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On Thoroughfare, in Halesworth & Wangford
What it's like at IP19 8LQ: every home that has sold on Thoroughfare 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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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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Thoroughfare; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
10 of the 37 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Crabtree House, ThoroughfareFlat | Dec 2022 | £135,000 | 75 m² | £1,800/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Crabtree House, ThoroughfareFlat | Mar 2013 | £85,000 | 59 m² | £1,441/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Halesworth, about a 5-minute walk (550 m), with 125k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Lowestoft.
The nearest bus stop is Car Park, 200 m away, with a bus about every 14 minutes on weekdays (routes 41, 99A, 522, 994); 20 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 93 minutes away by public transport (59 by car).
The nearest primary school is Edgar Sewter Community Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 41% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is The Co Operative Food, 250 m away, with Boots UK closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Cutlers Hill Surgery (700 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Khg is under 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is James Paget Hospital, 27 km away, rated good 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 62% 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: 11 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
Singtong Neeyom is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and The White Swan the nearest pub (50 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 51 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 212 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 7% flats and 37% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 32% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 241 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Town Park, 250 m away; for exercise, Perform Fitness (450 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Southwold The Denes, 11 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.6 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Norwich is 40 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 102 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 50% of households own their home outright.
37 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 38, Thoroughfare | II | 20 m |
| Halesworth War Memorial Obelisk | II | 20 m |
| White Lion | II | 30 m |
| 36, Thoroughfare | II | 30 m |
| 1, Market Place | II | 40 m |
| Gothic House | II* | 40 m |
| 34 and 35, Thoroughfare | II | 50 m |
| 2, Market Place | II | 50 m |
| Church of St Mary the Virgin | II* | 50 m |
| Walls of garden of 36, Thoroughfare | II | 50 m |
| 3, Market Place | II | 50 m |
| King'S Arms | II | 60 m |
Nearest 12 shown. 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.
Waveney Valley constituency: Adrian Ramsay MP (Green Party), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Green gain from Con, majority 5,594 (11.4%), turnout 67%. Vote shares: Green Party 42%, Conservative 30%, Reform UK 16%, Labour 9%.
11 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 IP19 8LQ →
It's an older community: 35% 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
On this street: 0 of 12 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 3.1% | 2.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 75.3% | 78.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 8.8% | 9.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 11.5% | 8.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 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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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 37 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Dunston Hall Hotel · about 33 min
Nearest: Great Yarmouth Racecourse · about 51 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.