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NR23 1EF

Wells with Holkham · North Norfolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Wells with Holkham
Local authority
North Norfolk
Constituency
North Norfolk
Postcode district
NR23
Postcode sector
NR23 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NR23 1FF 8 m
NR23 1EE 50 m
NR23 1EW 65 m
NR23 1EP 79 m
NR23 1PU 86 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NR23 1EF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NR
Postcode district
NR23
Postcode sector
NR23 1
Latitude
52.953560
Longitude
0.853734
British National Grid easting
591,801
British National Grid northing
343,384

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
North Norfolk · E07000147
Electoral ward
Wells with Holkham · E05011864
Parish or community
E04006495
Westminster constituency
North Norfolk · E14001396
Output area
E00136084
Lower layer super output area
North Norfolk 002C · E01026764
Middle layer super output area
North Norfolk 002 · E02005571

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
1
Secondary
1

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

    Academy sponsor led

    345 m

  2. Alderman Peel High School

    Academy converter

    485 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
123
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 61
  • Anti social behaviour 12
  • Public order 11
  • Other theft 10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • WELLS HEALTH CENTRE

    BOLTS CLOSE, WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA, NR23 1JP

    ODS code D82038

    161 m

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.

Nearby transport

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

    PLT · Wells-next-the-Sea

    0.5 miles

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

    MET · Wells-next-the-Sea

    0.5 miles

  • Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    PLT · Walsingham

    4.0 miles

  • Walsingham (Wells & Walsingham Railway)

    MET · Walsingham

    4.0 miles

  • Holt (North Norfolk Railway)

    MET · Holt

    11.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Norfolk 002C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,802 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
5 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

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 1 secondary schools. Wells-Next-the-Sea Primary and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 345 m.

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

Recorded crime

123 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 61 events.

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