Hemsby

Hemsby is covered by postcode district NR29. It is in the Great Yarmouth council area, Norfolk.

Typical price £263,500 Homes sold in Hemsby, last 12 months. ▲ 5.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 96 of 165 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Low risk only 17 of 176 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Hemsby, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Hemsby, by flood risk Of the 176 postcodes in Hemsby that ONS places, 17 are at very low risk only and 159 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Hemsby, Ormesby St Margaret. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. NR29 3AJ: not on the flood risk listNR29 3FH: not on the flood risk listNR29 3FL: not on the flood risk listNR29 3LU: not on the flood risk listNR29 3NB: not on the flood risk listNR29 3NN: not on the flood risk listNR29 3NP: not on the flood risk listNR29 3NR: not on the flood risk listNR29 3NS: not on the flood risk listNR29 3NT: not on the flood risk listNR29 3NU: not on the flood risk listNR29 3NW: not on the flood risk listNR29 3NX: not on the flood risk listNR29 3NY: not on the flood risk listNR29 3NZ: not on the flood risk listNR29 3PA: not on the flood risk listNR29 3PB: not on the flood risk listNR29 3PD: not on the flood risk listNR29 3PE: not on the flood risk listNR29 3PF: not on the flood risk listNR29 3PQ: not on the flood risk listNR29 3QL: not on the flood risk listNR29 3QN: not on the flood risk listNR29 3QP: not on the flood risk listNR29 3QR: not on the flood risk listNR29 3QS: not on the flood risk listNR29 3QT: not on the flood risk listNR29 3QU: not on the flood risk listNR29 3QW: not on the flood risk listNR29 3QX: not on the flood risk listNR29 4AA: not on the flood risk listNR29 4AF: not on the flood risk listNR29 4AG: not on the flood risk listNR29 4AL: not on the flood risk listNR29 4AN: not on the flood risk listNR29 4AQ: not on the flood risk listNR29 4AS: not on the flood risk listNR29 4AT: not on the flood risk listNR29 4AU: not on the flood risk listNR29 4AX: not on the flood risk listNR29 4AY: not on the flood risk listNR29 4AZ: not on the flood risk listNR29 4BP: not on the flood risk listNR29 4BS: not on the flood risk listNR29 4BT: not on the flood risk listNR29 4BU: not on the flood risk listNR29 4BW: not on the flood risk listNR29 4BX: not on the flood risk listNR29 4BY: not on the flood risk listNR29 4BZ: not on the flood risk listNR29 4DA: not on the flood risk listNR29 4DB: not on the flood risk listNR29 4DD: not on the flood risk listNR29 4DE: not on the flood risk listNR29 4DG: not on the flood risk listNR29 4EN: not on the flood risk listNR29 4ER: not on the flood risk listNR29 4ES: not on the flood risk listNR29 4ET: not on the flood risk listNR29 4EU: not on the flood risk listNR29 4EW: not on the flood risk listNR29 4EY: not on the flood risk listNR29 4EZ: not on the flood risk listNR29 4FQ: not on the flood risk listNR29 4FR: not on the flood risk listNR29 4GD: not on the flood risk listNR29 4HA: not on the flood risk listNR29 4HB: not on the flood risk listNR29 4HD: not on the flood risk listNR29 4HE: not on the flood risk listNR29 4HF: not on the flood risk listNR29 4HG: not on the flood risk listNR29 4HH: not on the flood risk listNR29 4HJ: not on the flood risk listNR29 4HN: not on the flood risk listNR29 4HP: not on the flood risk listNR29 4HQ: not on the flood risk listNR29 4HR: not on the flood risk listNR29 4HS: not on the flood risk listNR29 4HT: not on the flood risk listNR29 4HU: not on the flood risk listNR29 4HW: not on the flood risk listNR29 4HX: not on