Woodton
Woodton is a village in Norfolk, England, with a population of around 703. It has around 1 restaurant or café and 4 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Woodton area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the South Norfolk area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 141,948 residents at roughly 156 people per km².
- Council
- South Norfolk
- County
- Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk
- Police force
- Norfolk
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 49th of 294 English council areas — better than 83% of them.
A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology
Weather
21°CSunny
- Today: 22° / 14° · 14% rain
- Tomorrow: 23° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:22Sunset 19:19
12h 57m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
26US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom
Crime
1 reported · July 2026
- Violence & sexual offences1
Neighbourhood team: Long Stratton · Norfolk
Local policing priorities
- We work with the community and local partners, as well as looking at our own data to come up with the priority that we will have for Long…
- We work with the community and local partners, as well as looking at our own data to come up with the priority that we will have for Long…
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
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)
Food hygiene
4 food businesses within 2 miles
- 3 rated 4–5 ★ (3 top)
- 1 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- 4 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Buckenham (13.3 km):
Loading live departures…
Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£312,124 average▲ 2% YoY
Across South Norfolk · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£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
Affordability
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
EV charging
1 charging location within ~8 km
- Fastest nearby: 7 kW
- Nearest: SN&B Poringland (7.9 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports pitches2
- Playgrounds3
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
141,948 residents in South Norfolk · 156/km²
- Under 16: 17%
- 16–64: 58%
- 65+: 24%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 225 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£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
Schools
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)
Secondary schools:
- Wymondham CollegeOutstanding
- Hobart High SchoolGood
- Long Stratton High SchoolGood
- Diss High School
- Framingham Earl High School
- Hethersett Academy
- Ormiston Victory Academy
- Wymondham High Academy
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Norfolk
Care & health services
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
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 17 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
211 applications decided
92.4% granted · 195 granted, 16 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Your MP
Adrian Ramsay
Green Party
Waveney Valley
Recent votes:
- AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
- AyeClosure motion
- AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
- AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Conservative (minority)
- Lab 9
- Con 23
- LD 9
- Grn 1
- Oth 4
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools1
- Restaurants & cafés2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
6,590 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Local economy
£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
Energy efficiency
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
Grid electricity
85% low-carbon electricity
Wind 43% · Solar 19% · Nuclear 18% · Gas 15%
65 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity
Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men
71% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- 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
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Waveney Valley:
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership476 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership410 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office315 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s263 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases222 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Woodton · 0.2 kmWoodton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of the Suffolk town of Bungay, and 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Norwich.
St Andrew's Church, Bedingham · 0.7 kmSt Andrew's Church is an Anglican church in Bedingham in Norfolk, England. It is in the Hempnall group of parishes and in the Diocese of Norwich. It is a round-tower church, dating mostly from the medieval period. The…

Bedingham · 1.3 kmBedingham is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England, about 11 miles (18 km) south of Norwich. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 216, increasing to 221 at the 201…

Hedenham Wood · 2.3 kmHedenham Wood is a 23.4-hectare (58-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Hedenham in Norfolk, England.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Woodton?
- Woodton is a town in Norfolk, England, in the South Norfolk local authority.
- What is the population of Woodton?
- Woodton has an approximate settlement population of 703.
- How deprived is Woodton?
- The South Norfolk local authority, which includes Woodton, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.