Wickham Lane Mid Suffolk
15 addresses across 6 postcodes (IP14,IP23), about 3.2 km (2 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 25501302.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Mid Suffolk cost £317,979 in August 2026 (+5.3% on a year); private rents averaged £1,011 a month.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, G: 1).
- Flood: 5 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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: 2 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Mill Lane, is 310 m away.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Mid Suffolk costs £2,317 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Elmswell, about 9.9 km (6.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Green, is about 2 km (1.2 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 40 to 58 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 15 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Mendlesham Medical Group, about 4.1 km (2.6 miles) away.
- People: About 1,030 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 85% of households owned their home and 34% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: No 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
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Mid Suffolk
A typical home in Mid Suffolk cost £317,979 in August 2026, 5.3% more than a year before. That is 11% more than five years earlier and 28% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £440,981 |
| Semi-detached | £278,154 |
| Terraced | £226,023 |
| Flat or maisonette | £142,118 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £260,075 |
Private renters in Mid Suffolk paid £1,011 a month on average in September 2026, 6.9% more than a year before. That is 40% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £725 |
| Two bedrooms | £928 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,130 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,593 |
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 116 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (1); House, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 58 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel (19 meters are on Economy 7, the off-peak tariff for storage heaters).
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP14 4QX | 12 5 Economy 7 | 5,261 kWh | none recorded | |
| IP14 4TH | 13 | 5,921 kWh | none recorded | |
| IP14 4HY | 14 7 Economy 7 | 3,670 kWh | none recorded | |
| IP23 8LP | 19 7 Economy 7 | 3,851 kWh | none recorded |
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 IP14.
Council tax
What each band costs in Mid Suffolk in 2026-27: Band D £2,317 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,545 | £1,802 | £2,059 | £2,317 | £2,832 | £3,347 | £3,861 | £4,634 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band B (21% of about 1,800 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Finningham (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 13.
- 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*
- 1-3 Abbey Farm, grade II
- BARN ABOUT 15 METRES NORTH WEST OF CHURCH FARM HOUSE, grade II
- BRIDGE OVER MOAT, 30 METRES NORTH OF HEMPNALLS HALL, grade II
- CARPENTERS, grade II
- COTTON HALL, grade II
- DRIVERS FARMHOUSE, grade II
- HEMPNALLS HALL, grade II
- MILL COTTAGE, grade II
- PARK FARMHOUSE, grade II
- POPLAR FARMHOUSE, grade II
- SUNNYVIEW, grade II
- THE OLD BAKERY, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Land south of Wickham Road, Finningham: up to 14 homes, permissioned (880 m (0.5 miles))
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 11 August 2026 to 14 August 2026: SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, temp obstruction 15 minute delay, on the carriageway (standard works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 10 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 34 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 2 medium, 10 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 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP14 4QP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP14 4QX | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| IP14 4TH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP14 4HY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 5 | unlikely |
| IP14 4QW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP23 8LP | zone 2 | 0 / 2 / 4 | 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
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
2 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 310 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Lane Silver End, Mill Lane, Finningham | 1989 to 1990 | Inert | 310 m |
| The Old Forge Westhorpe Road, Finningham, Suffolk | 1988 to 1989 | Inert | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
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 15 addresses are between 40 m and 58 m above sea level (49 m on average); the ground rises about 18 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP14 4HY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP14 4QP | 33% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| IP14 4QW | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| IP14 4QX | 92% | 92% | 92% | 0% |
| IP14 4TH | 92% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| IP23 8LP | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Elmswell 122,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.9 km (6.2 miles) |
| Stowmarket 976,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.3 km (6.4 miles) | |
| Diss 701,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.9 km (7.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 47.1 km (29 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 70.5 km (44 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Mendlesham Medical Group Good Apr 2026 | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Wellbeing Pharmacy | 8.5 km (5.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Hartismere Hospital | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) |
| Care homes | The Limes Retirement Home Good Jun 2026 | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| Police station | Stowmarket Police Station. | 10.2 km (6.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | The Green 1.1 ha | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,410 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Playing field | Church Green 6,910 m² | 1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,170 m² | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church Farmhouse, a listed building (Grade II*), 870 m (0.5 miles) north-west. 10 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 870 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Low Meadow Plantation | Wood | 380 m south-west |
| Jessie's Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Saracen's Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Jims Wood | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| Carr Plantation | Wood | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) west |
| Crooksell Pond | Lake or reservoir | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.2 | 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 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 11 | 15 |
4 of the street's 15 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 Mid Suffolk: see them on the Mid Suffolk page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Nurseries and childcare
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
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
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
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 | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 32% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 85% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 55% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 37% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 44% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 27% | 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) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 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
- IP14 4QP: 6 addresses of 9 in the postcode
- IP14 4QX: 3 addresses of 53 in the postcode
- IP14 4TH: 3 addresses of 25 in the postcode
- IP14 4HY: 1 address of 18 in the postcode
- IP14 4QW: 1 address of 8 in the postcode
- IP23 8LP: 1 address of 32 in the postcode
All the streets in IP14, IP23 and across Mid 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.