| Postcode | IP3 8QN | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Ipswich | 
| Nearest station | Derby Road (Ipswich) (2 km) | 
| Bus stops | Wareham Avenue (SW) Square Pharmacy (W) Square Pharmacy (E) Foxhall Road (W) Wimbourne Avenue (SW) Arundel Way (N) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 15 View | 
| Known addresses | 1 Melplash Close, Ipswich 2 Melplash Close, Ipswich 3 Melplash Close, Ipswich 4 Melplash Close, Ipswich 5 Melplash Close, Ipswich 6 Melplash Close, Ipswich 8 Melplash Close, Ipswich 9 Melplash Close, Ipswich 11 Melplash Close, Ipswich 12 Melplash Close, Ipswich 13 Melplash Close, Ipswich 14 Melplash Close, Ipswich | 
| Main property type | Semi-detached | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 52.047286 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 1.207486 | |
| Easting | 620039 | |
| Northing | 243622 | |
| Grid reference | TM200436 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 377077 5767813 | |
| what3words | activism.stage.arch | |
| FixPhrase | crisply makeover smock unbend | |
| Plus code | 9F4326W4+WX | |
| Altitude | 37 metres (121 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:49 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:30 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 3.7 KMs (2.3 miles) | 
| Parish | Ipswich, unparished area | E43000134 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Bixley | E05007118 | 
| Local Authority District | Ipswich | E07000202 | 
| County Electoral Division | Bixley | E58001400 | 
| Local Authority | Suffolk | E10000029 | 
| County | Suffolk | E10000029 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Ipswich | E14001302 | 
| MP | Jack Abbott | Labour | 
| Police force | Suffolk | |
| Water company | Anglian Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Ipwich | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Suffolk | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East of England | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Population (2011) | 28 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 14 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Ipswich | E63010852 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00152720 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Ipswich 009E | E01029967 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Ipswich 009E | E01029967 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Broke Hall | E02006253 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Broke Hall | E02006253 | 
| Travel to work area | Ipswich | E30000222 | 
| Average property price in Ipswich | £295,184 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | -0.5% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Melplash Close, Ipswich | Detached (freehold) | Jul 2025 | £340,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Apr 2001 | £105,000 | |
| 9 Melplash Close, Ipswich | Semi-detached (freehold) | Mar 2025 | £370,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2017 | £250,000 | |
| 5 Melplash Close, Ipswich | Semi-detached (freehold) | Aug 2024 | £325,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Feb 2016 | £220,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2005 | £175,000 | |
| 3 Melplash Close, Ipswich | Semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 2024 | £282,500 | 
| 2 Melplash Close, Ipswich | Detached (freehold) | Sep 2023 | £425,000 | 
| 12 Melplash Close, Ipswich | Semi-detached (freehold) | Feb 2019 | £312,500 | 
| 8 Melplash Close, Ipswich | Semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2017 | £289,995 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 1995 | £60,000 | |
| 13 Melplash Close, Ipswich | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jul 2008 | £184,000 | 
| 6 Melplash Close, Ipswich | Semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2002 | £134,250 | 
| 4 Melplash Close, Ipswich | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jul 1997 | £61,500 |