IP26 5BY

Bedingfeld · Breckland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Thetford
Ward: Bedingfeld
Local authority: Breckland
Constituency: South West Norfolk
Postcode district: IP26
Postcode sector: IP26 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
IP26 5BZ	1.5 km
IP26 5AS	1.6 km
IP26 5BX	2.0 km
IP26 5BQ	2.0 km
IP26 5BJ	2.1 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: IP26 5BY
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: IP
Postcode district: IP26
Postcode sector: IP26 5
Latitude: 52.551841
Longitude: 0.669122
British National Grid easting: 581,059
British National Grid northing: 298,233

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: East of England · E12000006
Local authority district: Breckland · E07000143
Electoral ward: Bedingfeld · E05010239
Parish or community: E04006132
Westminster constituency: South West Norfolk · E14001497
Output area: E00169905
Lower layer super output area: Breckland 012A · E01026424
Middle layer super output area: Breckland 012 · E02005514

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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Property

At this postcode

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1 recorded sale at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
Little Langford Farm, Hilborough, Thetford, IP26 5BY	4 May 2020	£2,102,505

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 1
Primary: 1
Secondary: 0

Mundford Church of England Primary Academy

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4.8 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 3
Postcode households: 3
Residents per household: 1.0
IP26 5 residents: 3,577

Age bands in IP26 5

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 14.6%
Age 15 to 24: 7.6%
Age 25 to 44: 18.9%
Age 45 to 64: 31.8%
Age 65 and over: 27.1%

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP26 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates

The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+: 0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 0%
Gigabit-capable: 0%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 66.7%
Next Generation Access: 66.7%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

St Mary's Church

BCT · Santon Downham
6.6 miles
St Mary's Church

BCT · Santon Downham
6.6 miles
Hall Drive

BCT · Santon Downham
6.6 miles
Hall Drive

BCT · Santon Downham
6.7 miles
Brandon Rail Station

RLY · Brandon
7.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Breckland 012A, 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

15,147 of 33,755

Income: 7 of 10
Employment: 7 of 10
Education and skills: 4 of 10
Health and disability: 6 of 10
Crime: 7 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 5 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses: 0
Medium risk addresses: 0
Low risk addresses: 0
Groundwater flood alert area: Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Mundford Church of England Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 3.0 miles.

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