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On Smiths Place, in Kesgrave East & Martlesham
What it's like at IP5 2YR: every home that has sold on Smiths Place 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 Smiths Place; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 7 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Smiths PlaceDetached | Sept 2023 | £372,000 | 127 m² | £2,929/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Smiths PlaceDetached | May 2026 | £380,000 | 110 m² | £3,455/m² | 3 |
| 4, Smiths PlaceDetached | Nov 2001 | £155,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 5, Smiths PlaceDetached | Aug 2013 | £210,000 | 122 m² | £1,721/m² | 1 |
| 7, Smiths PlaceDetached | Jul 2007 | £247,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 8, Smiths PlaceDetached | Oct 2019 | £305,000 | 67 m² | £4,552/m² | 1 |
| 10, Smiths PlaceDetached | May 2019 | £390,000 | 121 m² | £3,223/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 drive away (4.9 km), with 95k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Felixstowe.
The nearest bus stop is Battles Lane, 150 m away, with a bus about every 21 minutes on weekdays (routes 66, 66A); 17 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 43 minutes away by public transport (16 by car).
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Cedarwood Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (800 m); 57% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Birchwood Primary School (0.3 km).
The nearest secondary is Kesgrave High School, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 49.7 · 12.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.0 km away, with Avanishan Food And Wine closer still (850 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Embrace Medical Centre (1.1 km), with Tesco Instore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.0 km).
For a haircut, Beauty at the Grange is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Ipswich Hospital, 5.2 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: 19 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
The Holy Family & St Michael's Catholic Church -Church House is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and The Farmhouse Public House the nearest pub (150 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 57 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 38 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 54% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 223 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Grange Meadow, 150 m away; for exercise, Grangeside Fitness (350 m).
A swim is a short trip away: River Deben Estuary, Waldringfield, 4.1 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 67 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 73 km.
14 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grange Farmhouse | II | 140 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.
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 2YR →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 45% of households own their home outright.
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" Smiths Place in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 5 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 | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.9% | 2.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 85.4% | 78.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 5.8% | 9.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.3% | 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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