Lakenheath

Lakenheath is covered by postcode district IP27. It is in the West Suffolk council area, Suffolk.

Typical price £250,000 Homes sold in Lakenheath, last 12 months. ▲ 1.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 83 of 122 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Low risk only 6 of 125 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk Nearest school Iceni Primary Academy 5.6 km from the middle, in a straight line

Every postcode in Lakenheath, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Lakenheath, by flood risk Of the 125 postcodes in Lakenheath that ONS places, 6 are at low risk at worst and 119 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Lakenheath. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. IP27 9AF: not on the flood risk listIP27 9AG: not on the flood risk listIP27 9AH: not on the flood risk listIP27 9AJ: not on the flood risk listIP27 9AL: not on the flood risk listIP27 9AN: not on the flood risk listIP27 9AP: not on the flood risk listIP27 9AQ: not on the flood risk listIP27 9AR: not on the flood risk listIP27 9AT: not on the flood risk listIP27 9AU: not on the flood risk listIP27 9AW: not on the flood risk listIP27 9BF: not on the flood risk listIP27 9BT: not on the flood risk listIP27 9DA: not on the flood risk listIP27 9DB: not on the flood risk listIP27 9DD: not on the flood risk listIP27 9DE: not on the flood risk listIP27 9DF: not on the flood risk listIP27 9DG: not on the flood risk listIP27 9DH: not on the flood risk listIP27 9DJ: not on the flood risk listIP27 9DN: not on the flood risk listIP27 9DP: not on the flood risk listIP27 9DS: not on the flood risk listIP27 9DT: not on the flood risk listIP27 9DU: not on the flood risk listIP27 9DW: not on the flood risk listIP27 9DX: not on the flood risk listIP27 9DY: not on the flood risk listIP27 9DZ: not on the flood risk listIP27 9EA: not on the flood risk listIP27 9EB: not on the flood risk listIP27 9ED: not on the flood risk listIP27 9EE: not on the flood risk listIP27 9EF: not on the flood risk listIP27 9EG: not on the flood risk listIP27 9EH: not on the flood risk listIP27 9EJ: not on the flood risk listIP27 9EL: not on the flood risk listIP27 9EN: not on the flood risk listIP27 9EP: not on the flood risk listIP27 9EQ: not on the flood risk listIP27 9ER: not on the flood risk listIP27 9ES: not on the flood risk listIP27 9ET: not on the flood risk listIP27 9EU: not on the flood risk listIP27 9EW: not on the flood risk listIP27 9EX: not on the flood risk listIP27 9EY: not on the flood risk listIP27 9EZ: not on the flood risk listIP27 9FE: not on the flood risk listIP27 9FT: not on the flood risk listIP27 9GF: not on the flood risk listIP27 9GS: not on the flood risk listIP27 9GY: not on the flood risk listIP27 9HA: not on the flood risk listIP27 9HB: not on the flood risk listIP27 9HE: not on the flood risk listIP27 9HF: not on the flood risk listIP27 9HG: not on the flood risk listIP27 9HH: not on the flood risk listIP27 9HJ: not on the flood risk listIP27 9HL: not on the flood risk listIP27 9HN: not on the flood risk listIP27 9HP: not on the flood risk listIP27 9HR: not on the flood risk listIP27 9HS: not on the flood risk listIP27 9HT: not on the flood risk listIP27 9HU: not on the flood risk listIP27 9HW: not on the flood risk listIP27 9HX: not on the flood risk listIP27 9HY: not on the flood risk listIP27 9HZ: not on the flood risk listIP27 9JA: not on the flood risk listIP27 9JB: not on the flood risk listIP27 9JD: not on the flood risk listIP27 9JE: not on the flood risk listIP27 9JF: not on the flood risk listIP27 9JG: not on the flood risk listIP27 9JH: not on the flood risk listIP27 9JJ: not on the flood risk listIP27 9JL: not on the flood risk listIP27 9JN: not on the flood risk listIP27 9JP: not on the flood risk listIP27 9JQ: not on the flood risk listIP27 9JR: not on the flood risk listIP27 9JS: not on the flood risk listIP27 9JT: not on the flood risk listIP27 9JU: not on the flood risk listIP27 9JW: not on the flood risk listIP27 9JX: not on the flood risk listIP27 9JY: not on the flood risk listIP27 9JZ: not on the flood risk listIP27 9LA: not on the flood risk listIP27 9LD: not on the flood risk listIP27 9LL: not on the flood risk listIP27 9LP: not on the flood risk listIP27 9LS: not on the flood risk listIP27 9LT: not on the flood risk listIP27 9LU: not on the flood risk listIP27 9LW: not on the flood risk listIP27 9LX: not on the flood risk listIP27 9LY: not on the flood risk listIP27 9LZ: not on the flood risk listIP27 9NB: not on the flood risk listIP27 9ND: not on the flood risk listIP27 9NS: not on the flood risk listIP27 9QD: not on the flood risk listIP27 9QE: not on the flood risk listIP27 9QF: not on the flood risk listIP27 9QG: not on the flood risk listIP27 9SA: not on the flood risk listIP27 9SB: not on the flood risk listIP27 9SD: not on the flood risk listIP27 9SQ: not on the flood risk listIP27 9TA: not on the flood risk listIP27 9AS: low flood risk at worstIP27 9BX: low flood risk at worstIP27 9DL: low flood risk at worstIP27 9FA: low flood risk at worstIP27 9LB: low flood risk at worstIP27 9LR: low flood risk at worst Lakenheath Map of every postcode in Lakenheath, by flood risk Of the 125 postcodes in Lakenheath that ONS places, 6 are at low risk at worst and 119 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Lakenheath. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Lakenheath
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 6
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 119

Of the 125 postcodes in Lakenheath that ONS places, 6 are at low risk at worst and 119 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.4155, longitude 0.5235. 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 Lakenheath?

