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{{short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=IP}}
The '''IP postcode area''', also known as the '''Ipswich postcode area''',<ref name=":0">Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of 33 postcode districts in the [[east of England]], within 15 [[post town]]s. These cover most of [[Suffolk]] (including [[Ipswich]], [[Bury St Edmunds]], [[Aldeburgh]], [[Brandon, Suffolk|Brandon]], [[Eye, Suffolk|Eye]], [[Felixstowe]], [[Halesworth]], [[Leiston]], [[Saxmundham]], [[Southwold]], [[Stowmarket]] and [[Woodbridge, Suffolk|Woodbridge]]), southern and southwestern [[Norfolk]] (including [[Thetford]], [[Diss, Norfolk|Diss]] and [[Harleston, Norfolk|Harleston]]), and a very small part of [[Cambridgeshire]].

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==Coverage==
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

{{postcode area table start}}
|-
! IP1
| IPSWICH
| North West [[Ipswich]], [[Akenham]]
| [[Ipswich Borough Council|Ipswich]]
|-
! IP2
| IPSWICH
| South West [[Ipswich]], [[Belstead]], [[Wherstead]], [[Stoke Park, Suffolk|Stoke Park]]
| Ipswich
|-
! IP3
| IPSWICH
| South East [[Ipswich]], [[Ravenswood, Ipswich|Ravenswood]]
| Ipswich
|-
! IP4
| IPSWICH
| North East Ipswich
| Ipswich
|-
! IP5
| IPSWICH
| [[Rushmere St Andrew]], [[Kesgrave]], [[Martlesham Heath]]
| [[East Suffolk (district)|East Suffolk]]
|-
! IP6
| IPSWICH
| [[Needham Market]], [[Creeting St. Mary]], [[Barham, Suffolk|Barham]], [[Henley, Suffolk|Henley]], [[Claydon, Suffolk|Claydon]], [[Witnesham]]
| [[Mid Suffolk]], East Suffolk
|-
! IP7
| IPSWICH
| [[Hadleigh, Suffolk|Hadleigh]], [[Milden, Suffolk|Milden]]
| [[Babergh District|Babergh]]
|-
! IP8
| IPSWICH
| [[Copdock]], [[Belstead]]
| Babergh
|-
! IP9
| IPSWICH
| Shotley Peninsula: [[Capel St Mary]], [[Chelmondiston]], [[Shotley, Suffolk|Shotley]]
| Babergh
|-
! IP10
| IPSWICH
| [[Kirton, Suffolk|Kirton]], [[Nacton]], [[Levington]]
| East Suffolk
|-
! IP11
| FELIXSTOWE
| [[Felixstowe]], [[Trimley St. Martin]], [[Trimley St. Mary]]
| East Suffolk
|-
! IP12
| WOODBRIDGE
| [[Woodbridge, Suffolk|Woodbridge]], [[Melton, Suffolk|Melton]], [[Orford, Suffolk|Orford]]
| East Suffolk
|-
! IP13
| WOODBRIDGE
| Woodbridge, [[Easton, Suffolk|Easton]], [[Framlingham]], [[Little Bealings]], [[Laxfield]],
| East Suffolk, Mid Suffolk
|-
! IP14
| STOWMARKET
| [[Stowmarket]], [[Stowupland]]
| Mid Suffolk
|-
! IP15
| ALDEBURGH
| [[Aldeburgh]]
| East Suffolk
|-
! IP16
| LEISTON
| [[Leiston]], [[Aldringham]], [[Eastbridge]], [[Sizewell]], [[Theberton]], [[Thorpeness]]
| East Suffolk
|-
! IP17
| SAXMUNDHAM
| [[Saxmundham]], [[Yoxford]], [[Darsham]]
| East Suffolk
|-
! IP18
| SOUTHWOLD
| [[Southwold]], [[Easton Bavents]], [[Reydon]], [[Walberswick]]
| East Suffolk
|-
! IP19
| HALESWORTH
| [[Cratfield]], [[Ubbeston]], [[Halesworth]], [[Walpole, Suffolk|Walpole]], [[Rumburgh]]
