NR4 postcode district: Norwich and around, Norfolk

NR4 is a postcode district in Norfolk, with 569 postcodes in use in 2 sectors. It has postcodes in Norwich and Cringleford. It is split between 3 councils: Norwich (358 postcodes), South Norfolk (210) and Broadland (1).

Postcodes in use: 569
Sectors: 2
Councils: 3 councils
Places: 2 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in NR4, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 63
In use before 2020: 506
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 569 postcodes in NR4 that ONS places, 63 are new since 2020 and 506 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 170 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.6114, longitude 1.2535. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

NR4 6GPJuly 2026 NR4 7YGJune 2026 NR4 6GNMay 2026 NR4 6GLFebruary 2026 NR4 7XFFebruary 2026

Further out, not drawn

This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.

NR4 7ZZ

Where the new postcodes lie together

55 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NR4 6GP, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in NR4?

Ofcom reports on 554 of the 569 postcodes in NR4. At 360 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit360 of 554

Postcodes where every home can get superfast491 of 554

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 554

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is NR4 at risk of flooding?

9 of the 569 postcodes in NR4 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 16 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 9 of 569 postcodes High: 9Medium: 7Low: 7

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in NR4?

Homes in NR4 sold for a typical £340,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 283 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£340,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£340,000 12 months to August 2025

■ no change on the 12 months before

Detached £447,500 133 sales
Semi-detached £305,000 63 sales
Terraced £260,000 48 sales
Flat or maisonette £170,000 39 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it