The IP postcode area, also known as the Ipswich postcode area,Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) is a group of 33 postcode districts in the

east of England The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. This region was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics purposes from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire ...

, within 15

post town A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system.Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) Including the correct post town in the address increases ...

s. These cover most of

Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include L ...

(including

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line r ...

, Bury St Edmunds,

Aldeburgh Aldeburgh ( ) is a coastal town in the county of Suffolk, England. Located to the north of the River Alde. Its estimated population was 2,276 in 2019. It was home to the composer Benjamin Britten and remains the centre of the international Aldeb ...

, Brandon, Eye,

Felixstowe Felixstowe ( ) is a port town in Suffolk, England. The estimated population in 2017 was 24,521. The Port of Felixstowe is the largest container port in the United Kingdom. Felixstowe is approximately 116km (72 miles) northeast of London. H ...

Halesworth Halesworth is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in north-eastern Suffolk, England. The population stood at 4,726 in the 2011 Census. It lies south-west of Lowestoft, on a tributary of the River Blyth, upstream from Southwold. T ...

Leiston Leiston ( ) is an English town in the East Suffolk (district), East Suffolk non-metropolitan district of Suffolk, near Saxmundham and Aldeburgh, about from the North Sea coast, north-east of Ipswich and north-east of London. The town had a po ...

Saxmundham Saxmundham ( ) is a market town in Suffolk, England, set in the valley of the River Fromus about north-east of Ipswich and west of the coast at Sizewell. The town is bypassed by the main A12 road between London and Lowestoft. The town is serve ...

Southwold Southwold is a seaside town and civil parish on the English North Sea coast in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk. It lies at the mouth of the River Blyth within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town is a ...

Stowmarket Stowmarket ( ) is a market town in Suffolk, England,OS Explorer map 211: Bury St.Edmunds and Stowmarket Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton A2 edition. Publishing Date:2008. on the busy A14 trunk road between Bury St Edm ...

and Woodbridge), plus southern

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the Nort ...

(including

Thetford Thetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland District of Norfolk, England. It is on the A11 road between Norwich and London, just east of Thetford Forest. The civil parish, covering an area of , in 2015 had a population of 24, ...

Diss Diss or DISS may refer to: *Diss, Alberta, a place in Canada *Diss, Norfolk, a market town in England, United Kingdom **Diss railway station **Diss Rugby Club ** Diss Town F.C. *Diss grass, a Mediterranean grass *Diss (music), a song whose primary ...

and Harleston) and a very small part of

Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Counties of England, county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and North ...

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The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: , - ! IP1 , IPSWICH , North West

, Akenham ,

, - ! IP2 , IPSWICH , South West

, Belstead,

Wherstead Wherstead is a village and a civil parish located in county Suffolk, England. Wherstead village lies south of Ipswich on the Shotley peninsula. It is in the Belstead Brook electoral division of Suffolk County Council. It is an ancient settle ...

, Stoke Park , Ipswich , - ! IP3 , IPSWICH , South East

, Ravenswood , Ipswich , - ! IP4 , IPSWICH , North East Ipswich , Ipswich , - ! IP5 , IPSWICH ,

Rushmere St Andrew Rushmere St Andrew is a village, civil parish and electoral ward adjacent to part of the eastern edge of the borough of Ipswich in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The parish includes most of Rushmere Heath and parts of the Ipswi ...

Kesgrave Kesgrave is a town in the English county of Suffolk on the eastern edge of Ipswich. Kesgrave forms part of the wider Ipswich Built-up area. History The area was recorded as ''Gressgrava'' in the Domesday Book, by the late 15th century its nam ...

Martlesham Heath Martlesham Heath village is situated 6 miles (10 km) east of Ipswich, in Suffolk, England. This was an ancient area of heathland and latterly the site of Martlesham Heath Airfield. A "new village" was established there in the mid-1970s and t ...

East Suffolk East Suffolk may refer to the following places in Suffolk, England: * East Suffolk (county), a county until 1974 * East Suffolk District, a local government district established in 2019 * East Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency), an electoral dist ...

, - ! IP6 , IPSWICH ,

Needham Market Needham Market is a town in Suffolk, England. The town of Needham, Massachusetts, was named after Needham Market. History It initially grew around the wool combing industry, until the onset of the plague, which swept the town from 1663 to 1665. ...

