| Postcode | IP6 8LS | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Ipswich | 
| Nearest station | Needham Market (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | Church (SE) Hurstlea Road (NE) Hurstlea Road (SW) The Swan (NW) St Marys Gardens (E) The Swan (SE) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 52.157389 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 1.051086 | |
| Easting | 608802 | |
| Northing | 255402 | |
| Grid reference | TM088554 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 366682 5780334 | |
| what3words | premature.skylights.napped | |
| FixPhrase | crispness majorette spiritual uncoiled | |
| Plus code | 9F435342+XC | |
| Altitude | 24 metres (79 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:50 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:30 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 15.1 KMs (9.4 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 | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Babergh and Mid Suffolk | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Suffolk | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | East of England | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | May 1994 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | December 1994 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Postcode terminated prior to Gridlink initiative - last known ONS postcode grid reference | 
| 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) | E00153218 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5B3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Mid Suffolk 010A | E01030060 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Mid Suffolk 010A | E01030060 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Stowmarket East & Needham Market North | E02006270 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Stowmarket East & Needham Market North | E02006270 | 
| Travel to work area | Ipswich | E30000222 | 
| Average property price in Ipswich | £295,184 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | -0.5% |