Walton Highway

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 16° · 80% rain
• Tomorrow: 27° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:24

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

10 reported · July 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour4
• Violence & sexual offences3
• Public order2
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Terrington · Norfolk

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

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)

30 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Morrisons (5.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (5.5 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: College Of West Anglia (Wisbech Campus) (4.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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)

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

£2,430 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

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

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

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

308 applications decided

89.6% granted · 276 granted, 32 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

James Wild

Conservative

North West Norfolk

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

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

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

• Schools2
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,690 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

3 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Maths Tutoring Job in Walton Highway – Flexible Schedule, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time, Become a Maths Tutor in Walton Highway – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

91% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Nuclear 25% · Gas 9% · Biomass 7%

43 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Norfolk:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s336 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership332 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office321 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test270 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership252 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Marshland High School · 1.3 km

  Marshland High School is a mixed secondary school in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk District of Norfolk, England, and in the village of West Walton.

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  Fen End Mill, West Walton · 1.6 km

  Fen End Mill, or Dobb's Mill or Sutterby's Mill, is a Grade II listed tower mill in West Walton, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Built in the 18th Century, it was heightened in 1815. The mill worked by wind until 1908. It wa…

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  West Walton · 2.0 km

  West Walton is a village and civil parish in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk District of Norfolk, England.

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  Wisbech Town F.C. · 2.5 km

  Wisbech Town Football Club is a football club based near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England. The club are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Premier Division and play at the Fenland Stadium.

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  Walpole Highway · 2.5 km

  Walpole Highway is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 10.48 km2 (4.05 sq mi) and had a population of 685 in 266 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing t…

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  Ingleborough Tower Windmill, West Walton · 2.7 km

  Ingleborough Tower Windmill is one mile north of the village of West Walton in Norfolk, England. The windmill is in the yard of Hill House Farm alongside a house and assorted farm buildings. The mill is now in a state…

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