IP29 4NP

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 4NW 829 m
IP29 4BF 857 m
IP29 4AU 891 m
IP29 4NN 945 m
IP29 4ND 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP29 4NP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP29
Postcode sector
IP29 4
Latitude
52.153381
Longitude
0.635996
British National Grid easting
580,428
British National Grid northing
253,841

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
West Suffolk · E07000245
Parish or community
E04009319
Westminster constituency
West Suffolk · E14001578
Output area
E00153432
Lower layer super output area
West Suffolk 017A · E01030099
Middle layer super output area
West Suffolk 017 · E02006282

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Lavender Cottage, Hawkedon, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4NP 27 May 2026 £440,500
Lavender Cottage, Hawkedon, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4NP 17 February 2017 £399,999
Wash Cottage, Hawkedon, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 4NP 15 September 2011 £215,500

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

    3.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Public order 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

9 female, 8 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
1.5
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.

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+
88.9%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
33.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
33.3%
Gigabit-capable
33.3%
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

  • Cooks Lane

    BCT · Scoles Gate

    0.5 miles
  • Cooks Lane

    BCT · Scoles Gate

    0.5 miles
  • Church

    BCT · Hawkedon

    0.7 miles
  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Rede

    1.2 miles
  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Rede

    1.2 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
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

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

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £440,500 from 1 recorded sale in IP29 4NP. 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

Published establishments

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 2.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Public order with 1 events.

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