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On Printworks Drive, in Thorpe Hamlet & Mousehold South
What it's like at NR3 1FN: every home that has sold on Printworks Drive 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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Sales and extensions on Printworks Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 47 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Printworks DriveFlat | Apr 2023 | £419,950 | 100 m² | £4,200/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Printworks DriveFlat | Jun 2023 | £316,752 | 74 m² | £4,280/m² | 1 |
| 5, Printworks DriveFlat | Apr 2026 | £385,000 | 98 m² | £3,929/m² | 2 |
| 7, Printworks DriveFlat | Jun 2021 | £274,950 | 59 m² | £4,660/m² | 1 |
| 9, Printworks DriveFlat · company-owned | Oct 2025 | £375,000 | 83 m² | £4,518/m² | 3 |
| 11, Printworks DriveFlat | Aug 2021 | £394,950 | 87 m² | £4,540/m² | 1 |
| 13, Printworks DriveFlat | Sept 2023 | £300,625 | 75 m² | £4,008/m² | 1 |
| 15, Printworks DriveFlat | Aug 2022 | £354,950 | 87 m² | £4,080/m² | 1 |
| 17, Printworks DriveFlat | Mar 2022 | £444,950 | 100 m² | £4,450/m² | 1 |
| 19, Printworks DriveFlat | Jun 2023 | £323,000 | 74 m² | £4,365/m² | 1 |
| 21, Printworks DriveFlat | Feb 2022 | £499,950 | 98 m² | £5,102/m² | 1 |
| 23, Printworks DriveFlat | Mar 2025 | £276,500 | 59 m² | £4,686/m² | 2 |
| 25, Printworks DriveFlat | Mar 2024 | £440,000 | 83 m² | £5,301/m² | 1 |
| 27, Printworks DriveFlat | Aug 2021 | £399,950 | 87 m² | £4,597/m² | 1 |
| 29, Printworks DriveFlat | Jun 2023 | £305,000 | 75 m² | £4,067/m² | 1 |
| 31, Printworks DriveFlat | Jul 2022 | £349,950 | 87 m² | £4,022/m² | 1 |
| 33, Printworks DriveFlat | Dec 2021 | £439,000 | 100 m² | £4,390/m² | 1 |
| 35, Printworks DriveFlat | Sept 2025 | £335,000 | 74 m² | £4,527/m² | 2 |
| 37, Printworks DriveFlat | Dec 2021 | £495,000 | 98 m² | £5,051/m² | 1 |
| 39, Printworks DriveFlat | Nov 2021 | £269,950 | 59 m² | £4,575/m² | 1 |
| 41, Printworks DriveFlat | Dec 2021 | £459,950 | 83 m² | £5,542/m² | 1 |
| 43, Printworks DriveFlat | Dec 2021 | £374,603 | 87 m² | £4,306/m² | 1 |
| 45, Printworks DriveFlat | Nov 2021 | £339,950 | 75 m² | £4,533/m² | 1 |
| 47, Printworks DriveFlat | Mar 2022 | £354,950 | 87 m² | £4,080/m² | 1 |
| 49, Printworks DriveFlat | Jun 2022 | £245,000 | 51 m² | £4,804/m² | 1 |
| 53, Printworks DriveFlat | Jun 2021 | £674,950 | 105 m² | £6,428/m² | 1 |
| 55, Printworks DriveFlat | Sept 2021 | £464,950 | 83 m² | £5,602/m² | 1 |
| 57, Printworks DriveFlat | Oct 2021 | £394,950 | 87 m² | £4,540/m² | 1 |
| 59, Printworks DriveFlat | Dec 2022 | £300,000 | 75 m² | £4,000/m² | 1 |
| 61, Printworks DriveFlat | Jul 2022 | £359,950 | 87 m² | £4,137/m² | 1 |
| 63, Printworks DriveFlat | Jun 2022 | £364,950 | 87 m² | £4,195/m² | 1 |
| 65, Printworks DriveFlat | Mar 2022 | £469,950 | 83 m² | £5,662/m² | 1 |
| 67, Printworks DriveFlat | Nov 2021 | £394,950 | 87 m² | £4,540/m² | 1 |
| 69, Printworks DriveFlat | Mar 2023 | £310,000 | 75 m² | £4,133/m² | 1 |
| 71, Printworks DriveFlat | May 2022 | £650,000 | 103 m² | £6,311/m² | 1 |
| 73, Printworks DriveFlat | Jun 2021 | £739,950 | 108 m² | £6,851/m² | 1 |
| 75, Printworks DriveFlat | Dec 2023 | £280,000 | 68 m² | £4,118/m² | 1 |
| 77, Printworks DriveFlat | Oct 2023 | £299,950 | 68 m² | £4,411/m² | 1 |
| 79, Printworks DriveFlat · company-owned | Oct 2023 | £184,950 | 50 m² | £3,699/m² | 1 |
| 81, Printworks DriveFlat | Oct 2023 | £166,551 | 43 m² | £3,873/m² | 1 |
| 83, Printworks DriveFlat · company-owned | Oct 2023 | £199,950 | 61 m² | £3,278/m² | 1 |
| 85, Printworks DriveFlat | Nov 2023 | £279,950 | 68 m² | £4,117/m² | 1 |
| 87, Printworks DriveFlat | Oct 2023 | £289,950 | 68 m² | £4,264/m² | 1 |
| 89, Printworks DriveFlat · company-owned | Oct 2022 | £186,151 | 50 m² | £3,723/m² | 1 |
| 91, Printworks DriveFlat | Oct 2023 | £166,551 | 43 m² | £3,873/m² | 1 |
| 93, Printworks DriveFlat | Oct 2023 | £199,950 | 61 m² | £3,278/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Norwich, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km), with 4.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is St James Close, 150 m away, with a bus about every 26 minutes on weekdays (routes 5, 32); 13 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.
The nearest primary school is Magdalen Gates Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 62% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Lionwood Infant and Nursery School (0.5 km).
The nearest secondary is Jane Austen College, 700 m 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 Roys, 400 m away, with Silver Stores closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Castle Partnership (350 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (900 m).
For a haircut, The Barber's House is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, 6.4 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 8 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
BaxterStorey - Mills And Reeve - Norwich is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Norwich Puppet Theatre the nearest pub (150 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 97 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 35% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Thorpe Ridge, Thorpe Hamlet).
There are 10 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (53%).
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 137 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Kett's Cave Play Area, 400 m away; for exercise, Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing (300 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Norwich is 5.3 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 111 km.
47 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 77 and 79, Barrack Street | II | 80 m |
| St James' Works, Jarrold'S Printing Works | I | 140 m |
| Former Church of St James | I | 160 m |
| Printing Museum, Jarrold'S Printing Works | 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%.
27 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 NR3 1FN →
Most households own their home, 30% rent privately.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is Norwich University of the Arts, 700 m 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 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Printworks Drive in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Great Yarmouth North · about 33 min
Nearest: Beccles Lido · 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.
On this street: 0 of 46 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 35 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 | 2.1% | 0.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 87.1% | 86.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.0% | 11.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 6.6% | 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.
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