the flood risk listNR29 4HY: not on the flood risk listNR29 4HZ: not on the flood risk listNR29 4JA: not on the flood risk listNR29 4JB: not on the flood risk listNR29 4JD: not on the flood risk listNR29 4JE: not on the flood risk listNR29 4JF: not on the flood risk listNR29 4JG: not on the flood risk listNR29 4JH: not on the flood risk listNR29 4JJ: not on the flood risk listNR29 4JL: not on the flood risk listNR29 4JN: not on the flood risk listNR29 4JQ: not on the flood risk listNR29 4JR: not on the flood risk listNR29 4JS: not on the flood risk listNR29 4JT: not on the flood risk listNR29 4JU: not on the flood risk listNR29 4JW: not on the flood risk listNR29 4JX: not on the flood risk listNR29 4JY: not on the flood risk listNR29 4JZ: not on the flood risk listNR29 4LA: not on the flood risk listNR29 4LB: not on the flood risk listNR29 4LD: not on the flood risk listNR29 4LE: not on the flood risk listNR29 4LG: not on the flood risk listNR29 4LH: not on the flood risk listNR29 4LJ: not on the flood risk listNR29 4LL: not on the flood risk listNR29 4LN: not on the flood risk listNR29 4LP: not on the flood risk listNR29 4LQ: not on the flood risk listNR29 4LR: not on the flood risk listNR29 4LS: not on the flood risk listNR29 4LT: not on the flood risk listNR29 4LU: not on the flood risk listNR29 4LW: not on the flood risk listNR29 4LX: not on the flood risk listNR29 4LY: not on the flood risk listNR29 4LZ: not on the flood risk listNR29 4NA: not on the flood risk listNR29 4ND: not on the flood risk listNR29 4NE: not on the flood risk listNR29 4NG: not on the flood risk listNR29 4NH: not on the flood risk listNR29 4NJ: not on the flood risk listNR29 4NL: not on the flood risk listNR29 4NN: not on the flood risk listNR29 4NP: not on the flood risk listNR29 4NQ: not on the flood risk listNR29 4NR: not on the flood risk listNR29 4NS: not on the flood risk listNR29 4NT: not on the flood risk listNR29 4NU: not on the flood risk listNR29 4NW: not on the flood risk listNR29 4NX: not on the flood risk listNR29 4NY: not on the flood risk listNR29 4PH: not on the flood risk listNR29 4TE: not on the flood risk listNR29 4TR: not on the flood risk listNR29 4TT: not on the flood risk listNR29 4TX: not on the flood risk listNR29 4UH: not on the flood risk listNR29 4UT: not on the flood risk listNR29 4UU: not on the flood risk listNR29 4UX: not on the flood risk listNR29 4UY: not on the flood risk listNR29 4UZ: not on the flood risk listNR29 4WA: not on the flood risk listNR29 4WB: not on the flood risk listNR29 4WL: not on the flood risk listNR29 4WR: not on the flood risk listNR29 4WS: not on the flood risk listNR29 4AJ: very low flood risk onlyNR29 4AP: very low flood risk onlyNR29 4AR: very low flood risk onlyNR29 4AW: very low flood risk onlyNR29 4BA: very low flood risk onlyNR29 4BB: very low flood risk onlyNR29 4BD: very low flood risk onlyNR29 4BE: very low flood risk onlyNR29 4BF: very low flood risk onlyNR29 4BG: very low flood risk onlyNR29 4BH: very low flood risk onlyNR29 4BJ: very low flood risk onlyNR29 4BL: very low flood risk onlyNR29 4BN: very low flood risk onlyNR29 4BQ: very low flood risk onlyNR29 4FD: very low flood risk onlyNR29 4US: very low flood risk only HemsbyOrmesby St Margaret Map of every postcode in Hemsby, by flood risk Of the 176 postcodes in Hemsby that ONS places, 17 are at very low risk only and 159 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Hemsby, Ormesby St Margaret. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A149 HemsbyOrmesby St Margaret
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 17
  • Not on the at-risk list: 159

