IP29 4AG

Whepstead & Wickhambrook · West Suffolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bury St Edmunds
Local authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
West Suffolk
Postcode district
IP29
Postcode sector
IP29 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP29 4TN 497 m
IP29 4AQ 987 m
IP29 4TW 1.1 km
IP29 4ST 1.3 km
IP29 4TL 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP29 4AG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP29
Postcode sector
IP29 4
Latitude
52.176333
Longitude
0.673454
British National Grid easting
582,896
British National Grid northing
256,487

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
West Suffolk · E07000245
Parish or community
E04009294
Westminster constituency
West Suffolk · E14001578
Output area
E00153426
Lower layer super output area
West Suffolk 017A · E01030099
Middle layer super output area
West Suffolk 017 · E02006282

Postcode source versions

Explore IP29

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Saxonwood, Bury Road, Brockley, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4AG 3 May 2024 £1,150,000
1, Rectory Cottages, Brockley, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4AG 28 July 2017 £224,000
2, Rectory Cottages, Brockley, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4AG 10 February 2017 £320,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Hartest Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    4.1 km
  2. All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
20

10 female, 10 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.2
IP29 4 residents
4,458

Age bands in IP29 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14%

649 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

401 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.4%

808 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.3%

1,497 residents

Age 65 and over
27.6%

1,278 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP29 4 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

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%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

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

Nearby transport

  • Brockley Place

    BCT · Gulling Green

    0.0 miles
  • Brockley Place

    BCT · Gulling Green

    0.0 miles
  • Brockley Hall

    BCT · Brockley Green

    0.5 miles
  • Brockley Hall

    BCT · Brockley Green

    0.5 miles
  • Council Houses

    BCT · Whepstead

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Suffolk 017A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,348 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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
1
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.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £1,150,000 from 1 recorded sale in IP29 4AG. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for West Suffolk is £296,879 in June 2026, up 1.6% year on year.

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Hartest Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

5 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 2 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.