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On Brendon Drive, in Bixley, Warren Heath & Nacton
What it's like at IP5 1NJ: every home that has sold on Brendon 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.
Sales and extensions on Brendon Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 33 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Brendon DriveDetached | Jun 2021 | £385,000 | 162 m² | £2,377/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Brendon DriveDetached | Jun 1997 | £117,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, Brendon DriveDetached | Nov 2015 | £247,000 | 96 m² | £2,573/m² | 2 |
| 4, Brendon DriveDetached | Dec 1995 | £77,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Brendon DriveDetached | Jun 2004 | £190,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 6, Brendon DriveDetached | May 2002 | £164,995 | – | – | 2 |
| 7, Brendon DriveDetached | Sept 2012 | £320,000 | 168 m² | £1,905/m² | 3 |
| 8, Brendon DriveDetached | Dec 2020 | £465,000 | 173 m² | £2,688/m² | 5 |
| 9, Brendon DriveDetached | Aug 2005 | £213,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 10, Brendon DriveDetached | Mar 1996 | £87,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Brendon DriveDetached | Jun 1997 | £78,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 12, Brendon DriveDetached | Jun 2026 | £400,000 | 92 m² | £4,348/m² | 2 |
| 14, Brendon DriveDetached | Dec 1999 | £140,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 15, Brendon DriveDetached | Oct 2020 | £272,500 | 79 m² | £3,449/m² | 2 |
| 16, Brendon DriveDetached | Jun 2018 | £395,000 | 151 m² | £2,616/m² | 2 |
| 17, Brendon DriveDetached | Jan 2016 | £310,000 | 108 m² | £2,870/m² | 3 |
| 18, Brendon DriveDetached | Mar 2022 | £440,000 | 142 m² | £3,099/m² | 4 |
| 19, Brendon DriveDetached | Mar 2001 | £123,750 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, Brendon DriveDetached | Aug 2013 | £250,000 | 140 m² | £1,786/m² | 2 |
| 21, Brendon DriveDetached | Jun 1996 | £74,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Brendon DriveDetached | Jul 2004 | £202,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 23, Brendon DriveDetached | Jan 2011 | £195,500 | 81 m² | £2,414/m² | 3 |
| 24, Brendon DriveDetached | Jun 1997 | £92,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Brendon DriveDetached | Nov 2005 | £210,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 27, Brendon DriveDetached | Nov 1998 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 29, Brendon DriveDetached | Oct 2017 | £367,000 | 112 m² | £3,277/m² | 2 |
| 31, Brendon DriveDetached | May 1997 | £93,550 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Brendon DriveDetached | Feb 2005 | £240,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 35, Brendon DriveDetached | Dec 2022 | £465,000 | 82 m² | £5,671/m² | 1 |
| 36, Brendon DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2023 | £192,000 | 84 m² | £2,286/m² | 1 |
| 37, Brendon DriveDetached | Mar 2023 | £455,000 | 77 m² | £5,909/m² | 1 |
| 41, Brendon DriveDetached | Jan 2023 | £440,000 | 80 m² | £5,500/m² | 1 |
| 43, Brendon DriveDetached | Jun 2023 | £440,000 | 77 m² | £5,714/m² | 1 |
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 (2.5 km), with 95k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Felixstowe.
The nearest bus stop is Shops, 150 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 4); 12 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Broke Hall Community Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (850 m); 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, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 46.9 · 10.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is East of England Co-op Foodstore, 1.4 km away, with One Stop closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Embrace Medical Centre (1.4 km), with Wellbeing Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Salon 24 is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Ipswich Hospital, 3.0 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: 11 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Taste of India is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Golf Hotel the nearest pub (900 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 34 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 25 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 71% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
The nearest park is Sandlings open space, 350 m away; for exercise, Kesgrave Community Centre (1.4 km).
A swim is a short trip away: River Deben Estuary, Waldringfield, 7.4 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 63 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 70 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 55% of households own their home outright.
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.
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%.
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 IP5 1NJ →
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
The nearest university is University of Suffolk, 3.7 km away (TEF Silver).
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" Brendon 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: 1 of 17 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 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 | 2.8% | 2.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.0% | 78.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 2.4% | 9.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.3% | 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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