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Chimney Mills

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14 recorded sales · median £357,500 · West Suffolk

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West Suffolk Council · Labour / Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat coalition 37/64 seats · 58% · OCD 2026

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

70/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£358k

median price

5.4

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£358k

median sold price

7.7 yrs

of local pay to buy

79 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

5.4

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

448

Violence — most

6.9

NO₂ · WHO 10

3.5%

in a flood zone

897

green spaces

PM2.5 · WHO 5

503

eat & drink

107

shops

61.8%

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

£227,500 in 2000 → £481,000 in 2017

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

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

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

Crime2026-06

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 £357,500. That's about 7.7× local earnings — around the 8.9× five-year average.

Sold price history

2017 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 14 sales£357,500

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay7.7× · five-year average 8.9×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership60%

Owned outright

34%

With a mortgage

27%

Private rented

22%

Social rented

16%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,246

Your band:

West Suffolk Council£210

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

Police & Crime Commissioner£304

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,497

Band B£1,747

Band C£1,996

Band D (baseline)£2,246

Band E£2,745

Band F£3,244

Band G£3,743

Band H£4,492

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

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

Neighbourhood prices in West Suffolk how Chimney Mills compares · from West Suffolk

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Brandon +20.1%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Brandon	£200,000	+20.1%	214
Lakenheath	£255,000	+18.6%	90
Mildenhall Road Estate	£252,750	+18.2%	88
Studlands Park	£246,250	+14.9%	212
Mildenhall	£235,000	+14.1%	242
Red Lodge	£280,000	+13.8%	230
Beck Row	£271,000	+12.5%	96
Priors Estate	£315,000	+12.3%	198
Newmarket	£263,000	+10.8%	362
Haverhill	£250,000	+10.7%	598
Westley Estate	£280,000	+10.4%	102
Bury St Edmunds	£269,000	+8.1%	660
Moreton Hall	£308,750	+6.5%	268
Howard Estate	£227,750	+0%	48

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 Chimney Mills — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
13 Chimney Mills West Stow	Detached	—	—	£470,000	Mar 2026
7 Chimney Mills West Stow	Detached	—	—	£580,000	Sep 2024
10, Chimney Mills West Stow	Detached	—	—	£400,000	Nov 2019
SILVER LEA, 5 CHIMNEY MILLS	Semi-detached	—	—	£595,000	Sep 2017
2, Chimney Mills West Stow	Detached	—	—	£367,000	Sep 2017
1, Chimney Mills West Stow	Detached	—	—	£350,000	May 2016
6, Chimney Mills West Stow	Semi-detached	—	—	£437,400	Jul 2015
12, Chimney Mills West Stow	Detached	—	—	£325,000	Dec 2014
1, Chimney Mills West Stow	Detached	—	—	£261,250	May 2014
SILVER LEA, 5 CHIMNEY MILLS	Semi-detached	—	—	£365,000	Mar 2010
13 Chimney Mills West Stow	Detached	—	—	£220,000	May 2001
9 CHIMNEY MILLS	Detached	—	—	£195,000	Oct 2000
8 CHIMNEY MILLS	Detached	—	—	£260,000	Apr 2000
13 Chimney Mills West Stow	Detached	—	—	£135,000	Oct 1995

Show all sales ↓

14 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 West Suffolk

Crime runs at 5.4 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 / month5.4

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

By category, 12 months from West Suffolk

Violence & sexual offences

448

Other theft

Criminal damage & arson

Public order

Anti-social behaviour

Shoplifting

Recorded crimes by category across the whole West 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 West Suffolk

Population179,948

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 6/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 55% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

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

6.8/10

Employment

7.0/10

Education & skills

5.1/10

Health & disability

7.0/10

Crime

6.4/10

Housing & services

4.5/10

Living environment

6.0/10

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

Figures for the wider West Suffolk — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+61%

Unemployment · economically active residents3.8%

Degree-level (Level 4+)29%

Good or very good health83%

Own their home60%

Median age41.7

Born outside the UK17%

See the full West Suffolk report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

80% of the 5 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

4 of 5 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 5 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 23 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Culford School	All-through	—	1.3 km
Culford Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.3 km
Little Willows Childcare	Nursery	—	3.5 km
Colourbox@Cherry Trees	Nursery	—	4.0 km
Risby Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	4.3 km
Risby Preschool and Childcare Services	Nursery	Good ('22)	4.3 km
Howard Community Academy	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	4.4 km
Tollgate Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	4.9 km
St Benedict's Catholic School	Secondary	—	5.0 km
Stagecoach Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket	Nursery	—	5.0 km
Bury St Edmunds County High School	Secondary	Good ('22)	5.1 km
Little Acorns Childcare, Bury St Edmunds Limited	Nursery	—	5.2 km
Sexton's Manor Primary School	Primary	—	5.3 km
Abbeygate Sixth Form College	16 plus	—	5.5 km
Kids Play Bury St Edmunds	Nursery	Good ('23)	5.7 km
King Edward VI CEVC School	Secondary	—	5.7 km
St Edmundsbury CofE Primary Academy	Primary	Requires improvement ('24)	5.8 km
Little Angels Day Care	Nursery	Good ('22)	5.8 km
West Suffolk College	16 plus	—	5.9 km
Springfield Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('21)	5.9 km
Moreton Hall Prepcare Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	7.4 km
Bright Horizons Bury St Edmunds Day Nursery and Preschool	Nursery	Good ('23)	7.7 km
Abbots Green Primary Academy	Primary	Good ('22)	8.0 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 6.2 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 6.1 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 4.7 km
NHS ODS

5 of 5 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.7 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.3 km
Tesco In-Store Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.8 km
Mydentist	Dentist	—	6.1 km
Victoria Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	6.2 km
Victoria Street Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.2 km
Alvington House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	6.4 km
Swan Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	6.4 km
Sycamore House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	6.4 km
Swan Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.4 km
Superdrug Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.5 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	6.5 km
Croasdales	Pharmacy	—	6.6 km
M.G. Barrett'S Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	6.6 km
The Guildhall And Barrow Surgery	GP	Good ('19)	6.6 km
Guildhall Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.6 km
Abbey Dental Practice	Dentist	—	6.7 km
Cathedral Dental Practice	Dentist	—	6.7 km
Angel Hill Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	6.8 km
Mount Farm Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	7.7 km
Lawson Place Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	7.7 km
Saxon Dental Practice	Dentist	—	7.7 km
Croasdales	Pharmacy	—	7.7 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 West Suffolk

5 nearest stations.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Bury St Edmunds Rail Station	3.6 mi	—	no direct train
Thurston Rail Station	6.8 mi	—	no direct train
Elmswell Rail Station	11.1 mi	—	no direct train
Lakenheath Rail Station	11.8 mi	—	no direct train
Newmarket Rail Station	11.8 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

62%

Work from home

24%

Walk or cycle

11%

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging30 points

Per 10,000 residents1.7

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

Environment from West Suffolk

Air quality

NO₂

6.9

— WHO guide

PM2.5

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1000%

Flood zone3.5% of postcodes

Radonup to 1–3% of homes

Historic landfill101 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 buildings2,929

Conservation areas48

Green belt0%

Green spaces897

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from West Suffolk

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	503	97% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	107	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	40	—
Green spaces & parks	897	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

61.8%

Superfast

93.9%

Ultrafast

62.6%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from West Suffolk

Figures for the wider West Suffolk — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate3.8%

In work (employment rate)60.5%

Companies registered here29,644

New incorporations (12m)7,378

Property companies (SPVs)2,959

See the full West Suffolk report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district