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NR8 5EN

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 5EW 70 m
NR8 5AG 80 m
NR8 5AA 125 m
NR8 5AH 158 m
NR8 5BS 243 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NR8 5EN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1996
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NR
Postcode district
NR8
Postcode sector
NR8 5
Latitude
52.658121
Longitude
1.209212
British National Grid easting
617,141
British National Grid northing
311,542

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
E00136943
Lower layer super output area
South Norfolk 016E · E01033540
Middle layer super output area
South Norfolk 016 · E02007054

Postcode source versions

Explore NR8

Property

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47 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Cleves Way, Costessey, Norwich, NR8 5EN 1 June 2026 £412,500
16, Cleves Way, Costessey, Norwich, NR8 5EN 23 May 2025 £390,000
18, Cleves Way, Costessey, Norwich, NR8 5EN 21 February 2025 £375,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
40
Primary
28
Secondary
4

  1. St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Costessey

    Academy converter

    122 m

  2. Ormiston Victory Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    910 m

  3. Costessey Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
626
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 215
  • Shoplifting 138
  • Anti social behaviour 70
  • Criminal damage and arson 66
  • Other theft 41

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
38

20 female, 18 male

Postcode households
23
Residents per household
1.7
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 0.5% 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

9

within 5 km

  • ROUNDWELL MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code D82023

    1.1 km

  • BEECHCROFT AND OLD PALACE

    23 BEECHCROFT, NEW COSTESSEY, NORWICH, NR5 0RS

    ODS code Y03595

    1.5 km

  • TRINITY & BOWTHORPE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BOWTHORPE MAIN CENTRE, WENDENE, NORWICH, NR5 9HA

    ODS code D82017

    2.4 km

  • DRAYTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code D82029

    2.6 km

  • MARRIOTT'S MEDICAL PRACTICES

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

    ODS code D82024

    2.7 km

  • HELLESDON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    343 REEPHAM ROAD, HELLESDON, NORWICH, NR6 5QJ

    ODS code D82018

    3.3 km

  • WENSUM VALLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code D82040

    3.6 km

  • UEA MEDICAL CENTRE

    EARLHAM ROAD, NORWICH, NR4 7TJ

    ODS code D82088

    4.5 km

  • WOODCOCK RD SURGERY

    29 WOODCOCK ROAD, NORWICH, NR3 3UA

    ODS code D82096

    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.

Nearby transport

  • Norwich International Airport

    GAT · Norwich International Airport

    3.0 miles

  • Norwich Rail Station

    RLY · Norwich

    4.6 miles

  • Wymondham Rail Station

    RLY · Wymondham

    7.5 miles

  • Wymondham Abbey (Mid Norfolk Railway)

    PLT · Wymondham

    7.5 miles

  • Wymondham Abbey (Mid Norfolk Railway)

    MET · Wymondham

    7.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Norfolk 016E, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,449 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
4 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 £362,500 from 6 recorded sales in NR8 5EN. 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

40 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 4 secondary schools. St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Costessey is the nearest published school at 122 m.

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

Recorded crime

626 published events cover 12 months, averaging 52.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 215 events.

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