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On Pollywiggle Close, in Bowthorpe & West Earlham
What it's like at NR5 9PG: every home that has sold on Pollywiggle 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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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 Pollywiggle Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 37 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Pollywiggle CloseTerraced | Jan 2014 | £145,000 | 59 m² | £2,458/m² | 4 |
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| 2, Pollywiggle CloseTerraced | May 2017 | £175,000 | 57 m² | £3,070/m² | 4 |
| 3, Pollywiggle CloseTerraced | Sept 2016 | £159,000 | 59 m² | £2,695/m² | 2 |
| 4, Pollywiggle CloseDetached | Aug 2007 | £197,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 5, Pollywiggle CloseDetached | Sept 2013 | £155,000 | 72 m² | £2,153/m² | 3 |
| 6, Pollywiggle CloseSemi-detached | Jan 2022 | £195,100 | 58 m² | £3,364/m² | 3 |
| 7, Pollywiggle CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2022 | £210,000 | 59 m² | £3,559/m² | 4 |
| 8, Pollywiggle CloseDetached | May 2002 | £85,000 | 67 m² | £1,269/m² | 1 |
| 9, Pollywiggle CloseSemi-detached | Apr 2002 | £79,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Pollywiggle CloseTerraced | Apr 2002 | £77,425 | 60 m² | £1,290/m² | 1 |
| 11, Pollywiggle CloseTerraced | Jan 2015 | £154,000 | 59 m² | £2,610/m² | 3 |
| 12, Pollywiggle CloseTerraced | Jul 2019 | £170,000 | 63 m² | £2,698/m² | 2 |
| 13, Pollywiggle CloseTerraced | Aug 2023 | £202,500 | 61 m² | £3,320/m² | 5 |
| 14, Pollywiggle CloseTerraced | Mar 2006 | £130,000 | 56 m² | £2,321/m² | 3 |
| 15, Pollywiggle CloseTerraced | Dec 2011 | £125,000 | 60 m² | £2,083/m² | 4 |
| 16, Pollywiggle CloseTerraced | Aug 2007 | £145,000 | 59 m² | £2,458/m² | 2 |
| 17, Pollywiggle CloseDetached | Sept 2012 | £168,000 | 78 m² | £2,154/m² | 3 |
| 18, Pollywiggle CloseDetached | Nov 2006 | £164,950 | 114 m² | £1,447/m² | 2 |
| 19, Pollywiggle CloseDetached | Nov 2016 | £178,000 | 72 m² | £2,472/m² | 4 |
| 20, Pollywiggle CloseSemi-detached | Feb 2016 | £199,950 | 72 m² | £2,777/m² | 4 |
| 21, Pollywiggle CloseDetached | Feb 2002 | £97,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Pollywiggle CloseDetached | Oct 2023 | £280,000 | 81 m² | £3,457/m² | 3 |
| 23, Pollywiggle CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2001 | £89,930 | 72 m² | £1,249/m² | 1 |
| 24, Pollywiggle CloseSemi-detached | Jul 2023 | £245,000 | 72 m² | £3,403/m² | 2 |
| 25, Pollywiggle CloseDetached | Feb 2021 | £247,500 | 82 m² | £3,018/m² | 4 |
| 26, Pollywiggle CloseDetached | Aug 2004 | £158,000 | 83 m² | £1,904/m² | 2 |
| 27, Pollywiggle CloseDetached | Dec 2001 | £110,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 28, Pollywiggle CloseTerraced | Aug 2005 | £120,000 | 60 m² | £2,000/m² | 2 |
| 29, Pollywiggle CloseTerraced | Jul 2022 | £144,000 | 59 m² | £2,441/m² | 5 |
| 30, Pollywiggle CloseTerraced | Jul 2015 | £153,000 | 67 m² | £2,284/m² | 3 |
| 31, Pollywiggle CloseTerraced | Mar 2024 | £219,000 | 58 m² | £3,776/m² | 4 |
| 32, Pollywiggle CloseSemi-detached | Oct 2023 | £228,000 | 59 m² | £3,864/m² | 4 |
| 33, Pollywiggle CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2022 | £225,000 | 59 m² | £3,814/m² | 4 |
| 34, Pollywiggle CloseDetached · company-owned | Oct 2017 | £218,000 | 83 m² | £2,627/m² | 2 |
| 35, Pollywiggle CloseDetached | Sept 2001 | £94,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 36, Pollywiggle CloseSemi-detached | Sept 2001 | £82,000 | 72 m² | £1,139/m² | 1 |
| 37, Pollywiggle CloseSemi-detached · company-owned | Aug 2013 | £148,000 | 61 m² | £2,426/m² | 4 |
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 (5.9 km), with 4.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Dodderman Way, 350 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 26A, 20, 21); 46 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Michael's VA Junior School, about a 10-minute walk (950 m); 69% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Chapel Break Infant School (1 km).
The nearest secondary is City Academy Norwich, 1.9 km away; Attainment 8: 35.2 · 2.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Jane Austen College (4.7 km) and Hethersett Academy (5.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Roys (Wroxham), 600 m away; Ketts Hill Bakery (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Trinity & Bowthorpe Medical Practice (600 m), with Bowthorpe Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Tan Theory is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, 2.2 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: 14 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Bowthorpe Church (Hope Cafe) is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and Norkie Public House the nearest pub (650 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 80 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 18% flats and 21% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 126 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Bowthorpe Park, 1.2 km away; for exercise, Powahut (400 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Norwich is 5.8 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 107 km.
Most households own their home, 26% rent privately.
It's young: 30% of residents are aged 15–29.
There's a sizeable student population: 23% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is , 1.8 km away (TEF Silver).
19 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%.
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 9PG →
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.
On this street: 0 of 31 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 | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 98.9% | 86.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 0.7% | 11.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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: Great Yarmouth North · about 40 min
Nearest: Beccles Lido · about 42 min
Nearest: Great Yarmouth Racecourse · about 40 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 37 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.