Hempnall Green

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 9° · 60% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:52Sunset 16:23

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, 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

311 reported road collisions (2025)

96 killed or seriously injured · 428 casualties · 21.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

7 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£307,735 average▼ 0.2% YoY

Across South Norfolk · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£981 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY

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

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

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

2,101 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

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Swan Lane (5.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,323
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,011
• Net moves+2,312

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 220 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

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

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
• 26 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

254 applications decided

90.2% granted · 229 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Conservative (minority)

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

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

6,695 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Norfolk): 61.1 women · 61.3 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

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in NR15

• Long Stratton Medical Partnership

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Norfolk:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks342 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects259 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases212 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth194 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills194 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Topcroft · 1.6 km

  Topcroft is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is around 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Bungay and 14 miles (23 km) south of Norwich in the South Norfolk district. The village li…

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  RAF Hardwick · 1.7 km

  Royal Air Force Hardwick or more simply RAF Hardwick is a former Royal Air Force station located between the Norfolk villages of Topcroft and Hardwick in England. It is around 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Bungay, Suffolk.

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  Vout's Mill, Hempnall · 1.9 km

  Vout's Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill at Hempnall, Norfolk, United Kingdom. It was built in 1814. The mill worked by wind until the 1930s, then by engine. It was converted to a daycare centre in 1978.

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  Hempnall · 2.0 km

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

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  Fritton Common, Morningthorpe · 2.7 km

  Fritton Common, Morningthorpe is a 20.5-hectare (51-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Long Stratton in Norfolk, England.

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  Shelton Hall (Norfolk) · 3.1 km

  Shelton Hall is a large estate in the village of Shelton, Norfolk, England. The estate has around 72 acres (290,000 m2) of surrounding fields, the names of the fields include "Magic field" and "Echo field" and has a m…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)