Crown Road Old Buckenham, Breckland
24 addresses across 2 postcodes (NR17), about 530 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 4001680.
- Sales: 18 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £690,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Breckland cost £266,835 in August 2026 (-0.3% on a year); private rents averaged £935 a month.
- Energy: 12 homes have an energy certificate (B: 2, C: 1, D: 3, E: 3, F: 3).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the Minor road, carries 1,579 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- 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 86% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Attleborough, about 4.4 km (2.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Church Green, is about 260 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 47 to 49 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 24 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Attleborough Surgery, about 4.4 km (2.7 miles) away.
- People: About 570 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 66% of households owned their home and 31% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 2 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £690,000 | £690,000 | £690,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | £524,500 | £474,000 | £575,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | £518,750 | £425,000 | £612,500 |
| 2016 | 2 | £272,500 | £145,000 | £400,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £290,000 | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £260,000 | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| 2006 | 4 | £286,500 | £238,000 | £325,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £162,000 | £162,000 | £162,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £117,000 | £117,000 | £117,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £107,000 | £107,000 | £107,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Feb 2016 | ASHLEA NR17 1SD | Detached | £400,000 | |
| 19 Jul 2012 | BAYWOOD NR17 1SD | Detached | £300,000 | |
| 8 Sep 2006 | BAYWOOD NR17 1SD | Detached | £273,000 | |
| 4 Jul 2008 | BEECHURST NR17 1SD | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 14 Nov 2006 | BEECHURST NR17 1SD | Detached | £238,000 | |
| 29 Oct 1999 | BEECHURST NR17 1SD | Detached | £117,000 | |
| 26 Apr 2016 | BROME CLOSE NR17 1SD | Detached | £145,000 | |
| 4 Mar 2021 | FIELD END NR17 1SD | Detached | £474,000 | |
| 17 Aug 2007 | FIELD END NR17 1SD | Detached | £260,000 | |
| 10 Aug 2026 | JOULES NR17 1SD | Detached | £690,000 | |
| 22 Mar 2018 | JOULES NR17 1SD | Detached | £425,000 | |
| 17 May 2018 | OLD CHAPEL COTTAGE NR17 1SD | Detached | £612,500 | |
| 19 May 1995 | OLD CHAPEL COTTAGE NR17 1SD | Detached | £107,000 | |
| 22 Aug 2006 | PEACEHAVEN NR17 1SD | Detached | £300,000 | |
| 25 Jan 2002 | PEACEHAVEN NR17 1SD | Detached | £162,000 | |
| 5 Jul 2013 | SAXON HOUSE NR17 1SD | Detached | £290,000 | |
| 24 Aug 2021 | SHIRALEE NR17 1SD | Detached | £575,000 | |
| 6 Jun 2006 | WEST HOUSE NR17 1SD | Detached | £325,000 |
House prices and rents in Breckland
A typical home in Breckland cost £266,835 in August 2026, 0.3% less than a year before. That is 11% more than five years earlier and 31% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £363,192 |
| Semi-detached | £238,211 |
| Terraced | £192,685 |
| Flat or maisonette | £108,024 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £223,317 |
Private renters in Breckland paid £935 a month on average in September 2026, 4.6% more than a year before. That is 31% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £670 |
| Two bedrooms | £853 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,053 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,531 |
Energy performance certificates
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 149 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (6); House, detached (6). Built: 1950-1966 (4); 1983-1990 (3); before 1900 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (11); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (12 addresses)
- Ashlea, Crown Road, Old Buckenham
- Baywood, Crown Road, Old Buckenham
- Chestnut Lodge, Solar Rise, Crown Road, Old Buckenham
- Crown Lane Cottage, Crown Road, Old Buckenham
- Ferndene, Crown Road, Old Buckenham
- Field End, Crown Road, Old Buckenham
- Moneypit, Crown Road, Old Buckenham
- Old Chapel Cottage, Crown Road, Old Buckenham
- Saxon House, Crown Road, Old Buckenham
- Scandia, Crown Road
- SHIRALEE, CROWN ROAD, OLD BUCKENHAM
- The Joules, Crown Road, Old Buckenham
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 25 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel (9 meters are on Economy 7, the off-peak tariff for storage heaters).
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NR17 1SD | 20 9 Economy 7 | 3,024 kWh | none recorded | |
| NR17 1SF | 5 | 5,120 kWh | under 5 |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is NR17.
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 (21% of about 860 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Old Buckenham (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- 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.
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 16 February 2027 to 22 February 2027: ANGLIAN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway, verge (major (paa) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NR17 1SD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| NR17 1SF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 24 addresses are between 47 m and 49 m above sea level (48 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NR17 1SD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NR17 1SF | 86% | 86% | 86% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Attleborough 175,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Eccles Road 1,530 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km (3 miles) | |
| Spooner Row 690 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.2 km (4.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest St Andrews Close Old Buckenham | 280 m |
| EV charging points | PoGo Charge | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 27.6 km (17 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 85.9 km (53 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Attleborough Surgery Good Dec 2018 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Allied Pharmacy Church Street | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Doctors Surgery | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Hartismere Hospital | 18.3 km (11 miles) |
| Care homes | St Mary's Residential Care Home Requires improvement May 2026 | 2.3 km (1.5 miles) |
| Police station | Norfolk Police - Diss Public Enquiry Office | 12.2 km (7.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Church Green 15 ha | 260 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 670 m² | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.9 ha | 900 m (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5,290 m² | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 15 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Windmill, a listed building (Grade II*), 340 m west. 21 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Windmill | Listed building, Grade II* | 340 m west |
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade I | 570 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Round barrow on Wilby Warren, Eccles | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Tumulus W of Leader's Spinney | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Earthwork on Wilby Warren | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Plantation | Wood | 860 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Warren Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Priest Hill | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Jubilee Plantation | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Hungry Hill | Hill | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Old Buckenham Mere | Lake or reservoir | 2 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.0 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 21 | 24 |
3 of the street's 24 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 | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Buckenham High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 860 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 45.2 (37.8 in 2025 and 44.3 in 2024); 37.6% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Old Buckenham Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 930 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection | 65% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 56% in 2024 and 52% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
Ofsted also registers 271 childminders and 51 home childcarers (nannies) in Norfolk. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Tin Kitchen NR17 1SF | Mobile caterer | 210 m | 5 Very good | 2 Mar 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near St Andrew'S Close (2).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jul 2025 10:00 | Slight | 2 people | Minor road, 30 mph | Wet road |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the Minor road, with 1,579 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 300 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minor road | Not recorded | 1,579 counted 2025 | 1% | 300 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 66% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 43% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 24% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 33% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 31% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 64% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 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) | 40% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 31% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 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 neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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, 16 February 2027 to 22 February 2027 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Oaklands · Grove Road · St Andrew's Close · St Andrews Close · March Field Way
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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.