IP8 3GL

Orwell · Babergh · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ipswich
Ward
Orwell
Local authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk
Postcode district
IP8
Postcode sector
IP8 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
IP8 3LS 81 m
IP8 3NP 233 m
IP8 3LU 254 m
IP8 3LR 263 m
IP8 3LP 282 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
IP8 3GL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2008
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
IP
Postcode district
IP8
Postcode sector
IP8 3
Latitude
52.025506
Longitude
1.104685
British National Grid easting
613,093
British National Grid northing
240,892

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Babergh · E07000200
Electoral ward
Orwell · E05012581
Parish or community
E04009069
Westminster constituency
South Suffolk · E14001494
Output area
E00152244
Lower layer super output area
Babergh 005C · E01029879
Middle layer super output area
Babergh 005 · E02006231

Postcode source versions

Explore IP8

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Cottage 1, Bucks Horn Place, Belstead, Ipswich, IP8 3GL 12 October 2018 £228,000
3, Bucks Horn Place, Belstead, Ipswich, IP8 3GL 18 June 2018 £447,500
2, Bucks Horn Place, Belstead, Ipswich, IP8 3GL 9 March 2018 £450,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
19
Secondary
2
  1. Belstead House Adult Education Centre

    Miscellaneous

    1.3 km
  2. The Bridge School

    Academy special sponsor led

    1.6 km
  3. Copdock Primary School

    Community school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
169
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 77
  • Other theft 22
  • Anti social behaviour 18
  • Shoplifting 13
  • Public order 11

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

7 female, 8 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
3.0
IP8 3 residents
7,020

Age bands in IP8 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.2%

1,034 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

670 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.4%

1,725 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.1%

2,045 residents

Age 65 and over
19.3%

1,311 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider IP8 3 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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • HAWTHORN DRIVE SURGERY

    206 HAWTHORN DRIVE, IPSWICH, IP2 0QQ

    ODS code D83056

    2.6 km

  • BURLINGTON PRIMARY CARE

    12-14 BURLINGTON ROAD, IPSWICH, IP1 2EU

    ODS code D83008

    4.6 km

  • BARRACK LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    1 BARRACK LANE, IPSWICH, IP1 3NQ

    ODS code D83059

    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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Memorial

    BCT · Belstead

    0.1 miles
  • Memorial

    BCT · Belstead

    0.1 miles
  • Shortlands

    BCT · Brookwood

    0.8 miles
  • Shortlands

    BCT · Brookwood

    0.9 miles
  • Sycamore Close

    BCT · Brookwood

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Babergh 005C, 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

21,552 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
4 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

Schools

27 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 2 secondary schools. Belstead House Adult Education Centre is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

169 published events cover 12 months, averaging 14.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 77 events.

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