IP12 2SF postcode in East Suffolk, Suffolk

IP12 2SF is a postcode in East Suffolk, in the Rendlesham & Orford ward. It is in the Suffolk Coastal parliamentary constituency and the Suffolk police force area, and has been in use since April 1987.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 0% of homes and businesses at IP12 2SF can get it Across East Suffolk: 85% Typical price £315,000 Homes sold in IP12 2, last 12 months. ▲ 1.9% on the year before Nearest station Wickham Market 2.8 km in a straight line

Where IP12 2SF is, and what is near it

Map of IP12 2SF and what is near it Map of IP12 2SF: its centre point, with the 271 other postcodes in the IP12 2 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. IP12 2AH: also in IP12 2IP12 2BF: also in IP12 2IP12 2FD: also in IP12 2IP12 2FP: also in IP12 2IP12 2GA: also in IP12 2IP12 2GB: also in IP12 2IP12 2GD: also in IP12 2IP12 2GE: also in IP12 2IP12 2GF: also in IP12 2IP12 2GG: also in IP12 2IP12 2GH: also in IP12 2IP12 2GL: also in IP12 2IP12 2GN: also in IP12 2IP12 2GP: also in IP12 2IP12 2GQ: also in IP12 2IP12 2GR: also in IP12 2IP12 2GS: also in IP12 2IP12 2GT: also in IP12 2IP12 2GU: also in IP12 2IP12 2GW: also in IP12 2IP12 2GX: also in IP12 2IP12 2GY: also in IP12 2IP12 2GZ: also in IP12 2IP12 2HG: also in IP12 2IP12 2QB: also in IP12 2IP12 2QD: also in IP12 2IP12 2QE: also in IP12 2IP12 2QF: also in IP12 2IP12 2QG: also in IP12 2IP12 2QH: also in IP12 2IP12 2QL: also in IP12 2IP12 2QN: also in IP12 2IP12 2QP: also in IP12 2IP12 2QQ: also in IP12 2IP12 2QS: also in IP12 2IP12 2QT: also in IP12 2IP12 2QU: also in IP12 2IP12 2QW: also in IP12 2IP12 2QX: also in IP12 2IP12 2QY: also in IP12 2IP12 2QZ: also in IP12 2IP12 2RA: also in IP12 2IP12 2RB: also in IP12 2IP12 2RD: also in IP12 2IP12 2RE: also in IP12 2IP12 2RF: also in IP12 2IP12 2RG: also in IP12 2IP12 2RJ: also in IP12 2IP12 2RL: also in IP12 2IP12 2RN: also in IP12 2IP12 2RW: also in IP12 2IP12 2SA: also in IP12 2IP12 2SJ: also in IP12 2IP12 2SP: also in IP12 2IP12 2SQ: also in IP12 2IP12 2SY: also in IP12 2IP12 2SZ: also in IP12 2IP12 2TA: also in IP12 2IP12 2TB: also in IP12 2IP12 2TD: also in IP12 2IP12 2TG: also in IP12 2IP12 2TH: also in IP12 2IP12 2TN: also in IP12 2IP12 2TP: also in IP12 2IP12 2TQ: also in IP12 2IP12 2TX: also in IP12 2IP12 2UA: also in IP12 2IP12 2UD: also in IP12 2IP12 2UE: also in IP12 2IP12 2UF: also in IP12 2IP12 2UG: also in IP12 2IP12 2UH: also in IP12 2IP12 2UJ: also in IP12 2IP12 2UL: also in IP12 2IP12 2UQ: also in IP12 2 Wickham Market station 2.8 kmGP 3.4 km4 places, 4.3–6.9 kmFarlingaye High School 6.6 kmRendlesham & Orford IP12 2SF Map of IP12 2SF and what is near it Map of IP12 2SF: its centre point, with the 271 other postcodes in the IP12 2 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. Wickham Market station 2.8 kmFarlingaye High School 6.6 kmRendlesham & Orford IP12 2SF
  • IP12 2SF
  • Other postcodes in IP12 2: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 52.1260, longitude 1.3911)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after IP12 2SF?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at IP12 2SF?

