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On Low Road, in Saxmundham & Coldfair Green
What it's like at IP17 2NU: every home that has sold on Low Road 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.
Sales and extensions on Low Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 53 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1 River View, Low RoadDetached | Nov 2014 | £363,000 | 163 m² | £2,227/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Riverview, Low RoadDetached | Nov 2024 | £620,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Juglans Tree, Low RoadDetached | Jul 2002 | £129,950 | 87 m² | £1,494/m² | 2 |
| Lincoln House, Low RoadDetached | Aug 2026 | £430,000 | 124 m² | £3,468/m² | 2 |
| Nobell, Low RoadDetached | Mar 2015 | £242,500 | 119 m² | £2,038/m² | 2 |
| Walnut Tree House, Low RoadDetached | Jan 2023 | £465,000 | 158 m² | £2,943/m² | 1 |
| Waveney Cottage, Low RoadDetached | Jan 2021 | £325,000 | 108 m² | £3,009/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Saxmundham, a short drive or bike ride (1.5 km), with 177k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Carlton Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 38 minutes on weekdays (routes 522, 521, 522A); 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 85 minutes away by public transport (40 by car).
The nearest primary school is Kelsale Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 78% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 1.6 km away, with Saxon Wines closer still (1.4 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Saxmundham Health Centre (1.1 km), with Saxmundham Pharma the closest pharmacy (1.6 km).
For a haircut, Heavenly Hair is 1.4 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.
The Smile Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (1.3 km), and Kelsale Social Club the nearest pub (300 m).
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 Rookery Park, 3.9 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.
5 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| the Garden House | II | 30 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
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%.
8 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 IP17 2NU →
Nearest: Southwold The Denes · about 39 min
Nearest: River Deben Estuary, Waldringfield · about 38 min
Nearest: Christchurch Mansion · about 46 min
Nearest: Southwold Pier · about 39 min
Nearest: Foxhall Stadium · about 41 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in East Suffolk since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 53 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 5 of 40 homes with certificates have solar panels, 4 a heat pump, and 34 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.3% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.8% | 2.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 64.3% | 78.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 19.7% | 9.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 12.2% | 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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