Back Lane Breckland
31 addresses across 2 postcodes (NR9), about 1 km (0.6 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 4000460.
- Sales: 20 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £462,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 13 homes have an energy certificate (B: 2, C: 1, D: 2, E: 3, F: 4, G: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Breckland costs £2,444 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 89% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Attleborough, about 8.5 km (5.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 46 to 58 m above sea level.
- Noise: 12 of its 31 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Hingham Surgery, about 4 km (2.5 miles) away.
- People: About 250 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 70% of households owned their home and 29% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £462,000 | £462,000 | £462,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £385,000 | £385,000 | £385,000 |
| 2020 | 2 | £375,000 | £280,000 | £470,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £205,000 | £205,000 | £205,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £305,000 | £305,000 | £305,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £225,000 | £225,000 | £225,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | £199,975 | £140,000 | £259,950 |
| 2012 | 1 | £190,000 | £190,000 | £190,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £285,000 | £285,000 | £285,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £133,000 | £133,000 | £133,000 |
| 2001 | 2 | £96,750 | £51,500 | £142,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Feb 2025 | ILLETAS NR9 4AQ | Detached | £462,000 | |
| 20 Feb 2023 | THE BUNGALOW NR9 4AQ | Semi-detached | £385,000 | |
| 20 Nov 2020 | NICKQUENUN NR9 4AQ | Detached | £470,000 | |
| 24 Aug 2020 | THE OLD COTTAGE NR9 4AQ | Detached | £280,000 | |
| 12 Feb 2020 | APPLEBEE NR9 4AQ | Other | £285,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 20 Mar 2019 | THE BUNGALOW NR9 4AQ | Semi-detached | £206,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 5 Mar 2019 | ILLETAS NR9 4AQ | Detached | £205,000 | |
| 20 Oct 2016 | REDBOURNE HOUSE NR9 4AQ | Detached | £305,000 | |
| 2 Apr 2015 | WILLOW TREE COTTAGE NR9 4AQ | Semi-detached | £225,000 | |
| 23 May 2014 | NICKQUENUN NR9 4AQ | Detached | £300,000 | |
| 14 Jun 2013 | 1 NR9 4AQ | Detached | £259,950 | |
| 4 Feb 2013 | HOMA NR9 4AQ | Detached | £140,000 | |
| 24 Feb 2012 | TSUNAMI NR9 4AQ | Semi-detached | £190,000 | |
| 10 Dec 2007 | 1 NR9 4AQ | Detached | £285,000 | |
| 31 Oct 2002 | LABURNHAM COTTAGE NR9 4AQ | Semi-detached | £133,000 | |
| 17 Dec 2001 | JAPONICA COTTAGE NR9 4AQ | Detached | £142,000 | |
| 19 Mar 2001 | TSUNAMI NR9 4AQ | Semi-detached | £51,500 | |
| 20 Apr 2000 | REDBOURNE HOUSE NR9 4AQ | Detached | £135,000 | |
| 9 May 1997 | LABURNHAM COTTAGE NR9 4AQ | Semi-detached | £42,950 | |
| 29 Aug 1996 | NINEPINS NR9 4AQ | Detached | £53,000 |
Energy performance certificates
13 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 127 m². Most common: House, detached (8); Bungalow, detached (3); House, semi-detached (2). Built: before 1900 (5); 1967-1975 (4); 2022 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (10).
Each home's certificates and sales (9 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Breckland in 2026-27: Band D £2,444 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,629 | £1,901 | £2,172 | £2,444 | £2,987 | £3,530 | £4,073 | £4,887 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (24% of about 540 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| NR9 4AQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NR9 4NT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 31 addresses are between 46 m and 58 m above sea level (54 m on average); the ground rises about 12 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NR9 4AQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NR9 4NT | 89% | 89% | 89% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Attleborough 175,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.5 km (5.3 miles) |
| Spooner Row 690 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.1 km (6.9 miles) | |
| Eccles Road 1,530 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.2 km (6.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Bus Shelter Scoulton | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | Mer | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 26.5 km (16 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 89.8 km (56 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Hingham Surgery | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Wayland (Dental Practice) | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Dereham Hospital | 13.6 km (8.4 miles) |
| Police station | Dereham Police Station | 12.3 km (7.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 470 m² | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Woodrising Hall moated site, a scheduled monument, 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Woodrising Hall moated site | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Little Plantation | Wood | 600 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Scoulton Heath | Wood | 640 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Mere Plantation | Wood | 660 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Scoulton Mere | Lake or reservoir | 830 m (0.5 miles) north |
| The Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Money Hill | Hill | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.8 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 9 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 19 | 31 |
12 of the street's 31 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Breckland: see them on the Breckland page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (norfolk).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 70% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 40% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 23% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 20% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 76% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 37% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.