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On Hillcrest Avenue, in Dereham Central & Toftwood
What it's like at NR19 1UY: every home that has sold on Hillcrest Avenue 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Hillcrest Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 141 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 155, Hillcrest AvenueTerraced | Oct 2018 | £145,000 | 63 m² | £2,302/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 157, Hillcrest AvenueTerraced | Feb 2004 | £81,000 | 52 m² | £1,558/m² | 2 |
| 159, Hillcrest AvenueTerraced | Nov 2004 | £108,000 | 53 m² | £2,038/m² | 2 |
| 161, Hillcrest AvenueTerraced | Jul 1995 | £38,947 | – | – | 1 |
| 163, Hillcrest AvenueTerraced | Oct 2003 | £88,250 | 74 m² | £1,193/m² | 1 |
| 165, Hillcrest AvenueTerraced | Nov 2011 | £109,000 | 64 m² | £1,703/m² | 3 |
| 167, Hillcrest AvenueTerraced | Sept 2013 | £100,000 | 57 m² | £1,754/m² | 3 |
| 169, Hillcrest AvenueTerraced | Apr 2014 | £114,000 | 52 m² | £2,192/m² | 6 |
| 171, Hillcrest AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 1998 | £48,750 | – | – | 1 |
| 173, Hillcrest AvenueTerraced | Aug 2014 | £100,000 | 53 m² | £1,887/m² | 4 |
| 175, Hillcrest AvenueTerraced | Dec 2006 | £103,000 | 55 m² | £1,873/m² | 3 |
| 177, Hillcrest AvenueTerraced | Jul 2022 | £230,000 | 87 m² | £2,644/m² | 4 |
| 179, Hillcrest AvenueTerraced | Nov 2016 | £149,950 | 90 m² | £1,666/m² | 1 |
| 181, Hillcrest AvenueTerraced | Jul 2023 | £250,000 | 87 m² | £2,874/m² | 4 |
| 183, Hillcrest AvenueTerraced | May 2023 | £222,000 | 90 m² | £2,467/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Wymondham, a drive away (17 km), with 198k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Norwich.
The nearest bus stop is Luxembourg Way, 100 m away, with a bus about every 25 minutes on weekdays (routes 8, 11A, 8A, 888); 10 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 61 minutes away by public transport (24 by car).
The nearest primary school is Dereham Church of England Junior Academy, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km); 54% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Dereham Neatherd High School, 2.3 km away; Attainment 8: 47.4 · 9.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Toftwood Stores, 1.0 km away, with B&P News closer still (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Toftwood Medical Centre (700 m), with Wellbeing Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Markwell Grange Hair & Beauty is 700 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: 30 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
The Millwright Arms is the closest café or restaurant (750 m), and Toftwood Social Centre the nearest pub (750 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (17 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 106 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 95 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 15% flats and 31% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
Bungalow country: 25% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 237 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Moorgate Recreation Ground, 800 m away; for exercise, Dereham Leisure Centre (1.6 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Norwich is 23 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 100 km.
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.
Mid Norfolk constituency: George Freeman MP (Conservative), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 3,054 (6.7%), turnout 61%. Vote shares: Conservative 37%, Labour 30%, Reform UK 21%, Liberal Democrat 7%.
4 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 NR19 1UY →
Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
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" Hillcrest Avenue in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 114 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 19 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 | 1.2% | 6.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 83.9% | 60.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.7% | 23.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 13.0% | 8.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.1% | 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: Wells · about 34 min
Nearest: Beccles Lido · about 51 min
Nearest: Banham Zoo · 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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