Blakeney (North Norfolk)

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 17° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:16

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

4 reported · July 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Holt · Norfolk

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

151 reported road collisions (2024)

48 killed or seriously injured · 218 casualties · 14.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

33 food businesses within 2 miles

• 29 rated 4–5 ★ (26 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Holt (7.8 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£300,273 average▲ 1.7% YoY

Across North Norfolk · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£864 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY

• 1 bed £623
• 2 bed £808
• 3 bed £1,001

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

9.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.3 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: The White Horse (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• New supermarket for Holt approved· 10 Sept 2026
• Draft Neighbourhood Plan for Tunstead with Sco Ruston nearing final stages· 7 Sept 2026
• Work to commence for Overstrand Coastal Management Scheme· 4 Sept 2026
• Open Letter to LINK Regarding the Fakenham Banking Hub· 18 Aug 2026
• Driving Investment Through Prosperity Fund Grants· 14 Aug 2026

Source: North Norfolk Council

102,980 residents in North Norfolk · 107/km²

• Under 16: 13%
• 16–64: 53%
• 65+: 34%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 94 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,460 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (26% of 56,720)

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

63 schools · 11,342 pupils

46 primary · 7 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 17 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (74%)

55inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North 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

• In a conservation area (Blakeney)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 103 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

215 applications decided

94.4% granted · 203 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Steff Aquarone

Liberal Democrat

North Norfolk

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 11
• LD 26
• Oth 3

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

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,900 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£646 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,142 disposable income per head (2024)

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

31% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 59,419 certificates

13.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 51% · Nuclear 26% · Wind 11% · Biomass 10%

215 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Norfolk:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office333 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership320 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership301 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases238 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills213 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

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  Blakeney, Norfolk · 0.2 km

  Blakeney is a coastal village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Blakeney lies within the Norfolk Coast AONB and the North Norfolk Heritage Coast. The North Norfolk Coastal Path travels along its quays…

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  Blakeney Guildhall · 0.3 km

  Blakeney Guildhall is a building in the coastal village of Blakeney in the north of the county of Norfolk. The property is in the care of English Heritage but is managed by the local parish council. Blakeney is just o…

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  St Nicholas, Blakeney · 0.6 km

  St Nicholas is the Anglican parish church of Blakeney, Norfolk, in the deanery of Holt and the Diocese of Norwich. The church was founded in the 13th century, but the greater part of the church dates from the 15th cen…

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  Blakeney Windmill · 0.6 km

  Blakeney Tower Windmill, built in 1769, is located on Friar Farm just to the east of the village of Blakeney in the English county of Norfolk. The mill, which today is owned by the National Trust, stands in a static c…

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  Wiveton Downs · 1.0 km

  Wiveton Downs is a 28.9-hectare (71-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Wiveton, west of Sheringham in the English county of Norfolk. Part of it is a Geological Conservation Review s…

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  North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest · 1.2 km

  The North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is an area of European importance for wildlife in Norfolk, England. It comprises 7,700 ha (19,027 acres) of the county's north coast from just west of…

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