Fakenham

18°CLight rain shower

• Today: 22° / 16° · 77% rain
• Tomorrow: 26° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:19

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

73 reported · July 2026▲ 43% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences25
• Anti-social behaviour18
• Shoplifting10
• Criminal damage & arson9

Neighbourhood team: Fakenham · Norfolk

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

151 reported road collisions (2024)

48 killed or seriously injured · 218 casualties · 14.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

84 food businesses within 2 miles

• 81 rated 4–5 ★ (66 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

2 active warnings & alerts

• Flood alert: The north Norfolk coast from Old Hunstanton, to and including Cley
• Flood alert: The north Norfolk coast from East Cley to Kelling Hard, including Salthouse

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Walsingham (7.5 km)
• 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£300,273 average▲ 1.7% YoY

Across North Norfolk · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£864 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY

• 1 bed £623
• 2 bed £808
• 3 bed £1,001

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Morrisons (1.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (1.9 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Queens Road Car Park, Fakenham (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches7
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• New supermarket for Holt approved· 10 Sept 2026
• Draft Neighbourhood Plan for Tunstead with Sco Ruston nearing final stages· 7 Sept 2026
• Work to commence for Overstrand Coastal Management Scheme· 4 Sept 2026
• Open Letter to LINK Regarding the Fakenham Banking Hub· 18 Aug 2026
• Driving Investment Through Prosperity Fund Grants· 14 Aug 2026

Source: North Norfolk Council

102,980 residents in North Norfolk · 107/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 94 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,460 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

63 schools · 11,342 pupils

46 primary · 7 secondary · 10 other

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

55inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

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

• In a conservation area (Fakenham)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 96 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

215 applications decided

94.4% granted · 203 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jerome Mayhew

Conservative

Broadland and Fakenham

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 11
• LD 26
• Oth 3

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

• Schools4
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés26

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,900 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

77 jobs advertised · £35,983 avg

e.g. Finance & Payroll Officer, Delivery Driver, Class 2 Driver

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

87% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Nuclear 22% · Gas 12% · Biomass 6%

56 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Broadland and Fakenham:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership388 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s316 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office309 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases297 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test287 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Corn Exchange, Fakenham · 0.1 km

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  Fakenham West railway station · 0.4 km

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  Fakenham · 0.7 km

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  Fakenham East railway station · 0.8 km

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  Fakenham Racecourse · 1.0 km

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  Pudding Norton · 1.2 km

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