IP17 3RL

Wrentham, Wangford & Westleton · East Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Wrentham, Wangford & Westleton
Local authority: East Suffolk
Constituency: Suffolk Coastal
Postcode district: IP17
Postcode sector: IP17 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
IP17 3RQ	105 m
IP17 3RH	662 m
IP17 3RJ	685 m
IP17 3RG	880 m
IP17 3RE	1.3 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: IP17 3RL
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 December 1981
Postcode area: IP
Postcode district: IP17
Postcode sector: IP17 3
Latitude: 52.295562
Longitude: 1.575462
British National Grid easting: 643,900
British National Grid northing: 272,400

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: East of England · E12000006
Local authority district: East Suffolk · E07000244
Electoral ward: Wrentham, Wangford & Westleton · E05012762
Parish or community: E04009372
Westminster constituency: Suffolk Coastal · E14001530
Output area: E00154107
Lower layer super output area: East Suffolk 016B · E01030219
Middle layer super output area: East Suffolk 016 · E02006287

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 3
Primary: 3
Secondary: 0

Wenhaston Primary School

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3.1 km
Bramfield Church of England Primary School

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4.0 km
Middleton Community Primary School

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4.7 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
IP17 3 residents: 2,179

Age bands in IP17 3

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 9.1%
Age 15 to 24: 6.4%
Age 25 to 44: 13.4%
Age 45 to 64: 29.5%
Age 65 and over: 41.7%

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Nearby transport

Thorington Road

BCT · Thorington
0.8 miles
Thorington Road

BCT · Thorington
0.8 miles
Post Box

BCT · Blythburgh
1.4 miles
Post Box

BCT · Blythburgh
1.4 miles
St Peter's Church

BCT · Thorington
1.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for East Suffolk 016B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,402 of 33,755

Income: 7 of 10
Employment: 6 of 10
Education and skills: 6 of 10
Health and disability: 9 of 10
Crime: 9 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Wenhaston Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.9 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.