Wood Drive Beetley, Breckland
22 addresses across 2 postcodes (NR20), about 100 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 4000435.
- Sales: 27 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £235,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Breckland cost £266,835 in August 2026 (-0.3% on a year); private rents averaged £935 a month.
- Energy: 12 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 5, E: 4, 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.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Breckland costs £2,444 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Wymondham, about 21.3 km (13 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Green, is about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 33 to 35 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 22 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Theatre Royal Surgery, about 3.8 km (2.4 miles) away.
- People: About 270 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 88% of households owned their home and 27% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 3 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often drugs.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £235,000 | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 2022 | 2 | £252,500 | £250,000 | £255,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | £242,500 | £195,000 | £290,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | £226,500 | £215,000 | £238,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £230,000 | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £149,000 | £149,000 | £149,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £177,000 | £177,000 | £177,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £117,000 | £117,000 | £117,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £157,000 | £157,000 | £157,000 |
| 2008 | 2 | £154,000 | £144,000 | £164,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £155,000 | £155,000 | £155,000 |
| 2006 | 3 | £150,000 | £149,000 | £155,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Aug 2019 | 2 NR20 4PW | Detached | £215,000 | |
| 29 Feb 2008 | 2 NR20 4PW | Detached | £144,000 | |
| 17 May 2022 | 4 NR20 4PW | Semi-detached | £255,000 | |
| 6 Sep 2013 | 4 NR20 4PW | Semi-detached | £149,000 | |
| 12 Nov 2010 | 4 NR20 4PW | Semi-detached | £117,000 | |
| 15 Nov 2019 | 6 NR20 4PW | Detached | £238,000 | |
| 2 May 2003 | 7 NR20 4PW | Detached | £149,950 | |
| 22 Aug 1996 | 8 NR20 4PW | Detached | £54,750 | |
| 21 Dec 2006 | 9 NR20 4PW | Detached | £155,000 | |
| 10 Feb 2006 | 9 NR20 4PW | Detached | £150,000 | |
| 29 Apr 2005 | 9 NR20 4PW | Detached | £150,000 | |
| 2 Jun 2000 | 9 NR20 4PW | Detached | £74,000 | |
| 28 May 2025 | 10 NR20 4PW | Detached | £235,000 | |
| 13 Apr 2021 | 11 NR20 4PW | Detached | £195,000 | |
| 8 Aug 2008 | 11 NR20 4PW | Detached | £164,000 | |
| 16 Sep 2022 | 12 NR20 4PW | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 30 Jun 2006 | 12 NR20 4PW | Detached | £149,000 | |
| 28 May 2004 | 12 NR20 4PW | Detached | £130,250 | |
| 30 Jun 1997 | 12 NR20 4PW | Detached | £55,000 | |
| 22 Nov 2012 | 14 NR20 4PW | Detached | £177,000 | |
| 25 Jan 2007 | 14 NR20 4PW | Detached | £155,000 | |
| 15 Nov 2021 | 15 NR20 4PW | Detached | £290,000 | |
| 14 Dec 2018 | 16 NR20 4PW | Detached | £230,000 | |
| 30 Sep 2009 | 16 NR20 4PW | Detached | £157,000 | |
| 9 Dec 1996 | 16 NR20 4PW | Detached | £51,500 | |
| 29 Aug 1997 | 20 NR20 4PW | Semi-detached | £47,000 | |
| 31 Jul 1996 | 21 NR20 4PW | Semi-detached | £42,500 |
House prices and rents in Breckland
A typical home in Breckland cost £266,835 in August 2026, 0.3% less than a year before. That is 11% more than five years earlier and 31% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £363,192 |
| Semi-detached | £238,211 |
| Terraced | £192,685 |
| Flat or maisonette | £108,024 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £223,317 |
Private renters in Breckland paid £935 a month on average in September 2026, 4.6% more than a year before. That is 31% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £670 |
| Two bedrooms | £853 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,053 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,531 |
Energy performance certificates
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 75 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (5); House, detached (4); House, semi-detached (3). Built: 1967-1975 (4); 1976-1982 (4); 1991-1995 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (8); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (12 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 42 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel (21 meters are on Economy 7, the off-peak tariff for storage heaters).
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NR20 4PW | 20 11 Economy 7 | 2,413 kWh | none recorded | |
| NR20 4EZ | 22 10 Economy 7 | 3,573 kWh | none recorded |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is NR20.
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 C (30% of about 1,080 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: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folly Lane Breckland 3CM/2004/0007/F | Landfill Gas | 1 MW | Operational Oct 2005 | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NR20 4PW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| NR20 4EZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 22 addresses are between 33 m and 35 m above sea level (34 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NR20 4EZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NR20 4PW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Wymondham 198,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 21.3 km (13 miles) |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 12 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Beech Road Beetley | 130 m |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Norwich Airport NWI | 24.6 km (15 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Stansted Airport STN | 104 km (64 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Theatre Royal Surgery Good Nov 2018 | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Theatre Royal Pharmacy | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Swanton Morley Dental Centre | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Dereham Hospital | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Woodstock Care Home Limited Good Apr 2026 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Police station | Dereham Police Station | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food East Dereham, East Dereham Cashzone | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | The Green 6,640 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 740 m² | 220 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 9,590 m² | 180 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,640 m² | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Landmarks
2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| New Plantation | Wood | 600 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Dillington Carr | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Dunfer Hill | Hill | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Spong Plantation | Wood | 2 km (1.2 miles) north |
| The Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) south-west |
| Acre Bottom | Valley | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.8 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 21 | 22 |
1 of the street's 22 addresses is 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Community Primary School, Beetley | Primary | 4–11 | 300 m | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 28% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 21% in 2024 and 41% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
3 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 310 m from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beetley And District Preschool NR20 4BW | Sessional day care | 24 | Good (May 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 310 m |
| Premier Wraparound St Mary's Community School NR20 4BW | Out-of-school day care | 24 | May 2026: Expected standard in 4 areas | 310 m |
| Natures Nook Day Nursery NR20 4HA | Full day care | 53 | Not inspected yet | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 271 childminders and 51 home childcarers (nannies) in Norfolk. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse NR20 4DR | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 240 m | 5 Very good | 17 Jul 2026 |
| Beetley & District Pre school NR20 4BW | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 320 m | 5 Very good | 8 Jul 2025 |
| Premier Wraparound St Marys Beetley NR20 4BW | School/college/university | 320 m | 5 Very good | 18 Jul 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Drugs | 1 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Bracken Avenue (2); On or near Spinney Close (1).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 May 2021 13:30 | Slight | 2 people | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 28% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 50% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 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 | 0% | 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) | 42% | 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) | 27% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 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
Beech Road · Stone Road · River View · Spinney Close · Birch Avenue · Beetley Meadows · Bracken Avenue · Ashley Road · Maple Close · Gorse View · Willow Court · Gressenhall Road
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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.