Paston

21°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 15° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 26° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:16

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: North Walsham · 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)

22 food businesses within 2 miles

• 22 rated 4–5 ★ (18 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: North Walsham (5.7 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£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

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Kelly Clarke Motor Services Ltd (5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• 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
• 17 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

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 11
• LD 26
• Oth 3

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

4,900 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

20 jobs advertised · £32,344 avg

e.g. Become a Biology Tutor in Paston (Cambridgeshire) – Flexible & Remote, Online Italian Tutoring Job in Paston (Cambridgeshire) – Flexible Schedule, Online Statistics Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£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

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 North Norfolk:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office333 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership320 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership301 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases238 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills213 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

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  Paston Great Barn · 0.8 km

  Paston Great Barn is a medieval barn near Paston Hall on the southeast edge of the village of Paston in northeast Norfolk, owned by the North Norfolk Historic Buildings Trust. Dating from 1581, the building has a long…

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  Paston, Norfolk · 0.9 km

  Paston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east of North Walsham and 9.1 miles (14.6 km) south-east of Cromer. It is 19.2 miles (30.9 km) north-east of…

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  Bacton Gas Terminal · 1.3 km

  The Bacton Gas Terminal is a complex of six gas terminals within four sites located on the North Sea coast of North Norfolk in the United Kingdom. The sites are near Paston and between Bacton and Mundesley; the neares…

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  Paston & Knapton railway station · 1.4 km

  Paston and Knapton railway station was a station in North Norfolk on the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway line between Cromer Beach and North Walsham. It served the settlements of Paston and Knapton, through it was n…

• RAF Bacton · 1.5 km

  RAF Bacton is a former Royal Air Force landing field, built to accommodate aircraft intercepting Zeppelin bombers during the First World War.

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  Bacton, Norfolk · 1.8 km

  Bacton is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is on the Norfolk coast, 12 miles (20 km) south-east of Cromer, 25 miles (40 km) north-west of Great Yarmouth and 19 miles (30 km) north of Norwich. Besides…

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