Wells Road Wighton, North Norfolk
20 addresses across 5 postcodes (NR23), about 1.1 km long, classed as a minor road. USRN 28100400.
12 recorded sales since 1995; in 2020 the median was £331,000 across 2 sales. 9 homes have an energy certificate (D: 3, E: 3, F: 3). No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in North Norfolk costs £2,460 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Sheringham, about 22.3 km away in a straight line. Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 7 to 27 m above sea level. 5 of its 20 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is Wells Health Centre, about 3.5 km away. About 210 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 32% of households owned their home and 26% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | £331,000 | £302,000 | £360,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £325,000 | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £370,000 | £370,000 | £370,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £225,000 | £225,000 | £225,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £230,000 | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £235,000 | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £177,000 | £177,000 | £177,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £70,000 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| 1997 | 3 | £95,000 | £41,000 | £124,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May 2020 | 6 NR23 1PR | Semi-detached | £302,000 | |
| 17 Jan 2020 | ORCHARD FARM HOUSE NR23 1PR | Detached | £360,000 | |
| 12 Apr 2018 | ORCHARD BARN NR23 1PR | Detached | £325,000 | |
| 1 Apr 2015 | CARPENTER NR23 1PR | Detached | £370,000 | |
| 25 Oct 2013 | PEAR TREE COTTAGE, 8 NR23 1PR | Semi-detached | £225,000 | |
| 25 Aug 2006 | HIGHFIELD NR23 1PR | Detached | £230,000 | |
| 26 Sep 2003 | ORCHARD COTTAGE NR23 1PR | Detached | £235,000 | |
| 22 May 2002 | HIGHFIELD NR23 1PR | Detached | £177,000 | |
| 15 Jan 1998 | HIGHFIELD NR23 1PR | Detached | £70,000 | |
| 20 Aug 1997 | ORCHARD COTTAGE NR23 1PR | Detached | £95,000 | |
| 11 Aug 1997 | PEAR TREE COTTAGE, 8 NR23 1PR | Semi-detached | £41,000 | |
| 1 Jul 1997 | ORCHARD FARM HOUSE NR23 1PR | Detached | £124,000 |
Energy performance certificates
9 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 125 m². Most common: House, detached (5); House, end-terrace (2); House, semi-detached (1). Built: 1900-1929 (4); before 1900 (3); 1967-1975 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (4); owner-occupied (4).
Council tax
What each band costs in North Norfolk in 2026-27: Band D £2,460 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,640 | £1,913 | £2,187 | £2,460 | £3,007 | £3,553 | £4,100 | £4,920 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (31% of about 1,260 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Wighton (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- 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
- OLD VICARAGE, grade II
- POTTER'S FARMHOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 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 7 m and 27 m above sea level (23 m on average); the ground rises about 19 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NR23 1AL | 95% | 95% | 95% | 0% |
| NR23 1GB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NR23 1PR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NR23 1PS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NR23 1PW | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Sheringham 268,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 22.3 km |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m, 2 within 800 m; nearest High Street Wighton | 610 m |
| Car parks | Parking space on Warham Road, NR23 | 2.8 km |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 9.8 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 39.1 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 124.1 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Wells Health Centre | 3.5 km |
| Pharmacies | David Jagger LTD | 3.5 km |
| Hospital | Wells Community Hospital | 4.2 km |
| Police station | Norfolk Police - Sheringham Public Enquiry Office | 21.8 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 480 m² | 1.0 km |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.4 ha | 1.0 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,020 m² | 1.1 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Warham Camp small multivallate fort, a scheduled monument, 770 m east. 14 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Warham Camp small multivallate fort | Scheduled monument | 770 m east |
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade I | 790 m south-east |
| Medieval settlement 370m north of Grove Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.0 km east |
| Iron Age ditched enclosure 270m north east of Warham Camp | Scheduled monument | 1.0 km north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Carr | Wood | 330 m north-east |
| Peas Green | Wood | 460 m south |
| Great Wood | Wood | 830 m north |
| Fiddler's Hill | Hill | 2.2 km east |
| Emily's Marsh | Wetland | 3.6 km north-west |
| Sluice Hole | Tidal water | 3.6 km north-west |
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) | 11.3 | 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 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 15 | 20 |
5 of the street's 20 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2.0 km.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
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 | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 34% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 32% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 23% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 22% | 17% |
| Private rented | 46% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 24% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 59% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 57% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 19% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 29% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 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 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
- NR23 1PR: 10 addresses of 13 in the postcode
- NR23 1PS: 7 addresses of 8 in the postcode
- NR23 1AL: 1 address of 52 in the postcode
- NR23 1GB: 1 address of 4 in the postcode
- NR23 1PW: 1 address of 8 in the postcode
All the streets in NR23 and across North 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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.