Breckland
NR21 house prices in Breckland
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Breckland, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£280,000
Range £161,350–£580,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 25 Jul 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in NR21: the typical (median) sold price is £280,000, close to the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). NR21 is an active market, with about 19 recorded sales a month. By property type, 40% were detached homes (typically £363,000) and 34% were semi-detached homes (typically £239,500).
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 NR21: steady sales, so price from the evidence
NR21 sees about 19 sales a month, and with no dependable year-on-year figure to hand, recent sold homes are a safer guide than any headline.
If you are thinking of selling, most NR21 sales sit between £161,350 and £580,000, which makes £280,000 a blunt instrument, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; roughly 19 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, typical prices in NR21 sit close to the UK average, so use the sold range on this page as your yardstick.
On any NR21 home we would check what has been applied for nearby (187 applications on record within 500 m), whether the home is at risk of flooding and council tax (Band D is £2,444 a year), and ask a conveyancer to read the title.
Where the numbers are this loose, the free NR21 OfferCheck gives you something firmer to hold: flood, crime, planning and council tax, each with its source.
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At a glance
NR21 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£280,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
19.5
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,444
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in NR21
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in NR21 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £363,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £143,125.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 97 | £363,000 | £205,300–£669,000 |
| Semi-detached | 82 | £239,500 | £165,500–£374,300 |
| Terraced | 53 | £205,000 | £145,000–£354,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 8 | £143,125 | £82,425–£213,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 25 Jul 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in NR21
The quarterly typical price fell 12.4%, from £291,250 in Q3 2025 (64 sales) to £255,000 in Q3 2026 (21 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | £291,250 | 64 |
| Q4 2025 | £270,000 | 69 |
| Q1 2026 | £265,000 | 61 |
| Q2 2026 | £286,000 | 35 |
| Q3 2026 | £255,000 | 21 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 25 Jul 2025 and 20 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of NR21 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most NR21 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £161,350 and £580,000, around a typical £280,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 25 Jul 2025 and 20 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in NR21
Detached homes were 40% of recorded sales (97 of 240). 93% of sales were freehold and 7% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached40%
- Semi-detached34%
- Terraced22%
- Flat / maisonette3%
Tenure
- Freehold93%
- Leasehold7%
See the figures
233 freehold (93%) and 17 leasehold (7%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in NR21, including 1 new-build sale. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 25 Jul 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 NR21 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 NR21
6, MARKET PLACE, FAKENHAM
Other · Freehold · 20 Aug 2026
£650,000
35, VALLEY WAY, FAKENHAM
Detached · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£288,000
2, DEWING CLOSE, FAKENHAM
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£325,000
101, RUDHAM STILE LANE, FAKENHAM
Detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£540,000
5, ECKERSLEY DRIVE, FAKENHAM
Semi-detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£207,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). NR21 includes the Bircham with Rudhams ward.
In plain English
What the Breckland (NR21) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £363,000 against £143,125 for flats: about 2.5 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £161,350 and £580,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (93%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 19 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 25 July 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 NR21
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 NR21
£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 NR21 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 NR21
5
open schools within 3 km, nearest Fakenham Academy.
All schools
Fakenham Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · NR21 9QT
552 m
Good · 2015
Duke of Lancaster School
Free Schools · NR21 9DQ
798 m
Requires improvement · 2024
Fakenham Junior School
Primary · Academies · NR21 8BN
1.1 km
Good · 2023
Fakenham Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academies · NR21 8HN
1.3 km
Good · 2023
Sculthorpe Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academies · NR21 9NQ
2.2 km
Good · 2024
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 NR21 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 5 open schools within 3 km, 5 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near NR21
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 NR21
187
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 13 October 2026.
Recent applications
NorthNorfolk/PF/26/0579Undecided
424 m
Creation of a 3G Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP) with perimeter fencing, hardstanding areas, storage container, floodlights and an access footpath. Extension of the gravel car park and installation of a reinforced mesh to create a grass overflow car park
Received 2026-03-17
NorthNorfolk/CD/26/0538Undecided
413 m
Discharge of Condition 19 (Machinery Details) & 20 (External Lighting) of Planning Permission PF/24/2418 (Demolition of existing pavilion, extension of the existing leisure centre providing a new 4 lane 25m community swimming pool and a circa. 55 station fitness suite, refurbishment of the existing studio spaces and changing areas.)
Received 2026-03-12
NorthNorfolk/CD/26/0419Conditions
413 m
Discharge of Condition 11 (Traffic Regulation Order) of Planning Permission PF/24/2418 (Demolition of existing pavilion, extension of the existing leisure centre providing a new 4 lane 25m community swimming pool and a circa. 55 station fitness suite, refurbishment of the existing studio spaces and changing areas.)
