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On Hewitts Lane, in Wymondham West
What it's like at NR18 0JA: every home that has sold on Hewitts Lane 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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 Hewitts Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 17 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 5a, Hewitts LaneDetached | May 2012 | £152,000 | 61 m² | £2,492/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5b, Hewitts LaneDetached | May 2024 | £240,000 | 84 m² | £2,857/m² | 1 |
| 9, Hewitts LaneDetached | Mar 2024 | £290,000 | 113 m² | £2,566/m² | 2 |
| 11, Hewitts LaneDetached | Jan 2021 | £360,000 | 180 m² | £2,000/m² | 2 |
| 13, Hewitts LaneDetached | Sept 1997 | £60,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Hewitts LaneDetached | Mar 2018 | £373,000 | 168 m² | £2,220/m² | 1 |
| 20, Hewitts LaneDetached | Jun 1998 | £79,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Hewitts LaneDetached | Jul 2024 | £385,000 | 142 m² | £2,711/m² | 2 |
| 30, Hewitts LaneDetached | Mar 2021 | £270,000 | 187 m² | £1,444/m² | 1 |
| 32, Hewitts LaneDetached | Feb 1996 | £77,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 34, Hewitts LaneDetached | Oct 2010 | £223,000 | 110 m² | £2,027/m² | 2 |
| 38, Hewitts LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2014 | £250,000 | 148 m² | £1,689/m² | 1 |
| 40, Hewitts LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2018 | £340,000 | 120 m² | £2,833/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Wymondham, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km), with 198k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Norwich.
The nearest bus stop is Sheffield Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (routes 16, 15); 30 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Robert Kett Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 62% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Ashleigh Primary School and Nursery, Wymondham (1.1 km).
The nearest secondary is Wymondham High Academy, 400 m away; Attainment 8: 52.6 · 13.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Wymondham College (5 km) and Hethersett Academy (5.5 km).
Few families with young children: only 12% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is East Of England Co-operative Society, 600 m away; Abbeygate Garages Ltd (Esso) (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wymondham Medical Partnership (950 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (950 m).
For a haircut, McQueens is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, 8.8 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: 16 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
Wymondham Garden Centre is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and The Robert Kett Pub the nearest pub (600 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (9 of them).
It's a low-crime area: about 43 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Much of it is protected: 50% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Wymondham Conservation Area).
There are 146 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 14% flats and 37% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 27% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Rothbury Road Playground, 750 m away; for exercise, Wymondham Leisure Centre & Swimming Pool (700 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.2 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Norwich is 16 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 97 km.
13 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.
South Norfolk constituency: Ben Goldsborough MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 2,826 (5.7%), turnout 67%. Vote shares: Labour 35%, Conservative 29%, Reform UK 15%, Liberal Democrat 12%.
11 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 NR18 0JA →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 32% are 65 or over.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Hewitts Lane in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 13 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 | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.1% | 4.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 83.5% | 64.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 2.3% | 22.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 11.5% | 7.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.0% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Caister Point · about 38 min
Nearest: Beccles Lido · about 41 min
Nearest: Great Yarmouth Racecourse · about 39 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.