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Thinking of living at IP17 1FY? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
You'll mostly drive: the nearest station, supermarket, GP are all over 1 km away.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benhall St Mary's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 550 m | 56% met the expected standard |
| Saxmundham Primary School | Primary | 2.1 km | 63% met the expected standard |
| Kelsale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | 3.1 km | 78% met the expected standard |
| Snape Primary School | Primary | 3.1 km | 43% met the expected standard |
Every primary near IP17 1FY, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Saxmundham School | 1.4 km | 3 |
Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
The nearest station is Saxmundham, a short drive or bike ride (1.7 km), with 177k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Grays Lane, 100 m away, with a bus about every 40 minutes on weekdays (route 521); 5 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 85 minutes away by public transport (40 by car).
The nearest primary school is Benhall St Mary's Church of England Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 56% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 1.7 km away, with Railway Farm Shop closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Saxmundham Health Centre (2.1 km), with Saxmundham Pharma the closest pharmacy (1.7 km).
For a haircut, Angel's Beauty Clinic is 1.7 km away.
The nearest full A&E is The Ipswich Hospital, 27 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 59% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 61% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 16 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
Friday Street Farm Shop / Cafe & Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (1.4 km), and Saxmundham Ex-Service & Social Club the nearest pub (1.7 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 47 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 207 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 44% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Friston House Wood, 3.0 km away.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.4 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Norwich is 54 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 94 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 45% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 29% are 65 or over.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
3 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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