Hopton on Sea

Hopton on Sea is covered by postcode district NR31. It is in the Great Yarmouth council area, Norfolk.

Typical price £240,000 Homes sold in Hopton on Sea, last 12 months Gigabit broadband 58 of 73 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Hopton on Sea, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Hopton on Sea, by flood risk Of the 73 postcodes in Hopton on Sea that ONS places, 73 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Hopton on Sea. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A47 NR31 9AH: not on the flood risk listNR31 9BB: not on the flood risk listNR31 9BD: not on the flood risk listNR31 9BE: not on the flood risk listNR31 9BF: not on the flood risk listNR31 9BH: not on the flood risk listNR31 9BJ: not on the flood risk listNR31 9BL: not on the flood risk listNR31 9BN: not on the flood risk listNR31 9BQ: not on the flood risk listNR31 9BT: not on the flood risk listNR31 9BW: not on the flood risk listNR31 9BX: not on the flood risk listNR31 9BY: not on the flood risk listNR31 9BZ: not on the flood risk listNR31 9DA: not on the flood risk listNR31 9DB: not on the flood risk listNR31 9DD: not on the flood risk listNR31 9DE: not on the flood risk listNR31 9DF: not on the flood risk listNR31 9DG: not on the flood risk listNR31 9DQ: not on the flood risk listNR31 9ES: not on the flood risk listNR31 9ET: not on the flood risk listNR31 9RH: not on the flood risk listNR31 9RL: not on the flood risk listNR31 9RN: not on the flood risk listNR31 9RP: not on the flood risk listNR31 9RR: not on the flood risk listNR31 9RS: not on the flood risk listNR31 9RT: not on the flood risk listNR31 9RU: not on the flood risk listNR31 9RW: not on the flood risk listNR31 9RX: not on the flood risk listNR31 9RY: not on the flood risk listNR31 9RZ: not on the flood risk listNR31 9SA: not on the flood risk listNR31 9SB: not on the flood risk listNR31 9SE: not on the flood risk listNR31 9SF: not on the flood risk listNR31 9SG: not on the flood risk listNR31 9SH: not on the flood risk listNR31 9SN: not on the flood risk listNR31 9SQ: not on the flood risk listNR31 9ST: not on the flood risk listNR31 9SU: not on the flood risk listNR31 9SX: not on the flood risk listNR31 9SY: not on the flood risk listNR31 9SZ: not on the flood risk listNR31 9TE: not on the flood risk listNR31 9TF: not on the flood risk listNR31 9TN: not on the flood risk listNR31 9TR: not on the flood risk listNR31 9TS: not on the flood risk listNR31 9TU: not on the flood risk listNR31 9TW: not on the flood risk listNR31 9TX: not on the flood risk listNR31 9TY: not on the flood risk listNR31 9TZ: not on the flood risk listNR31 9UD: not on the flood risk listNR31 9UR: not on the flood risk listNR31 9US: not on the flood risk listNR31 9UT: not on the flood risk listNR31 9UU: not on the flood risk listNR31 9UX: not on the flood risk listNR31 9UY: not on the flood risk listNR31 9WD: not on the flood risk listNR31 9WJ: not on the flood risk listNR31 9WL: not on the flood risk listNR31 9YA: not on the flood risk listNR31 9YB: not on the flood risk listNR31 9YD: not on the flood risk listNR31 9YF: not on the flood risk list Hopton on Sea Map of every postcode in Hopton on Sea, by flood risk Of the 73 postcodes in Hopton on Sea that ONS places, 73 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Hopton on Sea. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A47 Hopton on Sea
  • 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: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 73

Of the 73 postcodes in Hopton on Sea that ONS places, 73 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.5389, longitude 1.7265. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.

What is it like to live in Hopton on Sea?

Homes sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 58 of the 73 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 73 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Beaches Medical Centre, 4.3 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Somerleyton, 5.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.

What do homes cost in Hopton on Sea?

