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Thinking of living at IP21 4ED? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scole Church of England Primary Academy | Primary | 0 m | 57% met the expected standard |
| Diss Infant Academy and Nursery | Primary | 3.1 km | – |
| Dickleburgh Church of England Primary Academy (With Pre-School) | Primary | 3.3 km | 62% met the expected standard |
| Diss Church of England Junior Academy | Primary | 3.4 km | 50% met the expected standard |
| Palgrave Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3.7 km | 100% met the expected standard |
| Diss High School | Secondary | 3.3 km | Attainment 8: 46.6 · 8.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near IP21 4ED, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls | The Causeway Bowls Club | 3.5 km | 3 |
| Golf | Diss Driving Range | 1.3 km | 2 |
| Fitness | Diss Swim Centre | 3.1 km | 2 |
| Tennis | Heywood Sports & Leisure Club | 3.2 km | 2 |
| Squash | Heywood Sports & Leisure Club | 3.2 km | 2 |
| Trampoline | Jump Warehouse | 2.2 km | 1 |
| Swimming | Diss Swim Centre | 3.1 km | 1 |
| Five-a-side | Heywood Sports & Fitness | 3.2 km | 1 |
| Indoor golf | Heywood Sports & Fitness | 3.2 km | 1 |
| Padel | Heywood Sports & Fitness | 3.2 km | 1 |
| Cricket | Diss Cricket Club | 3.2 km | 1 |
| Canadian football | Dickleburgh Bowls Club | 3.4 km | 1 |
| Yoga | Elysian | 3.8 km | 1 |
| Skateboard | Diss Skate Park | 4.3 km | 1 |
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 Diss, a short drive or bike ride (2.5 km), with 701k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Primary School, 50 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (routes 82, 84, 82C); 2 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 79 minutes away by public transport (39 by car).
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Scole Church of England Primary Academy, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 57% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Diss High School, 3.3 km away; Attainment 8: 46.6 · 8.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 3.3 km away, with Scole Village Stores closer still (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Lawns Practice (3.6 km), with Rapha Delivery Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (3.5 km).
For a haircut, Barbara's Ladies & Gents Hair Stylists is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, 24 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 68% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% 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: 9 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
Scole Primary School Catering is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and Scole Sports And Social Club the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 39 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 452 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 57% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 31% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Scole Pocket Park, 1.0 km away; for exercise, Jump Warehouse (2.2 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.4 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
7 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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For holidays, Norwich is 31 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 85 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 48% 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.