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On Alban Square, in Kesgrave East & Martlesham
What it's like at IP12 4TB: every home that has sold on Alban Square 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Alban Square; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 8 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Alban SquareDetached | Dec 2011 | £367,500 | 153 m² | £2,402/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Alban SquareDetached | Apr 2024 | £515,000 | 89 m² | £5,787/m² | 1 |
| 4, Alban SquareDetached | Oct 2005 | £198,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Alban SquareDetached | May 2016 | £390,000 | 114 m² | £3,421/m² | 1 |
| 13, Alban SquareDetached | Sept 1999 | £125,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Alban SquareDetached | Oct 1997 | £82,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, Alban SquareDetached | Apr 2014 | £236,500 | 79 m² | £2,994/m² | 3 |
| Woodvale, 13, Alban SquareDetached | Jun 2010 | £275,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Woodbridge, a drive away (3.3 km), with 229k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Ipswich.
The nearest bus stop is Crown Point, 250 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (routes 64, 800); 7 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 43 minutes away by public transport (16 by car).
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Martlesham Primary Academy, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 75% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Birchwood Primary School (0.3 km).
The nearest secondary is Kesgrave High School, 2.4 km away; Attainment 8: 49.7 · 12.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 750 m away, with Martlesham Post Office Stores closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Martlesham Surgery (1.4 km), with Tesco In-Store Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, The Guardroom is 1.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is The Ipswich Hospital, 5.2 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: 19 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Tesco Family Dining is the closest café or restaurant (750 m), and The Black Tiles the nearest pub (400 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 57 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 38 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 54% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 223 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Fox Lea, 1.8 km away; for exercise, Snap Fitness (1.1 km).
A swim is a short trip away: River Deben Estuary, Waldringfield, 4.1 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 67 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 73 km.
9 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 4TB →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 45% of households own their home outright.
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" Alban Square 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.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 3.0% | 2.5% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 85.3% | 78.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 5.8% | 9.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.2% | 8.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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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