Elmswell

Elmswell is covered by postcode district IP30. It is in the Mid Suffolk council area, Suffolk.

Typical price £310,000 Homes sold in Elmswell, last 12 months. ▲ 6.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 82 of 108 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Elmswell, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Elmswell, by flood risk Of the 108 postcodes in Elmswell that ONS places, 108 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Elmswell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. IP30 9BS: not on the flood risk listIP30 9BT: not on the flood risk listIP30 9BU: not on the flood risk listIP30 9BW: not on the flood risk listIP30 9BX: not on the flood risk listIP30 9BZ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9DA: not on the flood risk listIP30 9DB: not on the flood risk listIP30 9DD: not on the flood risk listIP30 9DE: not on the flood risk listIP30 9DF: not on the flood risk listIP30 9DG: not on the flood risk listIP30 9DH: not on the flood risk listIP30 9DJ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9DL: not on the flood risk listIP30 9DN: not on the flood risk listIP30 9DP: not on the flood risk listIP30 9DQ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9DR: not on the flood risk listIP30 9DS: not on the flood risk listIP30 9DT: not on the flood risk listIP30 9DU: not on the flood risk listIP30 9DW: not on the flood risk listIP30 9DX: not on the flood risk listIP30 9DY: not on the flood risk listIP30 9DZ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9EA: not on the flood risk listIP30 9EB: not on the flood risk listIP30 9ED: not on the flood risk listIP30 9EE: not on the flood risk listIP30 9EF: not on the flood risk listIP30 9EG: not on the flood risk listIP30 9EH: not on the flood risk listIP30 9EJ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9EL: not on the flood risk listIP30 9EP: not on the flood risk listIP30 9EQ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9ET: not on the flood risk listIP30 9EU: not on the flood risk listIP30 9EW: not on the flood risk listIP30 9EX: not on the flood risk listIP30 9EY: not on the flood risk listIP30 9EZ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9FA: not on the flood risk listIP30 9FB: not on the flood risk listIP30 9FD: not on the flood risk listIP30 9FF: not on the flood risk listIP30 9FG: not on the flood risk listIP30 9FL: not on the flood risk listIP30 9FR: not on the flood risk listIP30 9FY: not on the flood risk listIP30 9FZ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9GA: not on the flood risk listIP30 9GB: not on the flood risk listIP30 9GD: not on the flood risk listIP30 9GE: not on the flood risk listIP30 9GF: not on the flood risk listIP30 9GG: not on the flood risk listIP30 9GH: not on the flood risk listIP30 9GJ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9GL: not on the flood risk listIP30 9GR: not on the flood risk listIP30 9GT: not on the flood risk listIP30 9GY: not on the flood risk listIP30 9GZ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9HA: not on the flood risk listIP30 9HB: not on the flood risk listIP30 9HD: not on the flood risk listIP30 9HG: not on the flood risk listIP30 9HH: not on the flood risk listIP30 9HJ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9HQ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9HR: not on the flood risk listIP30 9HT: not on the flood risk listIP30 9HU: not on the flood risk listIP30 9JH: not on the flood risk listIP30 9LY: not on the flood risk listIP30 9NL: not on the flood risk listIP30 9NP: not on the flood risk listIP30 9NS: not on the flood risk listIP30 9NT: not on the flood risk listIP30 9TB: not on the flood risk listIP30 9UA: not on the flood risk listIP30 9UB: not on the flood risk listIP30 9UD: not on the flood risk listIP30 9UE: not on the flood risk listIP30 9UF: not on the flood risk listIP30 9UG: not on the flood risk listIP30 9UH: not on the flood risk listIP30 9UJ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9UL: not on the flood risk listIP30 9UX: not on the flood risk listIP30 9WH: not on the flood risk listIP30 9XY: not on the flood risk listIP30 9YA: not on the flood risk listIP30 9YG: not on the flood risk listIP30 9YH: not on the flood risk listIP30 9YJ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9YL: not on the flood risk listIP30 9YN: not on the flood risk listIP30 9YP: not on the flood risk listIP30 9YQ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9YR: not on the flood risk listIP30 9YS: not on the flood risk listIP30 9YT: not on the flood risk listIP30 9ZG: not on the flood risk listIP30 9ZH: not on the flood risk listIP30 9ZN: not on the flood risk list Elmswell Map of every postcode in Elmswell, by flood risk Of the 108 postcodes in Elmswell that ONS places, 108 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Elmswell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Elmswell
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 108

Of the 108 postcodes in Elmswell that ONS places, 108 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 52.2364, longitude 0.9143. 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

What is it like to live in Elmswell?

