The Street Croxton, Breckland
78 addresses across 3 postcodes (IP24), about 1 km (0.6 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 4002006.
- Sales: 35 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £340,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 43 homes have an energy certificate (B: 4, C: 9, D: 10, E: 14, F: 6).
- 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 Breckland costs £2,444 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 10% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Thetford, about 3.2 km (2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Two Mile Bottom Picnic Area, is about 2.4 km (1.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 20 to 52 m above sea level.
- Noise: 31 of its 78 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Grove Surgery, about 3.5 km (2.2 miles) away.
- People: About 300 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 79% of households owned their home and 33% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £340,000 | £340,000 | £340,000 |
| 2024 | 2 | £492,500 | £460,000 | £525,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £480,000 | £480,000 | £480,000 |
| 2022 | 2 | £608,000 | £515,000 | £701,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £268,000 | £268,000 | £268,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £263,000 | £263,000 | £263,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | £530,000 | £270,000 | £790,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £430,000 | £430,000 | £430,000 |
| 2016 | 3 | £250,000 | £180,000 | £320,000 |
| 2015 | 5 | £214,995 | £194,000 | £269,995 |
| 2013 | 1 | £335,000 | £335,000 | £335,000 |
| 2011 | 2 | £300,475 | £205,000 | £395,950 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Feb 2025 | 40 IP24 1LN | Semi-detached | £340,000 | |
| 16 Aug 2024 | 99 IP24 1LN | Detached | £460,000 | |
| 9 Feb 2024 | CHIMNEYS IP24 1LN | Detached | £525,000 | |
| 20 Dec 2023 | TY CAE IP24 1LN | Detached | £480,000 | |
| 30 Nov 2022 | FOREST LODGE IP24 1LN | Detached | £701,000 | |
| 1 Jul 2022 | WYNDHAM LODGE IP24 1LL | Detached | £515,000 | |
| 30 Jul 2021 | NIGHTINGALE COTTAGE IP24 1LN | Semi-detached | £268,000 | |
| 18 Mar 2019 | DOVE COTTAGE IP24 1LN | Detached | £263,000 | |
| 22 Feb 2019 | CROXTON VILLAGE SOCIAL CLUB LTD IP24 1LN | Other | £47,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 22 Feb 2019 | OLD BELL HOUSE IP24 1LN | Other | £3,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 6 Dec 2018 | CROXTON LODGE IP24 1LN | Detached | £790,000 | |
| 9 Nov 2018 | 36 IP24 1LN | Semi-detached | £270,000 | |
| 6 Oct 2017 | 35 IP24 1LN | Detached | £430,000 | |
| 8 Jul 2016 | SCHOOL HOUSE IP24 1LN | Detached | £320,000 | |
| 29 Apr 2016 | 41 IP24 1LN | Semi-detached | £250,000 | |
| 6 Jan 2016 | 36 IP24 1LN | Semi-detached | £180,000 | |
| 8 Dec 2015 | NIGHTINGALE COTTAGE IP24 1LN | Semi-detached | £210,000 | New build. |
| 29 May 2015 | DOVE COTTAGE IP24 1LN | Detached | £214,995 | New build. |
| 27 May 2015 | WREN COTTAGE IP24 1LN | Detached | £269,995 | New build. |
| 26 Mar 2015 | 40 IP24 1LN | Semi-detached | £194,000 | |
| 2 Mar 2015 | SWALLOW COTTAGE IP24 1LN | Detached | £259,995 | New build. |
| 12 Sep 2013 | BRETWICK HOUSE IP24 1LN | Detached | £335,000 | |
| 28 Oct 2011 | WYNDHAM LODGE IP24 1LL | Detached | £395,950 | |
| 13 May 2011 | 18 IP24 1LN | Detached | £205,000 | |
| 24 Sep 2010 | 35 IP24 1LN | Detached | £292,500 | |
| 24 Aug 2009 | TY CAE IP24 1LN | Detached | £330,000 | |
| 17 Oct 2008 | 35 IP24 1LN | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 10 Apr 2006 | 18 IP24 1LN | Detached | £179,000 | |
| 7 Aug 2003 | 18 IP24 1LN | Detached | £175,000 | |
| 18 Oct 2002 | CROXTON LODGE IP24 1LN | Detached | £475,000 | |
| 30 Nov 2001 | OLD BELL HOUSE IP24 1LN | Detached | £210,000 | |
| 10 Oct 2000 | BRETWICK HOUSE IP24 1LN | Detached | £45,000 | |
| 17 Apr 1998 | OLD BELL HOUSE IP24 1LN | Detached | £120,000 | |
| 9 Sep 1997 | 35 IP24 1LN | Detached | £130,000 | |
| 5 Jun 1996 | SCHOOL HOUSE IP24 1LN | Detached | £75,000 |
Energy performance certificates
43 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 118 m². Most common: House, detached (12); House, semi-detached (11); Bungalow, detached (10). Built: before 1900 (18); 2013 (7); 1900-1929 (4). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (28); rented (private) (10).
