Yaxham

16°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 13° · 53% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:21

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Watton · 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)

75 food businesses within 2 miles

• 68 rated 4–5 ★ (61 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Yaxham (0.6 km)
• 6 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: 166.9p · Morrisons (3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (3 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Greenstone Pub & Restaurant (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds5

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
• 10 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

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)

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,110 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

15 jobs advertised · £31,945 avg

e.g. Tesco Colleague - Dereham - 04.30am start, Tesco Colleague - Dereham Extra, Driving Instructor (Driving Licence Required)

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

82% low-carbon electricity

Wind 42% · Nuclear 21% · Gas 18% · Solar 14%

78 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 Mid Norfolk:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office420 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership398 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases391 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s311 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership291 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Yaxham · 0.2 km

  Yaxham is a village and civil parish in centre of the English county of Norfolk. The parish includes the village of Yaxham, together with the neighbouring community of Clint Green and the hamlet of Brakefield Green.…

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  St Peter's Church, Yaxham · 0.2 km

  St Peter's Church is the parish church of Yaxham in Norfolk, England, in the benefice of Mattishall and the Tudd Valley, and in the Diocese of Norwich. It is a round-tower church, dating mostly from the medieval perio…

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  Yaxham Windmill · 0.5 km

  Yaxham Windmill is a tower mill at Yaxham, Norfolk, United Kingdom. It was built in 1860 and worked by wind until 1922, then by engine until 1954. The derelict mill was converted in 1996 and has been used as a pub, re…

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  Yaxham Light Railway · 0.7 km

  Yaxham Light Railway is a 2 ft narrow gauge light railway situated adjacent to Yaxham railway station on the Mid-Norfolk Railway. It is located in the village of Yaxham in the English county of Norfolk. The railway is…

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  Yaxham railway station · 0.7 km

  Yaxham is a railway station in the village of Yaxham in the English county of Norfolk. The station is served by heritage services operated by the Mid-Norfolk Railway and is the site of the Yaxham Light Railway.

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  Badley Moor · 1.3 km

  Badley Moor is an 18.3-hectare (45-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Dereham in Norfolk, England. It is part of the Norfolk Valley Fens Special Area of Conservation.

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