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Birds Cottages

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7 recorded sales · median £131,000 · East Suffolk

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East Suffolk Council · Green / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition 29/55 seats · 53% · OCD 2026

Overview Cost Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

73/100

Good

good-to-live score

£131k

median price

4.6

crimes per 1,000

£131k

median sold price

7.8 yrs

of local pay to buy

rail stations

grammar schools

114

schools total

4.6

crimes per 1,000

463

Violence — most

7.3

NO₂ · WHO 10

5.4%

in a flood zone

590

green spaces

6.7

PM2.5 · WHO 5

700

eat & drink

174

shops

59%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

Not enough history to chart yet.

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider East Suffolk, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-05

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £131,000. That's about 7.8× local earnings — around the 8.6× five-year average.

Sold price history

Not enough history to chart yet.

Median sold price · median of all 7 sales£131,000

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Affordability7.8× earnings (5-yr avg 8.6×)

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership69%

Owned outright

44%

With a mortgage

25%

Private rented

18%

Social rented

13%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,234

Your band:

East Suffolk Council£198

Suffolk County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,732

Police & Crime Commissioner£304

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in East Suffolk how Birds Cottages compares · from East Suffolk

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Old Felixstowe +36.8%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Old Felixstowe	£380,000	+36.8%	130
Martlesham Heath	£333,000	+32%	118
Kesgrave	£357,500	+30%	110
Leiston	£216,000	+22.2%	124
Lowestoft	£148,000	+20.8%	506
Kessingland	£225,000	+20.6%	126
Halesworth	£260,000	+20.1%	198
Carlton Colville	£260,000	+19.9%	346
Walton	£255,500	+19.3%	328
Trimley St Mary	£260,000	+19%	82
Bixley	£415,000	+16.9%	125
Saxmundham	£308,000	+16.8%	178
Kirkley	£194,000	+16.7%	320
Mill Hills	£450,000	+14.6%	132
Oulton	£245,000	+14.6%	516
Beccles	£240,000	+14.3%	316
Rendlesham	£300,000	+13.4%	134
Pakefield	£233,750	+12.8%	296
Worlingham	£295,000	+12.5%	90
Felixstowe	£259,000	+11.3%	284
Framlingham	£316,000	+9.3%	164
Grange Farm	£335,000	+8.9%	387
Trimley St Martin	£287,500	+6.6%	78
Bungay	£238,000	+6.5%	154

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Birds Cottages — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
3 Birds Cottages Market Place Kessingland	Semi-detached	—	—	£205,000	Jul 2023
1 Birds Cottages Market Place Kessingland	Terraced	—	—	£190,000	Nov 2022
3 Birds Cottages Market Place Kessingland	Semi-detached	—	—	£135,000	Oct 2022
1 Birds Cottages Market Place Kessingland	Terraced	—	—	£131,000	Oct 2019
1 Birds Cottages Market Place Kessingland	Terraced	—	—	£113,000	Jan 2007
3 Birds Cottages Market Place Kessingland	Semi-detached	—	—	£46,000	May 2001
1 Birds Cottages Market Place Kessingland	Terraced	—	—	£32,000	Oct 2000

Show all sales ↓

7 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from East Suffolk

Crime runs at 4.6 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month4.6

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from East Suffolk

Violence & sexual offences

463

Anti-social behaviour

136

Criminal damage & arson

134

Shoplifting

Other theft

Public order

Recorded crimes by category across the whole East Suffolk district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from East Suffolk

Population246,058

0–14

15%

15–24

25–44

20%

45–64

28%

65+

28%

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Median age49.7

Born outside the UK6%

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis)

In work52%

Unemployment4.9%

Self-employed18.7%

Details ▾

Retired31.9%

Residents 16+ in employment · Census 2021

Education28%

Level 4+ (degree)27.6%

No qualifications19.4%

Residents with a Level-4+ qualification · Census 2021

Health & wellbeing79%

Good health

79%

Life satisfaction 7.78/10

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Happiness7.86/10

Feels worthwhile8.11/10

Anxiety (lower = better)2.76/10

Census 2021 · ONS wellbeing survey

Deprivation — IMD decile 6/10 · little changed since 2019. About 55% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 6/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 6/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 55% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 6 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

6.3/10

Employment

5.8/10

Education & skills

4.8/10

Health & disability

5.8/10

Crime

7.3/10

Housing & services

4.4/10

Living environment

5.8/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

69%

own their home
ONS Census 2021

96%

White · Mixed 2%
ONS Census 2021

born outside the UK
ONS Census 2021

Schools This street

100% of the 8 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

8 of 8 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 8 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 21 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Kessingland Church of England Primary Academy	Primary	Good ('19)	0.7 km
The Old School	Primary	—	2.3 km
Carlton Colville Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	2.8 km
Carlton Colville Preschool	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.3 km
Pakefield High School	Secondary	Good ('23)	3.8 km
Pakefield Primary School	Primary	Good ('21)	3.8 km
Grove Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	4.2 km
Uplands Pre-School	Nursery	Outstanding ('25)	4.2 km
Victoria Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('25)	4.2 km
Westwood Primary School	Primary	—	4.7 km
Elm Tree Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	5.0 km
Elm Tree Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	5.0 km
Little Buddies Pre-School	Nursery	Inadequate ('25)	5.1 km
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School	Primary	Good ('24)	5.2 km
Phoenix St Peter Academy	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	5.5 km
St Peter's Penguins Pre School	Nursery	Good ('22)	5.5 km
Kirkley Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	5.5 km
East Point Academy	Secondary	—	5.6 km
Dell Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	5.6 km
Red Oak Primary School	Primary	—	5.7 km
Barnby and North Cove Community Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	5.8 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.7 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 4.7 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

4 of 4 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Kessingland Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.3 km
Longshore Surgeries	GP	Good ('19)	0.7 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	4.1 km
Andaman Surgery	GP	Good ('22)	4.3 km
Rosedale Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	4.3 km
Rosedale Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.3 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	4.3 km
Colosseum Dental (Avenue)	Dentist	—	4.7 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	4.9 km
Mr Dw Ferns (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	5.1 km
Victoria Road Surgery	GP	—	5.8 km
Victoria Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.8 km
Kirkley Mill Health Centre	GP	Good ('21)	5.9 km
Eastpoint Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.9 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.0 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from East Suffolk

5 nearest stations.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Oulton Broad South Rail Station	3.5 mi	—	no direct train
Oulton Broad North Rail Station	4.1 mi	—	no direct train
Lowestoft Rail Station	4.2 mi	—	no direct train
Beccles Rail Station	6.5 mi	—	no direct train
Somerleyton Rail Station	6.7 mi	—	no direct train

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

59%

Work from home

26%

Walk or cycle

11%

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging19 points

Per 10,000 residents0.8

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from East Suffolk

Air quality

NO₂

7.3

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.7

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1000.1%

Flood zone5.4% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 5–10%)

Historic landfill167 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings3,611

Conservation areas45

Green belt0%

Green spaces590

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from East Suffolk

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	700	95% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	174	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	50	—
Green spaces & parks	590	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

59%

Superfast

92.6%

Ultrafast

59%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from East Suffolk

At a glance

	Count	Trend, 12 months
Companies registered here	12,000	—
New incorporations	1,184	+14.5% vs prior 12m
Property companies (SPVs)	1,295	+19.7%

Companies House

Top sectors (SIC sections)

Professional, scientific & technical
Construction
Wholesale & retail
Real estate
Administrative & support

Companies House · "registered here" ≠ trading here · bulk/agent addresses excluded · /insights/property-companies →