Great Blakenham

Great Blakenham is covered by postcode districts IP6 and IP8. It is in the Mid Suffolk council area, Suffolk.

Typical price £260,000 Homes sold in Great Blakenham, last 12 months. ▼ 7.1% on the year before Gigabit broadband 52 of 75 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 4 of 75 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Nearest school Claydon Primary School 1.3 km from the middle, in a straight line

Every postcode in Great Blakenham, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Great Blakenham, by flood risk Of the 75 postcodes in Great Blakenham that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at low risk at worst and 71 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Great Blakenham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A14 IP6 0FA: not on the flood risk listIP6 0FB: not on the flood risk listIP6 0FD: not on the flood risk listIP6 0FE: not on the flood risk listIP6 0FF: not on the flood risk listIP6 0FG: not on the flood risk listIP6 0FH: not on the flood risk listIP6 0FJ: not on the flood risk listIP6 0FQ: not on the flood risk listIP6 0FR: not on the flood risk listIP6 0GE: not on the flood risk listIP6 0GF: not on the flood risk listIP6 0GG: not on the flood risk listIP6 0GH: not on the flood risk listIP6 0GJ: not on the flood risk listIP6 0GL: not on the flood risk listIP6 0GN: not on the flood risk listIP6 0GP: not on the flood risk listIP6 0GQ: not on the flood risk listIP6 0GS: not on the flood risk listIP6 0GT: not on the flood risk listIP6 0HQ: not on the flood risk listIP6 0HR: not on the flood risk listIP6 0HU: not on the flood risk listIP6 0HX: not on the flood risk listIP6 0JA: not on the flood risk listIP6 0JB: not on the flood risk listIP6 0JE: not on the flood risk listIP6 0JG: not on the flood risk listIP6 0JH: not on the flood risk listIP6 0JL: not on the flood risk listIP6 0JN: not on the flood risk listIP6 0JP: not on the flood risk listIP6 0JQ: not on the flood risk listIP6 0JR: not on the flood risk listIP6 0JS: not on the flood risk listIP6 0JT: not on the flood risk listIP6 0JU: not on the flood risk listIP6 0JW: not on the flood risk listIP6 0JY: not on the flood risk listIP6 0JZ: not on the flood risk listIP6 0LB: not on the flood risk listIP6 0LG: not on the flood risk listIP6 0LH: not on the flood risk listIP6 0LJ: not on the flood risk listIP6 0LL: not on the flood risk listIP6 0LN: not on the flood risk listIP6 0LP: not on the flood risk listIP6 0LQ: not on the flood risk listIP6 0LR: not on the flood risk listIP6 0LS: not on the flood risk listIP6 0LT: not on the flood risk listIP6 0LU: not on the flood risk listIP6 0LW: not on the flood risk listIP6 0NA: not on the flood risk listIP6 0NB: not on the flood risk listIP6 0ND: not on the flood risk listIP6 0NE: not on the flood risk listIP6 0NG: not on the flood risk listIP6 0NH: not on the flood risk listIP6 0NN: not on the flood risk listIP6 0NP: not on the flood risk listIP6 0NQ: not on the flood risk listIP6 0NR: not on the flood risk listIP6 0NS: not on the flood risk listIP6 0NT: not on the flood risk listIP6 0NX: not on the flood risk listIP6 0RL: not on the flood risk listIP6 0SF: not on the flood risk listIP6 0SL: not on the flood risk listIP8 4JU: not on the flood risk listIP6 0HW: low flood risk at worstIP6 0NJ: low flood risk at worstIP6 0NL: low flood risk at worstIP6 0JJ: high flood risk Great Blakenham Map of every postcode in Great Blakenham, by flood risk Of the 75 postcodes in Great Blakenham that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at low risk at worst and 71 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Great Blakenham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A14 Great Blakenham
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 3
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 71

Of the 75 postcodes in Great Blakenham that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at low risk at worst and 71 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 52.1110, longitude 1.0954. 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.

IP6 0JJ2 at high risk

What is it like to live in Great Blakenham?

