Martlesham Heath

Martlesham Heath is covered by postcode districts IP5 and IP12. It is in the East Suffolk council area, Suffolk.

Typical price £350,000 Homes sold in Martlesham Heath, last 12 months. ▲ 7.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 73 of 92 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 Martlesham Heath, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Martlesham Heath, by flood risk Of the 92 postcodes in Martlesham Heath that ONS places, 92 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Martlesham Heath. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A12 IP12 4PB: not on the flood risk listIP5 3AB: not on the flood risk listIP5 3PH: not on the flood risk listIP5 3PJ: not on the flood risk listIP5 3PL: not on the flood risk listIP5 3QA: not on the flood risk listIP5 3QJ: not on the flood risk listIP5 3QL: not on the flood risk listIP5 3QS: not on the flood risk listIP5 3QT: not on the flood risk listIP5 3QU: not on the flood risk listIP5 3QW: not on the flood risk listIP5 3QZ: not on the flood risk listIP5 3RA: not on the flood risk listIP5 3RB: not on the flood risk listIP5 3RD: not on the flood risk listIP5 3RE: not on the flood risk listIP5 3RF: not on the flood risk listIP5 3RG: not on the flood risk listIP5 3RH: not on the flood risk listIP5 3RJ: not on the flood risk listIP5 3RL: not on the flood risk listIP5 3RN: not on the flood risk listIP5 3RP: not on the flood risk listIP5 3RQ: not on the flood risk listIP5 3RR: not on the flood risk listIP5 3RS: not on the flood risk listIP5 3RT: not on the flood risk listIP5 3RU: not on the flood risk listIP5 3RW: not on the flood risk listIP5 3RX: not on the flood risk listIP5 3RY: not on the flood risk listIP5 3RZ: not on the flood risk listIP5 3SA: not on the flood risk listIP5 3SB: not on the flood risk listIP5 3SD: not on the flood risk listIP5 3SE: not on the flood risk listIP5 3SF: not on the flood risk listIP5 3SG: not on the flood risk listIP5 3SH: not on the flood risk listIP5 3SJ: not on the flood risk listIP5 3SL: not on the flood risk listIP5 3SN: not on the flood risk listIP5 3SP: not on the flood risk listIP5 3SQ: not on the flood risk listIP5 3SR: not on the flood risk listIP5 3SS: not on the flood risk listIP5 3ST: not on the flood risk listIP5 3SU: not on the flood risk listIP5 3SW: not on the flood risk listIP5 3SX: not on the flood risk listIP5 3SY: not on the flood risk listIP5 3SZ: not on the flood risk listIP5 3TA: not on the flood risk listIP5 3TB: not on the flood risk listIP5 3TD: not on the flood risk listIP5 3TE: not on the flood risk listIP5 3TF: not on the flood risk listIP5 3TG: not on the flood risk listIP5 3TH: not on the flood risk listIP5 3TJ: not on the flood risk listIP5 3TL: not on the flood risk listIP5 3TN: not on the flood risk listIP5 3TP: not on the flood risk listIP5 3TQ: not on the flood risk listIP5 3TR: not on the flood risk listIP5 3TS: not on the flood risk listIP5 3TT: not on the flood risk listIP5 3TU: not on the flood risk listIP5 3TW: not on the flood risk listIP5 3TX: not on the flood risk listIP5 3TY: not on the flood risk listIP5 3TZ: not on the flood risk listIP5 3UA: not on the flood risk listIP5 3UB: not on the flood risk listIP5 3UD: not on the flood risk listIP5 3UE: not on the flood risk listIP5 3UF: not on the flood risk listIP5 3UG: not on the flood risk listIP5 3UH: not on the flood risk listIP5 3UJ: not on the flood risk listIP5 3UL: not on the flood risk listIP5 3UN: not on the flood risk listIP5 3UP: not on the flood risk listIP5 3UQ: not on the flood risk listIP5 3UR: not on the flood risk listIP5 3UT: not on the flood risk listIP5 3UU: not on the flood risk listIP5 3UW: not on the flood risk listIP5 3UX: not on the flood risk listIP5 3UY: not on the flood risk listIP5 3UZ: not on the flood risk list Martlesham Heath Map of every postcode in Martlesham Heath, by flood risk Of the 92 postcodes in Martlesham Heath that ONS places, 92 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Martlesham Heath. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A12 Martlesham Heath
  • 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: 92

Of the 92 postcodes in Martlesham Heath that ONS places, 92 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 52.0607, longitude 1.2737. 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 Martlesham Heath?

