Rectory Road Shelfanger, South Norfolk
19 addresses across 2 postcodes (IP22), about 280 m long, classed as a minor road. USRN 36001596.
- Sales: 20 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £735,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (A: 1, C: 1, D: 4, E: 3, F: 1).
- 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 D; Band D in South Norfolk costs £2,483 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Diss, about 4.5 km (2.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Church Green, is about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 34 to 38 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 19 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Lawns Practice, about 3.7 km (2.3 miles) away.
- People: About 360 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 80% of households owned their home and 32% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 5 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often criminal damage and arson.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £735,000 | £735,000 | £735,000 |
| 2017 | 3 | £375,000 | £315,000 | £580,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £287,500 | £287,500 | £287,500 |
| 2014 | 1 | £255,000 | £255,000 | £255,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £277,500 | £277,500 | £277,500 |
| 2011 | 1 | £740,000 | £740,000 | £740,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £365,000 | £365,000 | £365,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £235,000 | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £222,500 | £222,500 | £222,500 |
| 2007 | 1 | £205,000 | £205,000 | £205,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £280,500 | £280,500 | £280,500 |
| 2004 | 1 | £359,500 | £359,500 | £359,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Aug 2026 | STREET FARM IP22 2DQ | Detached | £735,000 | |
| 29 Nov 2017 | MEADOW VIEW IP22 2DQ | Detached | £375,000 | |
| 10 Aug 2017 | STREET FARM IP22 2DQ | Detached | £580,000 | |
| 25 Jan 2017 | SAFFRON IP22 2DQ | Detached | £315,000 | |
| 16 Oct 2015 | BROOK COTTAGE IP22 2DQ | Detached | £287,500 | |
| 23 Sep 2014 | MEADOW VIEW IP22 2DQ | Detached | £255,000 | |
| 15 Jun 2012 | SAFFRON IP22 2DQ | Detached | £277,500 | |
| 18 Aug 2011 | OLD RECTORY IP22 2DQ | Detached | £740,000 | |
| 22 Oct 2010 | TITHE BARN IP22 2DQ | Detached | £365,000 | |
| 29 Oct 2009 | NEW HOUSE IP22 2DQ | Detached | £235,000 | |
| 11 Jun 2008 | SAFFRON IP22 2DQ | Detached | £222,500 | |
| 30 Aug 2007 | LIMBERLOST IP22 2DQ | Detached | £205,000 | |
| 6 Jun 2006 | TITHE BARN IP22 2DQ | Detached | £280,500 | |
| 8 Apr 2004 | OLD RECTORY IP22 2DQ | Detached | £359,500 | |
| 9 May 2002 | SYCAMORES IP22 2DQ | Semi-detached | £139,500 | |
| 23 Nov 2001 | SAFFRON IP22 2DQ | Detached | £135,000 | |
| 23 Nov 2001 | LIMBERLOST IP22 2DQ | Detached | £130,000 | |
| 1 Jun 2001 | SAFFRON IP22 2DQ | Detached | £135,000 | |
| 30 Sep 1997 | SYCAMORES IP22 2DQ | Semi-detached | £63,000 | |
| 18 Dec 1996 | THE OLD THRESHING BARN IP22 2DQ | Detached | £121,000 |
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 143 m². Most common: House, detached (8); House, semi-detached (1); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (4); 1976-1982 (3); 1930-1949 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5); rented (private) (1).
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 600 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 6.
- 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
- CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, grade I
- BARN IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF STREET FARMHOUSE, grade II
- OAKHURST, grade II
- STREET FARMHOUSE, grade II
- THE OLD RECTORY, grade II
- YEW TREE COTTAGE, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 10 August 2026 to 11 August 2026: NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major 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 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: of the 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP22 2DQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| IP22 2EQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 19 addresses are between 34 m and 38 m above sea level (36 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP22 2DQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| IP22 2EQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Diss 701,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Eccles Road 1,530 journeys in 2024–25 | 11 km (6.8 miles) | |
| Attleborough 175,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.6 km (7.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest bus shelter Shelfanger | 120 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Diss | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 4.3 km (2.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 32 km (20 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 83.2 km (52 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Lawns Practice | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Hado Pharmacy | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Hartismere Hospital | 10.2 km (6.3 miles) |
| Police station | Norfolk Police - Diss Public Enquiry Office | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Church Green 3,080 m² | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 8,000 m² | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6,850 m² | 250 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of All Saints, a listed building (Grade I), 170 m south-west. 28 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 All Saints | Listed building, Grade I | 170 m south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Stable Plantation | Wood | 760 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Shelfanger Grove | Wood | 790 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Osierbed Plantation | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Oak Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Loney Plantation | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| The Mere | Lake or reservoir | 4 km (2.5 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 14 | 19 |
5 of the street's 19 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 South Norfolk: see them on the South Norfolk page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Winfarthing | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelfanger Village Hall IP22 2DP | Other catering premises | 350 m | Exempt |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near The Street (2); On or near Winfarthing Road (1); On or near Rectory Road (1); On or near Wash Lane (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 31% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 80% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 54% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 36% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 34% | 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 | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 51% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 20% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 32% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 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 6 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
Church Road · Church Walk · Wash Lane · Diss Road · Druids Lane · Winfarthing Road
All the streets in IP22 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.