North Acre Northacre, Breckland
59 addresses across 2 postcodes (NR17), about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) long. USRN 4000735.
- Sales: 44 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £235,000 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: 23 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 3, D: 9, E: 7, 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.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Breckland costs £2,444 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Attleborough, about 10.2 km (6.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 42 to 47 m above sea level.
- Noise: 11 of its 59 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Watton Medical Practice, about 4.5 km (2.8 miles) away.
- People: About 480 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 87% of households owned their home and 34% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were 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 | £235,000 | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | £400,000 | £400,000 | £400,000 |
| 2023 | 2 | £430,000 | £110,000 | £750,000 |
| 2022 | 2 | £331,500 | £263,000 | £400,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £650,000 | £650,000 | £650,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £200,000 | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | £390,750 | £190,000 | £675,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | £341,250 | £147,500 | £535,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | £320,000 | £250,000 | £390,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | £273,750 | £272,500 | £275,000 |
| 2014 | 2 | £288,500 | £242,000 | £335,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | £182,500 | £80,000 | £285,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jan 2017 | ABBOTS GATE NR17 1DG | Detached | £535,000 | |
| 3 Jul 1996 | ABBOTS GATE NR17 1DG | Detached | £160,000 | |
| 26 Oct 2022 | ABBOTS GATE COTTAGE NR17 1DG | Detached | £263,000 | |
| 13 Sep 2012 | ABBOTS GATE COTTAGE NR17 1DG | Detached | £154,000 | |
| 7 Nov 2022 | ALMA HOUSE NR17 1DG | Detached | £400,000 | |
| 25 Jul 2016 | ALMA HOUSE NR17 1DG | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 15 May 2014 | ALMA HOUSE NR17 1DG | Detached | £136,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 19 Oct 2000 | ALMA HOUSE NR17 1DG | Detached | £95,000 | |
| 29 Aug 2023 | AMBAZAC NR17 1DG | Detached | £750,000 | |
| 30 Jun 2020 | AMBAZAC NR17 1DG | Detached | £650,000 | |
| 3 Feb 2006 | AMBAZAC NR17 1DG | Detached | £465,000 | New build. |
| 24 Jan 2018 | CLAY COTTAGE NR17 1DG | Detached | £675,000 | |
| 21 Jun 1999 | CLAY COTTAGE NR17 1DG | Detached | £145,000 | |
| 18 Aug 1997 | CLAY COTTAGE NR17 1DG | Detached | £137,000 | |
| 5 Dec 2014 | DEES COTTAGE NR17 1DG | Terraced | £242,000 | |
| 21 Mar 2013 | DEES COTTAGE NR17 1DG | Terraced | £80,000 | |
| 1 Sep 2015 | FOXHALL FARM NR17 1DG | Detached | £275,000 | |
| 15 May 2015 | FOXLEY NR17 1DG | Detached | £272,500 | |
| 29 Jul 2010 | GREENWAYS NR17 1DG | Detached | £360,000 | |
| 18 Feb 2016 | HEDWIGS BARN NR17 1DG | Detached | £390,000 | |
| 23 Oct 2014 | HEDWIGS BARN NR17 1DG | Detached | £335,000 | |
| 6 Sep 2007 | HEDWIGS BARN NR17 1DG | Detached | £330,000 | |
| 4 Feb 2005 | HEDWIGS BARN NR17 1DG | Detached | £291,000 | |
| 15 Jul 2003 | HEDWIGS BARN NR17 1DG | Detached | £95,000 | |
| 24 Oct 2025 | LILACS NR17 1DG | Detached | £400,000 | |
| 16 Oct 2018 | NORTHACRE FARM NR17 1DG | Detached | £300,000 | |
| 15 Dec 1995 | NORTHFIELD NR17 1DG | Semi-detached | £60,000 | |
| 18 Oct 2017 | NORTHFIELDS COTTAGE NR17 1DG | Semi-detached | £147,500 | |
| 24 Mar 2000 | NORTHFIELDS COTTAGE NR17 1DG | Semi-detached | £52,000 | |
| 15 Dec 1995 | NORTHFIELDS COTTAGE NR17 1DG | Semi-detached | £30,000 | |
| 24 Feb 2023 | NOSTEL NR17 1DG | Terraced | £110,000 | |
| 14 Jun 2010 | OAKDENE NR17 1DG | Detached | £395,000 | |
| 30 Jun 2026 | PINE VIEW COTTAGE NR17 1DG | Terraced | £235,000 | |
| 18 Oct 2018 | RED BOX BUNGALOW NR17 1DG | Detached | £190,000 | |
| 8 Mar 2019 | 2, THE COTTAGE NR17 1DG | Semi-detached | £200,000 | |
| 2 Nov 2007 | THE OLD BLACK HORSE NR17 1DG | Detached | £275,000 | |
| 27 Oct 1997 | WALNUT COTTAGE NR17 1DG | Semi-detached | £79,500 | |
| 5 Jan 1996 | WELL COTTAGE NR17 1DG | Detached | £115,000 | |
| 19 Aug 2002 | WILLOW FARM NR17 1DG | Detached | £320,000 | |
| 18 Dec 2018 | WILLOW HOUSE NR17 1DG | Detached | £481,500 | |
| 24 Sep 1999 | WILLOW HOUSE NR17 1DG | Detached | £174,000 | |
| 25 Oct 2013 | WOODY NOOK NR17 1DG | Detached | £285,000 | |
| 22 Aug 2008 | WOODY NOOK NR17 1DG | Detached | £223,000 | |
| 24 Sep 1999 | WOODY NOOK NR17 1DG | Detached | £97,500 |
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
23 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 152 m². Most common: House, detached (15); Bungalow, detached (3); House, semi-detached (3). Built: before 1900 (9); 1967-1975 (4); 1900-1929 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (14); rented (private) (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (23 addresses)
- 2 The Cottage, Northacre, Caston
- Abbots Gate, Northacre, Caston
- ABBOTS GATE COTTAGE, NORTHACRE, CASTON
- Alma House, Northacre, Caston
- Ambazac, Northacre, Caston
- Chestnut Cottage, Northacre, Caston
- Clay Cottage, Northacre, Caston
- Dees Cottage, Northacre, Caston
- Fallowfield, Northacre, Caston
- FOXHALL FARM HOUSE, NORTHACRE
- Foxley, Northacre, Caston
- Greenways, Northacre, Caston
