Scole

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 14° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

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

10 reported · July 2026▲ 150% YoY

• Shoplifting4
• Violence & sexual offences4
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Diss · 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)

39 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Diss (2.4 km)
• 8 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

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Morrisons (3.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (3.4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: BP Connect Scole (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

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 (Scole Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 39 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

Adrian Ramsay

Green Party

Waveney Valley

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,590 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

93% low-carbon electricity

Wind 64% · Nuclear 23% · Gas 6% · Biomass 6%

31 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 Waveney Valley:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership476 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership410 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office315 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s263 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases222 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Scole · 0.1 km

  Scole is a village on the Norfolk–Suffolk border in England. It is 19 miles south of Norwich and lay on the old Roman road to Venta Icenorum, which was the main road until it was bypassed with a dual carriageway. It c…

• Scole Windmill · 0.2 km

  Scole Windmill is a truncated Grade II listed tower mill in Scole, Norfolk, United Kingdom that was built in 1799. It worked until 1883 and subsequently becamed a derelict shell. Later truncated, the stump was convert…

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  Billingford, South Norfolk · 1.6 km

  Billingford or Pirleston is a village in the civil parish of Scole, in the South Norfolk district of the county of Norfolk, England. It is 19.4 miles (31.2 km) south-west of Norwich and 2.9 miles (4.7 km) south-east o…

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  Oakley, Suffolk · 1.7 km

  Oakley is a village and former civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district, in the north of the English county of Suffolk. It lies immediately to the south of the River Waveney around 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of Eye a…

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  Dickleburgh and Rushall · 1.7 km

  Dickleburgh and Rushall is a civil parish in South Norfolk. It covers an area of 14.90 km2 (5.75 sq mi) and had a population of 1356 in 565 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,472 at the 2011 Census.

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  Billingford Windmill · 1.7 km

  Billingford Windmill is a grade II* listed brick tower mill at Billingford near Diss, Norfolk, England which has been preserved and restored to working order. As of June 2009, the mill is under repair, with new sails…

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