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Surlingham

Surlingham is a village in Norfolk, England, with a population of around 542. It has around 2 restaurants or cafés, 2 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Brundall Gardens, 1.8 km away. There were around 3 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 Surlingham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the South Norfolk area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 141,948 residents at roughly 156 people per km².

Council
South Norfolk
County
Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk
64/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 49th of 294 English council areas — better than 83% of them.

Low crime98
Home affordability52
Affordable rents66
Good schools11
Life expectancy80
Low deprivation71
Employment82
Low council tax38

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

17°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 16° · 65% rain
  • Tomorrow: 26° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:16

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Crime

2 reported · July 2026 100% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences1
  • Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Poringland · Norfolk

Local policing priorities

  • We work with the community and local partners, as well as looking at our own data to come up with the priority that we will have for Pori…
  • We work with the community and local partners, as well as looking at our own data to come up with the priority that we will have for Pori…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

33 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

1 active warning/alert

  • Flood alert: The tidal River Waveney from Ellingham to Breydon Water

Source: Environment Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Brundall Gardens (1.8 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Brundall Gardens (1.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£312,124 average 2% YoY

Across South Norfolk · to 2026-06

Detached£428,838
Semi-detached£276,890
Terraced£230,011
Flat£134,548

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 164.7p · Asda (8.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (11.9 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

20 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: McDonald's Brundall (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

141,948 residents in South Norfolk · 156/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 225 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,483 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 67,580)

A £1,655
B £1,931
C £2,207
D £2,483
E £3,035
F £3,586
G £4,138
H £4,966

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Wymondham CollegeOutstanding
  • Hobart High SchoolGood
  • Long Stratton High SchoolGood
  • Diss High School
  • Framingham Earl High School
  • Hethersett Academy
  • Ormiston Victory Academy
  • Wymondham High Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South 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
  • 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

211 applications decided

92.4% granted · 195 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Ben Goldsborough

Labour

South Norfolk

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,590 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

40% low-carbon electricity

Gas 56% · Nuclear 26% · Biomass 10% · Imports 4%

236 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Norfolk:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Surlingham · 0.3 km

    Surlingham is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk situated on the Broads in eastern United Kingdom. It lies approximately 6½ miles south-east of Norwich on the south bank of the River Y…

  • Lesingham House · 0.4 km

    Lesingham House is a country house in Surlingham, Norfolk, England, part of which was supposedly built in 1655.

  • Surlingham Church Marsh RSPB reserve · 1.0 km

    Surlingham Church Marsh is a small RSPB nature reserve in the Norfolk Broads, England. It is part of Yare Broads and Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest

  • Brundall Gardens railway station · 1.8 km

    Brundall Gardens railway station is a stop on the Wherry Lines in the East of England, serving the western side of the village of Brundall, Norfolk. It is sited 4 miles 66 chains (7.8 km) down the line from Norwich on…

  • Brundall signal box · 1.9 km

    Brundall signal box is a Grade II listed former Great Eastern Railway signal box on Brundall railway station in Norfolk, England.

  • Brundall railway station · 1.9 km

    Brundall railway station is on the Wherry Lines in the east of England, serving the village of Brundall, Norfolk. It is 5 miles 60 chains (9.3 km) down the line from Norwich on the route to Great Yarmouth and Lowestof…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Surlingham?
Surlingham is a town in Norfolk, England, in the South Norfolk local authority.
What is the population of Surlingham?
Surlingham has an approximate settlement population of 542.
How deprived is Surlingham?
The South Norfolk local authority, which includes Surlingham, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.