Weeting

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 16° · 83% rain
• Tomorrow: 26° / 14° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:19

12h 53m 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

16 reported · July 2026▲ 33% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson5
• Violence & sexual offences5
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Thetford · Norfolk

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

263 reported road collisions (2024)

86 killed or seriously injured · 365 casualties · 18.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

58 food businesses within 2 miles

• 45 rated 4–5 ★ (38 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Brandon (1.1 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£273,851 average▲ 2.7% YoY

Across Breckland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£925 average monthly rent▲ 3% YoY

• 1 bed £663
• 2 bed £843
• 3 bed £1,041

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 173.9p · BP (8.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.9p · BP (8.7 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: George Street Car Park, Brandon (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds1

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)

Around the average in England

Ranked 127 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

74 schools · 17,555 pupils

55 primary · 7 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 31 of 38 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

66inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Breckland

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
• 14 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

191 applications decided

89% granted · 170 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Terry Jermy

Labour

South West Norfolk

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

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

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

• Schools1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,110 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

9 jobs advertised · £27,580 avg

e.g. Production Operative - 06h00-18h00, Product Specification Technician, Line Setter

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

70% low-carbon electricity

Wind 42% · Nuclear 28% · Imports 19% · Gas 11%

61 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 80.4 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South West Norfolk:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office431 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership382 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s319 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test292 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases252 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Weeting · 0.5 km

  Weeting is a village in Norfolk, England. The population can be found in the civil parish of Weeting-with-Broomhill.

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  Weeting Castle · 0.9 km

  Weeting Castle is a ruined, medieval manor house near the village of Weeting in Norfolk, England. It was built around 1180 by Hugh de Plais, and comprised a three-storey tower, a substantial hall, and a service block,…

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  Brandon railway station · 1.1 km

  Brandon railway station is on the Breckland Line in the East of England, serving the town of Brandon, Suffolk, although the station is actually situated across the county boundary in Norfolk. The line runs between Cam…

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  Brandon, Suffolk · 1.8 km

  Brandon is a town and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. Brandon is located in the Breckland area of Suffolk in the extreme north-west of the county, close to the adjoining county of Norfolk. It lies betwe…

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  Weeting Heath · 2.1 km

  Weeting Heath is a 141.8-hectare (350-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Thetford in Norfolk, England, which is managed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust. It is a Nature Conservation Review site,…

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  Thetford Forest · 2.1 km

  Thetford Forest is the largest lowland pine forest in Great Britain and is located in a region straddling the north of Suffolk and the south of Norfolk in England. It covers over 19,000 ha in the form of a Site of Spe…

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