6 Briar Hill, Woolpit, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 9SD
About 6 Briar Hill
6 Briar Hill is a four-bedroom detached house in Woolpit, Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St Edmunds (IP30 9SD). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 166 m² it's 16.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (142 m² median across 27 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £519,000 is 18.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£246/sq ft) was about 17.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2021 at £438,888. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
6 Briar Hill's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
6 Briar Hill has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£519,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£438,888
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
5 February 2021Most recent
£438,888
Median price across the last 5 sales in IP30 9SD: £445,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in IP30 9SD
25 Briar Hill, Woolpit, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 9SD
Sold Jan 2025
£440,00020 Briar Hill, Woolpit, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 9SD
Sold Oct 2023
£445,00013 Briar Hill, Woolpit, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 9SD
Sold Sept 2023
£450,00046 Briar Hill, Woolpit, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 9SD
Sold Aug 2023
£475,00058 Briar Hill, Woolpit, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 9SD
Sold Mar 2023
£437,500
Versus other Briar Hill homes
6 Briar Hill outperforms the street on habitable rooms by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,644
Street avg £2,817
Floor Area
166 m²
Street avg 145 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.2 t/year
Street avg 6.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Briar Hill — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Woolpit Primary Academy. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB







