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On College Road, in Earlham Road & College Road
What it's like at NR2 3JJ: every home that has sold on College 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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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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on College Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 148 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, College RoadDetached | Mar 2007 | £415,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8, College RoadTerraced | May 2010 | £281,350 | 182 m² | £1,546/m² | 1 |
| 12, College RoadTerraced | Sept 2021 | £625,000 | 182 m² | £3,434/m² | 3 |
| 14, College RoadTerraced | Nov 2025 | £715,000 | 194 m² | £3,686/m² | 3 |
| 20a, College RoadFlat | Apr 2005 | £65,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 20c, College RoadFlat · company-owned | Oct 2025 | £130,000 | 28 m² | £4,643/m² | 3 |
| 20d, College RoadFlat | Jan 2019 | £120,000 | 31 m² | £3,871/m² | 4 |
| 20e, College RoadFlat | Jun 2001 | £42,000 | 47 m² | £894/m² | 1 |
| 22, College RoadTerraced | Sept 2010 | £345,000 | 142 m² | £2,430/m² | 3 |
| 28, College RoadTerraced | Jun 2013 | £368,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 30, College RoadSemi-detached | Aug 1998 | £126,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 32, College RoadTerraced | Nov 2014 | £370,000 | – | – | 4 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 46% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Norwich, a short drive or bike ride (2.3 km), with 4.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Glebe Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (route 25); 47 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Avenue Junior School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 61% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is City of Norwich School, An Ormiston Academy, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 50.4 · 15.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Jane Austen College (1.5 km).
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-op Foodstore, 200 m away; Ford Fish Fruit And Veg (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Trinity & Bowthorpe Medical Practice (400 m), with Hurn Chemist the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Sami's is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, 3.7 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, 6 pubs and bars.
Greek Actually is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Hop Rocket the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 33 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 31 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 20% flats and 6% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 80% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is 33rd Norwich Scout Group, 250 m away; for exercise, Christian Fulcher Pilates (300 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Norwich is 5.4 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 108 km.
Many neighbours rent: 40% of households rent privately and 5% socially.
52 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest | II | 190 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.
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%.
14 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 3JJ →
On this street: 1 of 104 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 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 | 0.4% | 0.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.3% | 86.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.0% | 11.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
It's young: 30% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 58% of adults have a degree.
There's a sizeable student population: 20% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is Norwich University of the Arts, 1.8 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: Caister Point · about 34 min
Nearest: Beccles Lido · about 36 min
Nearest: Great Yarmouth Racecourse · 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.
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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 148 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.