IP4 postcode district
IP4, in the IP (Ipswich) postcode area, has 946 live and 281 terminated postcodes in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026, and OS Open Names files 386 roads under it.
| postcode area | IP (Ipswich) |
|---|---|
| live postcodes | 946 |
| terminated postcodes | 281 |
| sectors | 5 |
| roads listed | 386 |
| companies registered | 1,675 |
| centroid | 52.06042, 1.18022 |
| directory release | 2026-08 |
Postcodes and sectors
946 of the district's 1,227 postcodes are live in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026. A postcode directory says whether a code is in use, never who is there. The live postcodes centre on 52.06042, 1.18022, which locates the district, not a building.
| sector | live | terminated |
|---|---|---|
| IP4 1 | 142 | 77 |
| IP4 2 | 209 | 84 |
| IP4 3 | 152 | 24 |
| IP4 4 | 180 | 51 |
| IP4 5 | 263 | 45 |
Companies registered in IP4
Companies House lists 1,675 companies with a registered office in IP4; 92 of them at addresses shared by 25 or more companies (1 October 2026 snapshot). 25 is the count at which the address lookup reports a company cluster.
Places OS Open Names lists for IP4
- Suffolk
- Eastern
- Ipswich
- East Suffolk
- Kesgrave
Roads filed under IP4
Named roads first, then numbered ones. A road is filed under one district even where it runs through several, so a street missing here may be listed under a neighbouring district — which is why the address lookup never calls a British street absent. Great Britain has no open register of buildings, so a listed road never means a building on it exists.
- Aberdeen Way
- Aberfoyle Close
- Adelaide Road
- Aldeburgh Gardens
- Alexandra Road
- Allington Close
- Alma Close
- Angel Lane
- Angus Close
- Argyle Street
- Arthur's Terrace
- Ashmere Grove
- Audley Grove
- Ayr Road
- Bank Road
- Bartholomew Street
- Belgrave Close
- Belle Vue Road
- Belvedere Road
- Bent Lane
- Berkeley Close
- Beverley Road
- Bildeston Gardens
- Bixley Drive
- Bixley Lane
- Blackfriars Court
- Bladen Drive
- Blair Close
- Blanche Street
- Bloomfield Street
- Bolton Lane
- Bond Street
- Borrowdale Avenue
- Boston Road
- Braeburn Close
- Bramley Chase
- Bramley Hill
- Bransby Gardens
- Brettenham Crescent
- Brisbane Road
- Bristol Road
- Britannia Road
- Broadlands Way
- Bromeswell Road
- Brookhill Way
- Brunswick Road
- Burnham Close
- Butterfly Gardens
- Byford Walk
- Caithness Close
- Camberley Road
- Canberra Close
- Carlton Way
- Carr Street
- Cauldwell Avenue
- Cauldwell Hall Road
- Cemetery Lane
- Cemetery Road
- Chancellor Walk
- Chartwell Close
all 386 roads
- Chatsworth Drive
- Chelsworth Avenue
- Cherry Lane
- Cherry Lane Gardens
- Chivers Court
- Christchurch Street
- Churchill Avenue
- Clare Road
- Claverton Way
- Clementine Gardens
- Clench Close
- Clifford Road
- Clovelly Close
- Cobbold Mews
- Cobbold Street
- Cobden Place
- Colchester Road
- College Street
- Common Quay
- Constable Road
- Copleston Road
- Corder Road
- Cornwallis Terrace
- Coronation Road
- Cowper Street
- Cox Lane
- Crabbe Street
- Cranborne Chase
- Crofton Close
- Crofton Road
- Cromarty Road
- Crozier Mews
- Darwin Road
- Derby Close
- Digby Road
- Discovery Drive
- Dogs Head Street
- Dorset Close
- Dove Street
- Dumbarton Road
- Dumfries Road
- Eagle Street
- Eastern Close
- East Lawn
- Eden Road
- Ellisons Crescent
- Ely Road
- Ernleigh Road
- Euston Avenue
- Fairlight Close
- Faraday Road
- Fawley Close
- Fife Road
- Finbars Walk
- Finborough Close
- Finchley Road
- Fordham Place
- Fore Street
- Forfar Close
- Foundation Street
- Foundry Lane
- Foxhall Road
- Foxwood Crescent
- Freehold Road
- Fuchsia Lane
- Gainsborough Road
- George Frost Close
- Geralds Avenue
- Giffords Place
- Glemham Drive
- Glenavon Road
- Glencoe Road
- Gleneagles Drive
- Glenhurst Avenue
- Gordon Road
- Goring Road
- Grange Road
- Great Colman Street
- Gretna Gardens
- Griffiths Close
- Grimwade Street
- Grosvenor Close
- Grove Lane
- Gwendoline Close
- Halliwell Road
- Hardwick Close
- Harrow Close
- Haslemere Drive
- Haughley Drive
- Hayhill Road
- Heathlands Park
- Heath Lane
- Heath Road
- Henslow Road
- Hervey Street
- Hillary Close
- Hintesham Close
- Holkham Close
- Holland Road
- Houghton Place
- Howard Street
- Humber Doucy Lane
- Hutland Road
- Ickworth Crescent
- Ingelow Gardens
- Inverness Road
- Jefferies Road
- Jupiter Road
- Kelvedon Drive
- Kemball Street
- Kennedy Close
- Kentwell Close
- Kettlebaston Way
- Key Street
- Khartoum Road
- Kiln Close
- Kings Avenue
- Kingsgate Drive
- Kinross Road
- Kirby Close
- Kirby Street
- Lacey Street
- Ladywood Road
- Lanark Road
- Lancaster Road
- Lancing Avenue
- Lansdowne Road
- Larkhill Rise
- Lattice Avenue
- Layard Close
- Leopold Gardens
- Leopold Road
