Beccles
Beccles is covered by postcode district NR34. It is mostly in the East Suffolk council area: 313 of its 316 postcodes. The others are in South Norfolk. 313 are in Suffolk and 3 in Norfolk.
Every postcode in Beccles, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 11
- In use before 2020: 305
Of the 316 postcodes in Beccles that ONS places, 11 are new since 2020 and 305 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.4534, longitude 1.5674. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
What is it like to live in Beccles?
Homes sold for a typical £239,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.4% on the 12 months before. At 257 of the 311 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 322 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 64 of its 316 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Beccles, 600 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Beccles?
Homes in Beccles sold for a typical £239,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 146 sales, down 0.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £316,500 48 sales
- Semi-detached £242,500 42 sales
- Terraced £180,000 49 sales
- Flat or maisonette £225,000 7 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole NR34 district, Beccles's main postcode district: a typical £285,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Beccles: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Beccles?
11 of the 316 postcodes now in use in Beccles came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 146 homes sold in Beccles were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NR34 district, 13%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Beccles | Across the NR34 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 146 (0%) | 8 of 296 (3%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 3 of 146 (2%) | 45 of 354 (13%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Beccles?
Ofcom reports on 311 of the 316 postcodes in Beccles. At 257 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Beccles at risk of flooding?
64 of the 316 postcodes in Beccles have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 322 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and 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
Which schools are in Beccles?
The open schools at the postcodes in Beccles. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Beccles?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Beccles is Beccles Rail Station, 600 m away in a straight line.
- Beccles Rail Station Railway station 600 mWalk
- Brampton (Suffolk) Rail Station Railway station 6.6 kmDrive
- Somerleyton Rail Station Railway station 8.5 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Beccles?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Beccles. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Beccles Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01502 712662 300 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Beccles safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 667 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Beccles over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 39 September 2025
- 64 October 2025
- 56 November 2025
- 57 December 2025
- 56 January 2026
- 46 February 2026
- 50 March 2026
- 50 April 2026
- 66 May 2026
- 70 June 2026
- 64 July 2026
- 49 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 11, vehicle crime 7, bicycle theft 5, possession of weapons 4, robbery 2, theft from the person 1.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Beccles?
- Councils
- East Suffolk (313) and South Norfolk (3)
- County councils
- Suffolk (313) and Norfolk (3)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Lowestoft (313) and South Norfolk (3)
- Police force areas
- Suffolk (313) and Norfolk (3)
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Beccles
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Beccles is in East Suffolk; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell East Suffolk about council tax Council tax, on eastsuffolk.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Beccles
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Beccles postcodes
316 postcodes in use in Beccles, by district:
That district is in the NR postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Beccles
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Beccles's £239,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Beccles
- What is it like to live in Beccles?
- Homes sold for a typical £239,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.4% on the 12 months before. At 257 of the 311 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 322 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 64 of its 316 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Beccles, 600 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Beccles?
- Beccles is covered by postcode district NR34, across 316 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Beccles?
- Homes in Beccles sold for a typical £239,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 146 sales, down 0.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Beccles?
- In Beccles, primary schools at its postcodes include Ravensmere Infant School, The Albert Pye Community Primary School and St Benet's RC Primary School and Nursery; secondary schools at its postcodes include Beccles High School and Sir John Leman High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Beccles have a railway station?
- Yes: Beccles is 600 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Beccles, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Beccles?
- Ofcom reports on 311 of the 316 postcodes in Beccles. At 257 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Beccles at risk of flooding?
- 64 of the 316 postcodes in Beccles have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 322 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Beccles?
- 11 of the 316 postcodes now in use in Beccles came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 146 homes sold in Beccles were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NR34 district, 13%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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