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NR8 6EZ

Drayton North · Broadland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Norwich
Ward
Drayton North
Local authority
Broadland
Constituency
Norwich North
Postcode district
NR8
Postcode sector
NR8 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NR8 6FB 111 m
NR8 6BG 117 m
NR8 6EY 117 m
NR8 6EX 123 m
NR8 6UU 159 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NR8 6EZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NR
Postcode district
NR8
Postcode sector
NR8 6
Latitude
52.686275
Longitude
1.216694
British National Grid easting
617,507
British National Grid northing
314,695

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Broadland · E07000144
Electoral ward
Drayton North · E05005764
Parish or community
E04006216
Westminster constituency
Norwich North · E14001408
Output area
E00134751
Lower layer super output area
Broadland 007B · E01026519
Middle layer super output area
Broadland 007 · E02005526

Postcode source versions

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Property

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75 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
17, The Moors, Drayton, Norwich, NR8 6EZ 14 January 2025 £250,500
8, The Moors, Drayton, Norwich, NR8 6EZ 28 October 2022 £251,500
3, The Moors, Drayton, Norwich, NR8 6EZ 18 August 2022 £230,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
15
Secondary
3

  1. Drayton Community Infant School

    Academy sponsor led

    365 m

  2. Drayton CofE Junior School

    Voluntary controlled school

    867 m

  3. Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School

    Academy converter

    991 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
298
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 146
  • Anti social behaviour 46
  • Criminal damage and arson 33
  • Public order 25
  • Other theft 15

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
41

24 female, 17 male

Postcode households
21
Residents per household
2.0
NR8 6 residents
15,452

Age bands in NR8 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

2,454 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

1,490 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.9%

3,381 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

4,475 residents

Age 65 and over
23.7%

3,665 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NR8 6 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

5

within 5 km

  • DRAYTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code D82029

    1.0 km

  • MARRIOTT'S MEDICAL PRACTICES

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

    ODS code D82024

    1.5 km

  • HELLESDON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    343 REEPHAM ROAD, HELLESDON, NORWICH, NR6 5QJ

    ODS code D82018

    3.1 km

  • ROUNDWELL MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code D82023

    4.3 km

  • BEECHCROFT AND OLD PALACE

    23 BEECHCROFT, NEW COSTESSEY, NORWICH, NR5 0RS

    ODS code Y03595

    4.5 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

    2.8 miles

  • Norwich Rail Station

    RLY · Norwich

    5.6 miles

  • Salhouse Rail Station

    RLY · Salhouse

    7.4 miles

  • Aylsham (Bure Valley Railway)

    MET · Aylsham

    7.4 miles

  • Aylsham (Bure Valley Railway)

    PLT · Aylsham

    7.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Broadland 007B, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,965 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
10 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 £251,000 from 4 recorded sales in NR8 6EZ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Broadland is £315,128 in June 2026, up 7.2% year on year.

Schools

20 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 3 secondary schools. Drayton Community Infant School is the nearest published school at 365 m.

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

Recorded crime

298 published events cover 12 months, averaging 24.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 146 events.

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