Breckland
NR16 house prices in Breckland
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Breckland, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£345,000
Range £189,555–£742,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Mar 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in NR16: the typical (median) sold price is £345,000, above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). NR16 is an active market, with about 15 recorded sales a month. By property type, 63% were detached homes (typically £430,000) and 25% were semi-detached homes (typically £277,500).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,444 a year: Breckland's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Breckland, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on NR16: steady sales, so price from the evidence
Roughly 15 homes a month change hands in NR16, a pace that gives buyers and sellers something to compare, without a year-on-year figure we would stand behind.
If you are selling, with detached homes at £430,000 and terraced homes at £222,000, the £189,555 to £742,000 spread is really several markets, so benchmark against near-identical homes, not the headline; roughly 15 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.
Sell houseIf you are buying, NR16 sits above the UK average for typical prices, so a price above the norm for the area should be earned by the home itself, not assumed.
Before an offer goes in on any NR16 home, look at what has been applied for nearby (78 applications on record within 500 m), long-term flood risk and council tax (Band D is £2,444 a year), and leave the title to your conveyancer.
Averages only go so far, so the free NR16 OfferCheck sets flood, crime, planning and council tax beside the sold prices.
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At a glance
NR16 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£345,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
15.0
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,444
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in NR16
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in NR16 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £430,000, and terraced the lowest at £222,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 143 | £430,000 | £261,000–£776,600 |
| Semi-detached | 56 | £277,500 | £178,500–£367,500 |
| Terraced | 29 | £222,000 | £175,000–£343,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Mar 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in NR16
The quarterly typical price fell 25.5%, from £443,000 in Q1 2025 (3 sales) to £330,000 in Q3 2026 (13 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | £443,000 | 3 |
| Q2 2025 | £325,000 | 47 |
| Q3 2025 | £330,000 | 61 |
| Q4 2025 | £392,500 | 62 |
| Q1 2026 | £327,500 | 42 |
| Q2 2026 | £297,500 | 22 |
| Q3 2026 | £330,000 | 13 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Mar 2025 and 20 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of NR16 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most NR16 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £189,555 and £742,000, around a typical £345,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Mar 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in NR16
Detached homes were 63% of recorded sales (143 of 228). 99% of sales were freehold and 1% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached63%
- Semi-detached25%
- Terraced13%
Tenure
- Freehold99%
- Leasehold1%
See the figures
247 freehold (99%) and 3 leasehold (1%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in NR16, including 14 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 31 Mar 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where NR16 sits in Breckland
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in NR16
WOODROWS, KING STREET, NORWICH
Semi-detached · Freehold · 20 Aug 2026
£220,000
2, ST MARYS DRIVE, NORWICH
Detached · Freehold · 13 Aug 2026
£407,500
6, HAMBLINGS PIECE, NORWICH
Detached · Freehold · 5 Aug 2026
£275,000
39, NORWICH ROAD, NORWICH
Semi-detached · Freehold · 4 Aug 2026
£285,000
40, CROWN STREET, NORWICH
Semi-detached · Freehold · 29 Jul 2026
£365,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). NR16 includes the All Saints & Wayland ward.
In plain English
What the Breckland (NR16) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £430,000 against £222,000 for terraced homes: about 1.9 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £189,555 and £742,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (99%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 15 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 31 March 2025 and 20 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on NR16
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in NR16
£2,444
Band D a year in Breckland, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,629 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,901 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,172 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,444 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,987 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,530 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,073 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,887 |
These are Breckland's charges for 2026-27, the authority NR16 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Breckland · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near NR16
5
open schools within 3 km, nearest Old Buckenham High School.
All schools
Old Buckenham High School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · NR17 1RL
1.4 km
Good · 2015
Chapel Green School
Special schools · NR17 1RF
1.5 km
Good · 2017
Old Buckenham Primary School
Primary · Academies · NR17 1RH
1.6 km
Good · 2019
Acorn Park School
Special schools · NR16 2HU
2.0 km
Not graded
Banham Primary School
Primary · Academies · NR16 2EX
2.7 km
Outstanding · 2013
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the NR16 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 5 open schools within 3 km, 4 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near NR16
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around NR16
78
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 20 October 2026.
