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On Town Close Road, in Town Close
What it's like at NR2 2NB: every home that has sold on Town Close 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Town Close Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 11 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Town Close RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2022 | £1,415,000 | 231 m² | £6,126/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a, Town Close RoadDetached | Oct 2022 | £1,600,000 | 238 m² | £6,723/m² | 2 |
| 4, Town Close RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2019 | £995,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 5, Town Close RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2022 | £1,337,500 | 208 m² | £6,430/m² | 4 |
| 8, Town Close RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Apr 2026 | £854,000 | 245 m² | £3,486/m² | 1 |
| 11, Town Close RoadDetached | Jun 2016 | £1,288,500 | 319 m² | £4,039/m² | 4 |
| 11a, Town Close RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2016 | £725,000 | 160 m² | £4,531/m² | 1 |
| 13, Town Close RoadOther | May 2022 | £75,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Field Gates, Town Close RoadDetached | Feb 2018 | £1,000,000 | 215 m² | £4,651/m² | 2 |
| Fieldgate, Town Close RoadDetached | Apr 2022 | £1,100,000 | – | – | 1 |
| The Coach House, 14a, Town Close RoadDetached | Nov 2024 | £885,000 | 145 m² | £6,103/m² | 4 |
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 (1.9 km), with 4.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Campus, 150 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes 36A, 36, PR3, PR2); 166 departures an hour from the 8 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, about a 10-minute walk (850 m); 57% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Hewett Academy, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 46.5 · 16.1% 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 Groves, 650 m away, with Brunswick General Stores closer still (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Newmarket Road Surgery (400 m), with St Stephens Gate Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, Solutions Hair Salon is 250 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.
The Diner/The Hub/Costa(Cozy Cafe)/Starbucks/Pizza Van is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Eagle Tavern the nearest pub (300 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 Eagle Park, 400 m away; for exercise, Sports Centre (750 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.
40 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 5 and 6, Town Close Road | II | 10 m |
| 7 and 8, Town Close Road | II | 30 m |
| 3 and 4, Town Close Road | II | 40 m |
| 9, Town Close Road | II | 50 m |
| 12 and 13, Town Close Road | II | 60 m |
| 1 and 2, Town Close Road | II | 70 m |
| 10, Town Close Road | II | 100 m |
| Town Close Preparatory School | II | 120 m |
| 82, Newmarket Road | II | 120 m |
| the Laurels | II | 120 m |
| Lodge to Town Close House | II | 140 m |
| Fernley | II | 160 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%.
18 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 NR2 2NB →
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, 1.7 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 11 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 8 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% | 1.0% |
| 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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