None of the homes and businesses at IP12 2SF can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

IP12 2SF 0% East Suffolk 85%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

IP12 2SF 0% East Suffolk 98%
Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at IP12 2SF?

BinDayBuddy does not read East Suffolk District Council's collection days yet, so the council's own checker is the place to look.

East Suffolk District Council's bin days

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is IP12 2SF at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include IP12 2SF.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across East Suffolk

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for IP12 2SF: 4,795 properties in East Suffolk are at high risk (3% of all its properties). All the figures for East Suffolk

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of IP12 2SF is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near IP12 2SF?

Homes in IP12 2 sold for a typical £315,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 74 sales, up 1.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£315,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£309,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 1.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £387,500 32 sales
  • Semi-detached £313,750 20 sales
  • Terraced £257,500 15 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £130,000 7 sales

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

Across the whole IP12 district: a typical £341,000 from 333 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in IP12 2SF

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in IP12 2SF from January 2024 to August 2026. The prices above are for the homes around it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near IP12 2SF?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 890 homes in the neighbourhood around IP12 2SF. The largest share of them, 40%, are in council tax band A. More were built from 1965 to 1982 than in any other period (38%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around IP12 2SF

Band D in East Suffolk for 2026‑27: £2,335. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,557 (band A) to £3,891 (band G); band A, the most common, is £1,557.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 360 (40%)£1,557
Band Babout 90 (10%)£1,816
Band Cabout 120 (13%)£2,075
Band Dabout 130 (15%)£2,335
Band Eabout 140 (16%)£2,854
Band Fabout 30 (3%)£3,372
Band Gabout 20 (2%)£3,891
Band Hwithheld£4,670

When the homes were built

  1. 11% Before 1900
  2. 1% 1900 to 1918
  3. 2% 1919 to 1939
  4. 1% 1945 to 1964
  5. 38% 1965 to 1982
  6. None 1983 to 1999
  7. 25% 2000 to 2009
  8. 13% 2010 to 2019
  9. 8% 2020 or later

1983 to 1999: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for East Suffolk before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of IP12 2SF is in (ONS area E01033449), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near IP12 2SF?

The nearest open schools to IP12 2SF, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near IP12 2SF, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to IP12 2SF?

The nearest railway station to the centre of IP12 2SF is Wickham Market Rail Station, 2.8 km away in a straight line.

  • Wickham Market Rail Station Railway station 2.8 kmCycle
  • Melton (Suffolk) Rail Station Railway station 4.3 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

No bus stop within 400 metres in the Department for Transport's register.

More stations near IP12 2SF, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near IP12 2SF?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of IP12 2SF, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near IP12 2SF?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of IP12 2SF on the map as of 20 October 2026. It does not have every charger: Open Charge Map's own map, linked below, may show more.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near IP12 2SF?

The nearest to the centre of IP12 2SF, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to IP12 2SF?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near IP12 2SF?

The nearest care homes to the centre of IP12 2SF, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near IP12 2SF?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of IP12 2SF, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near IP12 2SF?

The nearest vets to the centre of IP12 2SF on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is IP12 2SF in a conservation area?

The centre of IP12 2SF is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near IP12 2SF?

Police.uk records 4 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of IP12 2SF in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Anti-social behaviour2 reports
Violence and sexual offences1 report
Criminal damage and arson1 report

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for IP12 2SF

Ward
Rendlesham & Orford
Parish
Rendlesham
Region
East of England
Country
England
Rural or urban
Larger rural, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
April 1987

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

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The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

IP12 2QY330 mIP12 2RD450 mIP12 2QX480 mIP12 2QU530 mIP12 2QZ610 mIP12 2RE630 m
All of IP12

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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