Homes sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.2% on the 12 months before. At 83 of the 122 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 125 postcodes. The nearest school is Iceni Primary Academy, 5.6 km from the middle of its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Lakenheath, 3.6 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 Lakenheath?

Homes in Lakenheath sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 54 sales, up 1.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£250,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£247,000
12 months to August 2026
£250,000

▲ up 1.2% on the 12 months before

Detached£260,000 37 sales
Semi-detached£226,250 12 sales
Terraced£145,000 5 sales

Across the whole IP27 district, Lakenheath's main postcode district: a typical £232,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Lakenheath: 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 Lakenheath?

5 of the 125 postcodes now in use in Lakenheath came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 75 homes sold in Lakenheath were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP27 district, 5%.

The newest postcodes

IP27 9FXsince December 2025IP27 9SQsince November 2025IP27 9FUsince October 2025IP27 9DLsince September 2022IP27 9NDsince December 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 LakenheathAcross the IP27 district
The 12 months to August 2026 2 of 54 (4%) 9 of 209 (4%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 75 (0%) 17 of 324 (5%)

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 Lakenheath?

Ofcom reports on 122 of the 125 postcodes in Lakenheath. At 83 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit83 of 122
Postcodes where every home can get superfast119 of 122
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 122

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 Lakenheath at risk of flooding?

6 of the 125 postcodes in Lakenheath 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 none of the homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 6 of 125 postcodes Low: 45

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 Lakenheath?

There is no primary school at the postcodes in Lakenheath; 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 Lakenheath?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lakenheath is Lakenheath Rail Station, 3.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Lakenheath Rail Station Railway station 3.6 kmCycle
  • Shippea Hill Rail Station Railway station 7.6 kmDrive
  • Brandon Rail Station Railway station 8.1 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 Lakenheath?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Lakenheath. 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 Lakenheath safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 215 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Lakenheath 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. 25 September 2025
  2. 14 October 2025
  3. 16 November 2025
  4. 18 December 2025
  5. 18 January 2026
  6. 14 February 2026
  7. 13 March 2026
  8. 16 April 2026
  9. 22 May 2026
  10. 23 June 2026
  11. 15 July 2026
  12. 21 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences92 reports
Criminal damage and arson21 reports
Other theft20 reports
Vehicle crime16 reports
Burglary13 reports
Anti-social behaviour12 reports
Other crime11 reports
Possession of weapons9 reports

Also: drugs 8, public order 7, shoplifting 3, theft from the person 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 Lakenheath?

District, borough or city council
West Suffolk
County council
Suffolk
Parliamentary constituency
West Suffolk
Police force area
Suffolk
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Nick Timothy (Conservative)

All 125 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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Lakenheath postcodes

125 postcodes in use in Lakenheath, by district:

IP27 postcode district,125 postcodes

That district is in the IP postcode area.

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Places near Lakenheath

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Lakenheath's £250,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Little Eriswell3.1 km, £240,000Beck Row5.5 km, £259,500Brandon, West Suffolk7.4 km, £218,750Mildenhall7.5 km, £235,000Feltwell7.9 km, £257,500Isleham11.2 km, £400,000Red Lodge12.5 km, £276,915Fordham14.8 km, £351,250 All places A to Z

Questions about Lakenheath

What is it like to live in Lakenheath?
Homes sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.2% on the 12 months before. At 83 of the 122 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 125 postcodes. The nearest school is Iceni Primary Academy, 5.6 km from the middle of its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Lakenheath, 3.6 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 Lakenheath?
Lakenheath is covered by postcode district IP27, across 125 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Lakenheath in?
Lakenheath is in the West Suffolk council area, and Suffolk is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Lakenheath?
Lakenheath is in the West Suffolk parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Nick Timothy (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Lakenheath?
Homes in Lakenheath sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 54 sales, up 1.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Lakenheath?
In Lakenheath, the nearest primary school to the middle of its postcodes is Iceni Primary Academy, 5.6 km away in a straight line; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Breckland School, 6.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Lakenheath have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lakenheath is Lakenheath, 3.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Lakenheath?
Ofcom reports on 122 of the 125 postcodes in Lakenheath. At 83 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 Lakenheath at risk of flooding?
6 of the 125 postcodes in Lakenheath 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 none of the 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 Lakenheath?
5 of the 125 postcodes now in use in Lakenheath came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 75 homes sold in Lakenheath were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP27 district, 5%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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