Long Stratton

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 16° · 76% rain
• Tomorrow: 26° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:17

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

10 reported · July 2026▼ 63% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Other theft2
• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Long Stratton · Norfolk

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

267 reported road collisions (2024)

77 killed or seriously injured · 372 casualties · 18.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

34 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 23 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£312,124 average▲ 2% YoY

Across South Norfolk · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£981 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

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

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

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

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Swan Lane (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches14
• Playgrounds7

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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 225 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South 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

• In a conservation area (Long Stratton Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 69 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

211 applications decided

92.4% granted · 195 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Ben Goldsborough

Labour

South Norfolk

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,590 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

10 jobs advertised · £28,872 avg

e.g. Electrician, Customer Service Assistant, Become a Maths Tutor in Long Stratton – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£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

77% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Nuclear 34% · Gas 16% · Imports 6%

70 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 81.5 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Norfolk:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership469 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office322 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership313 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s306 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test276 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Long Stratton · 0.1 km

  Long Stratton is a town and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It historically consisted of two villages; the larger, Stratton St. Mary, is to the south, and the other, Stratton St. Michael, lies to the north. It had a…

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  Long Stratton High School · 0.4 km

  Long Stratton High School is a secondary school located in the town of Long Stratton in the English county of Norfolk. It educates children from ages 11 to 16 and has around 650 pupils at any one time.

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  South Norfolk · 0.5 km

  South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. The largest town is Wymondham, and the district also includes the towns of Costessey, Diss, Harleston, Hingham, Loddon and Long Stratton. The council w…

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  Leeder's Mill, Stratton St Michael · 1.2 km

  Leeder's Mill is a Grade II listed tower mill in Stratton St. Michael, Norfolk, United Kingdom. The mill worked by wind until 1926. The tower survives, incorporated into a roller mill.

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  Morningthorpe · 2.1 km

  Morningthorpe is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Morningthorpe and Fritton in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. It is situated some 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of t…

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  Wacton, Norfolk · 2.1 km

  Wacton is a hamlet in the English county of Norfolk, located approximately one mile south-west of Long Stratton and 13 miles (21 km) south-west of Norwich. It covers an area of 4.54 km2 (1.75 sq mi) and had a populati…

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