Shipdham

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 60% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:23

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

6 reported · August 2026▲ 50% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Other theft1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Watton · 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)

13 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Yaxham (5.6 km)
• 11 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 (8.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (8.1 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Greenbanks (6.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds2

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 20 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

Conservative majority

• Lab 9
• Con 29
• Grn 1
• Ref 5
• Oth 5

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

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,200 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

7 jobs advertised · £38,307 avg

e.g. Commercial Painter, Plant and Hydraulic Mechanic, Warehouse Operative

Source: Adzuna

£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

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 · 1 pharmacy in IP25

• Watton Medical Practice
• Shipdham Surgery
• Hmp Wayland

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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  Shipdham · 0.6 km

  Shipdham is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district, in Norfolk, England, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south-south-west of Dereham. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,145 in 899 househo…

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  Letton, Norfolk · 2.3 km

  Letton is a former village and civil parish, now part of the parish of Cranworth, in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England. The settlement is south-east of Shipdham and about 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Dereham.…

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  Letton Hall · 2.3 km

  Letton Hall is a Grade II listed eighteenth-century Neoclassical stately home designed by Sir John Soane for the Gurdon family between 1783 and 1789. It is located at Letton near Shipdham, Norfolk.

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  St Mary's Church, East Bradenham · 2.5 km

  St Mary's Church, East Bradenham, is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Bradenham, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is…

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  Bradenham, Norfolk · 3.1 km

  Bradenham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west of the town of Dereham and 19 miles (31 km) west of the city of Norwich. The parish was formed of the parishe…

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  Cranworth · 4.0 km

  Cranworth is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of the English county of Norfolk.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)