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On Victoria Street, in Town Close
What it's like at NR1 3QX: every home that has sold on Victoria Street since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Victoria Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 20 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 4, Victoria StreetSemi-detached | Aug 2004 | £228,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Victoria StreetSemi-detached | Jun 2024 | £465,000 | 114 m² | £4,079/m² | 3 |
| 8, Victoria StreetSemi-detached | Dec 2022 | £475,000 | 100 m² | £4,750/m² | 4 |
| 9, Victoria StreetSemi-detached | May 2016 | £300,000 | 94 m² | £3,191/m² | 3 |
| 10, Victoria StreetSemi-detached | Jun 2022 | £425,000 | 107 m² | £3,972/m² | 4 |
| 11, Victoria StreetSemi-detached | Aug 2006 | £239,950 | – | – | 3 |
| 13, Victoria StreetDetached | Apr 2013 | £300,000 | 220 m² | £1,364/m² | 1 |
| 32, Victoria StreetTerraced | May 2022 | £470,000 | 94 m² | £5,000/m² | 3 |
| 35, Victoria StreetSemi-detached | Jul 2019 | £383,000 | 129 m² | £2,969/m² | 1 |
| 36, Victoria StreetSemi-detached | Sept 2016 | £435,500 | 125 m² | £3,484/m² | 2 |
| 37, Victoria StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £590,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 39, Victoria StreetSemi-detached | Sept 2005 | £245,000 | 105 m² | £2,333/m² | 3 |
| 40, Victoria StreetTerraced | Jun 2025 | £347,000 | 141 m² | £2,461/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 41% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Norwich, a short drive or bike ride (1.2 km), with 4.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is St Stephens Square, 100 m away, with a bus about every 2 minutes on weekdays (routes 14, 11A, 11, 12); 366 departures an hour from the 38 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 14 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Bignold Primary School and Nursery, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 57% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Notre Dame High School, Norwich, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 61.3 · 26.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Jane Austen College (1.4 km).
Few families with young children: only 12% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's Supermarket, 50 m away; Lucky Fortune Asia Market (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is St Stephens Gate Medical Partnership (250 m), with St Stephens Gate Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Ghost Beauty is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, 4.4 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: 14 restaurants and cafés, 14 pubs and bars.
No 8 Burgers \& Shakes is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Coachmakers Arms the nearest pub (100 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 96 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 123 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 46% flats and 7% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Jenny Lind Park, 450 m away; for exercise, Quasar (100 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Norwich is 6.1 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 108 km.
74 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 31-34, Victoria Street | II | 10 m |
| 35 and 36, Victoria Street | II | 20 m |
| 30, Victoria Street | II | 30 m |
| 7 and 8, Victoria Street | II | 30 m |
| 5 and 6, Victoria Street | II | 40 m |
| 37 and 38, Victoria Street | II | 40 m |
| 28 and 29, Victoria Street | II | 40 m |
| 3 and 4, Victoria Street | II | 50 m |
| 11 and 12, Victoria Street | II | 50 m |
| 2, Victoria Street | II | 60 m |
| 13, Victoria Street | II | 60 m |
| 26 and 27, Victoria Street | II | 60 m |
Nearest 12 shown. Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Norwich South constituency: Clive Lewis MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 13,239 (29.4%), turnout 59%. Vote shares: Labour 48%, Green Party 18%, Conservative 13%, Reform UK 12%.
24 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near NR1 3QX →
Most households own their home, 33% rent privately.
It's young: 25% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 48% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Norwich University of the Arts, 1.0 km away (TEF Gold).
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.
Nearest 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
On this street: 0 of 17 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.7% | 0.8% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 80.9% | 86.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 15.4% | 11.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.6% | 1.7% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Caister Point · about 31 min
Nearest: Beccles Lido · about 33 min
Nearest: Carrow Road · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 20 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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