Mattishall

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 13° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 15° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:20

12h 57m 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

9 reported · July 2026▼ 18% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Watton · Norfolk

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

263 reported road collisions (2024)

86 killed or seriously injured · 365 casualties · 18.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

23 food businesses within 2 miles

• 20 rated 4–5 ★ (17 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Thuxton (4.5 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£273,851 average▲ 2.7% YoY

Across Breckland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£925 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

• 1 bed £663
• 2 bed £843
• 3 bed £1,041

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

7.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.9 times median annual pay (7.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 166.9p · Morrisons (6.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (6.2 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Extra-Dereham (5.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

141,476 residents in Breckland · 108/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 127 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,444 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 65,920)

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

74 schools · 17,555 pupils

55 primary · 7 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 31 of 38 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

66inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Breckland

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
• 26 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

191 applications decided

89% granted · 170 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

George Freeman

Conservative

Mid Norfolk

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 9
• Con 29
• Grn 1
• Ref 5
• Oth 5

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,110 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£717 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,170 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 69,315 certificates

11.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

86% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Nuclear 20% · Gas 13% · Biomass 7%

60 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Norfolk:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office420 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership398 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases391 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s311 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership291 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Mattishall · 0.2 km

  Mattishall is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated 13 miles (21 km) west of Norwich and 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Dereham, at the geographical centre of Norfolk.

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• RAF Mattishall · 1.8 km

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  List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Norfolk · 2.3 km

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  List of local nature reserves in Norfolk · 2.3 km

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