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On Recreation Ground Road, in Sprowston Central
What it's like at NR7 8EW: every home that has sold on Recreation Ground Road 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 Recreation Ground Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 19 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 31, Recreation Ground RoadDetached | Aug 2025 | £245,000 | 110 m² | £2,227/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33, Recreation Ground RoadDetached | Dec 2010 | £342,000 | 169 m² | £2,024/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, a drive away (3.3 km), with 4.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Police Station, 150 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 11A, 12, 11, 10); 73 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Sprowston Junior School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 52% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Sparhawk Infant School & Nursery (0.7 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Sprowston Community Academy, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 45 · 10.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Jane Austen College (3.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is East Of England Co-Operative Society, 550 m away, with Slimming World closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Sprowston Primary Care Centre (950 m), with Dye'S Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, A J Barbers is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, 7.9 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 3 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Dixies Diner is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and The Brickmakers the nearest pub (800 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 43 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 7% flats and 28% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 23% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Sparhawk Park, 800 m away; for exercise, Sewell Park Sports Centre (1.5 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Norwich is 3.0 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 113 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 43% of households own their home outright.
The nearest university is Norwich University of the Arts, 3.2 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%.
19 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 NR7 8EW →
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 19 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 13 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% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 2.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.4% | 80.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.6% | 11.6% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.3% | 5.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.1% | 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: Beccles Lido · about 41 min
Nearest: Great Yarmouth Racecourse · about 33 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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