Low Road Hingham, South Norfolk
23 addresses across 3 postcodes (NR9), about 580 m (0.4 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 36001143.
- Sales: 15 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £355,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 8 homes have an energy certificate (D: 3, E: 4, F: 1).
- Flood: 2 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 D; Band D in South Norfolk costs £2,483 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 77% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Attleborough, about 6.9 km (4.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 45 to 54 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 23 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Hingham Surgery, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away.
- People: About 650 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 85% of households owned their home and 37% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often other theft.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | £355,000 | £355,000 | £355,000 |
| 2014 | 2 | £200,000 | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £215,000 | £215,000 | £215,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £225,000 | £225,000 | £225,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £220,000 | £220,000 | £220,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £267,150 | £267,150 | £267,150 |
| 2002 | 1 | £149,950 | £149,950 | £149,950 |
| 2001 | 1 | £148,000 | £148,000 | £148,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £70,000 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £95,000 | £95,000 | £95,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £56,000 | £56,000 | £56,000 |
| 1995 | 2 | £66,000 | £49,500 | £82,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Feb 2024 | MEADOWBROOK, 1 NR9 4NG | Other | £600,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 21 Jan 2021 | 15 NR9 4NG | Detached | £355,000 | |
| 25 Apr 2014 | 13 NR9 4NG | Semi-detached | £200,000 | |
| 25 Apr 2014 | 13 NR9 4NG | Semi-detached | £200,000 | |
| 24 Oct 2011 | 19 NR9 4NG | Detached | £215,000 | |
| 2 Nov 2009 | 11 NR9 4NG | Semi-detached | £225,000 | |
| 25 May 2007 | 2 NR9 4NG | Detached | £220,000 | |
| 27 Jun 2005 | 15 NR9 4NG | Detached | £267,150 | |
| 15 May 2002 | 5 NR9 4NG | Detached | £149,950 | |
| 1 Aug 2001 | 4 NR9 4NG | Detached | £148,000 | |
| 14 Apr 2000 | 7 NR9 4NG | Semi-detached | £70,000 | |
| 13 Dec 1999 | 9 NR9 4NG | Detached | £95,000 | |
| 15 Sep 1997 | 5 NR9 4NG | Detached | £56,000 | |
| 10 Aug 1995 | 7 NR9 4NG | Semi-detached | £49,500 | |
| 30 Jan 1995 | 4 NR9 4NG | Detached | £82,500 |
Energy performance certificates
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 92 m². Most common: House, detached (2); Bungalow, detached (2); House, semi-detached (2). Built: before 1900 (2); 1900-1929 (2); 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4); rented (private) (3).
Council tax
What each band costs in South Norfolk in 2026-27: Band D £2,483 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,655 | £1,931 | £2,207 | £2,483 | £3,035 | £3,586 | £4,138 | £4,966 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (25% of about 720 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
- 21 August 2026 to 27 August 2026: ANGLIAN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 2 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 4NG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| NR9 4NQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 2 | unlikely |
| NR9 4NH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 23 addresses are between 45 m and 54 m above sea level (47 m on average); the ground rises about 9 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NR9 4NG | 81% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| NR9 4NH | 0% | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| NR9 4NQ | 77% | 77% | 77% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Attleborough 175,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) |
| Spooner Row 690 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.1 km (5.1 miles) | |
| Wymondham 198,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| EV charging points | PoGo Charge | 6.4 km (4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 23.3 km (15 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 92 km (57 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Hingham Surgery | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Church Street Dental Practice | 6.4 km (4 miles) |
| Hospital | Dereham Hospital | 13.4 km (8.3 miles) |
| Police station | Wymondham Police Investigation Centre | 10.4 km (6.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 560 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3.7 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St. Andrew, a listed building (Grade I), 810 m (0.5 miles) north. 76 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 6 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St. Andrew | Listed building, Grade I | 810 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Beaconsfield House Including Railings and Gateway in Front. | Listed building, Grade II* | 830 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Admirals House | Listed building, Grade II* | 840 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Little London | Listed building, Grade II* | 870 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Coppice | Wood | 320 m north-west |
| Rookery Plantation | Wood | 450 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Pine Plantation | Wood | 630 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Money Hill | Hill | 670 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| Hackford Marsh | Wetland | 4 km (2.5 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 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
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 22 | 23 |
1 of the street's 23 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hingham Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Low Road (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 85% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 53% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 40% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 38% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 37% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 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
- NR9 4NG: 18 addresses of 21 in the postcode
- NR9 4NQ: 4 addresses of 27 in the postcode
- NR9 4NH: 1 address of 8 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in NR9 and across South 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.