Hoveton and Wroxham

Hoveton and Wroxham is covered by postcode district NR12. It is mostly in the North Norfolk council area: 60 of its 94 postcodes. The others are in Broadland.

Typical price £403,000 Homes sold in Hoveton and Wroxham, last 12 months. ▲ 3.6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 44 of 90 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 15 of 94 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 261 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Hoveton and Wroxham, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Hoveton and Wroxham, by flood risk Of the 94 postcodes in Hoveton and Wroxham that ONS places, 13 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 79 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 9 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Hoveton and Wroxham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A1151 NR12 8AB: not on the flood risk listNR12 8DB: not on the flood risk listNR12 8DG: not on the flood risk listNR12 8DJ: not on the flood risk listNR12 8DL: not on the flood risk listNR12 8DN: not on the flood risk listNR12 8DP: not on the flood risk listNR12 8DQ: not on the flood risk listNR12 8DR: not on the flood risk listNR12 8DS: not on the flood risk listNR12 8DT: not on the flood risk listNR12 8DU: not on the flood risk listNR12 8DW: not on the flood risk listNR12 8DY: not on the flood risk listNR12 8DZ: not on the flood risk listNR12 8EA: not on the flood risk listNR12 8EB: not on the flood risk listNR12 8ED: not on the flood risk listNR12 8EE: not on the flood risk listNR12 8EF: not on the flood risk listNR12 8EG: not on the flood risk listNR12 8ER: not on the flood risk listNR12 8FA: not on the flood risk listNR12 8FD: not on the flood risk listNR12 8FE: not on the flood risk listNR12 8FF: not on the flood risk listNR12 8FN: not on the flood risk listNR12 8GA: not on the flood risk listNR12 8GB: not on the flood risk listNR12 8GD: not on the flood risk listNR12 8GE: not on the flood risk listNR12 8GF: not on the flood risk listNR12 8GG: not on the flood risk listNR12 8GH: not on the flood risk listNR12 8GJ: not on the flood risk listNR12 8GL: not on the flood risk listNR12 8GN: not on the flood risk listNR12 8GP: not on the flood risk listNR12 8GQ: not on the flood risk listNR12 8GR: not on the flood risk listNR12 8NX: not on the flood risk listNR12 8QB: not on the flood risk listNR12 8QG: not on the flood risk listNR12 8QH: not on the flood risk listNR12 8QJ: not on the flood risk listNR12 8QL: not on the flood risk listNR12 8QN: not on the flood risk listNR12 8QP: not on the flood risk listNR12 8QR: not on the flood risk listNR12 8QS: not on the flood risk listNR12 8RS: not on the flood risk listNR12 8RY: not on the flood risk listNR12 8RZ: not on the flood risk listNR12 8SA: not on the flood risk listNR12 8SB: not on the flood risk listNR12 8SD: not on the flood risk listNR12 8SF: not on the flood risk listNR12 8SG: not on the flood risk listNR12 8SJ: not on the flood risk listNR12 8SL: not on the flood risk listNR12 8SP: not on the flood risk listNR12 8SQ: not on the flood risk listNR12 8SR: not on the flood risk listNR12 8SS: not on the flood risk listNR12 8SW: not on the flood risk listNR12 8SX: not on the flood risk listNR12 8SZ: not on the flood risk listNR12 8TD: not on the flood risk listNR12 8TG: not on the flood risk listNR12 8TL: not on the flood risk listNR12 8TN: not on the flood risk listNR12 8TR: not on the flood risk listNR12 8TT: not on the flood risk listNR12 8TU: not on the flood risk listNR12 8TW: not on the flood risk listNR12 8UG: not on the flood risk listNR12 8UT: not on the flood risk listNR12 8UQ: low flood risk at worstNR12 8UR: low flood risk at worstNR12 8AJ: high flood riskNR12 8DA: high flood riskNR12 8FH: high flood riskNR12 8RU: high flood riskNR12 8RX: high flood riskNR12 8SH: high flood riskNR12 8TH: high flood riskNR12 8TP: high flood riskNR12 8UD: high flood riskNR12 8UE: high flood riskNR12 8UH: high flood riskNR12 8UJ: high flood riskNR12 8UN: high flood risk Hoveton and Wroxham 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to NR12 8UJ, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk9 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Hoveton and Wroxham, by flood risk Of the 94 postcodes in Hoveton and Wroxham that ONS places, 13 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 79 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 9 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Hoveton and Wroxham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Hoveton and Wroxham 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to NR12 8UJ, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk9 postcodes at high or medium risk
  • A home or business at high risk: 13
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 2
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 79
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 94 postcodes in Hoveton and Wroxham that ONS places, 13 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at low risk at worst and 79 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 220 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 52.7116, longitude 1.4114. 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

