Beechamwell Road Barton Bendish, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
21 addresses across 4 postcodes (PE33), about 2.8 km (1.7 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 19001365.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, D: 1, E: 8).
- 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 A; Band D in King's Lynn and West Norfolk costs £2,430 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Downham Market, about 11 km (6.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 7 to 23 m above sea level.
- Noise: 7 of its 21 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Boughton Surgery, about 3.2 km (2 miles) away.
- People: About 440 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 76% of households owned their home and 31% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 106 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (5); House, detached (5). Built: before 1900 (8); 1900-1929 (1); 2020 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (6); owner-occupied (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (6 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in King's Lynn and West Norfolk in 2026-27: Band D £2,430 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,620 | £1,890 | £2,160 | £2,430 | £2,970 | £3,510 | £4,050 | £4,860 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band A (25% of about 2,460 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, grade I
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 29 October 2026: ANGLIAN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway, verge (immediate - urgent works)
- 21 October 2026: ANGLIAN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway, verge (immediate - urgent works)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE33 9DN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PE33 9DW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| PE33 9EQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PE33 9AD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 21 addresses are between 7 m and 23 m above sea level (14 m on average); the ground rises about 16 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE33 9AD | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| PE33 9DN | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| PE33 9DW | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| PE33 9EQ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Downham Market 441,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11 km (6.9 miles) |
| Watlington 134,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.7 km (7.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Demand Responsive Transport Area Barton Bendish | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 9 km (5.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 51.6 km (32 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 83.7 km (52 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Boughton Surgery | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dentistry For You (Marham) LTD | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Hospital | Swaffham Community Hospital | 11.8 km (7.3 miles) |
| Police station | Downham Market Police Station | 10.3 km (6.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 670 m² | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.2 ha | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,780 m² | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary, a listed building (Grade I), 510 m (0.3 miles) north-west. 8 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 510 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Church of St Andrew | Listed building, Grade I | 710 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Moated site 160m north east of Avenue Farm | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| Remains of Barton Bendish medieval settlement immediately west of Abbey Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ash Holt Plantation | Wood | 850 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Barton Leys | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) west |
| The Channels | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| Osierholt Plantation | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Kipper's Wood | Wood | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Vinegar Hill | Hill | 3 km (1.9 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 14 | 21 |
7 of the street's 21 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 King's Lynn and West Norfolk: see them on the King's Lynn and West Norfolk 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 | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 76% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 52% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 33% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 31% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 40% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 31% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 4 to 5 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: ANGLIAN WATER: Utility repair and maintenance works, 29 October 2026 to 4 November 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: ANGLIAN WATER: Utility repair and maintenance works, 21 October 2026 to 27 October 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- PE33 9DN: 9 addresses of 13 in the postcode
- PE33 9DW: 7 addresses
- PE33 9EQ: 4 addresses
- PE33 9AD: 1 address of 3 in the postcode
All the streets in PE33 and across King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
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.