Of the 176 postcodes in Hemsby that ONS places, 17 are at very low risk only and 159 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. 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 52.6971, longitude 1.6960. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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

What is it like to live in Hemsby?

Homes sold for a typical £263,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.9% on the 12 months before. At 96 of the 165 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 17 of its 176 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Coastal Villages Practice, 2.6 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Great Yarmouth, 9.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Hemsby?

Homes in Hemsby sold for a typical £263,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 94 sales, up 5.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£263,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£248,750
12 months to August 2026
£263,500

▲ up 5.9% on the 12 months before

Detached£325,000 51 sales
Semi-detached£223,000 27 sales
Terraced£192,500 12 sales
Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price

Across the whole NR29 district, Hemsby's main postcode district: a typical £259,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Hemsby: 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

Are new homes being built in Hemsby?

13 of the 176 postcodes now in use in Hemsby came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 14 of the 138 homes sold in Hemsby were newly built (10%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NR29 district, 4%.

The newest postcodes

NR29 4WBsince April 2026NR29 4WLsince January 2026NR29 4UWsince November 2025NR29 4HXsince February 2025NR29 4UYsince July 2024NR29 4WAsince July 2024

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn HemsbyAcross the NR29 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 94 (0%) 0 of 270 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 14 of 138 (10%) 14 of 370 (4%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Hemsby?

Ofcom reports on 165 of the 176 postcodes in Hemsby. At 96 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 gigabit96 of 165
Postcodes where every home can get superfast156 of 165
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 165

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 Hemsby at risk of flooding?

17 of the 176 postcodes in Hemsby 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 none of the homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 17 of 176 postcodes Very low: 187

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

Which schools are in Hemsby?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Hemsby. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Hemsby?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Hemsby is Great Yarmouth Rail Station, 9.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Great Yarmouth Rail Station Railway station 9.6 kmDrive
  • Acle Rail Station Railway station 12.4 kmDrive
  • Berney Arms Rail Station Railway station 12.7 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Hemsby?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Hemsby. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Hemsby safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 237 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Hemsby over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 25 September 2025
  2. 16 October 2025
  3. 9 November 2025
  4. 13 December 2025
  5. 11 January 2026
  6. 13 February 2026
  7. 24 March 2026
  8. 20 April 2026
  9. 18 May 2026
  10. 27 June 2026
  11. 32 July 2026
  12. 29 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences131 reports
Anti-social behaviour20 reports
Criminal damage and arson19 reports
Public order15 reports
Other theft13 reports
Other crime11 reports
Burglary8 reports
Shoplifting7 reports

Also: possession of weapons 4, theft from the person 3, vehicle crime 2, drugs 2, bicycle theft 1, robbery 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Hemsby?

District, borough or city council
Great Yarmouth
County council
Norfolk
Parliamentary constituency
Great Yarmouth
Police force area
Norfolk
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Rupert Lowe (Restore Britain)

All 176 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

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Hemsby postcodes

176 postcodes in use in Hemsby, by district:

NR29 postcode district,176 postcodes

That district is in the NR postcode area.

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Places near Hemsby

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Hemsby's £263,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Ormesby St Margaret2.5 km, £241,250Martham4.4 km, £219,000Caister-on-Sea5.3 km, £235,000Great Yarmouth10.2 km, £140,000Acle11.8 km, £265,000Bradwell13.1 km, £255,000Gorleston-on-Sea13.9 km, £190,000Stalham14.5 km, £236,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Hemsby

What is it like to live in Hemsby?
Homes sold for a typical £263,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.9% on the 12 months before. At 96 of the 165 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 17 of its 176 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Coastal Villages Practice, 2.6 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Great Yarmouth, 9.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Hemsby?
Hemsby is covered by postcode district NR29, across 176 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Hemsby in?
Hemsby is in the Great Yarmouth council area, and Norfolk is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Hemsby?
Hemsby is in the Great Yarmouth parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Rupert Lowe (Restore Britain), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Hemsby?
Homes in Hemsby sold for a typical £263,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 94 sales, up 5.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Hemsby?
In Hemsby, primary schools at its postcodes include Hemsby Primary School and Winterton Primary School and Nursery; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Flegg High Ormiston Academy, 4.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Hemsby have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Hemsby is Great Yarmouth, 9.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Hemsby?
Ofcom reports on 165 of the 176 postcodes in Hemsby. At 96 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Hemsby at risk of flooding?
17 of the 176 postcodes in Hemsby 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 none of the homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Hemsby?
13 of the 176 postcodes now in use in Hemsby came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 14 of the 138 homes sold in Hemsby were newly built (10%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NR29 district, 4%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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