Wiggenhall St Germans

21°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 25° / 16° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:18

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

1 reported · July 2026▼ 83% YoY

• 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)

6 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Watlington (3.5 km)
• 10 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: 166.7p · Asda (10.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (10.3 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Old Hall Country Breaks (5.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches6
• 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
• 12 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

Terry Jermy

Labour

South 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)

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,690 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

55% low-carbon electricity

Gas 44% · Nuclear 21% · Wind 14% · Solar 13%

179 gCO₂/kWh · high 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 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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  Wiggenhall St Germans · 0.3 km

  Wiggenhall St Germans is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk in the East of England. It is 85 miles (137 km) north of London and 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west of King's Lynn. The parish covers an…

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  Wiggenhall St Germans SSSI · 0.5 km

  Wiggenhall St Germans SSSI is a 5.2-hectare (13-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of King's Lynn in Norfolk, England. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

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  St Mary the Virgin's Church, Wiggenhall · 1.1 km

  St Mary the Virgin's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the civil parish of Wiggenhall St Germans, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed buildi…

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  St Germain's railway station · 2.4 km

  St. Germain's railway station was located on the line between Kings Lynn and Watlington. It served the parish of Wiggenhall St. Germans, and closed in 1850.

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  Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen · 2.7 km

  Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen is a civil parish and village in the English county of Norfolk. It is 6 miles (9.7 km) south of the town of King's Lynn on the west bank of the River Great Ouse. It covers an area of 17.76…

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  Islington Heronry · 3.2 km

  Islington Heronry is a 1.3-hectare (3.2-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.

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