Whitebeam Grove West Suffolk
30 addresses across 3 postcodes (IP29,IP33), about 180 m long. USRN 31700196.
- Sales: 4 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £505,000 across 2 sales.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in West Suffolk cost £295,860 in August 2026 (-0.5% on a year); private rents averaged £1,188 a month.
- Energy: 12 homes have an energy certificate (B: 12).
- Flood: 4 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: 1 recorded flood covered 1 of its 3 postcode centres, most recently in 1968.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Sicklesmere Road, is 150 m away.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: its homes look to be heated without mains gas.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Skyliner Way - Solar Array, is 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- 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 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Bury St Edmunds, about 3.2 km (2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Nowton Park, is about 580 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 36 to 45 m above sea level.
- Noise: 15 of its 30 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Mount Farm Surgery, about 1.9 km (1.2 miles) away.
- People: About 470 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 83% of households owned their home and 34% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: 2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | £505,000 | £270,000 | £740,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | £422,500 | £220,000 | £625,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Dec 2021 | 1 IP33 2FH | Terraced | £625,000 | Leasehold. |
| 8 Dec 2021 | 2 IP33 2FH | Flat or maisonette | £220,000 | Leasehold. |
| 27 Apr 2022 | 3 IP33 2FH | Flat or maisonette | £270,000 | Leasehold. |
| 31 Oct 2022 | 4 IP33 2FH | Terraced | £740,000 | Leasehold. |
House prices and rents in West Suffolk
A typical home in West Suffolk cost £295,860 in August 2026, 0.5% less than a year before. That is 8% more than five years earlier and 26% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £449,670 |
| Semi-detached | £280,776 |
| Terraced | £231,512 |
| Flat or maisonette | £145,376 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £246,508 |
Private renters in West Suffolk paid £1,188 a month on average in September 2026, 4.2% more than a year before. That is 28% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £821 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,065 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,326 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,863 |
Energy performance certificates
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 87 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (5); House, end-terrace (4); House, semi-detached (2). Built: 2023 (12). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (12).
Each home's certificates and sales (12 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 5 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel.
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 IP33.
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 1,650 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)
- Bury St Edmunds Garden Centre, Bury St Edmunds: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (900 m (0.6 miles))
Energy projects nearby
2 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 1 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skyliner Way - Solar Array West Suffolk DC/24/0099/P14JPA | Solar farm | 1 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Mar 2024 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| British Sugar - Bury West Suffolk DC/14/1840/FUL | Anaerobic digestion | 5 MW | Operational Sep 2016 | 2.8 km (1.7 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, 4 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: of the 4 homes the Environment Agency counts, 4 are in areas at high risk, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP33 2FW | not in 2 or 3 | ||
| IP29 5BD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| IP33 2FH | zone 3 | 4 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
1 recorded flood covered 1 of the centres of this street's postcodes, most recently in 1968.
| When | Flood | Source and cause | Postcodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Not named | Not recorded | IP33 2FH |
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
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 150 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sicklesmere Road Nowton | until 1991 | Inert | 150 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 30 addresses are between 36 m and 45 m above sea level (44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP33 2FH | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bury St Edmunds 929,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Thurston 124,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) | |
| Elmswell 122,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.1 km (7.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 12 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Abbots Vale Nowton | 280 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Bury St Edmunds | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Car parks | Hardwick Heath car park | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Smart Charge Charging Station | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Stansted Airport STN | 51.4 km (32 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Mount Farm Surgery Good Dec 2016 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Croasdales | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Saxon House | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| Hospital | West Suffolk Hospital Requires improvement Jun 2021 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Care homes | The Martins Good Oct 2022 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Police station | Police Investigation Centre | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | Morrisons Daily - Bury St Edmonds Hardwick, Nowton Road Cashzone | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Nowton Park 69 ha | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,900 m² | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 8.4 ha | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.5 ha | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 69 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Gateway and Walling to Number 13 the Fort Fronting the Road, a listed building (Grade II*), 880 m (0.5 miles) north-west. 4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Gateway and Walling to Number 13 the Fort Fronting the Road | Listed building, Grade II* | 880 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Abbey Gardens and Precincts | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Little Spinney | Wood | 840 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Puthawks Bush Plantation | Wood | 880 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Court Park | Wood | 900 m (0.6 miles) south |
| Mayne Water | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-west |
| Eastlow Hill | Hill | 3 km (1.9 miles) east |
| Harram Bottom | Valley | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 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 | 15 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 15 | 30 |
15 of the street's 30 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 | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardwick Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection | 35% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 53% in 2024 and 41% in 2023) |
| Sebert Wood Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 68% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8% at the higher standard (2025; 58% in 2024 and 51% 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
6 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 570 m (0.4 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colourbox@Redwoods IP29 5BD | Full day care | 30 | Outstanding (Dec 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
| School's Out Activities at South Lee School IP33 2BT | Out-of-school day care | 55 | Not inspected yet | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| South Lee Day Nursery Baby Room IP33 2BT | Full day care | 83 | Jan 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| Southgate pre-school IP33 2PW | Sessional day care | 47 | Good (Jun 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Hardwick B & A Club IP33 2PW | Out-of-school day care | 24 | Not inspected yet | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Little Larks Day Nursery IP29 5ND | Full day care | 70 | Good (Aug 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.3 km (0.8 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
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).
Road safety
2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight. Most were on roads with a 60 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 May 2024 18:35 | Slight | 1 person | A134, 40 mph | Daylight |
| 23 Feb 2023 17:27 | Slight | 1 person | A134, 60 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
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 59 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 43% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 63% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 41% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 47% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 41% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 52% | 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) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 7 to 8 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
- IP33 2FW: 28 addresses
- IP29 5BD: 1 address of 6 in the postcode
- IP33 2FH: 1 address of 6 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Gala Close · Brooke Close · Maris Piper Drive · Jazzy Close · Rooster Way · Marcy Road · Laura Close · Ozette Road
All the streets in IP29, IP33 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; 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.