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Coltishall and Horstead

Coltishall and Horstead is a village in Norfolk, England. It has 4 bus stops and Coltishall railway station 0.7 km away. In June 2026, there were around 7 recorded street crimes, 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 Coltishall and Horstead area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Broadland area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 131,722 residents at roughly 239 people per km².

Council
Broadland
County
Norfolk
Constituency
Broadland
Police force
Norfolk
73/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 11th of 294 English council areas — better than 96% of them.

Low crime100
Home affordability52
Affordable rents73
Good schools48
Life expectancy77
Low deprivation81
Employment92
Low council tax52

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

17°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 16° · 65% rain
  • Tomorrow: 26° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:17

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Crime

4 reported · July 2026 20% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Aylsham · Norfolk

Local policing priorities

  • We work with the community and local partners, as well as looking at our own data to come up with the priority that we will have for Ayls…
  • We work with the community and local partners, as well as looking at our own data to come up with the priority that we will have for Ayls…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

23 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Coltishall (0.7 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Hoveton & Wroxham (3.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£315,128 average 7.2% YoY

Across Broadland · to 2026-06

Detached£424,569
Semi-detached£275,989
Terraced£227,429
Flat£146,038

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 165.7p · Asda (10.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (9.1 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

10 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: EVC The Norfolk Mead Hotel (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches12
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

131,722 residents in Broadland · 239/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,438 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,625
B £1,896
C £2,167
D £2,438
E £2,980
F £3,521
G £4,063
H £4,876

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Acle AcademyGood
  • Sprowston Community AcademyGood
  • Taverham High SchoolGood
  • Hellesdon High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Aylsham High School
  • Reepham High School and College
  • Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Broadland

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
  • 53 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

193 applications decided

95.9% granted · 185 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Jerome Mayhew

Conservative

Broadland and Fakenham

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

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)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

40% low-carbon electricity

Gas 56% · Nuclear 26% · Biomass 10% · Imports 4%

236 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Broadland and Fakenham:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Coltishall · 0.2 km

    Coltishall is a village and civil parish in the Broadland district, in the English county of Norfolk.

  • Coltishall railway station · 0.5 km

    Coltishall railway station serves the village of Coltishall in Norfolk, and is currently operated by the Bure Valley Railway.

  • Horstead with Stanninghall · 0.9 km

    Horstead with Stanninghall is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk which consists of the villages of Horstead and Stanninghall as well as Largate and Heggatt.

  • St Theobald's Church, Great Hautbois · 1.0 km

    St Theobald's Church is a former church at Great Hautbois, near Coltishall in Norfolk, England. During the medieval period it was a place of pilgrimage to a shrine of St Theobald; it remained in use until a new church…

  • Horstead Hall · 1.9 km

    Horstead Hall was a country house in Norfolk that was demolished in the 1950s.

  • Belaugh · 2.3 km

    Belaugh is a small village on the River Bure in Norfolk, England. The village is within The Broads National Park and is accessible by road from Hoveton and Coltishall. Most of the land around Belaugh - about 850 acres…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Coltishall and Horstead?
Coltishall and Horstead is a town in Norfolk, England, in the Broadland local authority.
How deprived is Coltishall and Horstead?
The Broadland local authority, which includes Coltishall and Horstead, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.