Schools
78 open schools are in scope, including 47 primary and 9 secondary schools. City Academy Norwich is the nearest published school at 440 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NR5 8BH
Wensum · Norwich · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Wensum
- Local authority
- Norwich
- Constituency
- Norwich South
- Postcode district
- NR5
- Postcode sector
- NR5 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NR5 8BH
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1992
- Terminated
- 1 December 1992
- Postcode area
- NR
- Postcode district
- NR5
- Postcode sector
- NR5 8
- Latitude
- 52.631422
- Longitude
- 1.250993
- British National Grid easting
- 620,100
- British National Grid northing
- 308,700
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Norwich · E07000148
- Electoral ward
- Wensum · E05012913
- Parish or community
- E43000115
- Westminster constituency
- Norwich South · E14001409
- Output area
- E00136647
- Lower layer super output area
- Norwich 006F · E01026868
- Middle layer super output area
- Norwich 006 · E02005589
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore NR5
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 78
- Primary
- 47
- Secondary
- 9
- 440 m
City Academy Norwich
Academy sponsor led
- 539 m
Henderson Green Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 588 m
West Earlham Infant and Nursery School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,491
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,152
- Criminal damage and arson 237
- Anti social behaviour 235
- Shoplifting 207
- Public order 141
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NR5 8 residents
- 13,707
Age bands in NR5 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 29.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 17.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 10%
2,571 residents
3,894 residents
3,205 residents
2,316 residents
1,328 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
19
within 5 km straight-line
WENSUM VALLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
WEST EARLHAM HEALTH CENTRE, WEST EARLHAM, NORWICH, NR5 8AD
ODS code D82040
689 m
UEA MEDICAL CENTRE
EARLHAM ROAD, NORWICH, NR4 7TJ
ODS code D82088
1.2 km
WEST POTTERGATE MED PRAC
THE HEALTH CENTRE, EARLHAM RD, NORWICH, NR2 4BX
ODS code D82106
2.0 km
TRINITY & BOWTHORPE MEDICAL PRACTICE
BOWTHORPE MAIN CENTRE, WENDENE, NORWICH, NR5 9HA
ODS code D82017
2.4 km
VULNERABLE ADULTS SERVICE
100-102 WESTWICK STREET, NORWICH, NR2 4SZ
ODS code Y05472
2.5 km
ST STEPHENS GATE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
55 WESSEX STREET, NORWICH, NR2 2TJ
ODS code D82008
2.6 km
OAK STREET MEDICAL PRACT.
OAK STREET, NORWICH, NR3 3DL
ODS code D82047
2.6 km
PROSPECT MEDICAL PRACTICE
95 AYLSHAM ROAD, NORWICH, NR3 2HW
ODS code D82087
2.7 km
BEECHCROFT AND OLD PALACE
23 BEECHCROFT, NEW COSTESSEY, NORWICH, NR5 0RS
ODS code Y03595
2.8 km
WOODCOCK RD SURGERY
29 WOODCOCK ROAD, NORWICH, NR3 3UA
ODS code D82096
3.1 km
CASTLE PARTNERSHIP
40 FISHERGATE, NORWICH, NR3 1SE
ODS code D82011
3.2 km
NORWICH PRACTICES HEALTH CENTRE
ROUEN HOUSE, ROUEN ROAD, NORWICH, NR1 1RB
ODS code Y02751
3.3 km
HUMBLEYARD PRACTICE
THE CRINGLEFORD SURGERY, CANTLEY LANE, CRINGLEFORD, NORWICH, NR4 6TA
ODS code D82064
3.4 km
LAKENHAM SURGERY
1 NINHAM STREET, LAKENHAM, NORWICH, NR1 3JJ
ODS code D82026
3.4 km
MAGDALEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
LAWSON ROAD, NORWICH, NR3 4LF
ODS code D82012
3.5 km
LAWSON ROAD SURGERY
LAWSON ROAD, NORWICH, NR3 4LE
ODS code D82076
3.6 km
ROUNDWELL MEDICAL CENTRE
25 DOCTOR TORRENS WAY, COSTESSEY, NORWICH, NR5 0GB
ODS code D82023
3.7 km
HELLESDON MEDICAL PRACTICE
343 REEPHAM ROAD, HELLESDON, NORWICH, NR6 5QJ
ODS code D82018
4.3 km
THE LIONWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE
30A WELLESLEY AVENUE NORTH, NORWICH, NR1 4NU
ODS code D82073
4.7 km
Nearby transport
- 2.4 miles
Norwich Rail Station
RLY · Norwich
- 2.9 miles
Norwich International Airport
GAT · Norwich International Airport
- 6.6 miles
Salhouse Rail Station
RLY · Salhouse
- 7.1 miles
Brundall Gardens Rail Station
RLY · Brundall
- 7.2 miles
Wymondham Rail Station
RLY · Wymondham
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Norwich 006F, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
3,081 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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
Recorded crime
2,491 published events cover 12 months, averaging 207.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,152 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.