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Thinking of living at NR16 2BA? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
You'll mostly drive: the nearest primary school, station, GP are all over 1 km away.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Buckenham Primary School | Primary | 2.6 km | 65% met the expected standard |
| Carleton Rode Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | 3.3 km | 13% met the expected standard |
| Banham Primary School | Primary | 3.4 km | 53% met the expected standard |
| Bunwell Primary School | Primary | 4.2 km | 25% met the expected standard |
| Old Buckenham High School | Secondary | 2.4 km | Attainment 8: 37.8 · 3.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Acorn Park School | Independent | 2.7 km | Attainment 8: 18.9 · 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near NR16 2BA, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cricket | New Buckenham Cricket Club | 180 m | 2 |
Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
The nearest station is Attleborough, a drive away (5.8 km), with 175k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Norwich.
The nearest bus stop is Green, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 37A); 1 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 80 minutes away by public transport (28 by car).
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Old Buckenham Primary School, a short drive or bike ride (2.6 km); 65% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Old Buckenham High School, 2.4 km away; Attainment 8: 37.8 · 3.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Kings Stores, 150 m away; Tap & Tipple / Harrow & Fearn (2.6 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Attleborough Surgery (5.8 km).
For a haircut, The Beauty Box is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, 20 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 68% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 18 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Castle Cafe New Buckenham is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The King's Head the nearest pub (50 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 40 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 141 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 60% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 187 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.5 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Norwich is 28 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 85 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 43% of households own their home outright.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
7 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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