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On Recreation Road, in Earlham Road & College Road
What it's like at NR2 3PA: every home that has sold on Recreation 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Recreation Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 35 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Recreation RoadTerraced | Jul 2010 | £284,950 | 133 m² | £2,142/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Recreation RoadDetached | Sept 2004 | £275,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4a, Recreation RoadDetached | Apr 1999 | £96,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Recreation RoadTerraced | Mar 2004 | £222,500 | 130 m² | £1,712/m² | 1 |
| 6, Recreation RoadDetached | Jun 2006 | £259,995 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat B, 7, Recreation RoadFlat | Sept 2004 | £144,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat A, 7, Recreation RoadFlat | Jun 2005 | £120,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Recreation RoadTerraced | Apr 1996 | £69,950 | 134 m² | £522/m² | 1 |
| 9b, Recreation RoadFlat | Jun 2022 | £162,000 | 42 m² | £3,857/m² | 2 |
| 9c, Recreation RoadDetached | Jun 2003 | £82,000 | 45 m² | £1,822/m² | 2 |
| 9d, Recreation RoadFlat | Sept 2021 | £146,000 | 42 m² | £3,476/m² | 2 |
| 11, Recreation RoadDetached | Jan 2025 | £385,000 | 123 m² | £3,130/m² | 2 |
| 17, Recreation RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2001 | £83,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 19, Recreation RoadTerraced | May 2022 | £375,000 | 94 m² | £3,989/m² | 3 |
| 21, Recreation RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2018 | £260,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 61, Recreation RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2017 | £420,000 | 138 m² | £3,043/m² | 4 |
| 65, Recreation RoadTerraced | Mar 2015 | £361,000 | 126 m² | £2,865/m² | 3 |
| 71, Recreation RoadDetached | Nov 2013 | £300,000 | 130 m² | £2,308/m² | 1 |
| 73, Recreation RoadDetached | Sept 1999 | £126,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 75, Recreation RoadDetached | Dec 2014 | £325,000 | 123 m² | £2,642/m² | 1 |
| 77, Recreation RoadDetached | Sept 2008 | £284,950 | – | – | 3 |
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: 46% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Norwich, a short drive or bike ride (2.5 km), with 4.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Recreation Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (routes 26, 26A); 39 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Recreation Road Infant School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is City Academy Norwich, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 35.2 · 2.2% 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, 100 m away; Earlham House Post Office (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bacon Road Medical Centre (650 m), with Earlham House Post Office & Family Care the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Aram's Barbershop is 50 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.
Dyrahh Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Garden House the nearest pub (400 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 Heigham Park, 350 m away; for exercise, Recreation Road Sports Centre (150 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.
39 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.
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%.
15 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 3PA →
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.
On this street: 0 of 19 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 | 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.
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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 35 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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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.