Mill Lane Wighton, North Norfolk
7 addresses across 2 postcodes (NR23), about 230 m long. USRN 28102790.
2 homes have an energy certificate (E: 1, F: 1). No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 North Norfolk costs £2,460 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 86% to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Sheringham, about 21.9 km away in a straight line. About 210 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 32% of households owned their home and 26% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 2 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 |
|---|
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Nov 2016 | WATER HALL NR23 1PB | Other | £3,600,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 204 m². Most common: House, detached (2). Built: before 1900 (1); 2018 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Council tax
What each band costs in North Norfolk in 2026-27: Band D £2,460 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,640 | £1,913 | £2,187 | £2,460 | £3,007 | £3,553 | £4,100 | £4,920 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (31% of about 1,260 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Wighton (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 3.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- BARN BEHIND BRIDGE COTTAGES, grade II
- Bridge Yard, grade II
- BRIDGE YARD COTTAGES, grade II
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
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NR23 1NY | 86% | 86% | 86% | 14% |
| NR23 1PB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Sheringham 268,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 21.9 km |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m, 4 within 800 m; nearest Buddell's Lane Wighton | 470 m |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 8.7 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 37.8 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 123.2 km |
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2.0 km.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Temple's Cheese NR23 1NY | Manufacturers/packers | 180 m | 5 Very good | 9 Mar 2026 |
| Meadow View Guest House NR23 1PF | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 320 m | 5 Very good | 10 Sep 2025 |
| The Carpenters Arms NR23 1PF | Pub/bar/nightclub | 320 m | 5 Very good | 5 Mar 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Other theft | 1 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Park/Open Space (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 34% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 32% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 23% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 22% | 17% |
| Private rented | 46% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 24% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 59% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 57% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 19% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 29% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 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 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
Nearby streets
All the streets in NR23 and across North 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.
- Anything about planning applications, noise or air quality yet.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.