Shipdham

Shipdham is covered by postcode district IP25. It is in the Breckland council area, Norfolk.

Typical price £295,000 Homes sold in Shipdham, last 12 months. ▲ 11.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 1 of 49 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 Shipdham, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Shipdham, by flood risk Of the 50 postcodes in Shipdham that ONS places, 50 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Shipdham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. IP25 7FD: not on the flood risk listIP25 7FE: not on the flood risk listIP25 7FT: not on the flood risk listIP25 7FW: not on the flood risk listIP25 7FY: not on the flood risk listIP25 7HX: not on the flood risk listIP25 7JR: not on the flood risk listIP25 7JX: not on the flood risk listIP25 7JY: not on the flood risk listIP25 7LA: not on the flood risk listIP25 7LB: not on the flood risk listIP25 7LE: not on the flood risk listIP25 7LF: not on the flood risk listIP25 7LG: not on the flood risk listIP25 7LH: not on the flood risk listIP25 7LJ: not on the flood risk listIP25 7LL: not on the flood risk listIP25 7LN: not on the flood risk listIP25 7LP: not on the flood risk listIP25 7LQ: not on the flood risk listIP25 7LR: not on the flood risk listIP25 7LS: not on the flood risk listIP25 7LT: not on the flood risk listIP25 7LU: not on the flood risk listIP25 7LW: not on the flood risk listIP25 7LX: not on the flood risk listIP25 7LY: not on the flood risk listIP25 7LZ: not on the flood risk listIP25 7NA: not on the flood risk listIP25 7NB: not on the flood risk listIP25 7ND: not on the flood risk listIP25 7NE: not on the flood risk listIP25 7NF: not on the flood risk listIP25 7NP: not on the flood risk listIP25 7NR: not on the flood risk listIP25 7NS: not on the flood risk listIP25 7NT: not on the flood risk listIP25 7PA: not on the flood risk listIP25 7PD: not on the flood risk listIP25 7PF: not on the flood risk listIP25 7PH: not on the flood risk listIP25 7PJ: not on the flood risk listIP25 7PN: not on the flood risk listIP25 7PQ: not on the flood risk listIP25 7PX: not on the flood risk listIP25 7PZ: not on the flood risk listIP25 7QA: not on the flood risk listIP25 7QB: not on the flood risk listIP25 7RT: not on the flood risk listIP25 7RU: not on the flood risk list Shipdham Map of every postcode in Shipdham, by flood risk Of the 50 postcodes in Shipdham that ONS places, 50 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Shipdham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Shipdham
  • 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: 50

Of the 50 postcodes in Shipdham that ONS places, 50 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 52.6289, longitude 0.8951. 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 Shipdham?

Homes sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 11.3% on the 12 months before. At 1 of the 49 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 50 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 Attleborough, 15.3 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 Shipdham?

Homes in Shipdham sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 26 sales, up 11.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£295,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£265,000
12 months to August 2026
£295,000

▲ up 11.3% on the 12 months before

Detached£338,750 14 sales
Semi-detached£292,500 8 sales
Terraced 4 sales, too few to price

Across the whole IP25 district, Shipdham's main postcode district: a typical £250,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Shipdham: 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 Shipdham?

6 of the 50 postcodes now in use in Shipdham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 31 homes sold in Shipdham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP25 district, 10%.

The newest postcodes

IP25 7FYsince April 2026IP25 7FWsince December 2023IP25 7FTsince May 2023IP25 7RUsince March 2021IP25 7RTsince July 2020IP25 7NTsince January 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 ShipdhamAcross the IP25 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 26 (0%) 9 of 297 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 31 (0%) 35 of 365 (10%)

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 Shipdham?

Ofcom reports on 49 of the 50 postcodes in Shipdham. At 1 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit1 of 49
Postcodes where every home can get superfast44 of 49

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 Shipdham at risk of flooding?

None of the 50 postcodes in Shipdham 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 Shipdham?

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

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Shipdham is Attleborough Rail Station, 15.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Attleborough Rail Station Railway station 15.3 kmDrive
  • Spooner Row Rail Station Railway station 16.6 kmDrive
  • Wymondham Rail Station Railway station 16.6 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 Shipdham?

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

Police.uk records 67 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Shipdham 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. 5 September 2025
  2. 3 October 2025
  3. 3 November 2025
  4. 10 December 2025
  5. 1 January 2026
  6. 5 February 2026
  7. 9 March 2026
  8. 3 April 2026
  9. 6 May 2026
  10. 10 June 2026
  11. 6 July 2026
  12. 6 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences31 reports
Anti-social behaviour12 reports
Criminal damage and arson6 reports
Public order5 reports
Other theft4 reports
Other crime4 reports
Drugs2 reports
Burglary1 report

Also: vehicle crime 1, possession of weapons 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 Shipdham?

District, borough or city council
Breckland
County council
Norfolk
Parliamentary constituency
Mid Norfolk
Police force area
Norfolk
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
George Freeman (Conservative)

All 50 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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Shipdham postcodes

50 postcodes in use in Shipdham, by district:

IP25 postcode district,50 postcodes

That district is in the IP postcode area.

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Places near Shipdham

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Shipdham's £295,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Dereham6.2 km, £235,000Watton7.7 km, £230,000Hingham8.2 km, £322,500Necton8.3 km, £302,500Mattishall9.6 km, £303,250Swanton Morley11.0 km, £370,000Swaffham13.9 km, £240,000Attleborough15.0 km, £250,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Shipdham

What is it like to live in Shipdham?
Homes sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 11.3% on the 12 months before. At 1 of the 49 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 50 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 Attleborough, 15.3 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 Shipdham?
Shipdham is covered by postcode district IP25, across 50 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Shipdham in?
Shipdham is in the Breckland council area, and Norfolk is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Shipdham?
Shipdham is in the Mid Norfolk parliamentary constituency. Its MP is George Freeman (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Shipdham?
Homes in Shipdham sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 26 sales, up 11.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Shipdham?
In Shipdham, primary schools at its postcodes include Thomas Bullock Church of England Primary and Nursery Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Kingsbrook School, 5.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Shipdham have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Shipdham is Attleborough, 15.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Shipdham?
Ofcom reports on 49 of the 50 postcodes in Shipdham. At 1 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Shipdham at risk of flooding?
None of the 50 postcodes in Shipdham 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 Shipdham?
6 of the 50 postcodes now in use in Shipdham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 31 homes sold in Shipdham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP25 district, 10%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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