Watton

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 50% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:23

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

38 reported · August 2026▲ 31% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences13
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Public order3

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)

72 food businesses within 2 miles

• 58 rated 4–5 ★ (47 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£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 (10.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (10.7 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Watton (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches16
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds12

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
• 41 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

George Freeman

Conservative

Mid Norfolk

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

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

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,200 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised · £42,263 avg

e.g. Refuse loader, Tool Hire Manager, Refuse HGV2 Driver

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

66% low-carbon electricity

Wind 42% · Gas 33% · Nuclear 17% · Biomass 8%

140 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

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

• Watton railway station (England) · 0.4 km

  Watton railway station was located in Watton, Norfolk. It was on the Great Eastern Railway line between Swaffham and Thetford, and closed for passengers in 1964 and freight in 1965 as part of the Beeching Axe. After c…

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  Wayland Academy, Watton · 0.7 km

  Wayland Academy is a small mixed secondary school located in Watton in the English county of Norfolk. It is part of the Inspiration Trust, having been part of the Transforming Education in Norfolk Trust group of schoo…

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  Watton, Norfolk · 0.7 km

  Watton is a market town in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England, about 25 miles (40 km) west-southwest of Norwich and 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Thetford. The annual Wayland Agricultural Show in its west is o…

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  Wayland Hall · 0.8 km

  Wayland Hall, also known as Watton Town Hall, is a community events venue in Middle Street, Watton, Norfolk, England: the structure, which also accommodates a local history museum, is a grade II listed building.

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  Wayland Wood · 0.8 km

  Wayland Wood is a 31.7-hectare (78-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near to Watton in Norfolk, England. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2, and it is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife T…

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  Watton United F.C. · 1.1 km

  Watton United Football Club is an English football club based in Watton, Norfolk. The club are currently members of the Anglian Combination Premier Division and play at Watton Sports Centre.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)