Homes sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 7.1% on the 12 months before. At 52 of the 75 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 75 postcodes. The nearest school is Claydon Primary School, 1.3 km from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Needham Market Country Practice, 4.8 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Needham Market, 5.4 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 Great Blakenham?

Homes in Great Blakenham sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 45 sales, down 7.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£260,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£280,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 7.1% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £330,000 11 sales
  • Semi-detached £257,500 16 sales
  • Terraced £231,000 18 sales

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

Across the whole IP6 district, Great Blakenham's main postcode district: a typical £298,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Great Blakenham: 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 Great Blakenham?

4 of the 75 postcodes now in use in Great Blakenham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 67 homes sold in Great Blakenham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP6 district, 22%.

The newest postcodes

IP6 0FQsince January 2023IP6 0FRsince March 2022IP6 0NSsince December 2020IP6 0NRsince July 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 Great BlakenhamAcross the IP6 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 45 (0%) 12 of 247 (5%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 67 (0%) 91 of 412 (22%)

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 Great Blakenham?

Ofcom reports on 75 of the 75 postcodes in Great Blakenham. At 52 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit52 of 75
Postcodes where every home can get superfast64 of 75
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband2 of 75

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 Great Blakenham at risk of flooding?

4 of the 75 postcodes in Great Blakenham 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 2 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 4 of 75 postcodes High: 2Low: 25

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 Great Blakenham?

There is no primary school at the postcodes in Great Blakenham; these are the nearest to its middle. 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 Great Blakenham?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Great Blakenham is Needham Market Rail Station, 5.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Needham Market Rail Station Railway station 5.4 kmDrive
  • Westerfield Rail Station Railway station 5.9 kmDrive
  • Ipswich Rail Station Railway station 7.5 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 Great Blakenham?

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

Police.uk records 227 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Great Blakenham 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. 15 September 2025
  2. 21 October 2025
  3. 17 November 2025
  4. 18 December 2025
  5. 20 January 2026
  6. 19 February 2026
  7. 19 March 2026
  8. 16 April 2026
  9. 24 May 2026
  10. 20 June 2026
  11. 24 July 2026
  12. 14 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences97 reports
Anti-social behaviour33 reports
Criminal damage and arson21 reports
Other theft20 reports
Vehicle crime15 reports
Burglary13 reports
Public order10 reports
Other crime5 reports

Also: shoplifting 4, drugs 4, robbery 2, possession of weapons 2, bicycle theft 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 Great Blakenham?

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 75 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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Great Blakenham postcodes

75 postcodes in use in Great Blakenham, by district:

IP6 postcode district,74 postcodesIP8 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are all in the IP postcode area.

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Places near Great Blakenham

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Great Blakenham's £260,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Claydon1.2 km, £290,000Bramford3.8 km, £290,000Needham Market5.6 km, £255,000Ipswich7.6 km, £245,000Grundisburgh10.4 km, £387,917Stowmarket10.9 km, £260,000Stowupland11.0 km, £280,000Kesgrave11.3 km, £340,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Great Blakenham

What is it like to live in Great Blakenham?
Homes sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 7.1% on the 12 months before. At 52 of the 75 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 75 postcodes. The nearest school is Claydon Primary School, 1.3 km from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Needham Market Country Practice, 4.8 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Needham Market, 5.4 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 Great Blakenham?
Great Blakenham is covered by postcode districts IP6 and IP8, across 75 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Great Blakenham in?
Great Blakenham is in the Mid Suffolk council area, and Suffolk is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Great Blakenham?
Great Blakenham 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 Great Blakenham?
Homes in Great Blakenham sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 45 sales, down 7.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Great Blakenham?
In Great Blakenham, the nearest primary school to the middle of its postcodes is Claydon Primary School, 1.3 km away in a straight line; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Claydon High School, 1.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Great Blakenham have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Great Blakenham is Needham Market, 5.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Great Blakenham?
Ofcom reports on 75 of the 75 postcodes in Great Blakenham. At 52 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Great Blakenham at risk of flooding?
4 of the 75 postcodes in Great Blakenham 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 2 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 Great Blakenham?
4 of the 75 postcodes now in use in Great Blakenham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 67 homes sold in Great Blakenham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP6 district, 22%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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