- Home Farm, Northacre, Caston
- Jasmine Barn, Northacre, Caston
- Northacre Farm, Northacre, Caston
- Northfield, Northacre, Caston
- Pine View Cottage, Northacre
- The Cottage, Abbots Gate, Northacre, Caston
- Toppend Cottage, Northacre, Caston
- Well Cottage, Northacre, Caston
- Willow Barn, Northacre, Caston
- Willow House, Northacre, Caston
- Woody Nook, Northacre, Caston
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 45 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel (16 meters are on Economy 7, the off-peak tariff for storage heaters).
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NR17 1DG | 40 16 Economy 7 | 4,131 kWh | none recorded | |
| NR17 1DF | 5 | 2,627 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 C (22% of about 590 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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
- WILLOW FARMHOUSE, grade II
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
Finished in the last three months
- 30 October 2026: NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, temp obstruction 15 minute delay, on the carriageway (minor 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 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: of the 5 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 low and 0 very low.
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 1DG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| NR17 1DF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | 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 59 addresses are between 42 m and 47 m above sea level (45 m on average); the ground rises about 5 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NR17 1DF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NR17 1DG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Attleborough 175,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.2 km (6.4 miles) |
| Eccles Road 1,530 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.5 km (6.5 miles) | |
| Harling Road 1,770 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.7 km (6.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Caston Primary School | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | Mer | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 30.6 km (19 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 86.1 km (53 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Watton Medical Practice Good Apr 2018 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Total Health Pharmacy | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Wayland (Dental Practice) | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Hospital | Dereham Hospital | 16.3 km (10 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Thorp House Good Feb 2023 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Police station | Dereham Police Station | 15.1 km (9.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Caston Play Area 400 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Caston Windmill and Granary, a listed building (Grade II*), 490 m (0.3 miles) south-west. 15 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Caston Windmill and Granary | Listed building, Grade II* | 490 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Village cross, 70m north west of the Holy Cross Church | Scheduled monument | 930 m (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bramble Plantation | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) east |
| Caston Plantation | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-west |
| The Grove | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north |
| The Mere | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) south |
| Thompson Common | Wetland | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) south-west |
| Gravelpit Hill | Hill | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 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 |
| 55 to 59 | 10 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 48 | 59 |
11 of the street's 59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caston Church of England Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 470 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 27% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2024; 60% 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
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).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
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
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 31% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 87% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 60% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 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) | 42% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 44% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 26% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 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 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: NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL: Highway repair and maintenance works, 30 October 2026 to 3 November 2026 (temp obstruction 15 minute delay) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL: Highway repair and maintenance works, 6 October 2026 to 8 October 2026 (multi-way signals) found 3 November 2026
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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.