| Postcode | IP6 8HW | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Ipswich | 
| Nearest station | Needham Market (3 km) | 
| Bus stops | No nearby bus stops | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 6 View | 
| Known addresses | Spalding House, Barking 2 Hillside Cottages, Barking 4 Hillside Cottages, Barking | 
| Main property type | Detached | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 52.137283 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 1.026179 | |
| Easting | 607192 | |
| Northing | 253095 | |
| Grid reference | TM071530 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 364917 5778144 | |
| what3words | snippets.auctioned.flushed | |
| FixPhrase | crispness majorette skier unadvised | |
| Plus code | 9F4342PG+WF | |
| Altitude | 50 metres (166 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:50 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:31 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 14.2 KMs (8.8 miles) | 
| Parish | Barking | E04012276 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Battisford & Ringshall | E05012590 | 
| Local Authority District | Mid Suffolk | E07000203 | 
| County Electoral Division | Bosmere | E58001403 | 
| Local Authority | Suffolk | E10000029 | 
| County | Suffolk | E10000029 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | E14001156 | 
| MP | Patrick Spencer | Conservative | 
| Police force | Suffolk | |
| Water company | Anglian Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Babergh and Mid Suffolk | |
| 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) | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 4 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings | |
| Built up area (2024) | Barking | E63010653 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00153101 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1C3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Mid Suffolk 011A | E01030041 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Mid Suffolk 011A | E01030041 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Needham Market South & Great Blakenham | E02006271 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Needham Market South & Graeat Blakenham | E02006271 | 
| Travel to work area | Ipswich | E30000222 | 
| Average property price in Ipswich | £295,184 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | -0.5% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Spalding House, Barking | Detached (freehold) | Apr 2013 | £320,000 | 
| 2 Hillside Cottages, Barking | Detached (freehold) | Jul 2005 | £248,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Apr 2000 | £160,000 | |
| 4 Hillside Cottages, Barking | Semi-detached (freehold) | Aug 1996 | £60,000 |