Bramford

Bramford is covered by postcode district IP8. It is in the Mid Suffolk council area, Suffolk.

Typical price £290,000 Homes sold in Bramford, last 12 months. ▼ 2.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 24 of 67 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at medium risk 4 of 69 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 1 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Bramford, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Bramford, by flood risk Of the 69 postcodes in Bramford that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 65 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Bramford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. IP8 4AA: not on the flood risk listIP8 4AB: not on the flood risk listIP8 4AD: not on the flood risk listIP8 4AE: not on the flood risk listIP8 4AF: not on the flood risk listIP8 4AG: not on the flood risk listIP8 4AH: not on the flood risk listIP8 4AJ: not on the flood risk listIP8 4AL: not on the flood risk listIP8 4AN: not on the flood risk listIP8 4DL: not on the flood risk listIP8 4DP: not on the flood risk listIP8 4DR: not on the flood risk listIP8 4DS: not on the flood risk listIP8 4DT: not on the flood risk listIP8 4DU: not on the flood risk listIP8 4DX: not on the flood risk listIP8 4DY: not on the flood risk listIP8 4EA: not on the flood risk listIP8 4EB: not on the flood risk listIP8 4ED: not on the flood risk listIP8 4EE: not on the flood risk listIP8 4EF: not on the flood risk listIP8 4EG: not on the flood risk listIP8 4EH: not on the flood risk listIP8 4EJ: not on the flood risk listIP8 4EL: not on the flood risk listIP8 4EN: not on the flood risk listIP8 4EP: not on the flood risk listIP8 4ER: not on the flood risk listIP8 4ES: not on the flood risk listIP8 4ET: not on the flood risk listIP8 4EU: not on the flood risk listIP8 4EW: not on the flood risk listIP8 4EX: not on the flood risk listIP8 4EY: not on the flood risk listIP8 4EZ: not on the flood risk listIP8 4FA: not on the flood risk listIP8 4FB: not on the flood risk listIP8 4FE: not on the flood risk listIP8 4FZ: not on the flood risk listIP8 4GA: not on the flood risk listIP8 4HA: not on the flood risk listIP8 4HB: not on the flood risk listIP8 4HD: not on the flood risk listIP8 4HE: not on the flood risk listIP8 4HG: not on the flood risk listIP8 4HH: not on the flood risk listIP8 4HJ: not on the flood risk listIP8 4HL: not on the flood risk listIP8 4HN: not on the flood risk listIP8 4HP: not on the flood risk listIP8 4HQ: not on the flood risk listIP8 4HR: not on the flood risk listIP8 4HS: not on the flood risk listIP8 4HT: not on the flood risk listIP8 4HU: not on the flood risk listIP8 4HW: not on the flood risk listIP8 4HZ: not on the flood risk listIP8 4JD: not on the flood risk listIP8 4JE: not on the flood risk listIP8 4JF: not on the flood risk listIP8 4JG: not on the flood risk listIP8 4JH: not on the flood risk listIP8 4JY: not on the flood risk listIP8 4EQ: very low flood risk onlyIP8 4FD: very low flood risk onlyIP8 4AU: low flood risk at worstIP8 4AT: medium flood risk at worst Bramford Map of every postcode in Bramford, by flood risk Of the 69 postcodes in Bramford that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 65 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Bramford. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Bramford
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 2
  • Not on the at-risk list: 65

Of the 69 postcodes in Bramford that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 65 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 52.0771, longitude 1.0976. 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 medium risk at worst

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

IP8 4AT1 at medium risk

What is it like to live in Bramford?

Homes sold for a typical £290,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.5% on the 12 months before. At 24 of the 67 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 69 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Cardinal Medical Practice, 2.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Ipswich, 4.4 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 Bramford?

Homes in Bramford sold for a typical £290,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 24 sales, down 2.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£290,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£297,500 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 2.5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £325,000 11 sales
  • Semi-detached £280,000 10 sales
  • Terraced 3 sales, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole IP8 district, Bramford's main postcode district: a typical £325,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bramford: 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 Bramford?

3 of the 69 postcodes now in use in Bramford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 8 of the 38 homes sold in Bramford were newly built (21%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP8 district, 34%.

The newest postcodes

IP8 4FZsince March 2026IP8 4HQsince October 2025IP8 4GAsince September 2023

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 BramfordAcross the IP8 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 24 (0%) 13 of 151 (9%)
The 12 months to August 2025 8 of 38 (21%) 85 of 253 (34%)

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 Bramford?

Ofcom reports on 67 of the 69 postcodes in Bramford. At 24 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit24 of 67
Postcodes where every home can get superfast66 of 67

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 checker

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

Is Bramford at risk of flooding?

4 of the 69 postcodes in Bramford 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 1 home or business in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 4 of 69 postcodes Medium: 1Low: 5Very low: 3

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 Bramford?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Bramford. 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 Bramford?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bramford is Ipswich Rail Station, 4.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Ipswich Rail Station Railway station 4.4 kmCycle
  • Westerfield Rail Station Railway station 4.7 kmCycle
  • Derby Road (Ipswich) Rail Station Railway station 6.5 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 Bramford?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Bramford. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. 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 Bramford safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 545 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bramford 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. 35 September 2025
  2. 46 October 2025
  3. 42 November 2025
  4. 47 December 2025
  5. 35 January 2026
  6. 46 February 2026
  7. 55 March 2026
  8. 36 April 2026
  9. 52 May 2026
  10. 50 June 2026
  11. 46 July 2026
  12. 55 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences257 reports
Shoplifting91 reports
Criminal damage and arson38 reports
Public order34 reports
Other theft32 reports
Anti-social behaviour30 reports
Vehicle crime19 reports
Other crime19 reports

Also: drugs 9, burglary 8, theft from the person 3, possession of weapons 3, bicycle theft 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 Bramford?

District, borough or city council
Mid Suffolk
County council
Suffolk
Parliamentary constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Police force area
Suffolk
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Patrick Spencer (Conservative)

All 69 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

Moving to Bramford

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Bramford postcodes

69 postcodes in use in Bramford, by district:

IP8 postcode district,69 postcodes

That district is in the IP postcode area.

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Places near Bramford

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bramford's £290,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Claydon3.6 km, £290,000Great Blakenham3.8 km, £260,000Ipswich4.9 km, £245,000Capel St Mary8.8 km, £345,000Needham Market9.1 km, £255,000Kesgrave9.9 km, £340,000Hadleigh10.1 km, £290,000Grundisburgh10.8 km, £387,917 All places A to Z

Questions about Bramford

What is it like to live in Bramford?
Homes sold for a typical £290,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.5% on the 12 months before. At 24 of the 67 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 69 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Cardinal Medical Practice, 2.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Ipswich, 4.4 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 Bramford?
Bramford is covered by postcode district IP8, across 69 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Bramford in?
Bramford is in the Mid Suffolk council area, and Suffolk is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Bramford?
Bramford is in the Central Suffolk and North Ipswich parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Patrick Spencer (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Bramford?
Homes in Bramford sold for a typical £290,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 24 sales, down 2.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Bramford?
In Bramford, primary schools at its postcodes include Bramford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Westbourne Academy, 1.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Bramford have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bramford is Ipswich, 4.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Bramford?
Ofcom reports on 67 of the 69 postcodes in Bramford. At 24 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Bramford at risk of flooding?
4 of the 69 postcodes in Bramford 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 1 home or business 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 Bramford?
3 of the 69 postcodes now in use in Bramford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 8 of the 38 homes sold in Bramford were newly built (21%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP8 district, 34%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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