Homes in Hopton on Sea sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 39 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £309,000 from 40 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£240,000 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£309,000 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £345,000 20 sales
  • Semi-detached £215,000 11 sales
  • Terraced £178,500 8 sales

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

Across the whole NR31 district, Hopton on Sea's main postcode district: a typical £218,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Hopton on Sea: 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 October 2026.

Are new homes being built in Hopton on Sea?

5 of the 73 postcodes now in use in Hopton on Sea came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 3 of the 40 homes sold in Hopton on Sea were newly built (8%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NR31 district, 13%.

The newest postcodes

NR31 9YDsince February 2023NR31 9YFsince October 2022NR31 9YBsince July 2022NR31 9YAsince April 2022NR31 9WLsince February 2022

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 Hopton on SeaAcross the NR31 district
The 12 months to September 2026 1 of 39 (3%) 13 of 553 (2%)
The 12 months to September 2025 3 of 40 (8%) 107 of 802 (13%)

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.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

What broadband can you get in Hopton on Sea?

Ofcom reports on 73 of the 73 postcodes in Hopton on Sea. At 58 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit58 of 73
Postcodes where every home can get superfast72 of 73

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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

Is Hopton on Sea at risk of flooding?

None of the 73 postcodes in Hopton on Sea is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

Which schools are in Hopton on Sea?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Hopton on Sea. 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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.

Primary

Secondary

An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).

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Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

How far is the station from Hopton on Sea?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Hopton on Sea is Somerleyton Rail Station, 5.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Somerleyton Rail Station Railway station 5.9 kmDrive
  • Oulton Broad North Rail Station Railway station 6.8 kmDrive
  • Haddiscoe Rail Station Railway station 7.1 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: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

Which GP surgeries are in Hopton on Sea?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Hopton on Sea. 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

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Is Hopton on Sea safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 196 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Hopton on Sea 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. 17 September 2025
  2. 11 October 2025
  3. 12 November 2025
  4. 11 December 2025
  5. 13 January 2026
  6. 16 February 2026
  7. 24 March 2026
  8. 12 April 2026
  9. 13 May 2026
  10. 13 June 2026
  11. 26 July 2026
  12. 28 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences83 reports
Anti-social behaviour26 reports
Shoplifting24 reports
Vehicle crime17 reports
Criminal damage and arson14 reports
Other theft10 reports
Public order9 reports
Burglary7 reports

Also: drugs 2, other crime 2, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 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 to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.

Who runs Hopton on Sea?

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

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

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Hopton on Sea postcodes

73 postcodes in use in Hopton on Sea, by district:

NR31 postcode district,73 postcodes

That district is in the NR postcode area.

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Places near Hopton on Sea

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Hopton on Sea's £240,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Gorleston-on-Sea3.8 km, £190,000Bradwell4.8 km, £256,000Belton5.5 km, £250,000Lowestoft7.2 km, £225,000Great Yarmouth7.6 km, £140,000Caister-on-Sea12.6 km, £230,000Kessingland13.4 km, £210,000Worlingham13.5 km, £310,000 All places A to Z

Quick answers about Hopton on Sea

What is the postcode for Hopton on Sea?
Postcode district NR31, with 73 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is Hopton on Sea in?
Great Yarmouth, with Norfolk as its county council. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for Hopton on Sea?
Rupert Lowe (Restore Britain), for Great Yarmouth. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
How much are houses in Hopton on Sea?
A typical £240,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 39 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
What schools are in Hopton on Sea?
Primary schools at its postcodes include Hopton Church of England Primary Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Cliff Park Ormiston Academy, 2.6 km away. Source: Department for Education.
Does Hopton on Sea have a railway station?
The nearest is Somerleyton station, 5.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
What broadband can you get in Hopton on Sea?
Ofcom reports on 73 of the 73 postcodes in Hopton on Sea. At 58 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
Is Hopton on Sea at risk of flooding?
None of the 73 postcodes in Hopton on Sea is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Hopton on Sea?
5 of the 73 postcodes now in use in Hopton on Sea came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 3 of the 40 homes sold in Hopton on Sea were newly built (8%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NR31 district, 13%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.

Where the facts on this page come from

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

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