Great Yarmouth

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 10° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:16

9h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

174 reported road collisions (2025)

42 killed or seriously injured · 224 casualties · 17.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

3 food businesses within 2 miles

• 3 rated 4–5 ★ (2 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Great Yarmouth (5.1 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£204,630 average▼ 1.6% YoY

Across Great Yarmouth · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£841 average monthly rent▲ 7.6% YoY

• 1 bed £591
• 2 bed £770
• 3 bed £933

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

6.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.6 times median annual pay (6.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,302 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 166.7p · Asda (5.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 193.7p · Asda (5.1 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

24 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Caister Great Yarmouth (4.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

99,750 residents in Great Yarmouth · 572/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,131
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,266
• Net moves+865

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 25 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

25% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,414 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (42% of 50,190)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

43 schools · 12,957 pupils

30 primary · 6 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 10 of 13 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

39 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Great Yarmouth

880 CQC-registered services

• Care homes319
• GP practices128
• Dentists172
• Homecare agencies178
• Hospitals & hospices29

CQC ratings: 80% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 25 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Norfolk

• Not in the Green Belt
• 8 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

67 applications decided

74.6% granted · 50 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 18
• Con 17
• Oth 4

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

3,430 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

418 jobs advertised · £42,929 avg

e.g. SEN / SEND Tutor, Norfolk, Community Nurse Bank, Support Worker

Source: Adzuna

£699 median full-time weekly pay

4.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,544 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 52,353 certificates

13.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 82.1 yrs women · 79.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Norfolk): 61.1 women · 61.3 men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile8.2
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Great Yarmouth:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases478 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth365 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK176 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND145 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately131 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Thrigby Windmill · 1.2 km

  Thrigby Post Windmill is located in the civil parish of Mautby in the English county of Norfolk. The mill is on the south side of Mill Lane 1,125 yards (1.029 km) east of the village of Thrigby. The post mill is north…

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  Mautby · 1.2 km

  Mautby is a village and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, England. The parish comprises a largely rural area along the north bank of the River Bure, and also includes the small villages of Runham and Thrigby. It…

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  Five Mile House Mill, Runham · 1.3 km

  Five Mile House Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill at Runham, Norfolk. Built in 1849, it has been conserved.

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  South Mill, Runham · 1.4 km

  South or Perry's Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill at Runham, Norfolk, United Kingdom. A drainage mill built in the 19th century, it has been conserved.

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  North Mill, Runham · 1.4 km

  North or Child's Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill at Runham, Norfolk, United Kingdom. A drainage mill built in 1852, it worked until 1939. The mill has been restored.

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  Mautby Marsh Drainage Mill · 1.5 km

  Mautby Marsh Drainage Windmill is a Grade II listed tower mill at Mautby, Norfolk, United Kingdom. A drainage mill, it has been converted to holiday accommodation.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)