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NR8 5EA

Old Costessey · South Norfolk · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Norwich
Ward
Old Costessey
Local authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk
Postcode district
NR8
Postcode sector
NR8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NR8 5DS 90 m
NR8 5EB 97 m
NR8 5DP 204 m
NR8 5EF 237 m
NR8 5ED 238 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NR8 5EA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NR
Postcode district
NR8
Postcode sector
NR8 5
Latitude
52.659099
Longitude
1.220879
British National Grid easting
617,925
British National Grid northing
311,686

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
South Norfolk · E07000149
Electoral ward
Old Costessey · E05011885
Parish or community
E04012772
Westminster constituency
South Norfolk · E14001489
Output area
E00136957
Lower layer super output area
South Norfolk 016D · E01026924
Middle layer super output area
South Norfolk 016 · E02007054

Postcode source versions

Explore NR8

Property

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18 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
29, Highlands, Costessey, Norwich, NR8 5EA 23 October 2025 £565,000
2, Highlands, Costessey, Norwich, NR8 5EA 9 May 2024 £450,000
12, Highlands, Costessey, Norwich, NR8 5EA 6 March 2023 £430,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
47
Primary
30
Secondary
4

  1. St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Costessey

    Academy converter

    917 m

  2. Ormiston Victory Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.2 km

  3. Costessey Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
368
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 155
  • Criminal damage and arson 50
  • Anti social behaviour 41
  • Shoplifting 40
  • Public order 24

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
56

27 female, 29 male

Postcode households
25
Residents per household
2.2
NR8 5 residents
7,314

Age bands in NR8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
22.5%

1,614 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

659 residents

Age 25 to 44
36.3%

2,609 residents

Age 45 to 64
20.1%

1,443 residents

Age 65 and over
12%

864 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NR8 5 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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.

GP practices

10

within 5 km

  • BEECHCROFT AND OLD PALACE

    23 BEECHCROFT, NEW COSTESSEY, NORWICH, NR5 0RS

    ODS code Y03595

    1.5 km

  • ROUNDWELL MEDICAL CENTRE

    25 DOCTOR TORRENS WAY, COSTESSEY, NORWICH, NR5 0GB

    ODS code D82023

    1.6 km

  • DRAYTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    8 MANOR FARM CLOSE, DRAYTON, NORWICH, NR8 6EE

    ODS code D82029

    2.3 km

  • TRINITY & BOWTHORPE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BOWTHORPE MAIN CENTRE, WENDENE, NORWICH, NR5 9HA

    ODS code D82017

    2.4 km

  • HELLESDON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    343 REEPHAM ROAD, HELLESDON, NORWICH, NR6 5QJ

    ODS code D82018

    2.5 km

  • MARRIOTT'S MEDICAL PRACTICES

    THE TAVERHAM P'SHIP/SURG, SANDY LANE, TAVERHAM, NORWICH, NR8 6JR

    ODS code D82024

    3.0 km

  • WENSUM VALLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WEST EARLHAM HEALTH CENTRE, WEST EARLHAM, NORWICH, NR5 8AD

    ODS code D82040

    3.3 km

  • WOODCOCK RD SURGERY

    29 WOODCOCK ROAD, NORWICH, NR3 3UA

    ODS code D82096

    4.1 km

  • UEA MEDICAL CENTRE

    EARLHAM ROAD, NORWICH, NR4 7TJ

    ODS code D82088

    4.3 km

  • PROSPECT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    95 AYLSHAM ROAD, NORWICH, NR3 2HW

    ODS code D82087

    4.7 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Norwich International Airport

    GAT · Norwich International Airport

    2.5 miles

  • Norwich Rail Station

    RLY · Norwich

    4.2 miles

  • Salhouse Rail Station

    RLY · Salhouse

    7.3 miles

  • Wymondham Rail Station

    RLY · Wymondham

    7.8 miles

  • Wymondham Abbey (Mid Norfolk Railway)

    PLT · Wymondham

    7.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Norfolk 016D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,878 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
9 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 £480,000 from 4 recorded sales in NR8 5EA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for South Norfolk is £312,124 in June 2026, up 2.0% year on year.

Schools

47 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 4 secondary schools. St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Costessey is the nearest published school at 917 m.

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

Recorded crime

368 published events cover 12 months, averaging 30.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 155 events.

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