IP postcode area

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Ipswich
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Coordinates: 52°12′07″N1°05′02″E / 52.202°N 1.084°E / 52.202; 1.084
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
IP
Postcode area name
Ipswich
Post towns 15
Postcode districts 34
Postcode sectors115
Postcodes (live)20,616
Postcodes (total)26,871
Statistics as at May 2020 [1]

The IP postcode area, also known as the Ipswich postcode area, [2] is a group of 33 postcode districts in the east of England, within 15 post towns. These cover most of Suffolk (including Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds, Aldeburgh, Brandon, Eye, Felixstowe, Halesworth, Leiston, Saxmundham, Southwold, Stowmarket and Woodbridge), southern and southwestern Norfolk (including Thetford, Diss and Harleston), and a very small part of Cambridgeshire.

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Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town CoverageLocal authority area(s)
IP1IPSWICHNorth West Ipswich, Akenham Ipswich
IP2IPSWICHSouth West Ipswich, Belstead, Wherstead, Stoke Park Ipswich
IP3IPSWICHSouth East Ipswich, Ravenswood Ipswich
IP4IPSWICHNorth East IpswichIpswich
IP5IPSWICH Rushmere St Andrew, Kesgrave, Martlesham Heath East Suffolk
IP6IPSWICH Needham Market, Creeting St. Mary, Barham, Henley, Claydon, Witnesham Mid Suffolk, East Suffolk
IP7IPSWICH Hadleigh, Milden Babergh
IP8IPSWICH Copdock, Belstead Babergh
IP9IPSWICHShotley Peninsula: Capel St Mary, Chelmondiston, Shotley Babergh
IP10IPSWICH Kirton, Nacton, Levington East Suffolk
IP11FELIXSTOWE Felixstowe, Trimley St. Martin, Trimley St. Mary East Suffolk
IP12WOODBRIDGE Woodbridge, Melton, Orford East Suffolk
IP13WOODBRIDGEWoodbridge, Easton, Framlingham, Little Bealings, Laxfield,East Suffolk, Mid Suffolk
IP14STOWMARKET Stowmarket, Stowupland Mid Suffolk
IP15ALDEBURGH Aldeburgh East Suffolk
IP16LEISTON Leiston, Aldringham, Eastbridge, Sizewell, Theberton, Thorpeness East Suffolk
IP17SAXMUNDHAM Saxmundham East Suffolk
IP18SOUTHWOLD Southwold, Easton Bavents, Reydon, Walberswick East Suffolk
IP19HALESWORTH Cratfield, Ubbeston, Halesworth, Walpole, Rumburgh East Suffolk
IP20HARLESTON Harleston, Mendham, Withersdale Street, Metfield, Wortwell, Redenhall, Needham South Norfolk, East Suffolk
IP21DISS Thorpe Abbotts, Pulham Market, Pulham St Mary, Wingfield South Norfolk, Mid Suffolk
EYE Stradbroke, Fressingfield, Syleham Mid Suffolk, South Norfolk
IP22DISS Diss, Winfarthing, Burston, Roydon, Garboldisham, Botesdale South Norfolk, Mid Suffolk
IP23EYE Eye, Thorndon, Thwaite, Brome Mid Suffolk
IP24THETFORD Thetford, Barnham, Great Hockham Breckland, West Suffolk
IP25THETFORD Watton, Shipdham, Saham Toney Breckland
IP26THETFORD Hilborough, Feltwell, Methwold, Hockwold cum Wilton, Northwold Breckland, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
IP27BRANDON Brandon, Lakenheath, Weeting West Suffolk, Breckland, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
IP28BURY ST. EDMUNDS Mildenhall, Culford, Red Lodge West Suffolk, East Cambridgeshire
IP29BURY ST. EDMUNDS Barrow, Shimpling West Suffolk
IP30BURY ST. EDMUNDS Elmswell, Cockfield, Woolpit West Suffolk, Mid Suffolk
IP31BURY ST. EDMUNDS Ixworth, Thurston, Great Barton, Stanton West Suffolk, Mid Suffolk
IP32BURY ST. EDMUNDS Bury St Edmunds (north and east)West Suffolk
IP33BURY ST. EDMUNDSBury St Edmunds (south, west and town centre), Westley West Suffolk
IP98DISSBulk Mailnon-geographic

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IP postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby CB, CO, NR and PE postcode areas. IP postcode area map.svg
IP postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby CB, CO, NR and PE postcode areas.

See also

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References

  1. "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. 1 2 Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)