| East Suffolk
|-
! IP20
| HARLESTON
| [[Harleston, Norfolk|Harleston]], [[Mendham, Suffolk|Mendham]], [[Withersdale Street]], [[Metfield]], [[Wortwell]], [[Redenhall with Harleston|Redenhall]], Needham
| [[South Norfolk]], East Suffolk
|-
! rowspan="2"|IP21
| DISS
| [[Thorpe Abbotts]], [[Pulham Market]], [[Pulham St Mary]], [[Wingfield, Suffolk|Wingfield]]
| South Norfolk, Mid Suffolk
|-
| EYE
| [[Stradbroke]], [[Fressingfield]], [[Syleham]]
| Mid Suffolk, South Norfolk
|-
! IP22
| DISS
| [[Diss, Norfolk|Diss]], [[Winfarthing]], [[Burston, Norfolk|Burston]], [[Roydon, South Norfolk|Roydon]], [[Garboldisham]], [[Botesdale]]
| South Norfolk, Mid Suffolk
|-
! IP23
| EYE
| [[Eye, Suffolk|Eye]], [[Thorndon, Suffolk|Thorndon]], [[Thwaite, Suffolk|Thwaite]], [[Brome, Suffolk|Brome]]
| Mid Suffolk
|-
! IP24
| THETFORD
| [[Thetford]], [[Barnham, Suffolk|Barnham]], [[Great Hockham]]
| [[Breckland District|Breckland]], West Suffolk
|-
! IP25
| THETFORD
| [[Watton, Norfolk|Watton]], [[Shipdham]], [[Saham Toney]]
| Breckland
|-
! IP26
| THETFORD
| [[Hilborough]], [[Feltwell]], [[Methwold]], [[Hockwold cum Wilton]], [[Northwold]]
| Breckland, [[King's Lynn and West Norfolk]]
|-
! IP27
| BRANDON
| [[Brandon, Suffolk|Brandon]], [[Lakenheath]], [[Weeting]]
| [[West Suffolk District|West Suffolk]], Breckland, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
|-
! IP28
| BURY ST. EDMUNDS
| [[Mildenhall, Suffolk|Mildenhall]], [[Culford]], [[Red Lodge, Suffolk|Red Lodge]]
| West Suffolk, [[East Cambridgeshire]]
|-
! IP29
| BURY ST. EDMUNDS
| [[Barrow, Suffolk|Barrow]], [[Shimpling]]
| West Suffolk
|-
! IP30
| BURY ST. EDMUNDS
| [[Cockfield, Suffolk|Elmswell]], [[Cockfield, Suffolk|Cockfield]], [[Woolpit]]
| West Suffolk, Mid Suffolk
|-
! IP31
| BURY ST. EDMUNDS
| [[Ixworth]], [[Thurston, Suffolk|Thurston]], [[Great Barton]], [[Stanton, Suffolk|Stanton]]
| West Suffolk, Mid Suffolk
|-
! IP32
| BURY ST. EDMUNDS
| [[Bury St Edmunds]] (north and east)
| West Suffolk
|-
! IP33
| BURY ST. EDMUNDS
| Bury St Edmunds (south, west and town centre), [[Westley, Suffolk|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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==Map==
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{{Postcode area imagemap|map=IP postcode area|size=550x550px}}

==See also==
*[[Postcode Address File]]
*[[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/ Royal Mail's Postcode Address File]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180926234202/https://www.poweredbypaf.com/how-the-royal-mail-postcode-address-file-paf-helps-organisations-verify-their-customers-identities/ A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)]

{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom}}

[[Category:Ipswich]]
[[Category:Postcode areas covering the East of England]]

IP postcode area - Revision history

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