Each home's certificates and sales (22 addresses)
- 1, High Tree Close, Croxton
- 2, High Tree Close, Croxton
- 4, High Tree Close, Croxton
- 5, High Tree Close, Croxton
- 7, High Tree Close, Croxton
- 13a, The Street, Croxton
- 18, The Street, Croxton
- 28 Hillrise Cottages, Croxton
- 30 Hillrise Cottages, Croxton
- 33, The Street, Croxton
- 36, The Street, Croxton
- 40, The Street, Croxton
- 41, The Street, Croxton
- Bretwick House, The Street, Croxton
- Deva, The Street, Croxton
- Dove Cottage, The Street, Croxton
- Keepers Cottage, The Street, Croxton
- Nightingale Cottage, The Street, Croxton
- School House, The Street, Croxton
- Swallow Cottage, The Street, Croxton
- Wren Cottage, The Street, Croxton
- Wymondham Lodge, The Street, Croxton
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 B (29% of about 1,010 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Croxton (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 9.
- 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
- 14, 16 AND 18, THE STREET, grade II
- CHAPEL FARM BARN 35 YARDS N OF FARMHOUSE, grade II
- CHAPEL FARMHOUSE, grade II
- CHURCH COTTAGE, grade II
- HALL FARM HOUSE, grade II
- HILL FARM HOUSE, grade II
- HOUSE 50 YARDS SOUTH OF CHAPEL FARMHOUSE, grade II
- WALL RUNNING SOUTH FROM CHAPEL FARMHOUSE, grade II
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
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: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP24 1LN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| IP24 1LL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| IP24 1LP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 79 addresses are between 20 m and 52 m above sea level (35 m on average); the ground rises about 31 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP24 1LL | 100% | 10% | 10% | 0% |
| IP24 1LN | 98% | 98% | 98% | 0% |
| IP24 1LP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Thetford 306,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Brandon 129,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.9 km (5.5 miles) | |
| Harling Road 1,770 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.5 km (6.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Church Avenue Croxton | 40 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Interchange Thetford | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | PoGo Charge | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 43.9 km (27 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 71.9 km (45 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Grove Surgery | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Healthy Living Pharmacy | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | The Dental Clinic | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Swaffham Community Hospital | 23.1 km (14 miles) |
| Police station | Thetford Police Station | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | MFG - Thetford West, Abbey Heath Cashzone | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Two Mile Bottom Picnic Area 17 ha | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,180 m² | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5,970 m² | 250 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of All Saints, a listed building (Grade I), 190 m south. 9 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 | 190 m south |
| An Iron Age religious site and associated enclosures on Gallows Hill, Thetford, immediately to the north of Fison Way industrial estate | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Beauchamp Plantation | Wood | 760 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Watton Road Strip | Wood | 900 m (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Croxton Hill | Hill | 1.7 km (1 mile) south |
| Chisley Vale | Valley | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south-west |
| Fowl Mere | Lake or reservoir | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) north |
| Butten Island | Island | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.2 | 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 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 27 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 47 | 78 |
31 of the street's 78 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
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croxton Village Hall IP24 1LN | Other catering premises | 240 m | 5 Very good | 31 Jan 2025 |
| Sports Cafe IP24 3TY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 280 m | 5 Very good | 5 Mar 2026 |
| Rajinda Pradesh IP24 3TY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 280 m | 5 Very good | 12 Mar 2026 |
| Starbucks Lakeside IP24 3TY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 280 m | 5 Very good | 12 Feb 2026 |
| Cafe Rouge IP24 3TY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 280 m | 4 Good | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Restaurant Runner IP24 3TY | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 280 m | 5 Very good | 1 Mar 2022 |
| Caterlink @ Thetford Academy & Thomas Paine Sixth Form IP24 1LH | School/college/university | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 16 Oct 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 7 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near The Street (7); On or near Church Avenue (2); On or near Earl Warren (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 58 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 39% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 79% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 57% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 46% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 45% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 28% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 68% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 31% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 25% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 33% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 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
- IP24 1LN: 56 addresses of 63 in the postcode
- IP24 1LL: 14 addresses of 16 in the postcode
- IP24 1LP: 8 addresses of 10 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All Saints Court · Earl Warren · Church Avenue · Lawson Road · Harefield Road · Melville Road · High Tree Close · Douglas Close
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.