Botesdale and Rickinghall

Botesdale and Rickinghall is covered by postcode district IP22. It is in the Mid Suffolk council area, Suffolk.

Typical price £375,000 Homes sold in Botesdale and Rickinghall, last 12 months. ▲ 21% on the year before Gigabit broadband 33 of 61 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 6 of 61 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 14 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Botesdale and Rickinghall, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Botesdale and Rickinghall, by flood risk Of the 61 postcodes in Botesdale and Rickinghall that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 55 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Botesdale and Rickinghall. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A143 IP22 1AY: not on the flood risk listIP22 1BH: not on the flood risk listIP22 1BL: not on the flood risk listIP22 1BN: not on the flood risk listIP22 1BP: not on the flood risk listIP22 1BQ: not on the flood risk listIP22 1BS: not on the flood risk listIP22 1BT: not on the flood risk listIP22 1BU: not on the flood risk listIP22 1BW: not on the flood risk listIP22 1BX: not on the flood risk listIP22 1BY: not on the flood risk listIP22 1BZ: not on the flood risk listIP22 1DA: not on the flood risk listIP22 1DB: not on the flood risk listIP22 1DD: not on the flood risk listIP22 1DE: not on the flood risk listIP22 1DF: not on the flood risk listIP22 1DG: not on the flood risk listIP22 1DH: not on the flood risk listIP22 1DJ: not on the flood risk listIP22 1DL: not on the flood risk listIP22 1DN: not on the flood risk listIP22 1DR: not on the flood risk listIP22 1DS: not on the flood risk listIP22 1DT: not on the flood risk listIP22 1DU: not on the flood risk listIP22 1DW: not on the flood risk listIP22 1DX: not on the flood risk listIP22 1DY: not on the flood risk listIP22 1DZ: not on the flood risk listIP22 1EA: not on the flood risk listIP22 1EB: not on the flood risk listIP22 1ED: not on the flood risk listIP22 1EF: not on the flood risk listIP22 1EH: not on the flood risk listIP22 1EN: not on the flood risk listIP22 1EQ: not on the flood risk listIP22 1ER: not on the flood risk listIP22 1ES: not on the flood risk listIP22 1ET: not on the flood risk listIP22 1EU: not on the flood risk listIP22 1EW: not on the flood risk listIP22 1EX: not on the flood risk listIP22 1EY: not on the flood risk listIP22 1EZ: not on the flood risk listIP22 1FA: not on the flood risk listIP22 1FF: not on the flood risk listIP22 1FG: not on the flood risk listIP22 1FH: not on the flood risk listIP22 1FY: not on the flood risk listIP22 1HE: not on the flood risk listIP22 1HF: not on the flood risk listIP22 1HJ: not on the flood risk listIP22 1HQ: not on the flood risk listIP22 1EJ: low flood risk at worstIP22 1DP: high flood riskIP22 1EG: high flood riskIP22 1EL: high flood riskIP22 1HA: high flood riskIP22 1HD: high flood risk Botesdale and Rickinghall Map of every postcode in Botesdale and Rickinghall, by flood risk Of the 61 postcodes in Botesdale and Rickinghall that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 55 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Botesdale and Rickinghall. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A143 Botesdale and Rickinghall
  • A home or business at high risk: 5
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 55

Of the 61 postcodes in Botesdale and Rickinghall that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 55 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.3411, longitude 1.0017. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

IP22 1EL4 at high riskIP22 1EG3 at high riskIP22 1HA3 at high riskIP22 1HD2 at high riskIP22 1DP1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Botesdale and Rickinghall?

Homes sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 21% on the 12 months before. At 33 of the 61 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 14 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 61 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Diss, 9.0 km 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 Botesdale and Rickinghall?

Homes in Botesdale and Rickinghall sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 23 sales, up 21% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£375,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£310,000
12 months to August 2026
£375,000

▲ up 21% on the 12 months before

Detached£412,500 8 sales
Semi-detached£386,250 12 sales
Terraced 3 sales, too few to price

Across the whole IP22 district, Botesdale and Rickinghall's main postcode district: a typical £308,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Botesdale and Rickinghall: 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 Botesdale and Rickinghall?

