5.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 50 km (31 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 105 km (65 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Sole Bay H/C | 7 km (4.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Queen Street Pharmacy | 6.4 km (4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Southwold Dental Practice | 6.5 km (4 miles) |
| Hospital | Southwold Hospital | 6.8 km (4.2 miles) |
| Police station | Southwold Police Station | 6.5 km (4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 9,070 m² | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.9 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Chapel of St James Hospital, Dunwich, a scheduled monument, 140 m south-east. 11 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Chapel of St James Hospital, Dunwich | Scheduled monument | 140 m south-east |
| Greyfriars, Dunwich | Scheduled monument | 500 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Remains of Grey Friars Monastery | Listed building, Grade II* | 500 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Maison Dieu (or Hospital of the Holy Trinity), Dunwich | Scheduled monument | 510 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Leet Hill | Hill | 280 m south-east |
| Greyfriars Wood | Wood | 580 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Dunwich Cliffs | Cliff or slope | 680 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Reedland Marshes | Wetland | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| East Waltons | Lake or reservoir | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) south |
| Collins's Island | Island | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.5 | 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 | 15 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 35 | 50 |
15 of the street's 50 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 East Suffolk: see them on the East Suffolk page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dingle Marsh Barns Dunwich Ltd IP17 3DZ | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 120 m | 5 Very good | 27 May 2026 |
| The Ship Inn IP17 3DT | Pub/bar/nightclub | 390 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 25 Feb 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Public order | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Sandy Lane (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 62 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 7% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 39% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 76% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 60% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 19% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 35% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 42% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 44% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 13% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 18% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 34% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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
- IP17 3DU: 21 addresses of 22 in the postcode
- IP17 3DT: 17 addresses of 19 in the postcode
- IP17 3DX: 8 addresses of 12 in the postcode
- IP17 3DZ: 4 addresses of 16 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in IP17 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.
- 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.