Gresham Close Lowestoft, East Suffolk
15 addresses across 2 postcodes (NR32), about 110 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 42502100.
12 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £243,500 across 2 sales. 6 homes have an energy certificate (D: 4, E: 2). 3 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in East Suffolk costs £2,335 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Oulton Broad North, about 750 m away in a straight line. There is a small park or garden about 250 m away, and Normanston Park (16 hectares) is about 440 m away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 8 to 10 m above sea level. The nearest GP surgery is Bridge Road Surgery, about 740 m away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km. About 240 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 88% of households owned their home and 15% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 20 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | £243,500 | £232,000 | £255,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | £218,000 | £218,000 | £218,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £175,000 | £175,000 | £175,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £153,000 | £153,000 | £153,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £125,000 | £125,000 | £125,000 |
| 2008 | 2 | £114,750 | £105,000 | £124,500 |
| 2006 | 1 | £136,000 | £136,000 | £136,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £123,000 | £123,000 | £123,000 |
| 2000 | 2 | £76,250 | £71,500 | £81,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2025 | 10 NR32 3DH | Detached | £232,000 | |
| 23 Oct 2025 | 6 NR32 3DH | Detached | £255,000 | |
| 23 Oct 2024 | 7 NR32 3DH | Semi-detached | £218,000 | |
| 13 Sep 2017 | 3 NR32 3DH | Semi-detached | £175,000 | |
| 19 Jun 2015 | 4 NR32 3DH | Semi-detached | £153,000 | |
| 8 Jul 2011 | 7 NR32 3DH | Semi-detached | £125,000 | |
| 19 Dec 2008 | 3 NR32 3DH | Semi-detached | £105,000 | |
| 7 Oct 2008 | 2 NR32 3DH | Detached | £124,500 | |
| 30 Nov 2006 | 4 NR32 3DH | Semi-detached | £136,000 | |
| 1 Aug 2005 | 4 NR32 3DH | Semi-detached | £123,000 | |
| 20 Apr 2000 | 13 NR32 3DH | Detached | £81,000 | |
| 7 Mar 2000 | 1 NR32 3DH | Detached | £71,500 |
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 65 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (4); Bungalow, semi-detached (2). Built: 1950-1966 (3); 1967-1975 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4); rented (private) (1).
Council tax
What each band costs in East Suffolk in 2026-27: Band D £2,335 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,557 | £1,816 | £2,075 | £2,335 | £2,854 | £3,372 | £3,891 | £4,670 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (55% of about 770 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 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NR32 3DH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NR32 3DQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 3 / 4 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 15 addresses are between 8 m and 10 m above sea level (9 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NR32 3DH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NR32 3DQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Oulton Broad North 137,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 750 m |
| Oulton Broad South 60,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.8 km | |
| Lowestoft 468,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m, 43 within 800 m; nearest Gresham Avenue Oulton | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Lowestoft | 2.3 km |
| Ferry terminal | Reedham Ferry South | 14.1 km |
| Car parks | Lowestoft Station Car Park | 2.2 km |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km; nearest MFG Charging Station | 700 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 36.5 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 121.5 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Bridge Road Surgery | 740 m |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Holly Pharmacy | 740 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Oulton Village Dental Surgery | 1.2 km |
| Hospital | Lowestoft Hospital | 2.3 km |
| Police station | Lowestoft Police Station | 2.5 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Morrisons Daily - Lowestoft Cashzone | 90 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 4.0 ha | 250 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Normanston Park 16 ha | 440 m |
| Play area | 6 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,400 m² | 250 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 9.6 ha | 640 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,370 m² | 310 m |
Within 800 m: 4 parks and gardens, 27 hectares in all.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.9 | 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
Noise figures are still being loaded.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woods Loke Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 530 m | Outstanding (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| The Limes Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 860 m | Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Oulton Broad Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.6 km | No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good |
| Roman Hill Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km | No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| East Coast College | 16 plus | 16–99 | 1.6 km | No published inspection |
| Dell Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Northfield St Nicholas Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km | Good (Jul 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| East Point Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.9 km | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Poplars Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km | Report card (Jul 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St Margaret's Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ole Frank NR32 3DQ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 90 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 31 May 2025 |
| Fish & Chips Gresham Avenue NR32 3DQ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 90 m | 5 Very good | 2 Oct 2025 |
| Morrisons Daily NR32 3DQ | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 90 m | 4 Good | 31 Mar 2026 |
| United Response NR32 3QL | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 280 m | 4 Good | 20 Jan 2010 |
| Bushells Bakery @ The Hatch NR32 3BE | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 400 m | 5 Very good | 24 Feb 2025 |
| Booker NR32 3AL | Retailers - other | 410 m | 5 Very good | 25 Jul 2012 |
| Lilac Lodge NR32 3AA | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 490 m | 5 Very good | 7 Jul 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 8 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Shoplifting | 2 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Mill Bank (4); On or near Pennine Way (3); On or near Woods Loke Ewst (3); On or near Supermarket (3); On or near Gresham Close (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 64 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 5% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 47% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 66% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 37% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 0% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 51% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 18% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 72% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 55% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 21% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 15% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 29% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 10% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 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
Gresham Avenue · The Drive · Mill Bank · Penny Lane · Pennine Way · Longden Avenue · Blackberry Way · Kesgrave Drive · Hadleigh Drive · Woods Loke West · Burgess Close · Sands Lane
All the streets in NR32 and across East Suffolk.
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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.