Runcton Holme

9°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 12° / 8° · 59% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:25

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, 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▲ 200% YoY

• Other theft1
• Violence & sexual offences1
• Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Watlington · Norfolk

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

277 reported road collisions (2025)

89 killed or seriously injured · 359 casualties · 17.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

20 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Watlington (2.2 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£941 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £650
• 2 bed £848
• 3 bed £1,053

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

7.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.3 times median annual pay (7.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,102 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

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: Red Barn Events Ltd (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

154,325 residents in King's Lynn and West Norfolk · 107/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,732
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,221
• Net moves+1,511

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 69 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,430 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (32% of 75,900)

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

83 schools · 19,176 pupils

65 primary · 8 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 28 of 32 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · King's Lynn and West Norfolk

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

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

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

250 applications decided

85.6% granted · 214 granted, 36 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Terry Jermy

Labour

South West Norfolk

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

• Lab 5
• Con 17
• LD 2
• Ref 7
• Oth 24

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,800 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£731 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,249 disposable income per head (2024)

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

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 87,439 certificates

12.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

66% low-carbon electricity

Wind 43% · Gas 33% · Nuclear 17% · Biomass 6%

138 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Norfolk): 61.1 women · 61.3 men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

3 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in PE33

• Marham Medical Centre
• Watlington Medical Centre
• Boughton Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South West Norfolk:

• Stop plans to use MoD sites for asylum seekers without full local consultation749 local signatures · 23,862 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK260 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases255 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately194 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks184 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

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  Runcton Holme · 0.0 km

  Runcton Holme is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 13.89 km2 (5.36 sq mi) and had a population of 676 in 288 households at the 2001 census, the population reducing to 65…

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  Holme railway station (Norfolk) · 1.0 km

  Holme railway station was located on the line between Stow Bardolph and Watlington in Norfolk, England. It served the parish of Runcton Holme, and closed in 1853.

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  St Andrew's Church, South Runcton · 1.6 km

  St Andrew's is a redundant church in the village of South Runcton, Norfolk, England. Dating from the 12th century, the church was almost entirely rebuilt between 1838 and 1839 by John Brown, the surveyor of Norwich Ca…

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  Watlington, Norfolk · 2.1 km

  Watlington is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 6.93 km2 (2.68 sq mi) and had a population of 2,031 in 852 households at the 2001 census, the population…

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  Watlington railway station · 2.1 km

  Watlington railway station is on the Fen line in the east of England, serving the village of Watlington, Norfolk. It is 90 miles 70 chains (146.2 km) measured from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Downh…

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  Stow Bardolph railway station · 2.3 km

  Stow Bardolph railway station, in the parish of Stow Bardolph, Norfolk, served the villages of Stow Bardolph and Stowbridge. It closed in 1963.

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