Schools
62 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 8 secondary schools. University of Suffolk is the nearest published school at 288 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
IP3 8AQ
Holywells · Ipswich · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- IP3 8AQ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 December 1996
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- IP
- Postcode district
- IP3
- Postcode sector
- IP3 8
- Latitude
- 52.051936
- Longitude
- 1.167614
- British National Grid easting
- 617,281
- British National Grid northing
- 244,017
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Ipswich · E07000202
- Electoral ward
- Holywells · E05007123
- Parish or community
- E43000134
- Westminster constituency
- Ipswich · E14001302
- Output area
- E00170843
- Lower layer super output area
- Ipswich 011E · E01033123
- Middle layer super output area
- Ipswich 011 · E02006255
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
Explore IP3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 62
- Primary
- 35
- Secondary
- 8
- 288 m
University of Suffolk
Higher education institutions
- 372 m
Suffolk New College
Further education
- 597 m
Learning Support, Southern Area Education Office
Miscellaneous
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,574
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,110
- Shoplifting 1,094
- Criminal damage and arson 441
- Public order 379
- Other theft 356
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- IP3 8 residents
- 12,450
Age bands in IP3 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 19%
2,124 residents
1,327 residents
3,484 residents
3,288 residents
2,394 residents
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.
GP practices
13
within 5 km
ESSEX UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST
70-74 ST. HELENS STREET, IPSWICH, IP4 2LA
ODS code Y06499
571 m
DR SOLWAY AND DR ROY PRACTICE
ORCHARD STREET HEALTH CTR, ORCHARD STREET, IPSWICH, IP4 2PZ
ODS code D83073
702 m
ORCHARD MEDICAL PRACTICE
ORCHARD STREET, IPSWICH, IP4 2PZ
ODS code D83074
702 m
THE DERBY ROAD PRACTICE
52 DERBY ROAD, IPSWICH, IP3 8DN
ODS code D83051
1.0 km
FELIXSTOWE ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
235 FELIXSTOWE ROAD, IPSWICH, IP3 9BN
ODS code D83004
1.3 km
BARRACK LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
1 BARRACK LANE, IPSWICH, IP1 3NQ
ODS code D83059
1.7 km
BURLINGTON PRIMARY CARE
12-14 BURLINGTON ROAD, IPSWICH, IP1 2EU
ODS code D83008
1.8 km
IVRY STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE
5 IVRY STREET, IPSWICH, IP1 3QW
ODS code D83024
1.9 km
TWO RIVERS MEDICAL CENTRE
30 WOODBRIDGE ROAD EAST, IPSWICH, IP4 5PB
ODS code D83046
2.1 km
HAWTHORN DRIVE SURGERY
206 HAWTHORN DRIVE, IPSWICH, IP2 0QQ
ODS code D83056
3.2 km
RAVENSWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE
24 HENING AVENUE, IPSWICH, IP3 9QJ
ODS code Y01794
3.2 km
CARDINAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
2 DEBEN ROAD, IPSWICH, IP1 5EN
ODS code D83050
3.4 km
EMBRACE MEDICAL CENTRE
TWELVE ACRE APPROACH, IPSWICH, IP5 1JF
ODS code D83084
4.8 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Cavendish Street
BCT · Rose Hill
- 0.1 miles
Cavendish Street
BCT · Rose Hill
- 0.1 miles
Holy Trinity Church
BCT · Rose Hill
- 0.1 miles
Holy Trinity Church
BCT · Rose Hill
- 0.1 miles
Coprolite Street
BCT · Ipswich
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Ipswich 011E, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
9,840 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 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
- 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
Recorded crime
5,574 published events cover 12 months, averaging 464.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,110 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.