Schools
81 open schools are in scope, including 49 primary and 10 secondary schools. Avenue Junior School is the nearest published school at 386 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NR2 2PF
Nelson · Norwich · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcodeLocation overview
Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
- Ward
- Nelson
- Local authority
- Norwich
- Constituency
- Norwich South
- Postcode district
- NR2
- Postcode sector
- NR2 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NR2 2PF
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 September 2010
- Postcode area
- NR
- Postcode district
- NR2
- Postcode sector
- NR2 2
- Latitude
- 52.623787
- Longitude
- 1.276719
- British National Grid easting
- 621,879
- British National Grid northing
- 307,930
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Norwich · E07000148
- Electoral ward
- Nelson · E05012908
- Parish or community
- E43000115
- Westminster constituency
- Norwich South · E14001409
- Output area
- E00136473
- Lower layer super output area
- Norwich 009E · E01026839
- Middle layer super output area
- Norwich 009 · E02005592
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 NR2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 81
- Primary
- 49
- Secondary
- 10
- 386 m
Avenue Junior School
Community school
- 583 m
Norwich High School for Girls GDST
Other independent school
- 635 m
The Parkside School, Norwich
Foundation special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,970
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,871
- Shoplifting 1,298
- Anti social behaviour 622
- Public order 487
- Criminal damage and arson 428
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NR2 2 residents
- 7,172
Age bands in NR2 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 11.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 18.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 30%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.5%
807 residents
1,330 residents
2,191 residents
1,613 residents
1,353 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.
GP practices
19
within 5 km straight-line
ST STEPHENS GATE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
55 WESSEX STREET, NORWICH, NR2 2TJ
ODS code D82008
687 m
WEST POTTERGATE MED PRAC
THE HEALTH CENTRE, EARLHAM RD, NORWICH, NR2 4BX
ODS code D82106
851 m
VULNERABLE ADULTS SERVICE
100-102 WESTWICK STREET, NORWICH, NR2 4SZ
ODS code Y05472
1.3 km
OAK STREET MEDICAL PRACT.
OAK STREET, NORWICH, NR3 3DL
ODS code D82047
1.5 km
LAKENHAM SURGERY
1 NINHAM STREET, LAKENHAM, NORWICH, NR1 3JJ
ODS code D82026
1.5 km
NORWICH PRACTICES HEALTH CENTRE
ROUEN HOUSE, ROUEN ROAD, NORWICH, NR1 1RB
ODS code Y02751
1.5 km
CASTLE PARTNERSHIP
40 FISHERGATE, NORWICH, NR3 1SE
ODS code D82011
1.9 km
PROSPECT MEDICAL PRACTICE
95 AYLSHAM ROAD, NORWICH, NR3 2HW
ODS code D82087
2.3 km
UEA MEDICAL CENTRE
EARLHAM ROAD, NORWICH, NR4 7TJ
ODS code D82088
2.4 km
WENSUM VALLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
WEST EARLHAM HEALTH CENTRE, WEST EARLHAM, NORWICH, NR5 8AD
ODS code D82040
2.6 km
MAGDALEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
LAWSON ROAD, NORWICH, NR3 4LF
ODS code D82012
2.6 km
LAWSON ROAD SURGERY
LAWSON ROAD, NORWICH, NR3 4LE
ODS code D82076
2.7 km
THE LIONWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE
30A WELLESLEY AVENUE NORTH, NORWICH, NR1 4NU
ODS code D82073
3.1 km
WOODCOCK RD SURGERY
29 WOODCOCK ROAD, NORWICH, NR3 3UA
ODS code D82096
3.2 km
HUMBLEYARD PRACTICE
THE CRINGLEFORD SURGERY, CANTLEY LANE, CRINGLEFORD, NORWICH, NR4 6TA
ODS code D82064
3.6 km
EAST NORWICH MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
ST. WILLIAMS WAY, THORPE ST. ANDREW, NORWICH, NR7 0AJ
ODS code D82071
4.3 km
TRINITY & BOWTHORPE MEDICAL PRACTICE
BOWTHORPE MAIN CENTRE, WENDENE, NORWICH, NR5 9HA
ODS code D82017
4.3 km
BEECHCROFT AND OLD PALACE
23 BEECHCROFT, NEW COSTESSEY, NORWICH, NR5 0RS
ODS code Y03595
4.7 km
THORPEWOOD MEDICAL GROUP
140 WOODSIDE ROAD, NORWICH, NR7 9QL
ODS code D82048
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 1.3 miles
Norwich Rail Station
RLY · Norwich
- 3.2 miles
Norwich International Airport
GAT · Norwich International Airport
- 6.0 miles
Brundall Gardens Rail Station
RLY · Brundall
- 6.0 miles
Salhouse Rail Station
RLY · Salhouse
- 6.8 miles
Brundall Rail Station
RLY · Brundall
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Norwich 009E, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
25,177 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
5,970 published events cover 12 months, averaging 497.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,871 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.