IP12 3DB postcode in Alderton, East Suffolk, Suffolk

IP12 3DB is a postcode in Alderton, East Suffolk, in the Deben ward of East Suffolk. It is in the Suffolk Coastal parliamentary constituency and the Suffolk police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

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 3DB can get it Across East Suffolk: 85% Typical price in the IP12 3 sector £315,000 Homes sold across the IP12 3 sector, last 12 months, not IP12 3DB alone Nearest station Felixstowe 7.7 km in a straight line

Where IP12 3DB is, and what is near it

Map of IP12 3DB and what is near it Map of IP12 3DB: its centre point, with the 217 other postcodes in the IP12 3 sector, 3 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 2 bus stops, over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. IP12 3AF: also in IP12 3IP12 3AG: also in IP12 3IP12 3AH: also in IP12 3IP12 3AJ: also in IP12 3IP12 3AL: also in IP12 3IP12 3AN: also in IP12 3IP12 3AP: also in IP12 3IP12 3AQ: also in IP12 3IP12 3AR: also in IP12 3IP12 3AW: also in IP12 3IP12 3BB: also in IP12 3IP12 3BD: also in IP12 3IP12 3BE: also in IP12 3IP12 3BG: also in IP12 3IP12 3BL: also in IP12 3IP12 3BN: also in IP12 3IP12 3BS: also in IP12 3IP12 3BT: also in IP12 3IP12 3BU: also in IP12 3IP12 3BW: also in IP12 3IP12 3BX: also in IP12 3IP12 3BY: also in IP12 3IP12 3BZ: also in IP12 3IP12 3DA: also in IP12 3IP12 3DD: also in IP12 3IP12 3DE: also in IP12 3IP12 3DG: also in IP12 3IP12 3DQ: also in IP12 3IP12 3DS: also in IP12 3IP12 3ES: also in IP12 3IP12 3FB: also in IP12 3IP12 3FE: also in IP12 3IP12 3FF: also in IP12 3IP12 3RN: also in IP12 3 School 2.9 kmSchool 7.1 kmDeben IP12 3DB Map of IP12 3DB and what is near it Map of IP12 3DB: its centre point, with the 217 other postcodes in the IP12 3 sector, 3 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 2 bus stops, over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. School 2.9 kmTrimley station 8.4 kmDeben IP12 3DB
  • IP12 3DB
  • Other postcodes in IP12 3: press one for its page
  • 3 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 2 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Each point is where its source places it, not an exact building, 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 52.0231, longitude 1.4168)

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Get Information about Schools; NaPTAN; NHS GP practices; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre.

Who looks after IP12 3DB?

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.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; GOV.UK links to council services; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026; Democracy Club.

At this postcode

What broadband can you get at IP12 3DB?

Every home and business at IP12 3DB can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, but none can get gigabit, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

IP12 3DB 0% East Suffolk 85%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

IP12 3DB 100% East Suffolk 98%
Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

When are the bins collected at IP12 3DB?

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. It is built from councils' own collection systems and public data, and is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site.

Is IP12 3DB 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 3DB.

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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

From surface water, across East Suffolk

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

Source: Environment Agency surface water, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026.

Flood warnings

The centre of IP12 3DB 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.

Sign up for flood warnings, free, on GOV.UK Check flood risk at another postcode

Source: Environment Agency flood risk, warning areas read 17 October 2026.

At this postcode

Homes sold in IP12 3DB

HM Land Registry records 8 standard sales in IP12 3DB since 1999, the first on record at this postcode. The middle price from 2015 to 2019 was £339,750; the other spans had too few sales to give a price.

  1. 1995 to 1999, too few sales to price, one sale
  2. 2000 to 2004, too few sales to price, 0 sales
  3. 2005 to 2009, too few sales to price, one sale
  4. 2010 to 2014, too few sales to price, 2 sales
  5. 2015 to 2019, middle price £339,750, 4 sales
  6. 2020 to 2024, too few sales to price, 0 sales
  7. 2025 to 2026, too few sales to price, 0 sales
Five-year spans from the year shown (the last runs to now), with the number of sales beneath. Middle price of standard sales, all home types, not adjusted for inflation. A dash: fewer than 3 sales, too few to price.

The latest sales

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in IP12 3DB from January 2024 to September 2026. Typical prices for the homes around it are under Prices.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, 1995 on, files dated 28 October 2026.

At this postcode

Who lives at IP12 3DB?

At the 2021 Census, 19 people (11 female, 8 male) lived at IP12 3DB, in 7 households.

Census 2021IP12 3DBIP12 3 sector
People195,058
Households71,748
People per household2.72.9

ONS changes small counts a little to protect privacy. People include anyone in a care home or other communal home here. The IP12 3 sector is its 204 postcodes with Census figures, added up.

Source: Census 2021 postcode estimates, Census 2021.

