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Sheringham

Sheringham is a town in Norfolk, England, with a population of around 8,090. It has around 1 pharmacy, 34 restaurants and cafés, 21 bus stops, and Sheringham railway station 0.4 km away, with the average sold house price is around £320,797. There were around 21 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Sheringham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Norfolk area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 102,980 residents at roughly 107 people per km².

Council
North Norfolk
County
Norfolk
Constituency
North Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk
54/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 128th of 294 English council areas — better than 56% of them.

Low crime97
Home affordability35
Affordable rents62
Good schools5
Life expectancy70
Low deprivation30
Employment65
Low council tax44

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

16°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 18° / 16° · 75% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:17

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Crime

41 reported · July 2026 14% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences21
  • Drugs4
  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Criminal damage & arson3

Neighbourhood team: Sheringham · Norfolk

Local policing priorities

  • We work with the community and local partners, while also looking at our own data, to come up with priorities for Sheringham for the next…
  • Having reviewed the data and listened to community feedback, the policing priority for Sheringham and the surrounding area remains as tac…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

136 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 129 rated 4–5 ★ (109 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

2 active warnings & alerts

  • Flood alert: The north Norfolk coast from Old Hunstanton, to and including Cley
  • Flood alert: The north Norfolk coast from East Cley to Kelling Hard, including Salthouse

Source: Environment Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Sheringham (0.1 km)
  • 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Sheringham (0.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£300,273 average 1.7% YoY

Across North Norfolk · to 2026-06

Detached£419,727
Semi-detached£277,800
Terraced£233,334
Flat£159,131

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Morrisons (6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (6 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

12 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Sheringham Cromer Road (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches11
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

102,980 residents in North Norfolk · 107/km²

  • Under 16: 13%
  • 16–64: 53%
  • 65+: 34%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 94 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,460 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (26% of 56,720)

A £1,640
B £1,913
C £2,187
D £2,460
E £3,007
F £3,553
G £4,100
H £4,920

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Alderman Peel High SchoolGood
  • North Walsham High SchoolGood
  • Sheringham High SchoolGood
  • Stalham High SchoolGood
  • Broadland High Ormiston Academy
  • Cromer Academy
  • Fakenham Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Norfolk

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

215 applications decided

94.4% granted · 203 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Steff Aquarone

Liberal Democrat

North Norfolk

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 11
  • LD 26
  • Oth 3

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés46

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,900 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

41 jobs advertised · £26,396 avg

e.g. Care Assistant, Care Assistant - 1 West Wood Road Sheringham, Become a Primary school Tutor in Sheringham – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

60% low-carbon electricity

Gas 34% · Nuclear 33% · Wind 15% · Imports 6%

146 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 79.9 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Norfolk:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Masonic Hall, Sheringham · 0.0 km

    The Masonic Hall, Sheringham was built in 1914 to house the Electric Picture Palace.

  • Sheringham railway station · 0.1 km

    Sheringham railway station is the northern terminus of the Bittern Line; serving the town of Sheringham, in Norfolk, England. It lies 30 miles 22 chains down the line from Norwich, including the reversal at Cromer. Th…

  • Sheringham railway station (North Norfolk Railway) · 0.1 km

    Sheringham is a heritage railway station in Sheringham, Norfolk, England. It was once part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway network between 1887 and 1967, when a new station was opened by British Rail c…

  • Sheringham Town Hall · 0.2 km

    Sheringham Town Hall, formerly known as Sheringham Council Offices, is a former municipal building in Church Street, Sheringham, Norfolk, England. The structure served as the headquarters of Sheringham Urban District…

  • Sheringham · 0.3 km

    Sheringham is a seaside town and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, England. The motto of the town, granted in 1953 to the Sheringham Urban District Council, is Mare Ditat Pinusque Decorat, Latin for "The sea enri…

  • Sheringham Little Theatre · 0.3 km

    Sheringham Little Theatre is a theatre in Sheringham, Norfolk, England. It stages live theatre and music, and film screenings.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Sheringham?
Sheringham is a town in Norfolk, England, in the North Norfolk local authority.
What is the population of Sheringham?
Sheringham has an approximate settlement population of 8,090.
How deprived is Sheringham?
The North Norfolk local authority, which includes Sheringham, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.