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Thornham

Thornham is a village in Norfolk, England, with a population of around 496. It has around 4 restaurants and cafés and 5 bus stops. There were around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly other theft. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Thornham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the King's Lynn and West Norfolk area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 154,325 residents at roughly 107 people per km².

Council
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
County
Norfolk
Constituency
North West Norfolk
Police force
Norfolk
58/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 98th of 294 English council areas — better than 67% of them.

Low crime76
Home affordability64
Affordable rents69
Good schools45
Life expectancy62
Low deprivation25
Employment57
Low council tax53

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°CSunny

  • Today: 17° / 15° · 40% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:20

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Crime

1 reported · July 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Hunstanton and Burnham · 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 Huns…
  • We work with the community and local partners, as well as looking at our own data to come up with priorities that we will have for West N…

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

Road safety

292 reported road collisions (2024)

104 killed or seriously injured · 397 casualties · 18.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

20 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 19 rated 4–5 ★ (18 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

Private rents

£940 average monthly rent 4.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £650
  • 2 bed £848
  • 3 bed £1,051

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

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

EV charging

10 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Thornham Deli (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches7
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 79 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,430 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,620
B £1,890
C £2,160
D £2,430
E £2,970
F £3,510
G £4,050
H £4,860

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

Schools

82 schools · 19,176 pupils

64 primary · 8 secondary · 10 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

  • Downham Market AcademyGood
  • King's Lynn AcademyGood
  • Smithdon High SchoolGood
  • Iceni Secondary Academy
  • King Edward VII Academy
  • Marshland High School
  • Springwood High School
  • St Clement's High School

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

  • In a conservation area (THORNHAM CONSERVATION AREA)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 19 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

308 applications decided

89.6% granted · 276 granted, 32 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

James Wild

Conservative

North West Norfolk

Recent votes:

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

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,690 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

57% low-carbon electricity

Gas 39% · Nuclear 24% · Solar 21% · Biomass 6%

165 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Norfolk:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Thornham, Norfolk · 0.2 km

    Thornham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the north Norfolk coast some 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north-east of the seaside resort of Hunstanton, 30 km (19 mi) north of the…

  • The Lifeboat Inn, Thornham · 0.6 km

    The Lifeboat Inn is a public house and inn in Ship Lane, Thornham, Norfolk, England. It lies near the wooded grounds of Thornham Manor. The white-painted pub was originally built in the 16th century and was a simple c…

  • Titchwell Marsh · 1.5 km

    Titchwell Marsh is an English nature reserve owned and managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). Located on the north coast of the county of Norfolk, between the villages of Titchwell and Thornh…

  • River Hun · 1.9 km

    The River Hun is a chalk stream in the west of the county of Norfolk, in England. Its source is in the grounds of Hunstanton Park. Its mouth can be found on the North Sea near Holme-next-the-Sea.

  • Titchwell · 2.5 km

    Titchwell is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is situated on the north Norfolk coast some 1.2 mi (2 km) west of the village of Brancaster, 5.6 mi (9 km) north-east of the seaside resort of Hunstanton…

  • Holme Dunes · 2.6 km

    Holme Dunes is a 192-hectare (470-acre) nature reserve near Holme-next-the-Sea in Norfolk. It is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, and is a National Nature Reserve. It is part of the North Norfolk Coast Site of S…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Thornham?
Thornham is a town in Norfolk, England, in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk local authority.
What is the population of Thornham?
Thornham has an approximate settlement population of 496.
How deprived is Thornham?
The King's Lynn and West Norfolk local authority, which includes Thornham, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.