At this postcode

How much energy do homes at IP12 3DB use?

In 2024, the median domestic electricity meter at IP12 3DB used 3,212 kWh. DESNZ publishes no gas figure for it: the homes here may not be on mains gas, or have fewer than 5 gas meters between them, or two of them use most of the gas.

2024IP12 3DBIP12 district
Electricity meters812,179
Electricity, median meter a year3,212 kWh2,865 kWh
Gas metersNot published6,719
Gas, median meter a yearNot published10,033 kWh

Domestic meters only. Electricity from late January 2024 to late January 2025; gas from mid-May 2024 to mid-May 2025, weather corrected. Some small businesses on a home-sized gas meter are counted.

Source: DESNZ postcode energy statistics, 2024, published 18 December 2025.

At its centre point

Is IP12 3DB in a conservation area?

The centre of IP12 3DB is in one area with planning rules of its own, as planning.data.gov.uk holds them:

Work on a home here, and on its trees, may need permission that it would not need elsewhere. The council's planning team has the rules for one address. Not every council has sent all its data.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point.

Near here

Which schools are near IP12 3DB?

The nearest open primary and secondary schools to IP12 3DB, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near IP12 3DB, and how we find them

Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

Near here

Where is the nearest station to IP12 3DB?

The nearest railway station to the centre of IP12 3DB is Felixstowe Rail Station, 7.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Felixstowe Rail Station Railway station 7.7 kmDrive
  • Trimley 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.

2 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Swan, 139 m away.

More stations near IP12 3DB, and how we find them

Source: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

Near here

Which GP surgeries are near IP12 3DB?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of IP12 3DB, 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

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Near here

Where can I charge an electric car near IP12 3DB?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of IP12 3DB on the map as of 23 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 charging points, map as of 23 October 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Near here

Which dentists are near IP12 3DB?

The nearest to the centre of IP12 3DB, 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 22 October 2026.

Near here

Which hospitals are nearest to IP12 3DB?

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 22 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Near here

Which care homes are near IP12 3DB?

The nearest care homes to the centre of IP12 3DB, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission, directory of 22 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Near here

Which vets are near IP12 3DB?

The nearest vets to the centre of IP12 3DB 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 first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons requires practices to arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief.

Source: OpenStreetMap vets, map as of 23 October 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Across the IP12 3 sector

What do homes sell for near IP12 3DB?

Homes in IP12 3 sold for a typical £315,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 35 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £382,500 from 64 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£315,000 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£382,500 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £450,000 11 sales
  • Semi-detached £281,500 20 sales
  • Terraced 4 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole IP12 district: a typical £340,000 from 319 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

In its neighbourhood

What council tax band are homes near IP12 3DB?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 710 homes in the neighbourhood around IP12 3DB. The largest share of them, 24%, are in council tax band B. More were built before 1900 than in any other period (39%). 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 3DB

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 £4,670 (band H); band B, the most common, is £1,816.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 30 (4%)£1,557
Band Babout 170 (24%)£1,816
Band Cabout 160 (23%)£2,075
Band Dabout 140 (20%)£2,335
Band Eabout 120 (17%)£2,854
Band Fabout 50 (7%)£3,372
Band Gabout 30 (4%)£3,891
Band Habout 10 (1%)£4,670

When the homes were built

  1. 39% Before 1900
  2. 3% 1900 to 1918
  3. 6% 1919 to 1939
  4. 22% 1945 to 1964
  5. 10% 1965 to 1982
  6. 6% 1983 to 1999
  7. 4% 2000 to 2009
  8. 4% 2010 to 2019
  9. 6% 2020 or later

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

Source: Band D council tax, published 25 March 2026.

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of IP12 3DB is in (ONS area E01033448), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency council tax bands, at 31 March 2026.

Within a mile

How much crime is there near IP12 3DB?

Police.uk records no crimes within a mile of the centre of IP12 3DB in the latest month it has published.

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

Source: police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026.

The official record for IP12 3DB

Ward
Deben
Parish
Alderton
Region
East of England
Country
England
Built-up area
Alderton, East Suffolk
Rural or urban
Smaller rural, further from a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.

Where to check what we do not hold

Around IP12 3DB

Go wider

Every postcode in the same sector, district or postcode area.

IP12 3 sector IP12 district IP postcode area

Questions about a postcode

Nearby postcodes

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

IP12 3BW110 mIP12 3BN120 mIP12 3DA120 mIP12 3BL130 mIP12 3BU180 mIP12 3BS250 m
All of IP12

Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.

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Where the facts on this page come from

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Democracy Club data, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Office for National Statistics. This uses Care Quality Commission information.

Licences: Open Government Licence v3.0; Open Parliament Licence v3.0; Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0); Open Database Licence (ODbL) 1.0; Each council's own terms for its collection system.

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