IP28 — Bury St Edmunds
Bury St Edmunds's IP28 postcode sits in Forest Heath. The board behind it is assembled from 15,686 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical IP28 sale went from £58,000 in 1995 to £270,000 in 2026 — 4.7× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2002 — prices moved +26.0% that year. The one to avoid was 2009: the median moved -14.9%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in IP28
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £58,000 | 413 |
| 2000 | £87,500 | 440 |
| 2005 | £157,999 | 475 |
| 2010 | £175,000 | 502 |
| 2015 | £197,000 | 651 |
| 2020 | £250,000 | 447 |
| 2025 | £277,750 | 476 |
| 2026 | £270,000 | 93 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Mildenhall (39% of local sales) — busiest streets: Charles Melrose Close, Macpherson Robertson Way, Woodlands Way
- Red Lodge (30% of local sales) — busiest streets: Hundred Acre Way, Marigold Drive, Wintergreen Road
- Beck Row (16% of local sales) — busiest streets: Falcon Way, Blackbird Road, Holmsey Green
- West Row (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: Beeches Road, Blenheim Close, Mason Gardens
- Barton Mills (3% of local sales) — busiest streets: The Street, Church Meadow, Church Lane
- Fornham All Saints (3% of local sales) — busiest streets: Tut Hill, Pound Meadow, Pigeon Lane
- Risby (2% of local sales) — busiest streets: The Green, South Street, Woodland Close
- Fornham St Martin (2% of local sales) — busiest streets: Lark Valley Drive, Oak Close, Birkdale Court
Reading about 2002 is easy; surviving 2009 is the game. Play the IP28 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.