Schools
67 open schools are in scope, including 38 primary and 11 secondary schools. Trowse Primary School is the nearest published school at 713 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NR1 2DD
Lakenham · Norwich · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NR1 2DD
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NR
- Postcode district
- NR1
- Postcode sector
- NR1 2
- Latitude
- 52.616543
- Longitude
- 1.311110
- British National Grid easting
- 624,243
- British National Grid northing
- 307,231
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Norwich · E07000148
- Electoral ward
- Lakenham · E05012905
- Parish or community
- E43000115
- Westminster constituency
- Norwich South · E14001409
- Output area
- E00173853
- Lower layer super output area
- Norwich 014D · E01033441
- Middle layer super output area
- Norwich 014 · E02006907
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore NR1
Property
6 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| The Paper Mill Yard, Flat B10, King Street, Norwich, NR1 2DD | 24 September 2015 | £181,000 |
| The Paper Mill Yard, Flat B2, King Street, Norwich, NR1 2DD | 9 August 2007 | £240,000 |
| The Paper Mill Yard, Flat B5, King Street, Norwich, NR1 2DD | 9 August 2007 | £170,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 67
- Primary
- 38
- Secondary
- 11
- 713 m
Trowse Primary School
Community school
- 775 m
Lakenham Primary School
Foundation school
- 846 m
Norwich Steiner School
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,173
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,510
- Shoplifting 737
- Anti social behaviour 448
- Criminal damage and arson 339
- Public order 265
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NR1 2 residents
- 8,672
Age bands in NR1 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 30.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.3%
1,431 residents
941 residents
2,541 residents
1,982 residents
1,442 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
16
within 5 km
LAKENHAM SURGERY
1 NINHAM STREET, LAKENHAM, NORWICH, NR1 3JJ
ODS code D82026
1.0 km
NORWICH PRACTICES HEALTH CENTRE
ROUEN HOUSE, ROUEN ROAD, NORWICH, NR1 1RB
ODS code Y02751
1.4 km
ST STEPHENS GATE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
55 WESSEX STREET, NORWICH, NR2 2TJ
ODS code D82008
1.8 km
THE LIONWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE
30A WELLESLEY AVENUE NORTH, NORWICH, NR1 4NU
ODS code D82073
1.9 km
CASTLE PARTNERSHIP
40 FISHERGATE, NORWICH, NR3 1SE
ODS code D82011
2.1 km
VULNERABLE ADULTS SERVICE
100-102 WESTWICK STREET, NORWICH, NR2 4SZ
ODS code Y05472
2.4 km
OAK STREET MEDICAL PRACT.
OAK STREET, NORWICH, NR3 3DL
ODS code D82047
2.4 km
WEST POTTERGATE MED PRAC
THE HEALTH CENTRE, EARLHAM RD, NORWICH, NR2 4BX
ODS code D82106
2.6 km
EAST NORWICH MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
ST. WILLIAMS WAY, THORPE ST. ANDREW, NORWICH, NR7 0AJ
ODS code D82071
2.9 km
MAGDALEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
LAWSON ROAD, NORWICH, NR3 4LF
ODS code D82012
3.1 km
LAWSON ROAD SURGERY
LAWSON ROAD, NORWICH, NR3 4LE
ODS code D82076
3.1 km
THORPEWOOD MEDICAL GROUP
140 WOODSIDE ROAD, NORWICH, NR7 9QL
ODS code D82048
3.5 km
PROSPECT MEDICAL PRACTICE
95 AYLSHAM ROAD, NORWICH, NR3 2HW
ODS code D82087
3.5 km
WOODCOCK RD SURGERY
29 WOODCOCK ROAD, NORWICH, NR3 3UA
ODS code D82096
4.5 km
UEA MEDICAL CENTRE
EARLHAM ROAD, NORWICH, NR4 7TJ
ODS code D82088
4.8 km
OLD MILL AND MILLGATES MEDICAL PRACTICE
HARDLEY ROAD, PORINGLAND, NORWICH, NR14 7FA
ODS code D82036
4.8 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.8 miles
Norwich Rail Station
RLY · Norwich
- 3.9 miles
Norwich International Airport
GAT · Norwich International Airport
- 4.5 miles
Brundall Gardens Rail Station
RLY · Brundall
- 5.3 miles
Salhouse Rail Station
RLY · Salhouse
- 5.4 miles
Brundall Rail Station
RLY · Brundall
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Norwich 014D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
7 of 10
Overall England rank
23,069 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
4,173 published events cover 12 months, averaging 347.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,510 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.