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On Gentry Place, in Earlham
What it's like at NR5 8XZ: every home that has sold on Gentry 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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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.
Sales and extensions on Gentry Place; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 12 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 10, Gentry PlaceTerraced | Oct 2015 | £140,000 | 76 m² | £1,842/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14, Gentry PlaceSemi-detached | Sept 2006 | £110,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, Gentry PlaceTerraced | Nov 2021 | £177,000 | 72 m² | £2,458/m² | 3 |
| 19, Gentry PlaceSemi-detached | Aug 2006 | £107,000 | 91 m² | £1,176/m² | 3 |
| 20, Gentry PlaceTerraced | Oct 2021 | £110,000 | 77 m² | £1,429/m² | 1 |
| 23, Gentry PlaceTerraced | Jan 2018 | £145,500 | 82 m² | £1,774/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 (4.7 km), with 4.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Jamieson Place, 250 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 23A, 24, 24A, 23); 56 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Valley Primary Academy, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 67% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is City Academy Norwich, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 35.2 · 2.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Jane Austen College (2.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 500 m away, with Premier Knowland Convenience Store closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wensum Valley Medical Practice (1.1 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Hot Heads is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, 3.1 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: 11 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
Kind Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and The Cherry Tree the nearest pub (350 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 96 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 20% flats and 11% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Bowthorpe Park, 1.2 km away; for exercise, The FDC (1.3 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, Norwich is 4.7 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 108 km.
Most households own their home, 23% rent privately.
It's young: 28% of residents are aged 15–29.
There's a sizeable student population: 19% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is University of East Anglia, 2.2 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.
21 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%.
6 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 8XZ →
On this street: 0 of 8 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.5% | 86.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.1% | 11.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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: Sea Palling · about 36 min
Nearest: Beccles Lido · about 38 min
Nearest: Great Yarmouth Racecourse · about 36 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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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 12 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.