Mileham

7°CClear

• Today: 11° / 7° · 10% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:19

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

57US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom

• 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

3 reported · August 2026▲ 50% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson2
• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Dereham · Norfolk

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

297 reported road collisions (2025)

93 killed or seriously injured · 402 casualties · 21 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

12 food businesses within 2 miles

• 12 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£266,835 average▼ 0.3% YoY

Across Breckland · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£928 average monthly rent▲ 3.7% YoY

• 1 bed £665
• 2 bed £846
• 3 bed £1,044

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

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

2,035 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

• Cheapest petrol: 173.9p · Asda (9.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (9.9 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: Greenbanks (6.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,583
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,328
• Net moves+2,255

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 112 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

73 schools · 17,375 pupils

55 primary · 7 secondary · 11 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Breckland

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

• In a conservation area (Mileham)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 9 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

197 applications decided

83.8% granted · 165 granted, 32 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

6,200 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

72% low-carbon electricity

Wind 45% · Gas 27% · Nuclear 19% · Biomass 8%

117 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Norfolk): 61.1 women · 61.3 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

3 GP surgeries · 0 pharmacies in PE32

• Grimston Medical Centre
• Litcham Health Centre
• Great Massingham Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Norfolk:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases392 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth238 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks192 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into the regulation of animal experimentation186 local signatures · 13,005 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills181 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Mileham · 0.1 km

  Mileham is a village approximately midway between East Dereham and Fakenham in Mid Norfolk with a population of 563 people in 2011. The village sits astride the B1145 Kings Lynn to Mundesley road that dissects Mid Nor…

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  Grenstein · 0.9 km

  Grenstein, also known as Gramston or Greynston, was until approximately the 16th century a village in the English county of Norfolk, between Mileham and Tittleshall. There was a market in the 13th century. Since 1959,…

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  Horse Wood, Mileham · 1.1 km

  Horse Wood, Mileham is a 7.1-hectare (18-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Dereham in Norfolk, England.

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  Mileham Windmill · 2.4 km

  Mileham Windmill is a tower mill in Litcham, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Built in the mid-19th century, it worked until 1918. The mill was dismantled in the mid-1930s. An empty shell stands today.

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  Tittleshall · 2.7 km

  Tittleshall is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

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  Godwick · 2.7 km

  Godwick is a deserted village in the county of Norfolk. Its location was south of Fakenham between the villages of Tittleshall and Whissonsett. There are over 200 deserted medieval villages in Norfolk, but most sites…

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