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On Portway Place, in Heigham Grove & St Augustines
What it's like at NR2 4QG: every home that has sold on Portway Place 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 Portway Place; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 9 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 3, Portway PlaceFlat | Nov 2017 | £68,750 | 74 m² | £929/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9, Portway PlaceFlat | Jun 2026 | £152,000 | 79 m² | £1,924/m² | 3 |
| 11, Portway PlaceFlat | Mar 2015 | £115,000 | 82 m² | £1,402/m² | 2 |
| 13, Portway PlaceFlat | Mar 2022 | £156,900 | 75 m² | £2,092/m² | 4 |
| 19, Portway PlaceFlat | May 2003 | £78,200 | 73 m² | £1,071/m² | 2 |
| 21, Portway PlaceTerraced | Mar 2003 | £82,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 23, Portway PlaceFlat | Oct 2021 | £115,000 | 77 m² | £1,494/m² | 3 |
| 27, Portway PlaceFlat | Aug 2012 | £91,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 33, Portway PlaceFlat · company-owned | Aug 2017 | £139,500 | 82 m² | £1,701/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Norwich, a short drive or bike ride (2.0 km), with 4.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Adelaide Street, 150 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 23A, 20, 24, 21); 103 departures an hour from the 9 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.
49% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Nelson Infant School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Jane Austen College, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 53.7 · 23.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is International Supermarket, 100 m away; Bulgarian Food Shop - Bakalia (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Adelaide Street Health Centre (200 m), with West End Street Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Monika is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, 4.8 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: 20 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
Lucky Tandoori is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and West End Retreat the nearest pub (50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (10 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 221 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 33% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (City Centre, Heigham Grove).
There are 55 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (69%).
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is West End Street Gardens, 250 m away; for exercise, Complete Fitness (400 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Norwich is 4.4 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 110 km.
45 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%.
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 4QG →
Most households own their home, 26% rent privately.
It's young: 24% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is Norwich University of the Arts, 1.2 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Portway Place in the last 12 months.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.4% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 0.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 80.9% | 86.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.3% | 11.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 8.0% | 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 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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