Lavenham

Lavenham is covered by postcode district CO10. It is in the Babergh council area, Suffolk.

Typical price £375,000 Homes sold in Lavenham, last 12 months. ▼ 25% on the year before Gigabit broadband 33 of 60 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 9 of 60 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 6 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Lavenham, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Lavenham, by flood risk Of the 60 postcodes in Lavenham that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 51 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Lavenham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A1141 CO10 9FA: not on the flood risk listCO10 9FL: not on the flood risk listCO10 9FP: not on the flood risk listCO10 9FQ: not on the flood risk listCO10 9PF: not on the flood risk listCO10 9PR: not on the flood risk listCO10 9PT: not on the flood risk listCO10 9PU: not on the flood risk listCO10 9PX: not on the flood risk listCO10 9PY: not on the flood risk listCO10 9PZ: not on the flood risk listCO10 9QA: not on the flood risk listCO10 9QG: not on the flood risk listCO10 9QN: not on the flood risk listCO10 9QP: not on the flood risk listCO10 9QR: not on the flood risk listCO10 9QS: not on the flood risk listCO10 9QT: not on the flood risk listCO10 9QU: not on the flood risk listCO10 9QX: not on the flood risk listCO10 9QZ: not on the flood risk listCO10 9RA: not on the flood risk listCO10 9RB: not on the flood risk listCO10 9RE: not on the flood risk listCO10 9RG: not on the flood risk listCO10 9RH: not on the flood risk listCO10 9RL: not on the flood risk listCO10 9RN: not on the flood risk listCO10 9RR: not on the flood risk listCO10 9RS: not on the flood risk listCO10 9RT: not on the flood risk listCO10 9RU: not on the flood risk listCO10 9RW: not on the flood risk listCO10 9RY: not on the flood risk listCO10 9RZ: not on the flood risk listCO10 9SA: not on the flood risk listCO10 9SB: not on the flood risk listCO10 9SD: not on the flood risk listCO10 9SH: not on the flood risk listCO10 9SN: not on the flood risk listCO10 9SQ: not on the flood risk listCO10 9SR: not on the flood risk listCO10 9SS: not on the flood risk listCO10 9SZ: not on the flood risk listCO10 9TQ: not on the flood risk listCO10 9TT: not on the flood risk listCO10 9TX: not on the flood risk listCO10 9TZ: not on the flood risk listCO10 9UF: not on the flood risk listCO10 9UH: not on the flood risk listCO10 9UL: not on the flood risk listCO10 9QE: low flood risk at worstCO10 9QF: low flood risk at worstCO10 9QH: low flood risk at worstCO10 9QL: low flood risk at worstCO10 9RP: low flood risk at worstCO10 9QJ: medium flood risk at worstCO10 9RD: medium flood risk at worstCO10 9QD: high flood riskCO10 9RJ: high flood risk Lavenham Map of every postcode in Lavenham, by flood risk Of the 60 postcodes in Lavenham that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 51 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Lavenham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A1141 Lavenham
  • A home or business at high risk: 2
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 5
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 51

Of the 60 postcodes in Lavenham that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 51 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 52.1082, longitude 0.7959. 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.

CO10 9QD2 at high riskCO10 9RJ1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Lavenham?

Homes sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 25% on the 12 months before. At 33 of the 60 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 6 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 9 of its 60 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Siam Surgery, 7.3 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Sudbury (Suffolk), 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 Lavenham?

Homes in Lavenham sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 33 sales, down 25% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£375,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£500,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 25% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £555,000 13 sales
  • Semi-detached 3 sales, too few to price
  • Terraced £315,000 15 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole CO10 district, Lavenham's main postcode district: a typical £321,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Lavenham: 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 Lavenham?

7 of the 60 postcodes now in use in Lavenham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 29 homes sold in Lavenham were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CO10 district, 9%.

The newest postcodes

CO10 9ULsince November 2024CO10 9UHsince February 2024CO10 9UFsince July 2023CO10 9SZsince September 2021CO10 9SQsince April 2021CO10 9SRsince 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 LavenhamAcross the CO10 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 33 (3%) 4 of 677 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 29 (3%) 72 of 811 (9%)

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 Lavenham?

Ofcom reports on 60 of the 60 postcodes in Lavenham. At 33 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit33 of 60
Postcodes where every home can get superfast59 of 60

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 Lavenham at risk of flooding?

9 of the 60 postcodes in Lavenham 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 6 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 9 of 60 postcodes High: 3Medium: 3Low: 17

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 Lavenham?

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

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lavenham is Sudbury (Suffolk) Rail Station, 9.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Sudbury (Suffolk) Rail Station Railway station 9.0 kmDrive
  • Bures Rail Station Railway station 15.3 kmDrive
  • Thurston Rail Station Railway station 15.8 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 Lavenham?

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

Police.uk records 66 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Lavenham 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. 6 September 2025
  2. 2 October 2025
  3. 1 November 2025
  4. 9 December 2025
  5. 5 January 2026
  6. 5 February 2026
  7. 11 March 2026
  8. 7 April 2026
  9. 3 May 2026
  10. 2 June 2026
  11. 8 July 2026
  12. 7 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences26 reports
Other theft8 reports
Criminal damage and arson7 reports
Anti-social behaviour5 reports
Possession of weapons5 reports
Public order4 reports
Burglary4 reports
Vehicle crime4 reports

Also: shoplifting 3.

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 Lavenham?

District, borough or city council
Babergh
County council
Suffolk
Parliamentary constituency
South Suffolk
Police force area
Suffolk
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
James Cartlidge (Conservative)

All 60 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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Lavenham postcodes

60 postcodes in use in Lavenham, by district:

CO10 postcode district,60 postcodes

That district is in the CO postcode area.

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Places near Lavenham

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

Acton4.9 km, £302,500Long Melford6.4 km, £384,250Sudbury8.6 km, £276,250Glemsford8.7 km, £282,500Hadleigh13.1 km, £290,000Woolpit14.4 km, £360,000Clare15.1 km, £395,000Thurston16.1 km, £331,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Lavenham

What is it like to live in Lavenham?
Homes sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 25% on the 12 months before. At 33 of the 60 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 6 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 9 of its 60 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Siam Surgery, 7.3 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Sudbury (Suffolk), 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 Lavenham?
Lavenham is covered by postcode district CO10, across 60 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Lavenham in?
Lavenham is in the Babergh council area, and Suffolk is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Lavenham?
Lavenham is in the South Suffolk parliamentary constituency. Its MP is James Cartlidge (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Lavenham?
Homes in Lavenham sold for a typical £375,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 33 sales, down 25% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Lavenham?
In Lavenham, primary schools at its postcodes include Lavenham Community Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Centre Academy East Anglia, 7.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Lavenham have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lavenham is Sudbury (Suffolk), 9.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Lavenham?
Ofcom reports on 60 of the 60 postcodes in Lavenham. At 33 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Lavenham at risk of flooding?
9 of the 60 postcodes in Lavenham 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 6 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 Lavenham?
7 of the 60 postcodes now in use in Lavenham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 29 homes sold in Lavenham were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CO10 district, 9%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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