Colney

19°CCloudy

• Today: 21° / 15° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 26° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:17

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

97 reported · July 2026▼ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences52
• Anti-social behaviour15
• Criminal damage & arson8
• Other theft5

Neighbourhood team: Hethersett and Mulbarton · Norfolk

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

273 reported road collisions (2024)

69 killed or seriously injured · 299 casualties · 19 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

240 food businesses within 2 miles

• 192 rated 4–5 ★ (142 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Norwich (5.8 km)
• 24 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£230,706 average▲ 3.6% YoY

Across Norwich · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,146 average monthly rent▲ 0.9% YoY

• 1 bed £781
• 2 bed £974
• 3 bed £1,140

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

6.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.5 times median annual pay (6.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 164.7p · Asda (4.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (5.7 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

55 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Norwich Research Park Car Park 1 (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches29
• Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

143,922 residents in Norwich · 3,688/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 69%
• 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 61 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

20% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,503 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (41% of 69,210)

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

63 schools · 20,615 pupils

34 primary · 8 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 18 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

48inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Norwich

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
• 19 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

120 applications decided

97.5% granted · 117 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Ben Goldsborough

Labour

South Norfolk

Source: UK Parliament

Green majority

• Lab 12
• LD 3
• Grn 21
• Ref 2
• Oth 1

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens15
• Restaurants & cafés32

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,475 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

50 jobs advertised · £52,214 avg

e.g. Become a Physics Tutor in Colney – Flexible & Remote, Maintenance Operative, Online Programming Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£714 median full-time weekly pay

4.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,616 disposable income per head (2024)

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

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 83,934 certificates

12.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

61% low-carbon electricity

Gas 35% · Nuclear 31% · Solar 14% · Wind 10%

147 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.7 yrs women · 78.5 yrs men

54% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Norfolk:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership469 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office322 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership313 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s306 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test276 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Colney · 0.0 km

  Colney is a village in the western outskirts of Norwich in the English county of Norfolk.

• Norwich Radiology Academy · 0.1 km

  The Norwich Radiology Academy, opened in November 2005, is part of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust and is one of only three training centres in England specially created for training consultant…

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  Norwich Research Park · 0.2 km

  Norwich Research Park (NRP) is a science research park located to the southwest of Norwich in East Anglia close to the A11 and the A47 roads. Set in a 568-acre (230-hectare) area of parkland, it is one of five Biotech…

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  Earlham Institute · 0.3 km

  Earlham Institute is a life science research institute located at the Norwich Research Park (NRP), Norwich, England. EI's research is focused on exploring living systems by applying computational science and biotechno…

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  Quadram Institute · 0.3 km

  The Quadram Institute is a centre for food and health research, combining Quadram Institute Bioscience, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals' endoscopy centre and aspects of the University of East Anglia's Nor…

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  Bowthorpe Marsh · 0.5 km

  Bowthorpe Marsh is a 5.9-hectare (15-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Norwich, Norfolk, England. It is owned and managed by Norwich City Council.

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