Beccles

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 16° · 74% rain
• Tomorrow: 26° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:16

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

59 reported · July 2026▲ 2% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences31
• Shoplifting6
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Anti-social behaviour4

Neighbourhood team: Beccles and Worlingham · Suffolk

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)

106 food businesses within 2 miles

• 96 rated 4–5 ★ (81 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Beccles (0.3 km)
• 39 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: 163.9p · Morrisons (10.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · ESSO (9.2 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore - Beccles (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches14
• Playgrounds13

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
• 152 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

Jess Asato

Labour

Lowestoft

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens20
• Restaurants & cafés32

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,590 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

147 jobs advertised · £37,779 avg

e.g. Online Japanese Tutoring Job in Brampton (Norfolk) – Flexible Schedule, Sales - Holding Supervisor, Controls Commissioning Engineer

Source: Adzuna

£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

77% low-carbon electricity

Wind 40% · Nuclear 36% · Gas 16% · Imports 8%

68 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in NR34

• Beccles Medical Centre
• Nhs Gyw Continence Service

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lowestoft:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases450 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office381 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership331 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test294 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s262 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Beccles bell tower · 0.2 km

  Beccles bell tower is a free-standing Grade I listed edifice associated with the adjacent St. Michael's Church in the market town of Beccles, Suffolk, England.

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  Beccles · 0.2 km

  Beccles is a market town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The town is located along the A145 and A12 roads, situated 16 miles (26 km) south-east of Norwich and 33 miles…

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  Beccles Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Beccles Town Hall is a municipal structure in New Market, Beccles, Suffolk, England. The structure, which accommodates the offices and meeting place of Beccles Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Corn Exchange, Beccles · 0.2 km

  The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in Exchange Square in Beccles, Suffolk, England. The structure, which is now used as a branch of Lloyds Bank, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Beccles railway station · 0.4 km

  Beccles railway station is a stop on the East Suffolk Line in the east of England, serving the town of Beccles, Suffolk. It is 40 miles 34 chains (65.1 km) down the line from Ipswich and 109 miles 11 chains (175.6 km)…

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  Beccles Lido · 0.4 km

  Beccles Lido is an open-air pool at Puddingmoor, Beccles, Suffolk, on the south bank of the River Waveney.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)