Woolpit

Woolpit is covered by postcode district IP30. It is in the Mid Suffolk council area, Suffolk.

Typical price £360,000 Homes sold in Woolpit, last 12 months. ▲ 7.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 33 of 61 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 2 of 63 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 2 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Woolpit, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Woolpit, by flood risk Of the 63 postcodes in Woolpit that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk and 61 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Woolpit. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A14 IP30 9FN: not on the flood risk listIP30 9FP: not on the flood risk listIP30 9FQ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9FW: not on the flood risk listIP30 9FX: not on the flood risk listIP30 9GS: not on the flood risk listIP30 9QB: not on the flood risk listIP30 9QF: not on the flood risk listIP30 9QG: not on the flood risk listIP30 9QH: not on the flood risk listIP30 9QJ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9QL: not on the flood risk listIP30 9QN: not on the flood risk listIP30 9QP: not on the flood risk listIP30 9QQ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9QS: not on the flood risk listIP30 9QT: not on the flood risk listIP30 9QU: not on the flood risk listIP30 9QW: not on the flood risk listIP30 9QX: not on the flood risk listIP30 9QY: not on the flood risk listIP30 9QZ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9RA: not on the flood risk listIP30 9RB: not on the flood risk listIP30 9RD: not on the flood risk listIP30 9RE: not on the flood risk listIP30 9RF: not on the flood risk listIP30 9RH: not on the flood risk listIP30 9RS: not on the flood risk listIP30 9RU: not on the flood risk listIP30 9RX: not on the flood risk listIP30 9RY: not on the flood risk listIP30 9RZ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9SA: not on the flood risk listIP30 9SB: not on the flood risk listIP30 9SD: not on the flood risk listIP30 9SE: not on the flood risk listIP30 9SF: not on the flood risk listIP30 9SG: not on the flood risk listIP30 9SH: not on the flood risk listIP30 9SJ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9SN: not on the flood risk listIP30 9SP: not on the flood risk listIP30 9TU: not on the flood risk listIP30 9TX: not on the flood risk listIP30 9TY: not on the flood risk listIP30 9TZ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9UP: not on the flood risk listIP30 9UU: not on the flood risk listIP30 9XJ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9XL: not on the flood risk listIP30 9XN: not on the flood risk listIP30 9XP: not on the flood risk listIP30 9XR: not on the flood risk listIP30 9XU: not on the flood risk listIP30 9XW: not on the flood risk listIP30 9YW: not on the flood risk listIP30 9YX: not on the flood risk listIP30 9YY: not on the flood risk listIP30 9YZ: not on the flood risk listIP30 9QR: high flood riskIP30 9SQ: high flood risk Woolpit Map of every postcode in Woolpit, by flood risk Of the 63 postcodes in Woolpit that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk and 61 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Woolpit. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A14 Woolpit
  • A home or business at high risk: 2
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 61

Of the 63 postcodes in Woolpit that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk and 61 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 52.2239, longitude 0.8905. 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.

IP30 9QR1 at high riskIP30 9SQ1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Woolpit?

Homes sold for a typical £360,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 7.5% on the 12 months before. At 33 of the 61 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 2 of its 63 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Elmswell, 2.2 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 Woolpit?

Homes in Woolpit sold for a typical £360,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 17 sales, up 7.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£360,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£335,000
12 months to August 2026
£360,000

▲ up 7.5% on the 12 months before

Detached£455,000 9 sales
Semi-detached 3 sales, too few to price
Terraced£185,000 5 sales

Across the whole IP30 district, Woolpit's main postcode district: a typical £374,975.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Woolpit: 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 Woolpit?

11 of the 63 postcodes now in use in Woolpit came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 34 homes sold in Woolpit were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP30 district, 14%.

The newest postcodes

IP30 9XPsince October 2022IP30 9XRsince October 2022IP30 9YYsince March 2022IP30 9YXsince November 2021IP30 9XUsince October 2021IP30 9YZsince October 2021

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 WoolpitAcross the IP30 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 17 (0%) 3 of 174 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 34 (0%) 38 of 281 (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 Woolpit?

Ofcom reports on 61 of the 63 postcodes in Woolpit. At 33 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit33 of 61
Postcodes where every home can get superfast55 of 61

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 Woolpit at risk of flooding?

2 of the 63 postcodes in Woolpit 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 2 of 63 postcodes High: 2

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 Woolpit?

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

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Woolpit is Elmswell Rail Station, 2.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Elmswell Rail Station Railway station 2.2 kmCycle
  • Thurston Rail Station Railway station 6.3 kmDrive
  • Stowmarket Rail Station Railway station 8.4 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 Woolpit?

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

Police.uk records 140 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Woolpit 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. 14 September 2025
  2. 14 October 2025
  3. 9 November 2025
  4. 11 December 2025
  5. 6 January 2026
  6. 9 February 2026
  7. 13 March 2026
  8. 8 April 2026
  9. 11 May 2026
  10. 11 June 2026
  11. 24 July 2026
  12. 10 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences60 reports
Anti-social behaviour22 reports
Criminal damage and arson16 reports
Public order9 reports
Burglary7 reports
Vehicle crime7 reports
Other theft7 reports
Drugs7 reports

Also: other crime 2, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 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 Woolpit?

District, borough or city council
Mid Suffolk
County council
Suffolk
Parliamentary constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
Police force area
Suffolk
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Dr Peter Prinsley (Labour)

All 63 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

Moving to Woolpit

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Woolpit postcodes

63 postcodes in use in Woolpit, by district:

IP30 postcode district,63 postcodes

That district is in the IP postcode area.

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Places near Woolpit

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Woolpit's £360,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Elmswell2.1 km, £310,000Thurston6.2 km, £331,000Stowmarket8.2 km, £260,000Ixworth9.2 km, £317,500Stowupland9.4 km, £280,000Great Barton9.6 km, £440,000Bacton9.7 km, £325,000Stanton11.2 km, £271,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Woolpit

What is it like to live in Woolpit?
Homes sold for a typical £360,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 7.5% on the 12 months before. At 33 of the 61 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 2 of its 63 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Elmswell, 2.2 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 Woolpit?
Woolpit is covered by postcode district IP30, across 63 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Woolpit in?
Woolpit is in the Mid Suffolk council area, and Suffolk is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Woolpit?
Woolpit is in the Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Dr Peter Prinsley (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Woolpit?
Homes in Woolpit sold for a typical £360,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 17 sales, up 7.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Woolpit?
In Woolpit, primary schools at its postcodes include Woolpit Primary Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Finborough School, 5.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Woolpit have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Woolpit is Elmswell, 2.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Woolpit?
Ofcom reports on 61 of the 63 postcodes in Woolpit. At 33 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Woolpit at risk of flooding?
2 of the 63 postcodes in Woolpit 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 Woolpit?
11 of the 63 postcodes now in use in Woolpit came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 34 homes sold in Woolpit were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the IP30 district, 14%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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