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On Valpy Avenue, in Mile Cross
What it's like at NR3 2EZ: every home that has sold on Valpy Avenue 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Valpy Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 22 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 73, Valpy AvenueTerraced | Nov 2024 | £200,000 | 69 m² | £2,899/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79, Valpy AvenueTerraced | Nov 2012 | £105,500 | 70 m² | £1,507/m² | 3 |
| 85, Valpy AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2023 | £265,000 | 84 m² | £3,155/m² | 3 |
| 87, Valpy AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £217,000 | 76 m² | £2,855/m² | 2 |
| 91, Valpy AvenueTerraced | Jan 2024 | £185,000 | 76 m² | £2,434/m² | 2 |
| 93, Valpy AvenueTerraced | Sept 2018 | £169,000 | 76 m² | £2,224/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 (2.9 km), with 4.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Wheeler Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes 28, X29, 29, 30); 46 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Mile Cross Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 67% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Sewell Park Academy, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 39.1 · 4.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Jane Austen College (1.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Home Bargains, 550 m away, with Drayton Store (Premier) closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Prospect Medical Practice (750 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, Snipz Men & Boys Barbers is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, 5.0 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: 9 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
Queen Waffle is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and Gibraltar Gardens the nearest pub (550 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 120 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 39% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Mile Cross).
It's a mix of homes: 30% flats and 4% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Shorncliffe Avenue Park, 350 m away; for exercise, PureGym (650 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Norwich is 3.2 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 110 km.
Most households own their home, 18% rent privately.
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is Norwich University of the Arts, 2.2 km away (TEF Gold).
26 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 North constituency: Alice Macdonald MP (Labour (Co-op)), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 10,850 (23.7%), turnout 62%. Vote shares: Labour 45%, Conservative 22%, Reform UK 18%, Green Party 10%.
11 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 2EZ →
On this street: 0 of 20 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 | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.2% | 86.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.4% | 11.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.8% | 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.
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 22 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: West Runton · about 31 min
Nearest: Beccles Lido · about 39 min
Nearest: Great Yarmouth Racecourse · about 37 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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