School Lane Wereham, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
16 addresses across 3 postcodes (PE33), about 210 m long, classed as a minor road. USRN 19002364.
- Sales: 7 recorded sales since 1995; in 2016 the median was £318,500 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 11 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 5, E: 5).
- 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 A; Band D in King's Lynn and West Norfolk costs £2,430 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 50% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Downham Market, about 8 km (5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Green, is about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 15 to 18 m above sea level.
- Noise: 8 of its 16 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Boughton Surgery, about 1.9 km (1.2 miles) away.
- People: About 350 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 83% of households owned their home and 32% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 7 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | £318,500 | £318,500 | £318,500 |
| 2014 | 1 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £330,000 | £330,000 | £330,000 |
| 2001 | 2 | £164,000 | £159,000 | £169,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £112,000 | £112,000 | £112,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £76,000 | £76,000 | £76,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun 2016 | BALE HOUSE PE33 9AW | Semi-detached | £318,500 | |
| 29 Aug 2014 | FLINTSTONES PE33 9AW | Detached | £300,000 | |
| 12 May 2006 | KIEM PE33 9AW | Detached | £330,000 | |
| 26 Oct 2001 | KIEM PE33 9AW | Detached | £169,000 | |
| 16 Feb 2001 | COMPASS ROSE PE33 9AW | Semi-detached | £159,000 | |
| 20 Aug 1999 | BALE HOUSE PE33 9AW | Semi-detached | £112,000 | |
| 17 Nov 1995 | MAPLE HOUSE PE33 9AW | Semi-detached | £76,000 |
Energy performance certificates
11 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 75 m². Most common: House, detached (4); House, end-terrace (3); House, mid-terrace (2). Built: before 1900 (7); 1976-1982 (2); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6); rented (private) (5).
Each home's certificates and sales (11 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 A (25% of about 1,180 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, WEREHAM CONSERVATION AREA (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- 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
- Wereham War Memorial, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 15 October 2026: NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, give and take, on the footway (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: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE33 9AW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PE33 9AN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| PE33 9FN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 16 addresses are between 15 m and 18 m above sea level (16 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE33 9AN | 100% | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| PE33 9AW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PE33 9FN | 100% | 50% | 50% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Downham Market 441,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8 km (5 miles) |
| Watlington 134,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.6 km (7.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Pond Wereham | 140 m |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 5.7 km (3.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 55.2 km (34 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 80 km (50 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Boughton Surgery | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 7.2 km (4.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 7.2 km (4.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Swaffham Community Hospital | 15.9 km (9.9 miles) |
| Police station | Downham Market Police Station | 7 km (4.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | The Green 6,960 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 230 m² | 190 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 7,710 m² | 220 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,920 m² | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Maragret, a listed building (Grade II*), 110 m south-west. 10 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Maragret | Listed building, Grade II* | 110 m south-west |
| Remains of monastic grange with moated site at Grange Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Gibbet Lane Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| Long Plantation | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Miller's Eight Acres | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-west |
| Heater Plantation | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Farhill Plantation | Wood | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) south |
| Kipper's Wood | Wood | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 8 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 8 | 16 |
8 of the street's 16 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
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Old Felixstowe Brewing Co. PE33 9AR | Manufacturers/packers | 160 m | 5 Very good | 22 Jun 2026 |
| The George And Dragon PE33 9AP | Pub/bar/nightclub | 160 m | 5 Very good | 11 Jun 2026 |
| Wereham Village Hall PE33 9AP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 210 m | 5 Very good | 24 Aug 2018 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Lynn Road (4); On or near St Margarets Hill (2); On or near Church Road (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 33% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 57% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 36% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 29% | 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) | 32% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 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
- PE33 9AW: 14 addresses
- PE33 9AN: 1 address of 13 in the postcode
- PE33 9FN: 1 address of 5 in the postcode
Nearby streets
St Margarets Hill · Ben's Lane · Back Lane · Church Road · Crown Gardens · Spring Court
All the streets in PE33 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.