King's Lynn and West Norfolk
NR23 house prices in King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for King's Lynn and West Norfolk, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£458,500
Range £248,600–£851,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
- 12-month change
- -7.3%
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Mar 2022 and 18 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in NR23: the typical (median) sold price is £458,500, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). Over the last twelve months the local median is down 7.3%, comparing 57 sales with 68, so a handful of homes can swing it. NR23 is a quiet market, with about 5 recorded sales a month. By property type, 36% were detached homes (typically £585,000) and 33% were terraced homes (typically £410,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Across the 12 most recently sold NR23 postcodes we sampled, area deprivation has a median of decile 5 of 10, where 10 is the least deprived.
Source: Deprivation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on NR23: a quiet market, so take your time
Only about 5 sales a month sell in NR23, with a median below last year’s, so buyers have time on their side, though a few sales can mislead either way.
If you are selling, most NR23 sales sit between £248,600 and £851,000, which makes £458,500 a blunt instrument, so benchmark against near-identical homes, not the headline; with so few sales, allow extra time and a local agent’s view; if certainty matters more than price, a quick cash sale usually means accepting about 70–85% of market value (a rough guide, not a quote).
Sell houseIf you are buying, typical prices in NR23 sit well above the UK average, though prices have eased, so there may be room to negotiate; just remember one year of falls is not a forecast.
Our checklist before an offer: what has been applied for nearby (338 applications on record within 500 m), flood risk over the long term and the EPC, since it drives running costs, plus the title, which your conveyancer should review.
With averages this broad, the free NR23 OfferCheck adds flood, crime, planning and council tax from the official sources.
Get OfferCheckOur opinion, drawn from the figures on this page: not advice and not a forecast. We earn from OfferCheck reports and from introducing sellers to cash buyers, so weigh it with that in mind (see our disclosure). We are not authorised or regulated by the FCA.
At a glance
NR23 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£458,500
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
4.7
Across 250 sales
12-month change
-7.3%
-7.3% from last year
Local median
Freehold sales
89%
Of recorded sales
The data, honestly
House prices in NR23
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in NR23
The quarterly typical price rose 63.3%, from £442,500 in Q4 2024 (14 sales) to £722,500 in Q3 2026 (3 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | £442,500 | 14 |
| Q1 2025 | £400,000 | 23 |
| Q2 2025 | £575,000 | 13 |
| Q3 2025 | £431,500 | 22 |
| Q4 2025 | £505,000 | 19 |
| Q1 2026 | £346,000 | 14 |
| Q2 2026 | £355,000 | 9 |
| Q3 2026 | £722,500 | 3 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Mar 2022 and 18 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
By property type
Average house price in NR23 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £585,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £378,500.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 81 | £585,000 | £382,500–£900,000 |
| Terraced | 73 | £410,000 | £229,000–£660,000 |
| Semi-detached | 48 | £400,500 | £250,000–£624,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 22 | £378,500 | £211,000–£617,500 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Mar 2022 and 18 Aug 2026.
Range and mix
The spread of NR23 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most NR23 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £248,600 and £851,000, around a typical £458,500.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Mar 2022 and 18 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in NR23
Detached homes were 36% of recorded sales (81 of 224). 89% of sales were freehold and 11% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached36%
- Terraced33%
- Semi-detached21%
- Flat / maisonette10%
Tenure
- Freehold89%
- Leasehold11%
See the figures
222 freehold (89%) and 28 leasehold (11%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in NR23, including 2 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Mar 2022 and 18 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
CATESBY COURT, THE QUAY, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
£1,750,000 (2022)£1,550,000 (2026)-11.4% over 4.2 yrs (-2.9%/yr)
SMUGGLERS COVE, NORTHFIELD LANE, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
£365,000 (2023)£315,000 (2026)-13.7% over 2.4 yrs (-5.9%/yr)
18, DOGGER LANE, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
£417,000 (2022)£355,000 (2026)-14.9% over 3.8 yrs (-4.2%/yr)
BERESFORD HOUSE, LUGGER YARD, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
£615,000 (2022)£860,000 (2026)+39.8% over 3.5 yrs (+10.2%/yr)
15, KNITTING NEEDLE LANE, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
£177,500 (2024)£235,000 (2025)+32.4% over 1.6 yrs (+19.7%/yr)
9, THE GLEBE, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
£470,000 (2022)£380,000 (2025)-19.1% over 2.9 yrs (-7%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where NR23 sits in King's Lynn and West Norfolk
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in NR23
SLINMOOR, WARHAM ROAD, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
Semi-detached · Freehold · 18 Aug 2026
£722,500
22, BLUEBELL GARDENS, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
Semi-detached · Freehold · 4 Aug 2026
£420,000
CATESBY COURT, THE QUAY, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
Other · Freehold · 10 Jul 2026
£1,550,000
57, HIGH STREET, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
Terraced · Freehold · 29 May 2026
£355,000
SMUGGLERS COVE, NORTHFIELD LANE, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 27 May 2026
£315,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). NR23 includes the Burnham Market & Docking ward.
In plain English
What the King's Lynn and West Norfolk (NR23) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £585,000 against £378,500 for flats: about 1.5 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £248,600 and £851,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- This is a quiet district: only about 5 recorded sales a month.
