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Thinking of living at IP23 8EB? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mellis Church of England Primary School | Primary | 700 m | 65% met the expected standard |
| Wortham Primary School | Primary | 2.8 km | 72% met the expected standard |
| Gislingham Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4.0 km | 75% met the expected standard |
| Palgrave Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4.3 km | 100% met the expected standard |
| St Peter and St Paul Church of England Primary School, Eye | Primary | 4.9 km | 60% met the expected standard |
| Hartismere School | Secondary | 4.2 km | Attainment 8: 53 · 14.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near IP23 8EB, 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 | Firnham Magna Bowls Club | 3.3 km | 3 |
| Cricket | Thornham Magna Cricket Club | 2.9 km | 1 |
| Tennis | Wortham Playing Fields | 3.2 km | 1 |
| Skateboard | Eye Skate Park | 4.6 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 drive away (5.7 km), with 701k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Old Station, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 75A).
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 77 minutes away by public transport (33 by car).
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Mellis Church of England Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 65% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Hartismere School, 4.2 km away; Attainment 8: 53 · 14.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Ipswich & Norwich Co-op, 4.7 km away, with Swattesfield campsite closer still (3.1 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Eye Health Centre (4.3 km), with Rapha Delivery Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (4.4 km).
For a haircut, Quick Shaves is 3.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is West Suffolk Hospital, 22 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 80% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 65% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 7 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Cranswick Country Foods (Poultry Eye) is the closest café or restaurant (2.9 km), and Railway Tavern the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 28 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 535 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 57% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 256 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.2 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Norwich is 44 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 71 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 48% of households own their home outright.
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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It's an older community: 28% 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.