| Postcode | IP8 4PJ |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Ipswich |
| Nearest station | Needham Market (6 km) |
| Bus stops |
Springfield Road (W)
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 3 View |
| Known addresses |
Forge House, Lower Somersham
The Forge Bungalow, Lower Somersham
The Old Rectory, Lower Somersham
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 52.095849 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | 1.050912 | |
| Easting | 609078 | |
| Northing | 248559 | |
| Grid reference | TM090485 | |
| UTM reference | 31U 366486 5773491 | |
| what3words | senders.notes.inclined | |
| FixPhrase | crisply majorette surfacing urgency | |
| Plus code | 9F4333W2+89 | |
| Altitude | 21 metres (70 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:57 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:23 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 9.6 KMs (6 miles) |
| Parish | Somersham | E04009248 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Blakenham | E05012591 |
| 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) | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 3 | |
| 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 village | |
| Built up area (2024) | Somersham (Mid Suffolk) | E63010753 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00153104 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B1 | |
| 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 | £294,439 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | -0.5% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forge House, Lower Somersham | Detached (freehold) | Jul 2024 | £575,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Aug 2011 | £380,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Oct 1995 | £140,000 | |
| The Old Rectory, Lower Somersham | Detached (freehold) | Dec 2017 | £1,110,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Oct 2004 | £670,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Mar 1999 | £372,000 | |
| The Forge Bungalow, Lower Somersham | Detached (freehold) | Dec 1995 | £63,000 |