IP20 9LE postcode in Mid Suffolk, Suffolk

IP20 9LE is a postcode in Mid Suffolk, in the Fressingfield ward. It is in the Waveney Valley parliamentary constituency and the Suffolk police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding High flood risk 4 of 8 homes and businesses at high risk, from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 0% of homes and businesses can get it. Mid Suffolk: 62% Typical price £260,000 Homes sold in IP20 9, last 12 months. 0% on the year before Nearest station Diss 10.3 km in a straight line

Where IP20 9LE is, and what is near it

Map of IP20 9LE and what is near it Map of IP20 9LE: its centre point, with the 197 other postcodes in the IP20 9 sector, 3 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 2 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. IP20 9DZ: also in IP20 9IP20 9EA: also in IP20 9IP20 9EH: also in IP20 9IP20 9GW: also in IP20 9IP20 9JG: also in IP20 9IP20 9JH: also in IP20 9IP20 9JJ: also in IP20 9IP20 9JL: also in IP20 9IP20 9JN: also in IP20 9IP20 9JR: also in IP20 9IP20 9JT: also in IP20 9IP20 9JU: also in IP20 9IP20 9JY: also in IP20 9IP20 9LA: also in IP20 9IP20 9LB: also in IP20 9IP20 9LD: also in IP20 9IP20 9LF: also in IP20 9IP20 9LG: also in IP20 9IP20 9LH: also in IP20 9IP20 9LJ: also in IP20 9IP20 9LL: also in IP20 9IP20 9LN: also in IP20 9IP20 9LP: also in IP20 9IP20 9LQ: also in IP20 9IP20 9LR: also in IP20 9IP20 9LT: also in IP20 9IP20 9LW: also in IP20 9IP20 9ND: also in IP20 9IP20 9QT: also in IP20 9 2 places, 2.4–2.9 kmMendham Primary School 4.7 kmGP 4.7 kmChurch Hill Surgery 5.9 kmStradbroke High School 7.6 kmDiss station 10.3 kmHalesworth station 16.2 kmHarleston IP20 9LE Map of IP20 9LE and what is near it Map of IP20 9LE: its centre point, with the 197 other postcodes in the IP20 9 sector, 3 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 2 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Mendham Primary School 4.7 kmGP 4.7 kmHalesworth station 16.2 kmHarleston IP20 9LE
  • IP20 9LE
  • Other postcodes in IP20 9: press one for its page
  • 3 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 2 bus stops
  • 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 52.3828, longitude 1.2741)

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 IP20 9LE?

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 IP20 9LE?

33% of the homes and businesses at IP20 9LE cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s) from a line or fixed wireless, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)0% can get it

Mid Suffolk: 62%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0% can get it

Mid Suffolk: 97%

Cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s)33%

The line marks the figure across Mid Suffolk.

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 IP20 9LE?

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

Mid 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 IP20 9LE at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

High risk

The Environment Agency counts 8 homes and businesses at IP20 9LE. 4 are in an area at high risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

8 homes and businesses at IP20 9LE High: 4Not in an area at risk: 4

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.

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 Mid Suffolk

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for IP20 9LE: 2,948 properties in Mid Suffolk are at high risk (4.1% of all its properties). All the figures for Mid 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 IP20 9LE is in 2 of the Environment Agency's flood warning areas. No warning or alert was in force for them at 11:56 on 22 October 2026.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026; warnings in force checked at 11:56 on 22 October 2026, using Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta). Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near IP20 9LE?

Homes in IP20 9 sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 85 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£260,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£260,000 12 months to August 2025
■ no change on the 12 months before
  • Detached £294,450 33 sales
  • Semi-detached £275,000 27 sales
  • Terraced £190,000 16 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £135,000 9 sales

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

Across the whole IP20 district: a typical £275,000 from 114 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 IP20 9LE

HM Land Registry records one standard sale of homes in IP20 9LE from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 2 September 2025. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of 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 IP20 9LE?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 1,130 homes in the neighbourhood around IP20 9LE. The largest share of them, 23%, are in council tax band B. More were built before 1900 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 IP20 9LE

Band D in Mid Suffolk for 2026‑27: £2,317. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,545 (band A) to £3,861 (band G); band B, the most common, is £1,802.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 120 (11%)£1,545
Band Babout 260 (23%)£1,802
Band Cabout 160 (14%)£2,059
Band Dabout 210 (19%)£2,317
Band Eabout 210 (19%)£2,832
Band Fabout 100 (9%)£3,347
Band Gabout 70 (6%)£3,861
Band Hwithheld£4,634

When the homes were built

  1. 38% Before 1900
  2. 1% 1900 to 1918
  3. 4% 1919 to 1939
  4. 8% 1945 to 1964
  5. 13% 1965 to 1982
  6. 18% 1983 to 1999
  7. 10% 2000 to 2009
  8. 6% 2010 to 2019
  9. 3% 2020 or later

Averages for Mid 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 IP20 9LE is in (ONS area E01030053), 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 IP20 9LE?

The nearest open schools to IP20 9LE, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near IP20 9LE, 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 IP20 9LE?

The nearest railway station to the centre of IP20 9LE is Diss Rail Station, 10.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Diss Rail Station Railway station 10.3 kmDrive
  • Halesworth Rail Station Railway station 16.2 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 Red Lion, 363 m away.

More stations near IP20 9LE, 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 IP20 9LE?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of IP20 9LE, 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 IP20 9LE?

0 within 1 km 5 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of IP20 9LE, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Bullock Fair Close 4 Charging point · 2 chargers · Type 2 · up to 23 kW 2.8 kmCycle
  • Bullock Fair Close 3 Charging point · 2 chargers · Type 2 · up to 23 kW 2.8 kmCycle
  • Bullock Fair Close 2 Charging point · 2 chargers · Type 2 · up to 23 kW 2.8 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

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 IP20 9LE?

The nearest to the centre of IP20 9LE, 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 IP20 9LE?

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 IP20 9LE?

The nearest care homes to the centre of IP20 9LE, 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 IP20 9LE?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of IP20 9LE, 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 IP20 9LE?

The nearest vets to the centre of IP20 9LE 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 IP20 9LE in a conservation area?

The centre of IP20 9LE 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 IP20 9LE?

Police.uk records 1 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of IP20 9LE in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences1 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 IP20 9LE

Ward
Fressingfield
Parish
Weybread
Region
East of England
Country
England
Rural or urban
Smaller rural, further from a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

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

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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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