Gorleston-on-Sea

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 11° · 64% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 10° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:53Sunset 16:19

9h 27m 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

• 7.0 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

183 reported · August 2026▲ 8% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences96
• Anti-social behaviour27
• Criminal damage & arson20
• Public order14

Neighbourhood team: Gorleston · Norfolk

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

174 reported road collisions (2025)

42 killed or seriously injured · 224 casualties · 17.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

243 food businesses within 2 miles

• 201 rated 4–5 ★ (166 top)
• 13 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Great Yarmouth (4.4 km)
• 31 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£204,630 average▼ 1.6% YoY

Across Great Yarmouth · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£841 average monthly rent▲ 7.6% YoY

• 1 bed £591
• 2 bed £770
• 3 bed £933

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

6.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.6 times median annual pay (6.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,302 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

• Cheapest petrol: 167.7p · Asda (4.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 193.7p · Asda (4.4 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

22 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Gorlestone High Street (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches16
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

99,750 residents in Great Yarmouth · 572/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,131
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,266
• Net moves+865

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 25 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

25% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,414 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (42% of 50,190)

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

43 schools · 12,957 pupils

30 primary · 6 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 10 of 13 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Great Yarmouth

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

• In a conservation area (No.17 Gorleston Conservation Area Extensions)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 24 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

67 applications decided

74.6% granted · 50 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain

Great Yarmouth

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 18
• Con 17
• Oth 4

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

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés48

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,430 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£699 median full-time weekly pay

4.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,544 disposable income per head (2024)

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

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 52,353 certificates

13.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

71% low-carbon electricity

Wind 42% · Gas 28% · Nuclear 17% · Biomass 6%

119 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.1 yrs women · 79.2 yrs men

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

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile8.2
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

5 GP surgeries · 14 pharmacies in NR31

• Beaches Medical Centre
• The Millwood Partnership
• Gp Service Accident And Emergency

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Great Yarmouth:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases478 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth365 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK176 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND145 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately131 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Gorleston (Range Rear) Lighthouse · 0.1 km

  Gorleston Lighthouse is located near mouth of River Yare in the Gorleston-on-Sea area of Great Yarmouth in the English county of Norfolk. The lighthouse was built in 1887. Gorleston-on-Sea lighthouse carries two light…

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  Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Lifeboat Station · 0.3 km

  Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Lifeboat Station is located at Riverside Road in Gorleston, at the mouth of the River Yare, on the east coast of Norfolk.

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  Church of St Peter, Gorleston-on-Sea · 0.4 km

  St Peter's Church is an active Roman Catholic church in the town of Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk, England. The church was built between 1938 and 1939 to the designs of Eric Gill and is his only building. St Peter's is a…

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  River Yare · 0.5 km

  The River Yare is a river in the English county of Norfolk. In its lower reaches it is one of the principal navigable waterways of The Broads and connects with the rest of the network.

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  Gorleston South Pier Lighthouse · 0.5 km

  Gorleston South Pier Lighthouse and Coastwatch watch station is located in the town of Gorleston in the English county of Norfolk. The lighthouse and station is located at the end of the south pier of seaport on the s…

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  Gorleston-on-Sea railway station · 0.5 km

  Gorleston-on-Sea railway station served the town of Gorleston-on-Sea in Norfolk, England. It was a stop on the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway's Yarmouth-Lowestoft line that closed in 1970.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)