Suffolk County Council

Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers

Suffolk County Council is the county council for Suffolk. It runs schools, roads, social care and libraries. Bins, council tax and planning are run by its 5 district councils. ONS places 25,728 postcodes in use in Suffolk, in 44 postcode districts across 4 postcode areas.

82% of homes and businesses in Suffolk can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says. The Environment Agency puts 7,530 homes and businesses in Suffolk in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Its own pages listed
11
Postcodes in use
25,728
Postcode districts
44
District councils
5

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Its website

Suffolk County Council

suffolk.gov.uk

Name and website as GOV.UK gives them.

Do it on Suffolk County Council's own website

Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.

Roads and parking

Schools

Care, support and libraries

Councillors, voting and complaints

The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for Suffolk County Council. If one has moved since, tell us.

What broadband can you get in Suffolk?

Across Suffolk, 82% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 81% full fibre, Ofcom says.

Full fibre81% can get it
Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)82% can get it
Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)98% can get it
Cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s)Under 1%

For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How many homes in Suffolk are at risk of flooding?

Across Suffolk, the Environment Agency puts 7,530 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2,527 postcodes with any property at risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 2,527 postcodes High: 5,050Medium: 2,480Low: 8,225Very low: 7,962

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them. It leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Surface water

In Suffolk the Environment Agency counts 25,477 properties at high risk of flooding from surface water, 16,119 at medium risk and 45,394 at low risk. Surface water is rain that cannot drain away fast enough.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

District councils in Suffolk

Bins, council tax and planning are run by the district, borough or city council for each part of Suffolk.

Babergh council, postcodes in use:3,541East Suffolk council, postcodes in use:9,097Ipswich council, postcodes in use:3,342Mid Suffolk council, postcodes in use:4,348West Suffolk council, postcodes in use:5,400

Postcode districts with postcodes in Suffolk

Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.

Its postcode areas

CB postcode area: Cambridge, postcodes in use here:1,524 of 11,252CO postcode area: Colchester, postcodes in use here:2,070 of 13,771IP postcode area: Ipswich, postcodes in use here:19,138 of 21,951NR postcode area: Norwich, postcodes in use here:2,996 of 24,304

Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Suffolk.

Towns and villages

IpswichLowestoftBury St EdmundsFelixstoweSudburyHaverhillStowmarketNewmarketWoodbridgeKesgraveBecclesHadleighMildenhallBrandon, West SuffolkHalesworthLeistonNeedham MarketAldeburghBungayRed LodgeFramlinghamSaxmundhamSouthwoldLong Melford

The 24 with the most postcodes in Suffolk, of 61. Browse places A to Z.

Is an address in Suffolk?

A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.

All councils, A to Z

What Suffolk covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources

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