Recent applications
Proposed to Upgrade part of the existing low voltage OverHead Line network replacing Existing Transformer and replaceing Ecisting Poles in the line poles will be kept to the same height as previous ones Statutory Instrument 2009-No 604 Electricity at Wash Farm New Buckenham Road Old Buckenham NR17 1PW
Received 2026-06-23
Variation to condition 2 on PP PL/2025/1022/HOU - Rear door size unchanged due to structural constraints; entrance relocated to former WC window at base of new stair, WC moved to hall. Outbuilding canopy omitted; extended to garden wall end. Septic tank replaced with on-site package treatment plant (drainage layout amended)
Received 2026-04-28
Variation to condition 2 on PP PL/2025/1022/HOU Amendments include retention and partial rebuild of a small adjoining outbuilding to form a plant room with canopy, removal of a secondary chimney stack, replacement windows to the existing farmhouse, connection to the mains sewer, and minor realignment of the proposed single- and two-storey extensions
Received 2026-03-13
Demolition of existing shower block. Installation of bases for the siting of static caravans and decking with associated access, landscaping, car parking, drainage and infrastructure works
Received 2026-02-28
Demolition of redundant adjoined outbuildings to enable proposed 2 storey extension to existing dwelling farmhouse. Highways safety improvements with new road access (existing access blocked) and necessary visibility splays (remove existing hedgerow) and set in new mixed native hedge. Rebuild to new alignment, relocate and re-roof existing associated barns/outbuildings to improve appearance of the site as a whole.
Received 2025-07-16
Breckland/PL/2024/1141/DCAPermitted
435 m
Discharge of condition 6 on pp 3PL/2023/0076/F
Received 2024-12-09
Applications are matched within 500 m of the NR16 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for NR16 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 78 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 20 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for NR16
Decile 5 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled NR16 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 4 to decile 7, with a median of decile 5 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
NR16 2AF, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 5 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so NR16 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in NR16: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in NR16, band by band
Breckland's council tax for 2026-27 set against the NR16 median sold price of £345,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearBreckland | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £345,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,629 | £136 | 0.47% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,901 | £158 | 0.55% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,172 | £181 | 0.63% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,444 | £204 | 0.71% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,987 | £249 | 0.87% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,530 | £294 | 1.02% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,073 | £339 | 1.18% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,887 | £407 | 1.42% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the NR16 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Breckland, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in NR16 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 250 distinct addresses in the records we hold for NR16. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
WOODROWS, KING STREET, NORWICH
NR16 2AF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£220,000
2026-08-20
2, ST MARYS DRIVE, NORWICH
NR16 2TA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£407,500
2026-08-13
6, HAMBLINGS PIECE, NORWICH
NR16 2PZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£275,000
2026-08-05
39, NORWICH ROAD, NORWICH
NR16 1DD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£285,000
2026-08-04
40, CROWN STREET, NORWICH
NR16 2EX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£365,000
2026-07-29
1, THE CRESCENT, NORWICH
NR16 2PX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£375,000
2026-07-28
THE OAKS, HAUGH ROAD, NORWICH
NR16 2DE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£326,000
2026-07-23
4, GOODRUM CLOSE, NORWICH
NR16 1FH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£465,000
2026-07-21
52, KERRIDGES, NORWICH
NR16 2QB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£330,000
2026-07-15
14, BREWSTERS, NORWICH
NR16 2QH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£365,000
2026-07-10
THE WALNUT TREE, KENNINGHALL ROAD, NORWICH
NR16 2HB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£465,000
2026-07-07
FERNDALE, TABERNACLE LANE, NORWICH
NR16 1LE · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£130,000
2026-07-06
PEAR TREE COTTAGE, GARBOLDISHAM ROAD, NORWICH
NR16 2PT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£100,000
2026-07-06
PRIMROSE COTTAGE, TABERNACLE LANE, NORWICH
NR16 1LE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£254,465
2026-06-30
10, HUNTS MEAD, NORWICH
NR16 1JB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£455,000
2026-06-26
7, BROWNE CLOSE, NORWICH
NR16 1FG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£310,000
2026-06-24
FORNOST, FLAXLANDS ROAD, NORWICH
NR16 1RJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£485,000
2026-06-17
34, GREENWAYS, NORWICH
NR16 1QZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£280,000
2026-06-08
THE GRANGE, EAST CHURCH STREET, NORWICH
NR16 2EP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£820,000
2026-06-08
8, BREWSTERS, NORWICH
NR16 2QH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£265,000
2026-05-29
THE HOLLIES, ST EDMUNDS CLOSE, NORWICH
NR16 1LY · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£247,000
2026-05-29
HOMESTEAD, KENNINGHALL ROAD, NORWICH
NR16 2HB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£438,000
2026-05-29
1, FIELD VIEW CLOSE, NORWICH
NR16 1FP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£420,500
2026-05-29
GRANGE END, 10, WEST HARLING ROAD, NORWICH
NR16 2NP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£445,000
2026-05-15
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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- House prices in NR15 (Norwich) 9.3 miles
- House prices in IP21 (Diss) 11 miles
- House prices in NR9 (Norwich) 11 miles
- House prices in IP23 (Eye) 12 miles
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Data sources
Every NR16 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.