IP28 8EG

The Rows · West Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: The Rows
Local authority: West Suffolk
Constituency: West Suffolk
Postcode district: IP28
Postcode sector: IP28 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
IP28 8EF	825 m
IP28 8EB	1.4 km
IP27 9LQ	1.5 km
IP27 9LE	1.7 km
CB7 4SP	1.8 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: IP28 8EG
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: IP
Postcode district: IP28
Postcode sector: IP28 8
Latitude: 52.421281
Longitude: 0.433133
British National Grid easting: 565,551
British National Grid northing: 283,148

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: East of England · E12000006
Local authority district: West Suffolk · E07000245
Electoral ward: The Rows · E05012801
Parish or community: E04009160
Westminster constituency: West Suffolk · E14001578
Output area: E00152558
Lower layer super output area: West Suffolk 003C · E01032524
Middle layer super output area: West Suffolk 003 · E02006240

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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Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 4
Postcode households: 2
Residents per household: 2.0
IP28 8 residents: 14,377

Age bands in IP28 8

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 22.5%
Age 15 to 24: 13.6%
Age 25 to 44: 35.3%
Age 45 to 64: 18.5%
Age 65 and over: 10.1%

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP28 8 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+: 100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 100%
Gigabit-capable: 100%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 100%
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

The Chestnuts

BCT · Kenny Hill
1.0 miles
The Chestnuts

BCT · Kenny Hill
1.0 miles
Shippea Hill Rail Station

RLY · Shippea Hill
1.0 miles
Poultry Farm

BCT · Sedge Fen
1.5 miles
Poultry Farm

BCT · Sedge Fen
1.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Suffolk 003C, 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

13,617 of 33,755

Income: 6 of 10
Employment: 6 of 10
Education and skills: 3 of 10
Health and disability: 5 of 10
Crime: 5 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 3 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: 1
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.