, Creeting St. Mary, Barham, Henley, Claydon, Witnesham ,

Mid Suffolk Mid Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England. Its council was based in Needham Market until late 2017, and is currently sharing offices with the Suffolk County Council in Ipswich. The largest town of Mid Suffolk is Stowmark ...

, East Suffolk , - ! IP7 , IPSWICH , Hadleigh, Milden , Babergh , - ! IP8 , IPSWICH ,

Copdock Copdock is a village and former civil parish in county of Suffolk, south-eastern England. In 1961 the civil parish had a population of 399. Location Copdock is south-west of Ipswich. It is located on the former A12 road (now designated as the ...

, Belstead , Babergh , - ! IP9 , IPSWICH , Shotley Peninsula: Capel St Mary, Chelmondiston, Shotley , Babergh , - ! IP10 , IPSWICH , Kirton,

Nacton Nacton is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The parish is bounded by the neighbouring parishes of Levington to the east and Bucklesham in the north. It is located between the towns of Ipswich and Fe ...

, Levington , East Suffolk , - ! IP11 , FELIXSTOWE ,

, Trimley St. Martin, Trimley St. Mary , East Suffolk , - ! IP12 , WOODBRIDGE , Woodbridge, Orford , East Suffolk , - ! IP13 , WOODBRIDGE , Woodbridge, Easton,

Framlingham Framlingham is a market town and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Of Anglo-Saxon origin, it appears in the 1086 Domesday Book. The parish had a population of 3,342 at the 2011 Census and an estimated 4,016 in 2019. Nearby villages include Earl ...

, Little Bealings,

Laxfield Laxfield is a small ancient village in northern Suffolk, England. It is located at a distinct bend in today's B1117 road. History Laxfield arose in Saxon times as it is known that an early church was there and the village itself appears in th ...

, , East Suffolk, Mid Suffolk , - ! IP14 , STOWMARKET ,

Stowupland Stowupland is a village east of Stowmarket, Suffolk, England. Stowupland means "a place occupied on higher ground than Stowmarket", with the Saxons calling the village Ultuna due to the far higher presence of owls in the woods that previously ...

, Mid Suffolk , - ! IP15 , ALDEBURGH ,

, East Suffolk , - ! IP16 , LEISTON ,

, Aldringham, Eastbridge, Sizewell, Theberton, Thorpeness , East Suffolk , - ! IP17 , SAXMUNDHAM ,

, East Suffolk , - ! IP18 , SOUTHWOLD ,

Easton Bavents Easton Bavents is a hamlet and former civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the county of Suffolk, England. It now belongs to the civil parish of Reydon. Once an important village with a market, it has been much eroded by the North Sea. A ...

, Reydon,

Walberswick Walberswick is a village and civil parish on the Suffolk coast in England. It is at the mouth of the River Blyth on the south side of the river. The town of Southwold lies to the north of the river and is the nearest town to Walberswick, around ...

, East Suffolk , - ! IP19 , HALESWORTH ,

Cratfield Cratfield is a village in northern Suffolk, England. "It has a population of 292 according to the 2011 census." Neighbouring villages include Laxfield, Metfield, Cookley, Huntingfield, Heveningham. The nearest town, Halesworth, is approximatel ...

, Ubbeston,

, Walpole

Rumburgh Rumburgh is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. It is north-west of the market town of Halesworth in the East Suffolk District. The population of the parish at the 2011 United Kingdom census was 327. The village is c ...

, East Suffolk , - ! IP20 , HARLESTON , Mendham, Withersdale Street, Metfield, Wortwell, Redenhall ,

South Norfolk South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Long Stratton. The population of the Local Authority District was 124,012 as taken at the 2011 Census. History The district was formed on 1 April 197 ...

, East Suffolk , - ! rowspan="2", IP21 , DISS ,

Thorpe Abbotts Thorpe Abbotts is a village and (as Thorpe Abbots) a former civil parish, now in the parish of Brockdish, in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. The village is east of Diss, south south west of Norwich and north ...

