Garvestone

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• Today: 11° / 8° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:20

9h 23m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

• 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

1 reported · August 2026▼ 75% YoY

• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Watton · Norfolk

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

297 reported road collisions (2025)

93 killed or seriously injured · 402 casualties · 21 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

7 food businesses within 2 miles

• 7 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Thuxton (0.7 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£266,835 average▼ 0.3% YoY

Across Breckland · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£928 average monthly rent▲ 3.7% YoY

• 1 bed £665
• 2 bed £846
• 3 bed £1,044

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

7.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (7.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,035 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

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Greenstone Pub & Restaurant (5.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

141,476 residents in Breckland · 108/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,583
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,328
• Net moves+2,255

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 112 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,444 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 65,920)

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

73 schools · 17,375 pupils

55 primary · 7 secondary · 11 other

Ofsted: 31 of 38 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Breckland

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 19 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

197 applications decided

83.8% granted · 165 granted, 32 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Conservative majority

• Lab 9
• Con 29
• Grn 1
• Ref 5
• Oth 5

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,200 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£717 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,170 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 69,315 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

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

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in NR9

• Hingham Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Norfolk:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases392 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth238 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks192 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into the regulation of animal experimentation186 local signatures · 13,005 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills181 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Garvestone · 0.2 km

  Garvestone is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Garvestone, Reymerston and Thuxton, in the Breckland district, in the English county of Norfolk.

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  Thuxton railway station · 0.7 km

  Thuxton is a railway station in the village of Thuxton in the English county of Norfolk. The station is served by heritage services operated by the Mid-Norfolk Railway on the line from Dereham to Wymondham.

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  West Norfolk · 0.8 km

  West Norfolk was a proposed unitary authority area in Norfolk, England. It was scheduled to be created as part of ongoing local government reform. It would have been formed from three existing districts: Breckland, Ki…

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  Breckland District · 0.9 km

  Breckland is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Dereham, although the largest town is Thetford. The district also includes the towns of Attleborough, Swaffham and Watton, along wi…

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  Thuxton · 1.2 km

  Thuxton is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Garvestone, Reymerston and Thuxton, in the Breckland district, in the county of Norfolk, England. It is 6 miles north west of Wymondham and 5 mi…

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  Reymerston · 1.3 km

  Reymerston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Garvestone, Reymerston and Thuxton, in the Breckland district, in the county of Norfolk, England, six miles north west of Wymondham, six miles sout…

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