- Lindsey Road
- Lombard Court
- Lonsdale Close
- Lower Brook Street
- Lower Orwell Street
- Lyndhurst Avenue
- Mandy Close
- Mannington Close
- Manor Road
- Mapleton Gardens
- Marlborough Road
- Masons Close
- Mayfield Road
- Mayors' Avenue
- Meadowside Gardens
- Meadowvale Close
- Melbourne Road
- Melford Close
- Melrose Gardens
- Melville Road
- Mere Gardens
- Meridian Rise
- Millfield Gardens
- Milner Street
- Milton Street
- Moat Farm Close
- Moffat Avenue
- Nelson Road
- Neptune Quay
- Neptune Square
- Newbury Road
- Newby Drive
- New Street
- Newton Street
- Norbury Road
- Norfolk Road
- North Close
- Northgate Street
- North Hill Gardens
- North Hill Road
- North Lawn
- Nottidge Road
- Nursery Gardens
- Oakstead Close
- Old Cattle Market
- Old Foundry Road
- Orchard Street
- Orkney Road
- Orwell Place
- Oxford Road
- Palmerston Road
- Parade Road
- Pardoe Place
- Park North
- Parkside Avenue
- Parliament Road
- Parnham Place
- Pearmain Lane
- Phoenix Road
- Playford Road
- Pleasant Row
- Post Mill Close
- Queensgate Drive
- Randolph Close
- Randwell Close
- Reading Road
- Regent Street
- Regina Close
- Renfrew Road
- Ringham Road
- Risby Close
- Rivers Street
- Rope Walk
- Rosebery Road
- Rosemary Lane
- Ross Road
- Roundwood Road
- Roxburgh Road
- Rushbury Close
- Rushmere Road
- Rushmere Street
- Russet Road
- Salthouse Street
- Samuel Court
- Sandling Crescent
- Sandpit Close
- Sapling Place
- Schreiber Road
- Seckford Close
- Selkirk Road
- Seven Cottages Lane
- Shaftesbury Square
- Sherborne Avenue
- Shetland Close
- Shire Hall Yard
- Shrubland Drive
- Sidegate Avenue
- Sidegate Lane
- Sidegate Lane West
- Silk Street
- Slade Street
- Smart Street
- Soane Street
- Somerset Road
- South Close
- Springhurst Close
- Springland Close
- Spring Road
- St Andrews Close
- St Andrews Walk
- St Anthonys Crescent
- Starfield Close
- Star Lane
- St Aubyns Road
- St Clement's Church Lane
- St Helen's Church Lane
- St Helens Street
- St John's Road
- St Margaret's Green
- St Margaret's Plain
- St Margaret's Street
- St Marys Road
- St Peters Dock
- Stradbroke Road
- Stuart Close
- Suffolk Road
- Summerfield Close
- Summerfield Court
- Sunfield Close
- Sunningdale Avenue
- Tacket Street
- Tasmania Road
- Tennyson Road
- Thanet Road
- The Albany
- The Drift
- The Driftway
- The Fairways
- The Greens
- The Lawns
- The Maples
- The Mills
- The Pastures
- The Spinney
- Thornley Drive
- Tokio Road
- Tolworth Road
- Tovell's Road
- Trafalgar Close
- Troon Gardens
- Tuddenham Avenue
- Tuddenham Road
- Tudor Place
- Turret Lane
- Tydeman Close
- Union Street
- Upland Road
- Upper Barclay Street
- Upper Brook Street
- Upper Orwell Courts
- Upper Orwell Street
- Upton Close
- Valleyview Drive
- Vermont Close
- Vermont Crescent
- Vermont Road
- Victory Road
- Warwick Road
- Waterworks Street
- Watts Court
- Wellesley Road
- Wells Close
- Westbury Road
- Westerfield Road
- Western Close
- West Lawn
- Westminster Close
- Weymouth Road
- Wherry Lane
- Wherry Quay
- Whitby Road
- Willis Crescent
- Wincanton Close
- Wingfield Street
- Winston Avenue
- Withipoll Street
- Woodbridge Road
- Woodbridge Road East
- Woodhouse Square
- Woodville Road
- A1214
- B1075
- B1076
- B1077
Check an address in IP4
The same road list through the API, from the outward code alone:
curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=IP4" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"
Common questions about IP4
- What does an IP4 postcode tell you?
- That the address lies in the IP4 district of the IP (Ipswich) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Ipswich. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 946 live postcodes.
Where the counts come from
- ons-postcode-directory · version 2026-08 · Contains ONS, OS and Royal Mail data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Northern Ireland postcodes are excluded: their reuse needs a Land & Property Services licence.
- os-open-names · version 2026-11-01 · Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- uk-companies-house · version 2026-10-01 · Companies House free company data product, Open Government Licence v3.0
What each figure means, and what a district page never says, is set out in Reading a British postcode district page; the glossary defines a postcode district, a postcode area, a postcode directory and a street register.
Data synced on 2026-11-01: the newest version among the datasets listed above.
Districts nearest IP4
- IP32.2 km
- IP12.9 km
- IP23.6 km
- IP54.5 km
- IP86.9 km
- IP107.7 km
- IP98.3 km
- IP69.4 km
- IP1213.5 km
- CO1115.0 km
- IP1115.0 km
- CO1215.2 km
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distance between the districts' centroids
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