Received 2026-02-23 · decided 2026-05-07
NorthNorfolk/TW/26/0358Permitted
491 m
Trees to the eastern boundary of the driveway of 19 Newman Drive, crown lift to 2.5m.
Received 2026-02-12 · decided 2026-02-23
NorthNorfolk/CD/26/0307Conditions
122 m
Discharge of condition 9 (materials) of planning permission PF/23/0649 (Erection of seven dwellings with parking and shared surface access drive)
Received 2026-02-09 · decided 2026-04-10
NorthNorfolk/CD/25/2576Conditions
413 m
Discharge of condition 15 (Natural England licence) of planning permission PF/24/2418 (Demolition of existing pavilion, extension of the existing leisure centre providing a new 4 lane 25m community swimming pool and a circa. 55 station fitness suite, refurbishment of the existing studio spaces and changing areas)
Received 2025-11-18 · decided 2025-12-01
Applications are matched within 500 m of the NR21 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 NR21 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 187 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 13 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for NR21
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 NR21 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 3 to decile 8, with a median of decile 5 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
NR21 8JP, 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 NR21 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in NR21: 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 NR21, band by band
Breckland's council tax for 2026-27 set against the NR21 median sold price of £280,000 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÷ £280,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,629 | £136 | 0.58% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,901 | £158 | 0.68% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,172 | £181 | 0.78% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,444 | £204 | 0.87% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,987 | £249 | 1.07% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,530 | £294 | 1.26% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,073 | £339 | 1.45% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,887 | £407 | 1.75% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the NR21 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 NR21 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 247 distinct addresses in the records we hold for NR21. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
6, MARKET PLACE, FAKENHAM
NR21 9BG · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£650,000
2026-08-20
35, VALLEY WAY, FAKENHAM
NR21 8PH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£288,000
2026-08-17
2, DEWING CLOSE, FAKENHAM
NR21 9HQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£325,000
2026-08-14
101, RUDHAM STILE LANE, FAKENHAM
NR21 8JP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£540,000
2026-08-14
5, ECKERSLEY DRIVE, FAKENHAM
NR21 9RY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£207,000
2026-08-14
1, BAXTER CLOSE, FAKENHAM
NR21 8LE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£310,000
2026-08-04
7, APPLEDORE LANE, FAKENHAM
NR21 7QP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£183,500
2026-07-30
192, NORWICH ROAD, FAKENHAM
NR21 8LX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£384,000
2026-07-30
3, TOWNSHEND GREEN EAST, FAKENHAM
NR21 8LU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£290,000
2026-07-29
21, OLIVIA CLOSE, FAKENHAM
NR21 9LP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£170,000
2026-07-29
25, WATER LANE, FAKENHAM
NR21 0LF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£265,000
2026-07-24
BAY TREE COTTAGE, 87, FAKENHAM ROAD, FAKENHAM
NR21 7AQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£225,000
2026-07-23
95, GWYN CRESCENT, FAKENHAM
NR21 8NE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£255,000
2026-07-22
43, THE STREET, FAKENHAM
NR21 0NB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£214,000
2026-07-20
8A, BURNHAM ROAD, FAKENHAM
NR21 9JP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£255,000
2026-07-17
44, WELLS ROAD, FAKENHAM
NR21 9AA · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£195,000
2026-07-17
7, THE STREET, FAKENHAM
NR21 0JB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£220,000
2026-07-13
BYEWAYS, 66, GWYN CRESCENT, FAKENHAM
NR21 8NE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£300,000
2026-07-09
OAK TREE COTTAGE, 53A, SANDY LANE, FAKENHAM
NR21 9EX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£290,000
2026-07-09
26, CHURCH LANES, FAKENHAM
NR21 9DG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£145,000
2026-07-06
7, BRAMBLE COURT, FAKENHAM
NR21 8PJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£232,000
2026-07-01
THE NOOK, 115, NORTH PARK, FAKENHAM
NR21 9RJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£295,000
2026-06-26
BARN END, FIELD DALLING ROAD, FAKENHAM
NR21 0QS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£651,000
2026-06-24
HARESFIELD COTTAGE, 4, GREEN FARM LANE, FAKENHAM
NR21 0RX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£685,000
2026-06-16
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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Postcode districts near NR21
The closest districts to NR21 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in NR22 (Walsingham) 3.7 miles
- House prices in NR23 (Wells-Next-the-Sea) 7.4 miles
- House prices in NR24 (Melton Constable) 8.3 miles
- House prices in NR20 (Dereham) 9.9 miles
- House prices in NR25 (Holt) 11 miles
- House prices in NR19 (Dereham) 12 miles
- House prices in PE31 (King's Lynn) 12 miles
- House prices in PE32 (King's Lynn) 12 miles
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Data sources
Every NR21 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.