IP31 — Bury St Edmunds
Bury St Edmunds's IP31 postcode sits in St Edmundsbury. The board behind it is assembled from 10,777 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical IP31 sale went from £67,000 in 1995 to £345,000 in 2026 — 5.1× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2002 — prices moved +24.6% that year. The one to avoid was 2012: the median moved -15.6%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in IP31
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £67,000 | 314 |
| 2000 | £106,500 | 338 |
| 2005 | £185,000 | 335 |
| 2010 | £220,000 | 243 |
| 2015 | £260,000 | 382 |
| 2020 | £309,000 | 279 |
| 2025 | £355,000 | 310 |
| 2026 | £345,000 | 43 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Thurston (31% of local sales) — busiest streets: Howes Avenue, Barton Road, Victoria Close
- Stanton (16% of local sales) — busiest streets: Gilbert Road, Sturgeon Way, Fordhams Close
- Great Barton (14% of local sales) — busiest streets: Livermere Road, Thurston Road, The Park
- Ixworth (14% of local sales) — busiest streets: High Street, Chalk Lane, Thistledown Drive
- Walsham Le Willows (8% of local sales) — busiest streets: Wattisfield Road, The Street, Palmer Street
- Norton (7% of local sales) — busiest streets: Ixworth Road, Ashfield Road, The Street
- Barningham (6% of local sales) — busiest streets: Millfield Road, Bishops Croft, Hepworth Road
- Badwell Ash (6% of local sales) — busiest streets: The Street, Back Lane, Orchard Way
Reading about 2002 is easy; surviving 2012 is the game. Play the IP31 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.