Trowse Newton

22°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 25° / 15° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:14

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 406 rated 4–5 ★ (309 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Norwich (1.9 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: 164.7p · Asda (2.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (6.9 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

67 charging locations within ~8 km

• 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: County Hall Pay on Foot Car Park, Norwich 7 (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches20
• Playgrounds9

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 (Trowse W Newton Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 107 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

Ben Goldsborough

Labour

South Norfolk

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

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

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

• Schools4
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés9

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

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Nuclear 20% · Wind 17% · Biomass 10%

217 gCO₂/kWh · high 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 South Norfolk:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership469 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office322 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership313 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s306 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test276 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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