Foulsham

17°CFog

• Today: 25° / 16° · 43% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:16

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▼ 60% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2

Neighbourhood team: Reepham · Norfolk

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

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)

5 food businesses within 2 miles

• 4 rated 4–5 ★ (3 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£315,128 average▲ 7.2% YoY

Across Broadland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Morrisons (11.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Morrisons (11.4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

131,722 residents in Broadland · 239/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,438 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Broadland

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 (Foulsham Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 38 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

193 applications decided

95.9% granted · 185 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jerome Mayhew

Conservative

Broadland and Fakenham

Source: UK Parliament

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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2 jobs advertised

e.g. Dementia Friends Ambassador - Dereham, Fakenham, North Walsham and surrounding areas

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 49% · Nuclear 27% · Biomass 12% · Wind 11%

206 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

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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  Foulsham · 0.1 km

  Foulsham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is 7.40 miles (11.91 km) north-east of Dereham and 16 miles (26 km) north-west of Norwich.

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  Foulsham railway station · 0.6 km

  Foulsham was a railway station in North Norfolk. It served the village of Foulsham, and was closed to passengers on 15 September 1952. The line from Foulsham to Reepham closed to goods at the same date. Goods traffic…

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  Twyford, Norfolk · 1.5 km

  Twyford is a hamlet and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A1067 road, some 12 km (7.5 mi) south-east of the town of Fakenham and 28 km (17 mi) north-west of the city of Norwich.

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  Bintree · 1.8 km

  Bintree is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is about 7.2 miles (11.6 km) south-east of Fakenham and 16 miles (26 km) north-west of Norwich.

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  Themelthorpe · 2.6 km

  Themelthorpe is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of Reepham. It covers an area of 1.04 mi2 (2.7 km2) and had a population of 65 in 27 households at the 2001 census. For the…

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  Guestwick railway station · 2.8 km

  Guestwick railway station is a former station in Norfolk, England. It was constructed by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway in 1882 on the line between Melton Constable and Norwich City. It was closed in 195…

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