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On Florence Road, in Thorpe Hamlet & Mousehold South
What it's like at NR1 4BJ: every home that has sold on Florence Road 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Florence Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 38 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Florence RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £260,000 | 67 m² | £3,881/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Florence RoadOther · company-owned | Feb 2026 | £235,000 | 99 m² | £2,374/m² | 3 |
| 4, Florence RoadTerraced | Sept 2017 | £181,000 | 72 m² | £2,514/m² | 2 |
| 5, Florence RoadTerraced | Feb 2017 | £168,000 | 61 m² | £2,754/m² | 1 |
| 6, Florence RoadTerraced | Jun 2026 | £210,000 | 68 m² | £3,088/m² | 4 |
| 7, Florence RoadTerraced | May 2009 | £140,000 | 68 m² | £2,059/m² | 5 |
| 8, Florence RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2006 | £164,950 | 70 m² | £2,356/m² | 3 |
| 9, Florence RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2005 | £112,500 | 76 m² | £1,480/m² | 1 |
| 10, Florence RoadTerraced | Mar 2006 | £149,950 | 86 m² | £1,744/m² | 2 |
| 11, Florence RoadTerraced | Nov 2007 | £144,000 | 71 m² | £2,028/m² | 2 |
| 13, Florence RoadTerraced | May 2025 | £260,000 | 70 m² | £3,714/m² | 3 |
| 14, Florence RoadTerraced | Feb 2003 | £95,500 | 73 m² | £1,308/m² | 2 |
| 15, Florence RoadDetached | Nov 2009 | £135,000 | 68 m² | £1,985/m² | 2 |
| 16, Florence RoadTerraced | Jul 2016 | £186,000 | 75 m² | £2,480/m² | 3 |
| 17, Florence RoadTerraced | Nov 2002 | £110,000 | 77 m² | £1,429/m² | 3 |
| 18, Florence RoadTerraced | Aug 2017 | £184,000 | 63 m² | £2,921/m² | 1 |
| 19, Florence RoadTerraced | Jun 2006 | £118,000 | 74 m² | £1,595/m² | 1 |
| 20, Florence RoadTerraced | Oct 2004 | £123,800 | – | – | 3 |
| 21, Florence RoadSemi-detached | May 2004 | £130,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 22, Florence RoadTerraced | Jul 2004 | £105,000 | 71 m² | £1,479/m² | 2 |
| 23, Florence RoadTerraced | Jul 1997 | £38,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Florence RoadDetached | Aug 2007 | £160,000 | 70 m² | £2,286/m² | 2 |
| 25, Florence RoadTerraced | Mar 2016 | £192,000 | 68 m² | £2,824/m² | 2 |
| 27, Florence RoadTerraced | Aug 2024 | £205,000 | 63 m² | £3,254/m² | 1 |
| 29, Florence RoadTerraced | Oct 1999 | £64,950 | 70 m² | £928/m² | 1 |
| 30, Florence RoadTerraced | Aug 2024 | £460,000 | 150 m² | £3,067/m² | 4 |
| 31, Florence RoadDetached | Jun 1995 | £22,500 | 65 m² | £346/m² | 1 |
| 33, Florence RoadTerraced | Dec 2004 | £60,000 | 70 m² | £857/m² | 1 |
| 35, Florence RoadTerraced | Oct 2014 | £167,950 | 63 m² | £2,666/m² | 4 |
| 37, Florence RoadTerraced | Aug 2015 | £172,000 | 75 m² | £2,293/m² | 5 |
| 39, Florence RoadTerraced | Oct 2006 | £152,500 | 74 m² | £2,061/m² | 2 |
| 41, Florence RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2019 | £188,000 | 74 m² | £2,541/m² | 4 |
| 43, Florence RoadTerraced | Sept 1996 | £27,750 | 61 m² | £455/m² | 1 |
| 45, Florence RoadTerraced | Jun 1998 | £43,000 | 76 m² | £566/m² | 1 |
| 47, Florence RoadTerraced | Oct 2015 | £165,000 | 76 m² | £2,171/m² | 3 |
| 1, Gwendoline Court, Florence RoadTerraced | Feb 2002 | £87,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Gwendoline Court, Florence RoadTerraced | Nov 2019 | £202,000 | 101 m² | £2,000/m² | 1 |
| 5, Gwendoline Court, Florence RoadTerraced | Feb 2024 | £282,500 | 103 m² | £2,743/m² | 6 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Norwich, a few minutes' walk (450 m), with 4.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is The Jubilee Pub, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 32, 132); 79 departures an hour from the 12 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 Lionwood Infant and Nursery School, a few minutes' walk (400 m).
The nearest secondary is Notre Dame High School, Norwich, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 61.3 · 26.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Jane Austen College (1.3 km).
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-op Foodstore, 450 m away, with Rosary Road Convenience Store closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Lionwood Medical Practice (650 m), with Lionwood Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, Cosmaderm is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, 6.4 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 8 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Bun X At The Coach is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Jubilee Public House the nearest pub (100 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 97 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 35% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Thorpe Ridge, Thorpe Hamlet).
There are 10 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (53%).
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 137 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Old Library Wood, 250 m away; for exercise, PureGym (600 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Norwich is 5.3 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 111 km.
43 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hill House | II | 100 m |
| Chapel at Rosary Cemetery | II | 170 m |
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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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%.
26 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 4BJ →
Most households own their home, 30% rent privately.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is Norwich University of the Arts, 1.1 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.
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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 38 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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On this street: 0 of 34 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 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 | 2.1% | 0.8% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 87.1% | 86.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.1% | 11.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 6.6% | 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: Great Yarmouth North · about 33 min
Nearest: Beccles Lido · about 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.