, Pulham Market, Pulham St Mary, Wingfield , South Norfolk, Mid Suffolk , - , EYE ,

Stradbroke Stradbroke ( ) is an English village in the Mid Suffolk district of the county of Suffolk. The ''Census'' of 2011 gave the parish a population of 1,408, with an estimate of 1,513 in 2018. Heritage The village was listed in the Domesday Book ...

Fressingfield Fressingfield is a village in Suffolk, England, east of Diss, Norfolk, Diss, Norfolk. In 2015 it had a population of 1021, with one shop (a Mace (shop)), a medical centre, public house, restaurant, primary school, and three churches, with Anglica ...

, Syleham , Mid Suffolk, South Norfolk , - ! IP22 , DISS ,

, Winfarthing, Burston, Roydon,

Garboldisham Garboldisham () is a village and civil parish, part of Guiltcross in the Breckland district, in Norfolk, England, near the boundary with Suffolk. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 721 which increased to 969 at the 2011 Census. ...

, Botesdale , South Norfolk, Mid Suffolk , - ! IP23 , EYE , Eye, Thorndon, Thwaite, Brome , Mid Suffolk , - ! IP24 , THETFORD ,

Barnham Barnham may refer to: People * Alice Barnham (1592-1650), the wife Francis Bacon *Benedict Barnham (c.1559-1598), an English merchant * Stephen Barnham (died 1608), MP for Chichester, West Sussex Places *Barnham, Suffolk, a village and civil pari ...

, Great Hockham ,

Breckland Breckland in Norfolk and Suffolk is a 39,433 hectare Special Protection Area (SPA) under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds. The SPA partly overlaps the 7,544 hectare Breckland Special Area of Conservation. As a la ...

, West Suffolk , - ! IP25 , THETFORD , Watton,

Saham Toney Saham Toney is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is North of Thetford, west of Norwich and north-east of London. The village lies west of the town of Attleborough. The nearest railway station is at ...

, Breckland , - ! IP26 , THETFORD ,

Hilborough Hilborough is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south of Swaffham, west-southwest of Norwich and north-northeast of London. The population of the parish (including Bodney) at the 2011 Census was 243 ...

Northwold Northwold ("''North forest''") is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 1,070 in 448 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,085 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes o ...

, Breckland,

King's Lynn and West Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk is a local government district with borough status in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in the town of King's Lynn. The population of the Local Authority at the 2011 Census was 147,451. History The district w ...

, - ! IP27 , BRANDON , Brandon, Lakenheath , West Suffolk, King's Lynn and West Norfolk , - ! IP28 , BURY ST. EDMUNDS , Mildenhall,

Culford Culford is a village and civil parish about north of Bury St Edmunds and north east of London in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. According to the 2011 Census the parish had a population of 578, a decrease from 620 recorded at ...

, Red Lodge , West Suffolk,

East Cambridgeshire East Cambridgeshire (locally known as East Cambs) is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. Its council is based in Ely. The population of the District Council at the 2011 Census was 83,818. The district was formed on 1 April 197 ...

, - ! IP29 , BURY ST. EDMUNDS , Barrow, Shimpling , West Suffolk , - ! IP30 , BURY ST. EDMUNDS , Elmswell, Cockfield, Woolpit , West Suffolk, Mid Suffolk , - ! IP31 , BURY ST. EDMUNDS ,

Ixworth Ixworth is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, north-east of Bury St Edmunds on the A143 road to Diss and south-east of Thetford. The parish had a population of 2,365 at the 2011 Census. History I ...

, Thurston,

Great Barton Great Barton is a large village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about East of Bury St Edmunds on the A143.OS Explorer map 211: Bury St.Edmunds and Stowmarket Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Sou ...

Stanton Stanton may refer to: Places United Kingdom ;Populated places * Stanton, Derbyshire, near Swadlincote * Stanton, Gloucestershire * Stanton, Northumberland * Stanton, Staffordshire * Stanton, Suffolk * New Stanton, Derbyshire * Stanton by Bri ...

, West Suffolk, Mid Suffolk , - ! IP32 , BURY ST. EDMUNDS , , West Suffolk , - ! IP33 , BURY ST. EDMUNDS , Westley , West Suffolk , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", IP98 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", DISS , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''Bulk Mail'' , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic''

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