Burgh Castle

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 11° · 64% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 10° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:53Sunset 16:20

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

32 reported · August 2026▲ 191% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences12
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Public order3

Neighbourhood team: Southern Villages · Norfolk

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

174 reported road collisions (2025)

42 killed or seriously injured · 224 casualties · 17.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

46 food businesses within 2 miles

• 39 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Berney Arms (2.4 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£204,630 average▼ 1.6% YoY

Across Great Yarmouth · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£841 average monthly rent▲ 7.6% YoY

• 1 bed £591
• 2 bed £770
• 3 bed £933

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

1,302 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 167.7p · Asda (5.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 193.7p · Asda (5.6 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: 137 Beccles Road (2.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

99,750 residents in Great Yarmouth · 572/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,131
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,266
• Net moves+865

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 25 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,414 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

43 schools · 12,957 pupils

30 primary · 6 secondary · 7 other

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

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

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

880 CQC-registered services

• Care homes319
• GP practices128
• Dentists172
• Homecare agencies178
• Hospitals & hospices29

CQC ratings: 80% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 25 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Norfolk

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

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

67 applications decided

74.6% granted · 50 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain

Great Yarmouth

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 18
• Con 17
• Oth 4

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

• Schools2
• Supermarkets1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,430 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

13 jobs advertised · £54,639 avg

e.g. Personal Care Assistant, Process Engineer, Care Assistant (Flexible Shifts)

Source: Adzuna

£699 median full-time weekly pay

4.8% 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

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

71% low-carbon electricity

Wind 42% · Gas 28% · Nuclear 17% · Biomass 6%

119 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.1 yrs women · 79.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Norfolk): 61.1 women · 61.3 men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

5 GP surgeries · 14 pharmacies in NR31

• Beaches Medical Centre
• The Millwood Partnership
• Gp Service Accident And Emergency

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Great Yarmouth:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases478 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth365 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK176 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND145 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately131 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Gariannonum · 0.8 km

  Gariannonum, or Gariannum, was a Roman Saxon Shore fort in Norfolk, England. The Notitia Dignitatum, a Roman Army "order of battle" from about AD 400, lists nine forts of the Saxon Shore in south and east England, amo…

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  Burgh Castle (Roman fortification) · 0.8 km

  Burgh Castle is the site of one of nine Roman Saxon Shore forts constructed in England around the 3rd century AD, to hold troops as a defence against Saxon raids up the rivers of the east and south coasts of southern…

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  Burgh Castle · 1.0 km

  Burgh Castle is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Great Yarmouth and 16 miles (26 km) east of Norwich. It is most notable for the Roman Saxon Shore fort…

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  River Waveney · 1.1 km

  The River Waveney is a river which forms the boundary between Suffolk and Norfolk, England, for much of its length within The Broads. The earliest attestation of the name is from 1275, Wahenhe, from *wagen + ea, meani…

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  Belton with Browston · 1.1 km

  Belton with Browston is a civil parish in the Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England. Historically part of Suffolk, the parish consists of the villages of Belton and Browston Green, and is situated 5 miles (8.0…

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  Belton and Burgh railway station · 1.3 km

  Belton & Burgh was a railway station serving the Norfolk villages of Belton and Burgh Castle. It once saw trains on the main line from Yarmouth South Town to London, but was closed in 1959 as part of a major re-evalua…

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