Kettlestone

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 16° · 65% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:19

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

3 reported · July 2026▲ 200% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Drugs1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Fakenham · Norfolk

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

151 reported road collisions (2024)

48 killed or seriously injured · 218 casualties · 14.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

9 food businesses within 2 miles

• 8 rated 4–5 ★ (8 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Walsingham (6.4 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£300,273 average▲ 1.7% YoY

Across North Norfolk · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£864 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY

• 1 bed £623
• 2 bed £808
• 3 bed £1,001

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

9.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.3 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Morrisons (3.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Morrisons (3.3 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Running Horse (3.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• New supermarket for Holt approved· 10 Sept 2026
• Draft Neighbourhood Plan for Tunstead with Sco Ruston nearing final stages· 7 Sept 2026
• Work to commence for Overstrand Coastal Management Scheme· 4 Sept 2026
• Open Letter to LINK Regarding the Fakenham Banking Hub· 18 Aug 2026
• Driving Investment Through Prosperity Fund Grants· 14 Aug 2026

Source: North Norfolk Council

102,980 residents in North Norfolk · 107/km²

• Under 16: 13%
• 16–64: 53%
• 65+: 34%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 94 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,460 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (26% of 56,720)

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

63 schools · 11,342 pupils

46 primary · 7 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 17 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (74%)

55inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North 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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 23 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

215 applications decided

94.4% granted · 203 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jerome Mayhew

Conservative

Broadland and Fakenham

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 11
• LD 26
• Oth 3

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

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,900 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£646 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,142 disposable income per head (2024)

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

31% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 59,419 certificates

13.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

42% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Nuclear 26% · Biomass 9% · Solar 5%

229 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• 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 Broadland and Fakenham:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership388 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s316 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office309 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases297 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test287 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Kettlestone · 0.3 km

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  Little Snoring · 1.6 km

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  Alethorpe · 1.7 km

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  RAF Little Snoring · 1.8 km

  Royal Air Force Little Snoring or more simply RAF Little Snoring is a former Royal Air Force station located immediately north of the Norfolk village of Little Snoring, approximately 2 miles (3 km) east-northeast from…

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  Thursford Wood · 2.1 km

  Thursford Wood is a 10-hectare (25-acre) nature reserve north-east of Fakenham in Norfolk. It is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust.

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  Fulmodeston · 2.8 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)