Geldeston

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 16° · 85% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:16

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

4 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences4

Neighbourhood team: Loddon · Norfolk

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

267 reported road collisions (2024)

77 killed or seriously injured · 372 casualties · 18.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

15 food businesses within 2 miles

• 13 rated 4–5 ★ (10 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Beccles (4.2 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£312,124 average▲ 2% YoY

Across South Norfolk · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£981 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £696
• 2 bed £890
• 3 bed £1,107

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 (8.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Morrisons (4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Lidl-Beccles (3.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

141,948 residents in South Norfolk · 156/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 225 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,483 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 67,580)

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

78 schools · 20,759 pupils

64 primary · 8 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 24 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

74inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South 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 (Geldeston Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 12 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

211 applications decided

92.4% granted · 195 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Adrian Ramsay

Green Party

Waveney Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 9
• Con 23
• LD 9
• Grn 1
• Oth 4

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

6,590 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

19 jobs advertised · £39,422 avg

e.g. Senior Care Assistant, Sales - Sales Advisor - UK, CNC Machinist

Source: Adzuna

£767 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,437 disposable income per head (2024)

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

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 67,071 certificates

10.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

77% low-carbon electricity

Wind 40% · Nuclear 36% · Gas 16% · Imports 8%

68 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• 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 Waveney Valley:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership476 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership410 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office315 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s263 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases222 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Geldeston railway station · 0.3 km

  Geldeston was a station on the Waveney Valley Line serving the village of Geldeston, Norfolk. It was operational for passenger services between 1863 and 1953, before closing completely in 1964. It was the penultimate…

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  Geldeston · 0.7 km

  Geldeston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

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  Geldeston Meadows · 1.0 km

  Geldeston Meadows is a 14-hectare (35-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Geldeston in Norfolk, England. It is part of the Broadland Ramsar site and Special Protection Area, and The Broads Specia…

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  Leet Hill, Kirby Cane · 1.1 km

  Leet Hill, Kirby Cane is a 6.5-hectare (16-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Kirby Cane in Norfolk, England. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

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  Stockton, Norfolk · 2.0 km

  Stockton is a small village in Norfolk, England near the A146, just over 2 miles from Beccles in neighbouring Suffolk. It covers an area of 3.65 km2 (1.41 sq mi) and had a population of 59 in 25 households at the 2001…

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  Shipmeadow · 2.0 km

  Shipmeadow is a village and civil parish located in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It is in the East Suffolk district, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Bungay and the same distance west of Beccles on the B1062…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)