Beeston Road Beeston, Breckland
95 addresses across 4 postcodes (PE32), about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 4000109.
- Energy: 16 homes have an energy certificate (B: 4, C: 2, D: 6, E: 4).
- Flood: 5 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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 B; Band D in Breckland costs £2,444 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Attleborough, about 24.1 km (15 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 69 to 75 m above sea level.
- Noise: 9 of its 95 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Litcham Health Centre, about 4 km (2.5 miles) away.
- People: About 590 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 79% of households owned their home and 26% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 4 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
16 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 108 m². Most common: House, detached (6); Bungalow, detached (5); House, semi-detached (3). Built: before 1900 (4); 1950-1966 (3); 2021 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (10); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (10 addresses)
- Chandlers Ford, Dereham Road, Beeston
- Green Ridges, Dereham Road, Beeston
- Hillside Cottage, Dereham Road, Beeston
- Kent Cottage, Dereham Road, Beeston
- Larch House, Dereham Road, Beeston
- Lemmhurst, Dereham Road, Beeston
- Ryelands, Dereham Road, Beeston
- Silver Birch, Dereham Road, Beeston
- Tawny Lodge, Dereham Road, Beeston
- The Nest, Dereham Road, Beeston
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 B (26% of about 970 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
Finished in the last three months
- 7 September 2026 to 8 September 2026: NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE32 2NQ | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 2 / 5 | unlikely |
| PE32 2RR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PE32 2LE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PE32 2NN | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 2 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 96 addresses are between 69 m and 75 m above sea level (71 m on average); the ground rises about 6 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE32 2LE | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| PE32 2NN | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| PE32 2NQ | 97% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| PE32 2RR | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Attleborough 175,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 24.1 km (15 miles) |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 6 km (3.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 30.7 km (19 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 99.1 km (62 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Litcham Health Centre | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Dereham Hospital | 7.8 km (4.9 miles) |
| Police station | Dereham Police Station | 7.9 km (4.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.4 ha | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Old Hall moated site 100m north west of Almshouse Bungalow, a scheduled monument, 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-east.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Old Hall moated site 100m north west of Almshouse Bungalow | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Rectory Plantation | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Honeypot Wood | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Hulver Hill | Hill | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north |
| Bellhall Plantation | Wood | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) north |
| Acre Bottom | Valley | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) east |
| The Lake | Lake or reservoir | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 9 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 86 | 95 |
9 of the street's 95 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beeston Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Beeston Road (4).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 79% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 52% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 12% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 34% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 59% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 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) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 4 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
- PE32 2NQ: 91 addresses of 96 in the postcode
- PE32 2RR: 2 addresses of 5 in the postcode
- PE32 2LE: 1 address
- PE32 2NN: 1 address of 15 in the postcode
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.