Only 250 sales sit behind these figures, so they are a rough guide rather than a firm reading.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 23 March 2022 and 18 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 NR23
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 NR23
We don't hold published band charges for King's Lynn and West Norfolk yet. Your billing authority publishes its own band table each year. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency: check a band on GOV.UK.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities
Schools
Schools near NR23
2
open schools within 3 km, nearest Wells-Next-the-Sea Primary and Nursery School.
All schools
Wells-Next-the-Sea Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academies · NR23 1JG
271 m
Good · 2022
Alderman Peel High School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · NR23 1RB
432 m
Good · 2022
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 NR23 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 2 open schools within 3 km, 2 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near NR23
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 NR23
338
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 23 July 2026.
Recent applications
NorthNorfolk/TW/26/1464Permitted
263 m
T1 - Cherry, Remove - T2 - Hawthorne, Remove. treees to be removed to allow rebuilding of wall.
Received 2026-07-08 · decided 2026-07-16
NorthNorfolk/PU/26/1223Undecided
198 m
Prior notification of proposed change of use of the first floor office to residential flat
Received 2026-06-08
NorthNorfolk/PF/26/1015Permitted
268 m
Proposed alterations to upgrade, repair, and modernise No. 43 Quaker Cottage & No. 45 Fox Corner (with No. 43 serving as the main family home, and No.45 providing anncillary accommodation to No.43, remaining as two properties)
Received 2026-05-14 · decided 2026-07-12
NorthNorfolk/NMA/26/0772Permitted
445 m
Non-material amendment to planning permission PF/25/2722 (Single storey extension to existing residential bungalow (Use Class C3) to incorporate two new bedrooms and a bathroom, along with minor alterations to existing bungalow) to allow bricks to boundary walls to be LBC Cotswold and rooflights omitted to kitchen & bedrooms
Received 2026-04-12 · decided 2026-04-29
NorthNorfolk/PF/26/0596Permitted
147 m
Demolition of existing conservatory and chimney, construction of new single storey rear extension, conversion of existing garage to habitable accommodation, erection of shed and adjustments to fenestration
Received 2026-03-19 · decided 2026-06-01
NorthNorfolk/NMA/26/0580Permitted
452 m
Non-material amendment of planning permission PF/24/1123 (Erection of single storey side extension; alterations to fenestration; addition of 10no. dormer windows to replace rooflights; addition of solar panels; creation of pool to rear and alterations to landscaping/parking) to allow amendment of two fixed window panes & t two doors to the garden from the kitchen
Received 2026-03-17 · decided 2026-04-14
Applications are matched within 500 m of the NR23 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 NR23 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 338 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 23 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for NR23
Decile 5 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
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Across the 12 sampled NR23 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 3 to decile 5, with a median of decile 5 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
NR23 1NE, 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 NR23 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in NR23: 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
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in NR23 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 229 distinct addresses in the records we hold for NR23. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
SLINMOOR, WARHAM ROAD, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1NE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£722,500
2026-08-18
22, BLUEBELL GARDENS, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1JJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£420,000
2026-08-04
CATESBY COURT, THE QUAY, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1AR · Other · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£1,550,000
2026-07-10
57, HIGH STREET, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1EN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£355,000
2026-05-29
SMUGGLERS COVE, NORTHFIELD LANE, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1LQ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£315,000
2026-05-27
1, PARK ROAD, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1DQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£240,000
2026-05-14
18, RUSSELL CLOSE, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1BX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£401,000
2026-05-08
4, NEWGATE LANE, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1DT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£310,000
2026-05-01
JOWSERS, NORTHFIELD LANE, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1JZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£365,000
2026-04-30
62D, MILL ROAD, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1DB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£210,000
2026-04-17
8, RUSSELL CLOSE, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1BX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£430,000
2026-04-16
THE SQUARE HOUSE, THE BUTTLANDS, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1EY · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£625,000
2026-04-10
DOWLEYS COTTAGE, 35, CHAPEL YARD, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1BJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£290,000
2026-03-27
85, NORTHFIELD CRESCENT, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1LR · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£530,000
2026-03-24
2, MARKET LANE, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1HJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£450,000
2026-03-20
5, BLUEBELL GARDENS, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1JJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£170,000
2026-03-19
VINE HOUSE, THE BUTTLANDS, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1EX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£488,163
2026-02-27
45, CHURCH STREET, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1HZ · Terraced · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£192,000
2026-02-26
26, ASHBURTON CLOSE, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1QG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£625,000
2026-02-20
1, HIGH STREET, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1AL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£300,000
2026-02-13
21, WAVENEY CLOSE, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1HU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£375,000
2026-01-30
18, DOGGER LANE, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1BE · Terraced · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£355,000
2026-01-29
BERESFORD HOUSE, LUGGER YARD, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1BS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£860,000
2026-01-20
3, MARSH LANE, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
NR23 1EG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£305,000
2026-01-15
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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Nearby
Postcode districts near NR23
The closest districts to NR23 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in NR22 (Walsingham) 3.8 miles
- House prices in NR21 (Fakenham) 7.4 miles
- House prices in NR25 (Holt) 9.6 miles
- House prices in NR24 (Melton Constable) 10 miles
- House prices in PE31 (King's Lynn) 13 miles
- House prices in PE36 (Hunstanton) 15 miles
- House prices in NR26 (Sheringham) 15 miles
- House prices in NR20 (Dereham) 17 miles
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Data sources
Every NR23 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.