| Postcode | IP6 8JQ | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Ipswich | 
| Nearest station | Needham Market (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | Orchid Way (S) Bluebell Grove (W) Bluebell Grove (E) Jackson Way (E) The Drift (N) The Drift (S) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 20 View | 
| Known addresses | 1 Orchid Way, Needham Market 5 Orchid Way, Needham Market 6 Orchid Way, Needham Market 7 Orchid Way, Needham Market 8 Orchid Way, Needham Market 11 Orchid Way, Needham Market 12 Orchid Way, Needham Market 13 Orchid Way, Needham Market 17 Orchid Way, Needham Market 19 Orchid Way, Needham Market | 
| Main property type | Semi-detached | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
                     | 
| Latitude | 52.147412 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 1.049818 | |
| Easting | 608762 | |
| Northing | 254289 | |
| Grid reference | TM087542 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 366565 5779227 | |
| what3words | songbirds.narrate.saying | |
| FixPhrase | crispness majorette smokiness unfilled | |
| Plus code | 9F4342WX+XW | |
| Altitude | 27 metres (87 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:50 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:30 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 14.2 KMs (8.8 miles) | 
| Parish | Needham Market | E04010558 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Needham Market | E05012604 | 
| 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) | 46 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 18 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural town and fringe | |
| Built up area (2024) | Needham Market | E63010629 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00153215 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B4 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Mid Suffolk 011D | E01030062 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Mid Suffolk 011D | E01030062 | 
| 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 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Orchid Way, Needham Market | Semi-detached (freehold) | Sep 2020 | £215,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jul 2017 | £202,500 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2016 | £185,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jul 2014 | £140,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Aug 2007 | £144,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 2004 | £124,950 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 1999 | £56,750 | |
| 13 Orchid Way, Needham Market | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jul 2019 | £190,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 2009 | £113,000 | |
| 5 Orchid Way, Needham Market | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jun 2018 | £210,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jul 2006 | £137,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | May 1998 | £54,950 | |
| 8 Orchid Way, Needham Market | Semi-detached (freehold) | Aug 2012 | £141,000 | 
| 1 Orchid Way, Needham Market | Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2012 | £137,500 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2009 | £132,500 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2004 | £135,000 | |
| 19 Orchid Way, Needham Market | Semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 2007 | £135,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 1995 | £45,000 | |
| 6 Orchid Way, Needham Market | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2006 | £125,000 | 
| 17 Orchid Way, Needham Market | Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2004 | £118,000 | 
| 11 Orchid Way, Needham Market | Semi-detached (freehold) | Dec 2003 | £125,000 | 
| 12 Orchid Way, Needham Market | Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2003 | £110,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 1999 | £47,000 |