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On Horseshoe Close, in New Costessey
What it's like at NR5 0SF: every home that has sold on Horseshoe Close 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 Horseshoe Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 8 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Horseshoe CloseDetached | Nov 2002 | £125,000 | 77 m² | £1,623/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Horseshoe CloseSemi-detached | Jun 1999 | £79,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, Horseshoe CloseDetached | Apr 2013 | £190,000 | 182 m² | £1,044/m² | 2 |
| 5, Horseshoe CloseDetached | Dec 2000 | £120,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 6, Horseshoe CloseDetached | Nov 2004 | £195,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Horseshoe CloseDetached | Apr 1998 | £59,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Horseshoe CloseDetached | Nov 1997 | £59,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Horseshoe CloseDetached | Mar 2025 | £360,000 | 116 m² | £3,103/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Norwich, a drive away (6.9 km), with 4.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Longwater Lane, 150 m away, with a bus about every 9 minutes on weekdays (routes 24, 24A, 34, 58); 44 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Chapel Break Infant School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m).
The nearest secondary is Ormiston Victory Academy, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 45.3 · 6.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Jane Austen College (5 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Roys (Wroxham), 1.1 km away, with Asda Express Norwich - Dereham Road PFS closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Total Access Health (300 m), with E-Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Lovett Studios is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, 3.3 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 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
The Bistro @ Kettle Foods is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The FDC the nearest pub (1.0 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 53 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 41% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 42% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Hampden View Play Park, 1.1 km away; for exercise, CrossFit RS3 (300 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Norwich is 5.1 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 108 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 25% are 65 or over.
The nearest university is University of East Anglia, 3.4 km away (TEF Silver).
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.
20 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.
South Norfolk constituency: Ben Goldsborough MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 2,826 (5.7%), turnout 67%. Vote shares: Labour 35%, Conservative 29%, Reform UK 15%, Liberal Democrat 12%.
3 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 NR5 0SF →
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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 8 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.0% | 4.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.0% | 64.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.0% | 22.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.9% | 7.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.0% | 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 38 min
Nearest: Beccles Lido · about 41 min
Nearest: Great Yarmouth Racecourse · about 39 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.