| Postcode | IP31 3UL | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Bury St. Edmunds | 
| Nearest station | Thurston (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | Community College Rear Entrance (S) Community College (E) College Main Entrance (E) College Main Entrance (W) Rylands Close (E) Rylands Close (W) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 12 View | 
| Known addresses | 1 Gates Close, Thurston 2 Gates Close, Thurston 3 Gates Close, Thurston 4 Gates Close, Thurston 5 Gates Close, Thurston 6 Gates Close, Thurston 7 Gates Close, Thurston 8 Gates Close, Thurston 9 Gates Close, Thurston 10 Gates Close, Thurston 11 Gates Close, Thurston 12 Gates Close, Thurston | 
| Main property type | Detached | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
                     | 
| Latitude | 52.258294 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 0.808971 | |
| Easting | 591809 | |
| Northing | 265953 | |
| Grid reference | TL918659 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 350461 5792028 | |
| what3words | snowmen.imperious.charging | |
| FixPhrase | crispy majestic spleen unburned | |
| Plus code | 9F427R55+8H | |
| Altitude | 55 metres (180 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:51 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:31 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 34 KMs (21.2 miles) | 
| Parish | Thurston | E04009265 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Thurston | E05012613 | 
| Local Authority District | Mid Suffolk | E07000203 | 
| County Electoral Division | Thedwastre South | E58001450 | 
| Local Authority | Suffolk | E10000029 | 
| County | Suffolk | E10000029 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket | E14001146 | 
| MP | Peter Prinsley | Labour | 
| Police force | Suffolk | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Babergh and Mid Suffolk | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Suffolk | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East of England | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | November 2020 | 
|---|---|
| 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 | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Larger rural Further from a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural town and fringe | |
| Built up area (2024) | Thurston | E63010409 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00153348 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Mid Suffolk 004D | E01030084 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Mid Suffolk 004D | E01030084 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Thurston, Badwell Ash & Elmswell North | E02006264 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Thurston, Badwell Ash & Elmswell North | E02006264 | 
| Travel to work area | Bury St Edmunds | E30000184 | 
| Average property price in Ipswich | £295,184 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | -0.5% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Gates Close, Thurston | Detached (freehold) | May 2025 | £330,000 | 
| New build detached (freehold) | Dec 2020 | £318,000 | |
| 4 Gates Close, Thurston | Detached (freehold) | Mar 2025 | £348,000 | 
| New build detached (freehold) | Mar 2021 | £316,500 | |
| 7 Gates Close, Thurston | Semi-detached (freehold) | Aug 2024 | £245,000 | 
| New build semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2020 | £224,000 | |
| 10 Gates Close, Thurston | New build detached (freehold) | Apr 2021 | £315,000 | 
| 12 Gates Close, Thurston | New build detached (freehold) | Mar 2021 | £410,000 | 
| 11 Gates Close, Thurston | New build detached (freehold) | Mar 2021 | £320,000 | 
| 1 Gates Close, Thurston | New build detached (freehold) | Feb 2021 | £345,000 | 
| 6 Gates Close, Thurston | New build semi-detached (freehold) | Feb 2021 | £228,000 | 
| 8 Gates Close, Thurston | New build semi-detached (freehold) | Feb 2021 | £230,000 | 
| 9 Gates Close, Thurston | New build semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2020 | £224,000 |