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Holme next the Sea

Holme next the Sea is a village in Norfolk, England, with a population of around 239. It has around 2 restaurants or cafés and 4 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Holme next the Sea area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the King's Lynn and West Norfolk area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 154,325 residents at roughly 107 people per km².

Council
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County
Norfolk
Constituency
North West Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk
57/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 99th of 294 English council areas — better than 66% of them.

Low crime76
Home affordability64
Affordable rents70
Good schools45
Life expectancy60
Low deprivation23
Employment57
Low council tax53

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

11°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 11° · 64% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:25

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

277 reported road collisions (2025)

89 killed or seriously injured · 359 casualties · 17.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

30 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 29 rated 4–5 ★ (26 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

Private rents

£941 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £650
  • 2 bed £848
  • 3 bed £1,053

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

Affordability

7.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.3 times median annual pay (7.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,102 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

EV charging

10 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Best Western Le Strange Arms Hotel (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools6
  • Sports pitches4
  • Golf courses1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

154,325 residents in King's Lynn and West Norfolk · 107/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,732
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,221
  • Net moves+1,511

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

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 69 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,430 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (32% of 75,900)

A £1,620
B £1,890
C £2,160
D £2,430
E £2,970
F £3,510
G £4,050
H £4,860

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

Schools

83 schools · 19,176 pupils

65 primary · 8 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 28 of 32 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Downham Market AcademyGood
  • King's Lynn AcademyGood
  • Smithdon High SchoolGood
  • Iceni Secondary Academy
  • King Edward VII Academy
  • Marshland High School
  • Springwood High School
  • St Clement's High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (HOLME next SEA CONSERVATION AREA)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

250 applications decided

85.6% granted · 214 granted, 36 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Independent / Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

  • Lab 5
  • Con 17
  • LD 2
  • Ref 7
  • Oth 24

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

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

6,800 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£731 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,249 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 87,439 certificates

12.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

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

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Health services

0 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in PE36

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Norfolk:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St Mary's Church, Holme-next-the-Sea · 0.3 km

    St Mary's Church is the parish church of Holme-next-the-Sea in the English county of Norfolk. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The church is partly early 15th-century Perpendicular, and partly later reconstruction.…

  • Holme-next-the-Sea · 0.3 km

    Holme-next-the-Sea is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

  • Seahenge · 1.2 km

    Seahenge, also known as Holme I, was a prehistoric monument located in the village of Holme-next-the-Sea, near Old Hunstanton in the English county of Norfolk. A timber circle with an upturned tree root in the centre,…

  • Holme Dunes · 1.7 km

    Holme Dunes is a 192-hectare (470-acre) nature reserve near Holme-next-the-Sea in Norfolk. It is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, and is a National Nature Reserve. It is part of the North Norfolk Coast Site of S…

  • Hunstanton Golf Club · 2.0 km

    Hunstanton Golf Club is an 18-hole members golf club in Norfolk, England which has hosted many of the leading amateur golf tournaments in Britain including the Brabazon Trophy and English Amateur.

  • Hunstanton Hall · 2.0 km

    Hunstanton Hall is a country house in Old Hunstanton, Norfolk, England, dating originally from the 15th century. The gatehouse, now detached from the main building, is dated 1487. The wings were built in the seventeen…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Holme next the Sea?
Holme next the Sea is a town in Norfolk, England, in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk local authority.
What is the population of Holme next the Sea?
Holme next the Sea has an approximate settlement population of 239.
How deprived is Holme next the Sea?
The King's Lynn and West Norfolk local authority, which includes Holme next the Sea, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.