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Cley next the Sea

Cley next the Sea is a village in Norfolk, England, with a population of around 437. It has around 5 restaurants and cafés, 8 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Holt, 6.1 km away. There was around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly other crime. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Cley next the Sea area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Norfolk area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 102,980 residents at roughly 107 people per km².

Council
North Norfolk
County
Norfolk
Constituency
North Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk
53/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 128th of 294 English council areas — better than 56% of them.

Low crime97
Home affordability35
Affordable rents63
Good schools6
Life expectancy68
Low deprivation30
Employment64
Low council tax44

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

12°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 11° · 61% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:21

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

3 reported · August 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences3

Neighbourhood team: Holt · 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 Holt for the next three…
  • Having reviewed the data and listened to community feedback, the policing priority for Holt and the surrounding area remains as tackling…

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

Road safety

124 reported road collisions (2025)

48 killed or seriously injured · 188 casualties · 12 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

34 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 33 rated 4–5 ★ (30 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Holt (5.9 km)
  • 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Sheringham (11.0 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£286,315 average▼ 4.4% YoY

Across North Norfolk · to 2026-08

Detached£399,791
Semi-detached£264,688
Terraced£223,194
Flat£151,673

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£865 average monthly rent▲ 4.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £623
  • 2 bed £809
  • 3 bed £1,002

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

Affordability

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

Property sales

1,525 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

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: CO11 1US (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

102,980 residents in North Norfolk · 107/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,883
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,715
  • Net moves+1,168

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

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 89 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,460 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,640
B £1,913
C £2,187
D £2,460
E £3,007
F £3,553
G £4,100
H £4,920

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

Schools

63 schools · 11,342 pupils

46 primary · 7 secondary · 10 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

  • Alderman Peel High SchoolGood
  • North Walsham High SchoolGood
  • Sheringham High SchoolGood
  • Stalham High SchoolGood
  • Broadland High Ormiston Academy
  • Cromer Academy
  • Fakenham Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Norfolk

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Cley-next-the-sea)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 39 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

195 applications decided

93.8% granted · 183 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Steff Aquarone

Liberal Democrat

North Norfolk

Recent votes:

  • AyeOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 11
  • LD 26
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,885 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

75% low-carbon electricity

Wind 48% · Gas 24% · Nuclear 18% · Biomass 10%

105 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

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

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in NR25

  • Holt Medical Practice
  • Pineheath Ward

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Norfolk:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St Margaret's, Cley · 0.2 km

    St Margaret's is the Anglican parish church of Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, in the deanery of Holt, the Archdeaconry of Lynn and the Diocese of Norwich. The dedication is to St Margaret of Antioch. It is the largest ch…

  • Airship N.S.11 crash · 0.4 km

    The Airship NS11 crash was an airship accident which occurred on 15 July 1919. The Royal Air Force (RAF) airship exploded off the east coast of England over the North Sea, killing all nine crew on board.

  • Cley next the Sea · 0.5 km

    Cley next the Sea is a village and civil parish on the River Glaven in the English county of Norfolk.

  • Cley Hall · 0.6 km

    Cley Hall, in Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, is a Grade II listed house in Norfolk.

  • Wiveton · 0.6 km

    Wiveton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the west bank of the River Glaven, 3 km (1.9 mi) inland from the coast and directly across the river from the village of Cley n…

  • Cley Windmill · 0.8 km

    Cley Windmill is a Grade II* listed tower mill at Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, England which has been converted to hotel accommodation.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Cley next the Sea?
Cley next the Sea is a town in Norfolk, England, in the North Norfolk local authority.
What is the population of Cley next the Sea?
Cley next the Sea has an approximate settlement population of 437.
How deprived is Cley next the Sea?
The North Norfolk local authority, which includes Cley next the Sea, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.