Barford (South Norfolk)

21°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 15° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 26° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:18

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Costessey · Norfolk

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

267 reported road collisions (2024)

77 killed or seriously injured · 372 casualties · 18.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

28 food businesses within 2 miles

• 25 rated 4–5 ★ (24 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Kimberley Park (6.1 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£312,124 average▲ 2% YoY

Across South Norfolk · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£981 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £696
• 2 bed £890
• 3 bed £1,107

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

8.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.1 times median annual pay (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 164.7p · Asda (11.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (11.1 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Silfield LTD (3.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches3
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

141,948 residents in South Norfolk · 156/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 225 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,483 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 67,580)

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

78 schools · 20,759 pupils

64 primary · 8 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 24 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

74inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Norfolk

877 CQC-registered services

• Care homes320
• GP practices126
• Dentists171
• Homecare agencies178
• Hospitals & hospices29

CQC ratings: 81% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 23 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Norfolk

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

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

211 applications decided

92.4% granted · 195 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

George Freeman

Conservative

Mid Norfolk

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 9
• Con 23
• LD 9
• Grn 1
• Oth 4

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

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,590 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£767 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,437 disposable income per head (2024)

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

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 67,071 certificates

10.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

60% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 34% · Gas 34% · Wind 16% · Biomass 7%

146 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in NR9

• Hingham Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Norfolk:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office420 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership398 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases391 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s311 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership291 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Barford, Norfolk · 0.1 km

  Barford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Wymondham and 8 miles (13 km) west of Norwich.

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  River Tiffey · 0.9 km

  The River Tiffey is a small river in Norfolk, England and a tributary of the River Yare. It rises near Hethel and passes through Wymondham before flowing generally north-eastwards passing through Kimberley, Carleton F…

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  Wramplingham · 1.3 km

  Wramplingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the River Tiffey some 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Wymondham and 7 miles (11 km) west of Norwich. The civil parish has an ar…

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  Marlingford and Colton · 2.0 km

  Marlingford and Colton, formerly Marlingford is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, made from the villages of Colton and Marlingford. It covers an area of 6.62 km2 (2.56 sq mi) and had a population of 384…

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  Colton, Norfolk · 2.3 km

  Colton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Marlingford and Colton, in the South Norfolk district, in the English county of Norfolk.

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  Marlingford · 2.3 km

  Marlingford is a village in the civil parish of Marlingford and Colton, in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. It is 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Norwich.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)