IP29 4AZ

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 4BE 490 m
IP29 4AY 534 m
IP29 4BG 536 m
IP29 4AX 768 m
IP29 4BQ 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP29 4AZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP29
Postcode sector
IP29 4
Latitude
52.172504
Longitude
0.644235
British National Grid easting
580,914
British National Grid northing
255,988

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

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Fourwinds, Brockley, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4AZ 6 October 2022 £120,000
Larks Rise, Brockley, Bury St. Edmunds, IP29 4AZ 16 October 2008 £332,000
Larks Rise, Brockley, Bury St. Edmunds, IP29 4AZ 21 March 2003 £195,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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

    Academy sponsor led

    4.3 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

3 female, 3 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.0
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 0.1% 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Rede

    0.2 miles
  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Rede

    0.2 miles
  • Cooks Lane

    BCT · Scoles Gate

    0.8 miles
  • Cooks Lane

    BCT · Scoles Gate

    0.9 miles
  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Brockley Green

    1.3 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
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

Property market

The five-year median is £120,000 from 1 recorded sale in IP29 4AZ. 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

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Hartest Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.7 miles.

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