Mould Removal in Bury St Edmunds

Damp & Mould in Bury St Edmunds’s Housing Stock

Services Available in Bury St Edmunds

Bury St Edmunds in numbers: homes, flood risk and rainfall

Housing and flood figures are for West Suffolk, the local authority area that covers Bury St Edmunds, not for the town alone. Rainfall is the nearest Met Office station's reading.

Sources: ONS Census 2021; Environment Agency flood risk, November 2026; Met Office climate averages.

Mould and damp help near Bury St Edmunds

If you cannot find the right firm in Bury St Edmunds, these are the closest places we list specialists for. Distances are in a straight line from the town or borough centre.

• Thetford12 miles away
• Stowmarket13 miles away
• Sudbury14 miles away
• Ely22 miles away
• Ipswich23 miles away
• Cambridge25 miles away

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Bury St Edmunds mould and damp: local answers

How many verified mould specialists cover Bury St Edmunds?

1 verified mould specialist is based within 25 miles of Bury St Edmunds, and 18 more cover the area from further away.

Who is the nearest verified mould specialist to Bury St Edmunds?

Vigilant Surveys, based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, is the nearest — under a mile in a straight line from the centre of Bury St Edmunds.View Vigilant Surveys's profile →

Which services do specialists covering Bury St Edmunds offer?

Of the 19 verified specialists listed for Bury St Edmunds, 16 offer mould removal, 13 offer independent damp surveys, 6 offer condensation control & ventilation, 3 offer damp proofing and 3 offer structural damp & waterproofing. A specialist can offer several.

What kind of damp problems are common in Bury St Edmunds?

Bury St Edmunds is a well-preserved Georgian market town, with a private rented stock concentrated in its historic core and surrounding agricultural hinterland. Heritage and conservation constraints in the historic core limit remediation options for some properties, similar to comparable market towns like Faversham and Bury's East Anglian neighbours.

How many homes in Bury St Edmunds are rented?

Bury St Edmunds is in West Suffolk, where 22.4% of households (about 17,600 homes) rent privately and 16.2% rent from a council or housing association. Across England the figures are 20.5% and 17.1%. A private tenant who cannot get damp or mould dealt with can ask West Suffolk's housing or environmental health team to inspect, as it can act on damp and mould as hazards.Source: ONS Census 2021 ↗

What kind of homes are there in Bury St Edmunds?

Across West Suffolk, 23.4% of homes are terraced (England: 23%) and 11.9% are flats (England: 21.4%). 1.1% of households have no central heating (England: 1.5%) and 1.8% have fewer bedrooms than they need (England: 4.4%).Source: ONS Census 2021 ↗

Is Bury St Edmunds at risk of flooding?

In West Suffolk, 1.5% of properties are in areas at medium or high risk (a 1% or greater chance in any year) of flooding from rivers or the sea (England: 1.9%) and 12.9% are at medium or high risk of surface water flooding (England: 5.9%). These are Environment Agency figures for the whole local authority (November 2026), not street-level: the GOV.UK flood service shows the risk for a single address.Source: Environment Agency flood risk, November 2026 ↗

How much rain does Bury St Edmunds get?

The nearest Met Office climate station with a 1991–2020 average, Brooms Barn, is about 6 miles from Bury St Edmunds. It recorded an average of 627 mm of rain a year over 1991–2020. That is the station's reading, not Bury St Edmunds's own: hills and coast can change rainfall noticeably over a few miles.Source: Met Office climate averages ↗