Homes sold for a typical £310,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.9% on the 12 months before. At 82 of the 108 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 108 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Woolpit Health Centre, 2.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Elmswell, 200 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 Elmswell?

Homes in Elmswell sold for a typical £310,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 78 sales, up 6.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£310,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£290,000
12 months to August 2026
£310,000

▲ up 6.9% on the 12 months before

Detached£446,500 40 sales
Semi-detached£262,000 21 sales
Terraced£230,000 15 sales
Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

Across the whole IP30 district, Elmswell's main postcode district: a typical £374,975.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Elmswell: 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 Elmswell?

20 of the 108 postcodes now in use in Elmswell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 10 of the 86 homes sold in Elmswell were newly built (12%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP30 district, 14%.

The newest postcodes

IP30 9ZNsince November 2023IP30 9ZHsince October 2023IP30 9XYsince September 2023IP30 9ZGsince June 2023IP30 9FYsince April 2023IP30 9GDsince November 2022

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 ElmswellAcross the IP30 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 78 (1%) 3 of 174 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 10 of 86 (12%) 38 of 281 (14%)

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 Elmswell?

Ofcom reports on 108 of the 108 postcodes in Elmswell. At 82 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit82 of 108
Postcodes where every home can get superfast107 of 108

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 Elmswell at risk of flooding?

None of the 108 postcodes in Elmswell is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Elmswell?

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

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Elmswell is Elmswell Rail Station, 200 m away in a straight line.

  • Elmswell Rail Station Railway station 200 mWalk
  • Thurston Rail Station Railway station 7.4 kmDrive
  • Stowmarket Rail Station Railway station 7.8 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 Elmswell?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Elmswell. 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 Elmswell safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 218 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Elmswell 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. 13 September 2025
  2. 22 October 2025
  3. 23 November 2025
  4. 16 December 2025
  5. 17 January 2026
  6. 15 February 2026
  7. 21 March 2026
  8. 15 April 2026
  9. 18 May 2026
  10. 16 June 2026
  11. 26 July 2026
  12. 16 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences113 reports
Criminal damage and arson22 reports
Anti-social behaviour21 reports
Other theft17 reports
Public order14 reports
Other crime9 reports
Shoplifting7 reports
Vehicle crime5 reports

Also: drugs 4, burglary 3, possession of weapons 2, robbery 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 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 Elmswell?

District, borough or city council
Mid Suffolk
County council
Suffolk
Parliamentary constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
Police force area
Suffolk
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Dr Peter Prinsley (Labour)

All 108 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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Elmswell postcodes

108 postcodes in use in Elmswell, by district:

IP30 postcode district,108 postcodes

That district is in the IP 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 Elmswell

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Elmswell's £310,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Woolpit2.1 km, £360,000Thurston7.1 km, £331,000Bacton7.6 km, £325,000Stowmarket7.7 km, £260,000Stowupland8.4 km, £280,000Ixworth8.8 km, £317,500Stanton10.1 km, £271,500Great Barton10.4 km, £440,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Elmswell

What is it like to live in Elmswell?
Homes sold for a typical £310,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.9% on the 12 months before. At 82 of the 108 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 108 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Woolpit Health Centre, 2.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Elmswell, 200 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 Elmswell?
Elmswell is covered by postcode district IP30, across 108 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Elmswell in?
Elmswell is in the Mid Suffolk council area, and Suffolk is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Elmswell?
Elmswell is in the Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Dr Peter Prinsley (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Elmswell?
Homes in Elmswell sold for a typical £310,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 78 sales, up 6.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Elmswell?
In Elmswell, primary schools at its postcodes include Elmswell Community Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Finborough School, 6.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Elmswell have a railway station?
Yes: Elmswell is 200 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Elmswell, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Elmswell?
Ofcom reports on 108 of the 108 postcodes in Elmswell. At 82 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Elmswell at risk of flooding?
None of the 108 postcodes in Elmswell is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Elmswell?
20 of the 108 postcodes now in use in Elmswell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 10 of the 86 homes sold in Elmswell were newly built (12%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP30 district, 14%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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