Blofield Heath

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 15° · 80% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Sunny

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

5 reported · July 2026▲ 25% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Acle · Norfolk

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

204 reported road collisions (2024)

63 killed or seriously injured · 263 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

27 food businesses within 2 miles

• 25 rated 4–5 ★ (23 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Brundall Gardens (3.3 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£315,128 average▲ 7.2% YoY

Across Broadland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£939 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

• 1 bed £692
• 2 bed £894
• 3 bed £1,079

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 (8.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 164.7p · Asda (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (11.4 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: McDonald's Brundall (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

131,722 residents in Broadland · 239/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 257 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,438 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (35% of 62,640)

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

60 schools · 19,718 pupils

50 primary · 7 secondary · 3 other

Ofsted: 15 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

59inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Broadland

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
• 6 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

193 applications decided

95.9% granted · 185 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jerome Mayhew

Conservative

Broadland and Fakenham

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition

• Lab 7
• Con 19
• LD 14
• Grn 4
• Ref 1
• Oth 2

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£724 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,735 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 57,514 certificates

9.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

89% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Nuclear 30% · Gas 11% · Biomass 0%

42 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Broadland and Fakenham:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership388 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s316 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office309 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases297 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test287 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Blofield Heath · 0.2 km

  Blofield Heath is a hamlet in the civil parish of Blofield, in the Broadland district, in the county of Norfolk, England. It is about 7 miles from Norwich. In 2020 it had an estimated population of 1488. Blofield Heat…

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  Norwich United F.C. · 1.7 km

  Norwich United Football Club is a football club based in Blofield, Norfolk, England. Affiliated to the Norfolk County FA, they are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Division One North and play at Planta…

• Blofield · 1.8 km

  Blofield is a village and civil parish in the Broadland district of the English county of Norfolk. The parish includes the village of Blofield and the hamlets of Blofield Heath and Blofield Corner. It is 5 miles (8.0…

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  Great and Little Plumstead · 1.9 km

  Great and Little Plumstead is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, consisting of the villages of Great Plumstead, Little Plumstead and Thorpe End.

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  Hemblington Hall · 2.3 km

  Hemblington Hall is a large farmhouse in Norfolk county, England, built around 1700 with a Georgian facade. This grade II listed building was the home of the Heath family during the 18th and 19th centuries. The nearby…

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  Hemblington · 2.5 km

  Hemblington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The parish also includes the smaller village of Pedham.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)