NR21 9PP

Bircham with Rudhams · King's Lynn and West Norfolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Fakenham
Constituency
North West Norfolk
Postcode district
NR21
Postcode sector
NR21 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NR21 9PR 71 m
NR21 9PB 91 m
NR21 9PU 167 m
NR21 9PN 183 m
NR21 9PD 201 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NR21 9PP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NR
Postcode district
NR21
Postcode sector
NR21 9
Latitude
52.884259
Longitude
0.767777
British National Grid easting
586,325
British National Grid northing
335,451

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Parish or community
E04006351
Westminster constituency
North West Norfolk · E14001405
Output area
E00135679
Middle layer super output area
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 002 · E02005552

Postcode source versions

Explore NR21

11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Burn Cottage, Back Lane, South Creake, Fakenham, NR21 9PP 13 September 2024 £810,000
Burn Cottage, Back Lane, South Creake, Fakenham, NR21 9PP 17 November 2022 £500,000
Drey Cottage, Back Lane, South Creake, Fakenham, NR21 9PP 25 July 2019 £475,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Blenheim Park Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    3.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Drugs 1
  • Other crime 1
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

3 female, 6 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
3.0
NR21 9 residents
4,087

Age bands in NR21 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.7%

556 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.4%

343 residents

Age 25 to 44
21%

855 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.7%

1,128 residents

Age 65 and over
29.1%

1,184 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NR21 9 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Nearby transport

  • Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    MET · Walsingham

    4.4 miles
  • Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    PLT · Walsingham

    4.4 miles
  • Wells-next-the-Sea (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    MET · Wells-next-the-Sea

    6.1 miles
  • Wells-next-the-Sea (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    PLT · Wells-next-the-Sea

    6.1 miles
  • Holt (North Norfolk Railway)

    MET · Holt

    14.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for King's Lynn and West Norfolk 002D, 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

11,084 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 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.

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
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £655,000 from 2 recorded sales in NR21 9PP. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for King's Lynn and West Norfolk is £263,298 in June 2026, up 5.0% year on year.

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Blenheim Park Academy is the nearest published school at 2.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 2 events.

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