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On The Common, in Rickinghall, Walsham le Willows & Gislingham
What it's like at IP23 8EB: every home that has sold on The Common 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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1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on The Common; 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.
| Ash Hill House, The CommonDetached | Apr 2022 | £450,000 | 134 m² | £3,358/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forge Barn, The CommonDetached | Oct 2017 | £365,000 | 94 m² | £3,883/m² | 2 |
| Orchard Cottage, The CommonDetached | Apr 2007 | £499,950 | – | – | 2 |
| Rusper House, The CommonSemi-detached | Oct 2007 | £250,000 | 129 m² | £1,938/m² | 1 |
| Saddlers Cottage, The CommonDetached | Jan 2021 | £410,000 | 161 m² | £2,547/m² | 3 |
| Teazles, The CommonDetached | Apr 2007 | £420,000 | 150 m² | £2,800/m² | 2 |
| The Granary, The CommonDetached | Nov 2007 | £370,000 | 210 m² | £1,762/m² | 1 |
| The Old Forge, The CommonDetached | Oct 2012 | £360,000 | 131 m² | £2,748/m² | 1 |
| White House Cottage, The CommonDetached | Sept 2011 | £281,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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.
It's an older community: 28% are 65 or over.
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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| the Old Forge | II | 40 m |
| Ash Tree Farm House | II | 70 m |
| White House Farm House | II | 90 m |
| Barn About 35m East of White House Farm House | II | 130 m |
| the Granary | II | 180 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.
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%.
2 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 IP23 8EB →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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" The Common in the last 12 months.
On this street: 1 of 35 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 35 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.2% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 14.2% | 7.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 0.6% | 53.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 66.9% | 29.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 16.5% | 9.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.
Nearest: Felixstowe North · about 46 min
Nearest: Broomhill Pool · about 33 min
Nearest: Portman Road · about 38 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.