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NR23 1AJ

Coastal · North Norfolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wells-Next-The-Sea
Ward
Coastal
Local authority
North Norfolk
Constituency
North Norfolk
Postcode district
NR23
Postcode sector
NR23 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NR23 1QQ 200 m
NR23 1QH 261 m
NR23 1QE 328 m
NR23 1QF 339 m
NR23 1QP 487 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NR23 1AJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NR
Postcode district
NR23
Postcode sector
NR23 1
Latitude
52.951313
Longitude
0.928314
British National Grid easting
596,820
British National Grid northing
343,336

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
North Norfolk · E07000147
Electoral ward
Coastal · E05011837
Parish or community
E04006476
Westminster constituency
North Norfolk · E14001396
Output area
E00136073
Lower layer super output area
North Norfolk 002D · E01026765
Middle layer super output area
North Norfolk 002 · E02005571

Postcode source versions

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Property

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73 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Poppy Cottage, 78a, Wells Road, Stiffkey, Wells-Next-The-Sea, NR23 1AJ 21 February 2025 £245,000
Riverbank, 5, Wells Road, Stiffkey, Wells-Next-The-Sea, NR23 1AJ 5 September 2022 £630,000
68, Wells Road, Stiffkey, Wells-Next-The-Sea, NR23 1AJ 25 August 2022 £825,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0

  1. Langham Village School

    Community school

    4.4 km

  2. Wells-Next-the-Sea Primary and Nursery School

    Academy sponsor led

    4.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Public order 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1
  • Theft from the person 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
31

16 female, 15 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
1.8
NR23 1 residents
3,051

Age bands in NR23 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13%

389 residents

Age 15 to 24
6.9%

207 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.3%

487 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.9%

835 residents

Age 65 and over
36%

1,078 residents

This postcode contained 1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NR23 1 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+
34.2%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
34.2%
Gigabit-capable
34.2%
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

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

    PLT · Wells-next-the-Sea

    2.7 miles

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

    MET · Wells-next-the-Sea

    2.7 miles

  • Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    PLT · Walsingham

    4.5 miles

  • Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    MET · Walsingham

    4.5 miles

  • Holt (North Norfolk Railway)

    MET · Holt

    8.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North 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

13,157 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
7 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
0
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 £467,503 from 7 recorded sales in NR23 1AJ. 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.

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Langham Village School is the nearest published school at 2.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Public order with 1 events.

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