Homes sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 7.7% on the 12 months before. At 73 of the 92 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 92 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. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Woodbridge, 4.5 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 Martlesham Heath?

Homes in Martlesham Heath sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 35 sales, up 7.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£350,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£325,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 7.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £385,000 15 sales
  • Semi-detached £380,000 9 sales
  • Terraced £248,750 8 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole IP5 district, Martlesham Heath's main postcode district: a typical £342,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Martlesham Heath: 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 Martlesham Heath?

1 of the 92 postcodes now in use in Martlesham Heath came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 10 of the 67 homes sold in Martlesham Heath were newly built (15%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP5 district, 14%.

The newest postcodes

IP5 3ABsince October 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 Martlesham HeathAcross the IP5 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 35 (0%) 6 of 229 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 10 of 67 (15%) 46 of 338 (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 Martlesham Heath?

Ofcom reports on 92 of the 92 postcodes in Martlesham Heath. At 73 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit73 of 92
Postcodes where every home can get superfast84 of 92

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 Martlesham Heath at risk of flooding?

None of the 92 postcodes in Martlesham Heath 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 Martlesham Heath?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Martlesham Heath. 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 Martlesham Heath?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Martlesham Heath is Woodbridge Rail Station, 4.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Woodbridge Rail Station Railway station 4.5 kmCycle
  • Derby Road (Ipswich) Rail Station Railway station 6.3 kmDrive
  • Melton (Suffolk) Rail Station Railway station 6.6 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 Martlesham Heath?

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

Police.uk records 660 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Martlesham Heath 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. 55 September 2025
  2. 72 October 2025
  3. 56 November 2025
  4. 47 December 2025
  5. 58 January 2026
  6. 39 February 2026
  7. 52 March 2026
  8. 64 April 2026
  9. 50 May 2026
  10. 75 June 2026
  11. 55 July 2026
  12. 37 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences253 reports
Other crime121 reports
Shoplifting74 reports
Other theft53 reports
Criminal damage and arson42 reports
Anti-social behaviour34 reports
Public order33 reports
Drugs25 reports

Also: vehicle crime 7, burglary 6, possession of weapons 6, theft from the person 2, bicycle theft 2, robbery 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 Martlesham Heath?

District, borough or city council
East Suffolk
County council
Suffolk
Parliamentary constituency
Suffolk Coastal
Police force area
Suffolk
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Labour)

All 92 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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Martlesham Heath postcodes

92 postcodes in use in Martlesham Heath, by district:

IP5 postcode district,91 postcodesIP12 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are all 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 Martlesham Heath

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Martlesham Heath's £350,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Kesgrave2.3 km, £340,000Woodbridge4.6 km, £357,500Grundisburgh5.7 km, £387,917Melton6.6 km, £333,750Ipswich7.9 km, £245,000Trimley St Martin8.1 km, £294,250Trimley St Mary9.5 km, £282,500Felixstowe11.7 km, £270,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Martlesham Heath

What is it like to live in Martlesham Heath?
Homes sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 7.7% on the 12 months before. At 73 of the 92 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 92 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. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Woodbridge, 4.5 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 Martlesham Heath?
Martlesham Heath is covered by postcode districts IP5 and IP12, across 92 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Martlesham Heath in?
Martlesham Heath is in the East Suffolk council area, and Suffolk is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Martlesham Heath?
Martlesham Heath is in the Suffolk Coastal parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Martlesham Heath?
Homes in Martlesham Heath sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 35 sales, up 7.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Martlesham Heath?
In Martlesham Heath, primary schools at its postcodes include Birchwood Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Kesgrave High School, 2.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Martlesham Heath have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Martlesham Heath is Woodbridge, 4.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Martlesham Heath?
Ofcom reports on 92 of the 92 postcodes in Martlesham Heath. At 73 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Martlesham Heath at risk of flooding?
None of the 92 postcodes in Martlesham Heath 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 Martlesham Heath?
1 of the 92 postcodes now in use in Martlesham Heath came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 10 of the 67 homes sold in Martlesham Heath were newly built (15%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP5 district, 14%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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