Lynn Fields Houghton, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
6 addresses across 4 postcodes (PE31), about 2.5 km (1.6 miles) long. USRN 19000367.
- Sales: 2 recorded sales since 1995; in 2007 the median was £84,000 across 1 sale.
- 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 B; Band D in King's Lynn and West Norfolk costs £2,430 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Kings Lynn, about 19.5 km (12 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Green, is about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 58 to 82 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 6 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Great Massingham Surgery, about 4.5 km (2.8 miles) away.
- People: About 290 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 57% of households owned their home and 30% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1 | £84,000 | £84,000 | £84,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Aug 2025 | 4 PE31 8RR | Other | £149,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 29 Jan 2007 | 1 PE31 8RR | Semi-detached | £84,000 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (28% of about 1,250 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, NEW HOUGHTON Conservation Area (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 9.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): New Houghton Conservation Area.
- Tree preservation orders: 4 protected trees on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- HOUGHTON HALL SOUTH LODGES WITH GATES, GATE PIERS AND WALLS ATTACHED, grade II*
- 1, 2 AND 3, THE STREET, grade II
- 27 AND 28, THE STREET, grade II
- 29 AND 30, THE STREET, grade II
- 32 AND 33, THE STREET, grade II
- 4 AND 5, THE STREET, grade II
- 6, 7, 8 AND 9, THE STREET, grade II
- VILLAGE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- VILLAGE FARMHOUSE BARN, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE31 6ZE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PE31 6TY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PE31 6TZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| PE31 8RR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 6 addresses are between 58 m and 82 m above sea level (73 m on average); the ground rises about 23 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE31 6TY | 0% | 0% | 0% | 96% |
| PE31 6TZ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| PE31 6ZE | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| PE31 8RR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Kings Lynn 853,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 19.5 km (12 miles) |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 44.2 km (27 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 108 km (67 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Great Massingham Surgery | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Sandringham Private Hospital | 16.6 km (10 miles) |
| Police station | Norfolk Police - Hunstanton Public Enquiry Office | 17.7 km (11 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | The Green 4,270 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Play area | Unnamed 410 m² | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3.0 ha | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,420 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Martin, a listed building (Grade I), 920 m (0.6 miles) north-west. 4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Martin | Listed building, Grade I | 920 m (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Houghton Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Town Plantation | Wood | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Elgar's Wood | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Foxhound Grove | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Pleasure Grounds Covert | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| St James's Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-west |
| Box Hill | Hill | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 5 | 6 |
1 of the street's 6 addresses is 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 | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 28% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 57% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 40% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 36% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 26% | 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 | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 22% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 15% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 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
- PE31 6ZE: 3 addresses of 7 in the postcode
- PE31 6TY: 1 address of 43 in the postcode
- PE31 6TZ: 1 address of 15 in the postcode
- PE31 8RR: 1 address of 10 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in PE31 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.