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On Fernhill Close, in Wickham Market & Melton
What it's like at IP12 1LB: every home that has sold on Fernhill Close since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Fernhill Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 35 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Fernhill CloseSemi-detached | Oct 2018 | £425,000 | 142 m² | £2,993/m² | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Fernhill CloseSemi-detached | May 2012 | £197,500 | 94 m² | £2,101/m² | 4 |
| 5, Fernhill CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2008 | £205,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 6, Fernhill CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2015 | £265,000 | 94 m² | £2,819/m² | 2 |
| 7, Fernhill CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2005 | £158,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 8, Fernhill CloseTerraced | May 2012 | £163,000 | 83 m² | £1,964/m² | 1 |
| 9, Fernhill CloseTerraced | Sept 2022 | £358,500 | 12 m² | £29,875/m² | 1 |
| 10, Fernhill CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2020 | £318,000 | 88 m² | £3,614/m² | 3 |
| 17, Fernhill CloseSemi-detached | Apr 2007 | £172,500 | 98 m² | £1,760/m² | 3 |
| 18, Fernhill CloseSemi-detached | Apr 2019 | £245,000 | 82 m² | £2,988/m² | 1 |
| 21, Fernhill CloseTerraced | Oct 2007 | £208,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Fernhill CloseSemi-detached | Mar 1999 | £68,950 | 81 m² | £851/m² | 1 |
| 26, Fernhill CloseSemi-detached | Jul 2000 | £82,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 27, Fernhill CloseSemi-detached | May 2008 | £250,000 | 142 m² | £1,761/m² | 1 |
| 28, Fernhill CloseDetached | Sept 2014 | £525,000 | 176 m² | £2,983/m² | 1 |
| 30, Fernhill CloseDetached | Sept 2012 | £420,000 | 152 m² | £2,763/m² | 2 |
| 31, Fernhill CloseTerraced | Aug 1997 | £60,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Fernhill CloseTerraced | May 2021 | £295,000 | 81 m² | £3,642/m² | 4 |
| 36, Fernhill CloseDetached | Jun 1995 | £148,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 37, Fernhill CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2008 | £197,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 39, Fernhill CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £287,500 | 82 m² | £3,506/m² | 2 |
| 42, Fernhill CloseDetached | May 2003 | £295,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 44, Fernhill CloseDetached | Aug 2003 | £285,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 45, Fernhill CloseDetached | Feb 2011 | £435,000 | 159 m² | £2,736/m² | 2 |
| 46, Fernhill CloseDetached | Jul 1997 | £153,000 | 192 m² | £797/m² | 1 |
| 47, Fernhill CloseDetached | Jul 2020 | £780,000 | 221 m² | £3,529/m² | 2 |
| 48, Fernhill CloseDetached | May 2025 | £845,000 | 191 m² | £4,424/m² | 3 |
| 49, Fernhill CloseDetached | Mar 2007 | £375,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 50, Fernhill CloseDetached | Oct 2013 | £453,000 | 220 m² | £2,059/m² | 1 |
| 51, Fernhill CloseDetached | Jul 2012 | £395,000 | 159 m² | £2,484/m² | 1 |
| 53, Fernhill CloseDetached | Dec 2015 | £176,250 | 232 m² | £760/m² | 1 |
| 57, Fernhill CloseDetached | Feb 2012 | £390,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 59, Fernhill CloseDetached | Sept 2013 | £458,750 | 212 m² | £2,164/m² | 1 |
| 61, Fernhill CloseDetached | Jul 2024 | £915,000 | 189 m² | £4,841/m² | 4 |
| 63, Fernhill CloseDetached | Apr 2012 | £420,000 | 145 m² | £2,897/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Melton (Suffolk), a short drive or bike ride (1.2 km), with 89k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Bredfield Road, 350 m away, with a bus about every 46 minutes on weekdays (routes 64, 918, 917, 963); 4 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 58 minutes away by public transport (27 by car).
The nearest primary school is Melton Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 58% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Farlingaye High School, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 43.8 · 10.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons Daily, 800 m away, with Melton Produce closer still (550 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Little St John Street Surgery (1.2 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (1.2 km).
For a haircut, Isaac's Barbershop is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Ipswich Hospital, 12 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: 12 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Deben Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (750 m), and Coach And Horses Inn the nearest pub (550 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 40 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 110 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 41% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 112 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Melton Recreation Ground, 500 m away; for exercise, Gymophobics (1.2 km).
A swim is a short trip away: River Deben Estuary, Waldringfield, 8.1 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Norwich is 61 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 80 km.
11 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.
Suffolk Coastal constituency: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 1,070 (2.2%), turnout 66%. Vote shares: Labour 32%, Conservative 30%, Reform UK 16%, Liberal Democrat 14%.
7 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near IP12 1LB →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 48% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 30% 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Fernhill Close in the last 12 months.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 1 of 24 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.9% | 2.5% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 81.2% | 78.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 5.2% | 9.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.0% | 8.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.4% | 0.1% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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