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On Mendip Drive, in Kesgrave West & Rushmere
What it's like at IP5 1AU: every home that has sold on Mendip Drive 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Mendip Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 21 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 12, Mendip DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2024 | £330,000 | 82 m² | £4,024/m² | 1 |
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| 14, Mendip DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2011 | £207,000 | 82 m² | £2,524/m² | 2 |
| 17, Mendip DriveSemi-detached | Apr 1997 | £46,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, Mendip DriveSemi-detached | Mar 2013 | £175,000 | 71 m² | £2,465/m² | 1 |
| 20, Mendip DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2016 | £222,500 | 74 m² | £3,007/m² | 1 |
| 21, Mendip DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2017 | £215,000 | 68 m² | £3,162/m² | 1 |
| 23, Mendip DriveSemi-detached | Sept 2023 | £282,500 | 126 m² | £2,242/m² | 2 |
| 24, Mendip DriveSemi-detached | Apr 2022 | £300,000 | 71 m² | £4,225/m² | 1 |
| 25, Mendip DriveDetached | Aug 2003 | £178,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Mendip DriveSemi-detached | Aug 2017 | £238,000 | 75 m² | £3,173/m² | 1 |
| 27, Mendip DriveDetached | Jan 2025 | £550,000 | 132 m² | £4,167/m² | 2 |
| 28, Mendip DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2015 | £196,000 | 73 m² | £2,685/m² | 1 |
| 29, Mendip DriveDetached | Apr 2016 | £295,000 | 97 m² | £3,041/m² | 2 |
| 30, Mendip DriveDetached | Aug 2021 | £465,000 | 122 m² | £3,811/m² | 2 |
| 32, Mendip DriveDetached | Sept 2011 | £249,995 | 85 m² | £2,941/m² | 6 |
| 37, Mendip DriveSemi-detached | May 2026 | £325,000 | 70 m² | £4,643/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Derby Road (Ipswich), a short drive or bike ride (2.6 km), with 95k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Felixstowe.
The nearest bus stop is Beech Road Shops, 100 m away, with a bus about every 21 minutes on weekdays (routes 66, 66A); 14 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Broke Hall Community Primary School, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km); 74% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St Alban's Catholic High School, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 46.9 · 10.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.3 km away, with One Stop closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Embrace Medical Centre (1.3 km), with Wellbeing Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Wild Ginger is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Ipswich Hospital, 2.3 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Rams Grill is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Kesgrave Social Club the nearest pub (850 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 47% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
Bungalow country: 42% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Cedar Avenue, 450 m away; for exercise, Ipswich School Sports Centre (1.2 km).
A swim is a short trip away: River Deben Estuary, Waldringfield, 7.2 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 66 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: 26% are 65 or over.
The nearest university is University of Suffolk, 3.8 km away (TEF Silver).
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.
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency: Patrick Spencer MP (Conservative), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 4,290 (9.2%), turnout 64%. Vote shares: Conservative 33%, Labour 23%, Reform UK 19%, Green Party 12%.
6 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 IP5 1AU →
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" Mendip Drive 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: 0 of 19 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.1% | 2.5% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 94.2% | 78.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.8% | 9.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.6% | 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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