Property market
The five-year median is £450,000 from 282 recorded sales in NR23. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for North Norfolk is £300,273 in June 2026, up 1.7% year on year.
NR23
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 251
- Current units
- 232
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 4
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East of England
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 19
Postcode sectors in NR23
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
2,039 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Catesby Court, The Quay, Wells-Next-The-Sea, NR23 1AR | 10 July 2026 | £1,550,000 |
| 57, High Street, Wells-Next-The-Sea, NR23 1EN | 29 May 2026 | £355,000 |
| Smugglers Cove, Flat 2, Northfield Lane, Wells-Next-The-Sea, NR23 1LQ | 27 May 2026 | £315,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 2
- Primary
- 1
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 148
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 74
- Anti social behaviour 16
- Other theft 14
- Public order 14
- Criminal damage and arson 10
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- NR23 usual residents
- 3,051
- Age-profile population
- 2,996
Age bands in NR23
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 13%
- Age 15 to 24
- 6.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 16.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 36%
389 residents
207 residents
487 residents
835 residents
1,078 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 229 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
179 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 46 had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, and 13 had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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
in this district
WELLS HEALTH CENTRE
BOLTS CLOSE, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA, NR23 1JP
ODS code D82038
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.
Evidence in context
Schools
2 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
148 published events cover 12 months, averaging 12.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 74 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.