Bowthorpe · Norwich · England
Updated September 2026
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St Michael's VA Junior School
Voluntary aided school
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Community school
Costessey Primary School
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Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
75 female, 48 male
1,622 residents
1,511 residents
2,485 residents
1,808 residents
1,287 residents
This postcode contained 1.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NR5 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.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
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.
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within 5 km
BOWTHORPE MAIN CENTRE, WENDENE, NORWICH, NR5 9HA
ODS code D82017
194 m
23 BEECHCROFT, NEW COSTESSEY, NORWICH, NR5 0RS
ODS code Y03595
805 m
25 DOCTOR TORRENS WAY, COSTESSEY, NORWICH, NR5 0GB
ODS code D82023
1.4 km
WEST EARLHAM HEALTH CENTRE, WEST EARLHAM, NORWICH, NR5 8AD
ODS code D82040
1.9 km
EARLHAM ROAD, NORWICH, NR4 7TJ
ODS code D82088
2.5 km
THE CRINGLEFORD SURGERY, CANTLEY LANE, CRINGLEFORD, NORWICH, NR4 6TA
ODS code D82064
4.3 km
343 REEPHAM ROAD, HELLESDON, NORWICH, NR6 5QJ
ODS code D82018
4.4 km
THE HEALTH CENTRE, EARLHAM RD, NORWICH, NR2 4BX
ODS code D82106
4.5 km
8 MANOR FARM CLOSE, DRAYTON, NORWICH, NR8 6EE
ODS code D82029
4.6 km
29 WOODCOCK ROAD, NORWICH, NR3 3UA
ODS code D82096
4.7 km
95 AYLSHAM ROAD, NORWICH, NR3 2HW
ODS code D82087
4.8 km
100-102 WESTWICK STREET, NORWICH, NR2 4SZ
ODS code Y05472
4.9 km
THE TAVERHAM P'SHIP/SURG, SANDY LANE, TAVERHAM, NORWICH, NR8 6JR
ODS code D82024
4.9 km
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.
Norwich International Airport
GAT · Norwich International Airport
Norwich Rail Station
RLY · Norwich
Wymondham Rail Station
RLY · Wymondham
Wymondham Abbey (Mid Norfolk Railway)
PLT · Wymondham
Wymondham Abbey (Mid Norfolk Railway)
MET · Wymondham
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Norwich 005D, 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
13,266 of 33,755
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.
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.
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.
54 open schools are in scope, including 36 primary and 5 secondary schools. St Michael's VA Junior School is the nearest published school at 261 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
1,390 published events cover 12 months, averaging 115.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 611 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.