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NR20 5LG

Upper Wensum · Breckland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Dereham
Ward
Upper Wensum
Local authority
Breckland
Constituency
Mid Norfolk
Postcode district
NR20
Postcode sector
NR20 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NR20 5JS 126 m
NR20 5JT 138 m
NR20 5JH 203 m
NR20 5JR 206 m
NR20 5JP 223 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NR20 5LG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2023
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NR
Postcode district
NR20
Postcode sector
NR20 5
Latitude
52.751855
Longitude
0.944723
British National Grid easting
598,831
British National Grid northing
321,201

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Breckland · E07000143
Electoral ward
Upper Wensum · E05010262
Parish or community
E04006153
Westminster constituency
Mid Norfolk · E14001365
Output area
E00134581
Lower layer super output area
Breckland 001F · E01033042
Middle layer super output area
Breckland 001 · E02005503

Postcode source versions

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Property

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24 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
15, Boars Hill, North Elmham, Dereham, NR20 5LG 16 April 2025 £665,000
5, Boars Hill, North Elmham, Dereham, NR20 5LG 31 March 2025 £830,000
17, Boars Hill, North Elmham, Dereham, NR20 5LG 7 March 2025 £870,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0

  1. North Elmham Church of England Primary Academy & Nursery

    Academy sponsor led

    142 m

  2. St Mary's Community Primary School, Beetley

    Community school

    3.9 km

  3. Brisley Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
62
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 28
  • Anti social behaviour 8
  • Criminal damage and arson 6
  • Other theft 5
  • Burglary 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
NR20 5 residents
5,085

Age bands in NR20 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%

693 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.5%

426 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.8%

842 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.5%

1,582 residents

Age 65 and over
29.4%

1,478 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • ELMHAM SURGERY

    59 HOLT ROAD, NORTH ELMHAM, EAST DEREHAM, DEREHAM, NR20 5JS

    ODS code D82056

    126 m

Nearby transport

  • Dereham (Mid Norfolk Railway)

    PLT · Dereham

    5.1 miles

  • Dereham (Mid Norfolk Railway)

    MET · Dereham

    5.1 miles

  • Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    MET · Walsingham

    10.4 miles

  • Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    PLT · Walsingham

    10.4 miles

  • Holt (North Norfolk Railway)

    MET · Holt

    13.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Breckland 001F, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,663 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 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

Property market

The five-year median is £665,000 from 23 recorded sales in NR20 5LG. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Breckland is £273,851 in June 2026, up 2.7% year on year.

Schools

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. North Elmham Church of England Primary Academy & Nursery is the nearest published school at 142 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

62 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 28 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.