IP5 3ST

Last sold £445,000 in September 2017

2, Forest Lane, Ipswich

Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
5 (est.)
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
1,636 sq ft / 152 sq m
EPC rating
D
Elevation
About 27m — higher than about 30% of homes in Ipswich

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Price history in context

  • Sep 2017 — £445,000 · +102.3% · 58 pts ahead of the UK market
  • May 2005 — £220,000
— sold price – – bank of england base rate £445,000 £220,000 2005 2017

The life around it

  • Kesgrave High School 1.9km
  • Birchwood Primary School 7-min walk
  • Woodbridge station 5.1km
  • Culpho Wood 5.6km
  • The coast (coastline) 2.8km
  • Lake 1.4km
  • Balancing Pond 521m
  • Minsmere New Cut 30.1km
  • Mill River 1.5km
  • Public Park 525m
  • The Green 304m
  • Premier Express Convenience Store 1.3km
  • The Oaks (Opp) 92m

Broadband

  • Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
  • Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
  • Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises

Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data

Commute by train

From Woodbridge, 5.1km away

  • 100 min London
  • 113 min Cambridge

Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.

Schools nearby

Flood risk

Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map

Noise

Road noise here is mapped at 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — audible traffic.

Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,710 hours a year — sunnier than 90% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.

Hills: no hills shade it. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Crime

Below average for England & Wales — 15 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

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Planning activity nearby

  • Permitted Non-material Amendment to DC/25/3981/FUL - Infill walls and garage door to existing car… Feb 2026 source
  • Undecided First floor front extension over existing May 2026 source
  • Undecided Single Storey Rear And Side Extension Plus First Floor Extension Over Existing Attached… Apr 2026 source
  • Undecided Side extension to existing dwelling Apr 2026 source
  • Undecided Erection of 2.0m high close-board panel fencing along the driveway and along the… Jan 2026 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.

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