5 of the 61 postcodes now in use in Botesdale and Rickinghall came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 31 homes sold in Botesdale and Rickinghall were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP22 district, 6%.

The newest postcodes

IP22 1FYsince November 2024IP22 1FFsince February 2022IP22 1FGsince February 2022IP22 1FHsince February 2022IP22 1EYsince October 2020

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

PeriodIn Botesdale and RickinghallAcross the IP22 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 23 (0%) 5 of 272 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 31 (0%) 21 of 341 (6%)

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 Botesdale and Rickinghall?

Ofcom reports on 61 of the 61 postcodes in Botesdale and Rickinghall. At 33 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit33 of 61
Postcodes where every home can get superfast59 of 61

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.

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

Is Botesdale and Rickinghall at risk of flooding?

6 of the 61 postcodes in Botesdale and Rickinghall 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 14 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 6 of 61 postcodes High: 13Medium: 1Low: 9

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 Botesdale and Rickinghall?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Botesdale and Rickinghall. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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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 Botesdale and Rickinghall?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Botesdale and Rickinghall is Diss Rail Station, 9.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Diss Rail Station Railway station 9.0 kmDrive
  • Elmswell Rail Station Railway station 13.0 kmDrive
  • Harling Road Rail Station Railway station 14.0 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 Botesdale and Rickinghall?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Botesdale and Rickinghall. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Botesdale and Rickinghall safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 80 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Botesdale and Rickinghall 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

  1. 4 September 2025
  2. 6 October 2025
  3. 5 November 2025
  4. 4 December 2025
  5. 6 January 2026
  6. 8 February 2026
  7. 11 March 2026
  8. 9 April 2026
  9. 2 May 2026
  10. 15 June 2026
  11. 8 July 2026
  12. 2 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences29 reports
Anti-social behaviour21 reports
Criminal damage and arson10 reports
Other theft4 reports
Public order3 reports
Burglary3 reports
Shoplifting3 reports
Drugs3 reports

Also: vehicle crime 2, other crime 2.

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 postcode

Source: 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 Botesdale and Rickinghall?

District, borough or city council
Mid Suffolk
County council
Suffolk
Parliamentary constituency
Waveney Valley
Police force area
Suffolk
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Adrian Ramsay (Green Party)

All 61 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

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Botesdale and Rickinghall postcodes

61 postcodes in use in Botesdale and Rickinghall, by district:

IP22 postcode district,61 postcodes

That district is in the IP postcode area.

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Places near Botesdale and Rickinghall

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Botesdale and Rickinghall's £375,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Stanton8.2 km, £271,500Diss8.4 km, £250,250Bacton8.6 km, £325,000Eye, Mid Suffolk10.0 km, £305,000East Harling11.7 km, £330,000Ixworth12.3 km, £317,500Elmswell13.1 km, £310,000Woolpit15.1 km, £360,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Botesdale and Rickinghall

What is it like to live in Botesdale and Rickinghall?
Homes sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 21% on the 12 months before. At 33 of the 61 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 14 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 61 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Diss, 9.0 km 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 Botesdale and Rickinghall?
Botesdale and Rickinghall is covered by postcode district IP22, across 61 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Botesdale and Rickinghall in?
Botesdale and Rickinghall is in the Mid Suffolk council area, and Suffolk is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Botesdale and Rickinghall?
Botesdale and Rickinghall is in the Waveney Valley parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Adrian Ramsay (Green Party), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Botesdale and Rickinghall?
Homes in Botesdale and Rickinghall sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 23 sales, up 21% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Botesdale and Rickinghall?
In Botesdale and Rickinghall, primary schools at its postcodes include St Botolph's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Diss High School, 8.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Botesdale and Rickinghall have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Botesdale and Rickinghall is Diss, 9.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Botesdale and Rickinghall?
Ofcom reports on 61 of the 61 postcodes in Botesdale and Rickinghall. At 33 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Botesdale and Rickinghall at risk of flooding?
6 of the 61 postcodes in Botesdale and Rickinghall 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 14 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 Botesdale and Rickinghall?
5 of the 61 postcodes now in use in Botesdale and Rickinghall came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 31 homes sold in Botesdale and Rickinghall were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP22 district, 6%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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