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Bradwell (Great Yarmouth)

Bradwell (Great Yarmouth) is a village in Norfolk, England, with 49 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Great Yarmouth, 3.8 km away. It has two pharmacies and around 10 restaurants and cafés. There were around 137 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bradwell (Great Yarmouth) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Great Yarmouth area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 99,750 residents at roughly 572 people per km².

Council
Great Yarmouth
County
Norfolk
Constituency
Great Yarmouth
Police force
Norfolk
34/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 267th of 294 English council areas — better than 9% of them.

Low crime31
Home affordability74
Affordable rents70
Good schools10
Life expectancy27
Low deprivation7
Employment18
Low council tax57

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

21°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 23° / 15° · 23% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:20Sunset 19:18

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Crime

151 reported · July 2026 15% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences68
  • Anti-social behaviour28
  • Criminal damage & arson17
  • Other theft9

Neighbourhood team: Bradwell · Norfolk

Local policing priorities

  • We work with the community and local partners, while also looking at our own data, to come up with priorities for the Bradwell area for t…
  • We work with the community and local partners, while also looking at our own data, to come up with priorities for the Bradwell area for t…

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

Road safety

178 reported road collisions (2024)

55 killed or seriously injured · 240 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

255 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 200 rated 4–5 ★ (170 top)
  • 15 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Great Yarmouth (3.8 km)
  • 49 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Great Yarmouth (3.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£209,164 average 2.5% YoY

Across Great Yarmouth · to 2026-06

Detached£316,034
Semi-detached£214,186
Terraced£167,161
Flat£105,077

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£841 average monthly rent 8% YoY

  • 1 bed £591
  • 2 bed £770
  • 3 bed £932

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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 163.9p · Jet (4.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Jet (4.3 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

20 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: 137 Beccles Road (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches18
  • Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

99,750 residents in Great Yarmouth · 572/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 24 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,414 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,610
B £1,878
C £2,146
D £2,414
E £2,951
F £3,487
G £4,024
H £4,829

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

Schools

43 schools · 12,957 pupils

30 primary · 6 secondary · 7 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

  • Lynn Grove AcademyGood
  • Caister Academy
  • Cliff Park Ormiston Academy
  • Flegg High Ormiston Academy
  • Great Yarmouth Charter Academy
  • Ormiston Venture Academy

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

83 applications decided

84.3% granted · 70 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain

Great Yarmouth

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 18
  • Con 18
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools10
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,475 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

13 jobs advertised · £34,419 avg

e.g. Warehouse Stores Operative, Materials Manager, Swim Teacher - Part Time - Marina Centre & Phoenix Leisure Centre

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£699 median full-time weekly pay

4.7% 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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

92% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Solar 28% · Nuclear 16% · Gas 8%

33 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.1 yrs women · 79.2 yrs men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Great Yarmouth:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Lynn Grove Academy · 0.7 km

    Lynn Grove Academy is a secondary school with academy status, located between the Gorleston-on-Sea and Bradwell areas of Great Yarmouth in the English county of Norfolk. The school educates about 1,400 children betwee…

  • Bradwell, Norfolk · 0.8 km

    Bradwell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is immediately west of, and largely indistinguishable from, the built-up urban area of the towns of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston-on-…

  • Ormiston Venture Academy · 1.2 km

    Ormiston Venture Academy is a secondary school with academy status located in Oriel Avenue, Gorleston in the English county of Norfolk. The school educates children aged 11 to 16. It is housed in a block constructed i…

  • East Norfolk Sixth Form College · 1.4 km

    East Norfolk Sixth Form College is a sixth form college in the Gorleston-on-Sea area of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. The college ranges from about 1,600 students most of whom are between the ages of 16–18. These…

  • Gorleston North railway station · 1.6 km

    Gorleston North railway station was a former station on the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway connecting Great Yarmouth with Lowestoft. It was located on the northern outskirts of Gorleston-on-Sea, close to Great Yarm…

  • Gorleston-on-Sea · 1.6 km

    Gorleston-on-Sea, historically and colloquially known as Gorleston, is a seaside town in the borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England. It lies to the south of Great Yarmouth, on the opposite side of the mouth of…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Bradwell (Great Yarmouth)?
Bradwell (Great Yarmouth) is a town in Norfolk, England, in the Great Yarmouth local authority.
How deprived is Bradwell (Great Yarmouth)?
The Great Yarmouth local authority, which includes Bradwell (Great Yarmouth), is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.