Pond End Pockthorpe, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
20 addresses across 5 postcodes (PE31), about 1.6 km (1 mile) long. USRN 19000183.
- Sales: 9 recorded sales since 1995; in 2017 the median was £135,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (D: 3, E: 5, F: 2).
- 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 21.2 km (13 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Green, is about 1.7 km (1 mile) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 52 to 62 m above sea level.
- Noise: 7 of its 20 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Great Massingham Surgery, about 4.1 km (2.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | £135,000 | £135,000 | £135,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £157,000 | £157,000 | £157,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £185,000 | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £185,000 | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £130,000 | £130,000 | £130,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £15,480 | £15,480 | £15,480 |
| 2002 | 1 | £48,000 | £48,000 | £48,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £88,000 | £88,000 | £88,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Mar 2017 | 4, POND END COTTAGES PE31 8TB | Semi-detached | £135,000 | |
| 6 Jan 2016 | 2, COUNCIL HOUSE PE31 8TB | Semi-detached | £157,000 | |
| 15 Sep 2014 | 5, COUNCIL HOUSE PE31 8TB | Semi-detached | £185,000 | |
| 17 Apr 2008 | THE COTTAGE PE31 8TB | Terraced | £185,000 | |
| 18 Sep 2007 | 3, COUNCIL HOUSE PE31 8TB | Semi-detached | £130,000 | |
| 6 May 2003 | 3, COUNCIL HOUSE PE31 8TB | Semi-detached | £15,480 | |
| 29 Jul 2002 | 4, POND END COTTAGES PE31 8TB | Semi-detached | £48,000 | |
| 23 Nov 2001 | 5, COUNCIL HOUSE PE31 8TB | Semi-detached | £88,000 | |
| 14 Aug 1998 | THE COTTAGE PE31 8TB | Terraced | £55,000 |
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 114 m². Most common: House, detached (3); House, semi-detached (3); House, end-terrace (2). Built: before 1900 (9); 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6); rented (private) (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
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: 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: 3 protected trees on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
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
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 20 addresses are between 52 m and 62 m above sea level (56 m on average); the ground rises about 10 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE31 8SZ | 83% | 83% | 83% | 0% |
| PE31 8TA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PE31 8TB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PE31 8TD | 78% | 78% | 78% | 0% |
| PE31 8TE | 80% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Kings Lynn 853,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 21.2 km (13 miles) |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 41.5 km (26 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 107 km (67 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Great Massingham Surgery | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 9.9 km (6.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 10 km (6.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Swaffham Community Hospital | 17.1 km (11 miles) |
| Police station | Norfolk Police - Swaffham Public Enquiry Office | 17.2 km (11 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | The Green 3,600 m² | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Play area | Unnamed 410 m² | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3.0 ha | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,420 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Two bowl barrows on West Rudham Common, 1300m east of the Grange, a scheduled monument, 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-east. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Two bowl barrows on West Rudham Common, 1300m east of the Grange | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| Bowl barrow on West Rudham Common, 1250m east of the Grange | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| Bowl barrow north and west of Gravelpit Wood, 1380m south east of the Grange | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| West Rudham Common | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Gravelpit Wood | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| Kipton Heath | Wood | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south |
| Elgar's Wood | Wood | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north |
| Owl's Wood | Wood | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) east |
| Gatesend Hill | Hill | 4 km (2.5 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.5 | 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 | 6 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 13 | 20 |
7 of the street's 20 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 King's Lynn and West Norfolk: see them on the King's Lynn and West Norfolk page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudham CofE Primary Academy Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
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 8TD: 9 addresses of 11 in the postcode
- PE31 8SZ: 8 addresses of 10 in the postcode
- PE31 8TA: 1 address
- PE31 8TB: 1 address of 14 in the postcode
- PE31 8TE: 1 address of 21 in the postcode
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.