Honingham
Honingham is a village in Norfolk, England, with a population of around 358. It has 2 bus stops. There were around 4 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Honingham area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Broadland area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 131,722 residents at roughly 239 people per km².
My Area Score
Excellent
Ranked 12th of 294 English council areas — better than 96% of them.
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
10°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 11° / 9° · 60% rain
- Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Sunny
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:22
9h 26m 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)
- 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
1 reported · August 2026
- Other theft1
Neighbourhood team: Taverham and Drayton · Norfolk
Local policing priorities
- We work with the community and local partners, as well as looking at our own data to come up with the priority that we will have for Tave…
- We work with the community and local partners, as well as looking at our own data to come up with the priority that we will have for Tave…
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
240 reported road collisions (2025)
78 killed or seriously injured · 319 casualties · 18.2 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
26 food businesses within 2 miles
- 26 rated 4–5 ★ (26 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- 2 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Wymondham (10.8 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£313,806 average▲ 2.8% YoY
Across Broadland · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£938 average monthly rent▲ 4.1% YoY
- 1 bed £691
- 2 bed £893
- 3 bed £1,078
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
Affordability
8.1× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 8.1 times median annual pay (8.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Property sales
2,093 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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 169.7p · Asda (10.5 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (11.1 km)
5 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
4 charging locations within ~8 km
- 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 50 kW
- Nearest: Copper Beech Pub & Restaurant (5 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Swimming pools1
- Sports pitches2
- Playgrounds1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
131,722 residents in Broadland · 239/km²
- Under 16: 16%
- 16–64: 58%
- 65+: 26%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,186
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,703
- Net moves+2,483
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Among the least deprived areas in England
Ranked 240 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,438 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band C (35% of 62,640)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
60 schools · 19,718 pupils
50 primary · 7 secondary · 3 other
Ofsted: 15 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)
59 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Acle AcademyGood
- Sprowston Community AcademyGood
- Taverham High SchoolGood
- Hellesdon High SchoolRequires improvement
- Aylsham High School
- Reepham High School and College
- Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Broadland
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
- Not in the Green Belt
- 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
159 applications decided
91.8% granted · 146 granted, 13 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Your MP
Jerome Mayhew
Conservative
Broadland and Fakenham
Recent votes:
- NoDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
- NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
- NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition
- Lab 7
- Con 19
- LD 14
- Grn 4
- Ref 1
- Oth 2
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
Local businesses
5,730 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
2 jobs advertised
e.g. Accounts Office Administrator, Mobile Seed Plant Operator
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£724 median full-time weekly pay
2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£25,735 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
42% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 57,514 certificates
9.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Grid electricity
70% low-carbon electricity
Wind 45% · Gas 29% · Nuclear 17% · Biomass 6%
122 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity
Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy (Norfolk): 61.1 women · 61.3 men
61% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.8
- Feeling worthwhile8.0
- Happiness yesterday7.7
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.3
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Health services
1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in NR9
- Hingham Surgery
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Broadland and Fakenham:
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases298 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks239 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills204 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death179 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND173 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby

Honingham Windmill · 0.4 kmHoningham Windmill is a tower mill in Honingham, Norfolk, United Kingdom. It was built between 1826 and 1834 and worked by wind until the 1890s. The derelict mill was converted to residential accommodation in 1981.

East Tuddenham · 1.8 kmEast Tuddenham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
Colton, Norfolk · 1.9 kmColton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Marlingford and Colton, in the South Norfolk district, in the English county of Norfolk.
Marlingford and Colton · 2.8 kmMarlingford and Colton, formerly Marlingford is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, made from the villages of Colton and Marlingford. It covers an area of 6.62 km2 (2.56 sq mi) and had a population of 384…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Honingham?
- Honingham is a town in Norfolk, England, in the Broadland local authority.
- What is the population of Honingham?
- Honingham has an approximate settlement population of 358.
- How deprived is Honingham?
- The Broadland local authority, which includes Honingham, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.