Hermitage · Breckland · England
Updated September 2026
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At this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Church Farm Barn, New Road, Whissonsett, Dereham, NR20 5TA | 13 February 2025 | £375,000 |
| Eastfield House, New Road, Whissonsett, Dereham, NR20 5TA | 23 June 2023 | £620,000 |
| The Sheilings, New Road, Whissonsett, Dereham, NR20 5TA | 12 December 2022 | £380,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
Colkirk Church of England Primary Academy
Academy converter
Brisley Church of England Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
Ortus Education Ltd - West Raynham School
Other independent special school
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
23 female, 28 male
693 residents
426 residents
842 residents
1,582 residents
1,478 residents
This postcode contained 1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NR20 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Dereham (Mid Norfolk Railway)
PLT · Dereham
Dereham (Mid Norfolk Railway)
MET · Dereham
Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)
MET · Walsingham
Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)
PLT · Walsingham
Wells-next-the-Sea (Wells & Walsingham Railway)
MET · Wells-next-the-Sea
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Breckland 002A, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
12,069 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.
Recorded sales
The five-year median is £360,000 from 11 recorded sales in NR20 5TA. 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.
Published establishments
3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Colkirk Church of England Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 1.7 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Published police records
33 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 18 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.