The postcodes at high risk

13 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

NR12 8TH46 at high riskNR12 8UJ41 at high riskNR12 8TP34 at high riskNR12 8UH27 at high riskNR12 8UD20 at high riskNR12 8UE17 at high riskNR12 8RX16 at high riskNR12 8UN13 at high riskNR12 8FH8 at high riskNR12 8AJ6 at high riskNR12 8DA4 at high riskNR12 8RU2 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. NR12 8UJ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Hoveton and Wroxham?

Homes sold for a typical £403,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.6% on the 12 months before. At 44 of the 90 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 261 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 15 of its 94 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Hoveton & Wroxham, 500 metres 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 Hoveton and Wroxham?

Homes in Hoveton and Wroxham sold for a typical £403,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 48 sales, up 3.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£403,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£389,150
12 months to August 2026
£403,000

▲ up 3.6% on the 12 months before

Detached£480,000 33 sales
Semi-detached£277,500 6 sales
Terraced 4 sales, too few to price
Flat or maisonette£172,500 5 sales

Across the whole NR12 district, Hoveton and Wroxham's main postcode district: a typical £325,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Hoveton and Wroxham: 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 Hoveton and Wroxham?

5 of the 94 postcodes now in use in Hoveton and Wroxham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 54 homes sold in Hoveton and Wroxham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NR12 district, Under 1%.

The newest postcodes

NR12 8FHsince May 2024NR12 8TDsince March 2024NR12 8FNsince April 2022NR12 8TYsince May 2021NR12 8QBsince September 2020

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 Hoveton and WroxhamAcross the NR12 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 48 (0%) 6 of 241 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 54 (0%) 2 of 352 (Under 1%)

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 Hoveton and Wroxham?

Ofcom reports on 90 of the 94 postcodes in Hoveton and Wroxham. At 44 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit44 of 90
Postcodes where every home can get superfast79 of 90

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.

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

Is Hoveton and Wroxham at risk of flooding?

15 of the 94 postcodes in Hoveton and Wroxham 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 261 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 15 of 94 postcodes High: 235Medium: 26Low: 54Very low: 4

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 Hoveton and Wroxham?

The open schools at the postcodes in Hoveton and Wroxham. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. 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 Hoveton and Wroxham?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Hoveton and Wroxham is Hoveton & Wroxham Rail Station, 500 m away in a straight line.

  • Hoveton & Wroxham Rail Station Railway station 500 mWalk
  • Salhouse Rail Station Railway station 4.2 kmCycle
  • Worstead Rail Station Railway station 7.3 kmDrive
  • Wroxham (Bure Valley Railway) Underground, metro or tram 500 mWalk

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 Hoveton and Wroxham?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Hoveton and Wroxham. 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 Hoveton and Wroxham safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 180 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Hoveton and Wroxham 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. 19 September 2025
  2. 12 October 2025
  3. 16 November 2025
  4. 12 December 2025
  5. 14 January 2026
  6. 11 February 2026
  7. 19 March 2026
  8. 8 April 2026
  9. 17 May 2026
  10. 19 June 2026
  11. 17 July 2026
  12. 16 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences89 reports
Anti-social behaviour18 reports
Public order18 reports
Criminal damage and arson16 reports
Other theft14 reports
Shoplifting8 reports
Other crime6 reports
Burglary4 reports

Also: possession of weapons 3, drugs 2, vehicle crime 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.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Hoveton and Wroxham?

Councils
North Norfolk (60) and Broadland (34)
County council
Norfolk
Parliamentary constituencies
North Norfolk (60) and Broadland and Fakenham (34)
Police force area
Norfolk
Region
East of England
Country
England

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?

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

Moving to Hoveton and Wroxham

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Hoveton and Wroxham postcodes

94 postcodes in use in Hoveton and Wroxham, by district:

NR12 postcode district,94 postcodes

That district is in the NR postcode area.

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Places near Hoveton and Wroxham

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Hoveton and Wroxham's £403,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Coltishall3.9 km, £370,250Rackheath5.5 km, £325,000Spixworth6.5 km, £310,000Blofield9.0 km, £362,500Brundall9.8 km, £316,000Stalham9.8 km, £236,000Lingwood11.2 km, £261,500Horsford11.5 km, £282,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Hoveton and Wroxham

What is it like to live in Hoveton and Wroxham?
Homes sold for a typical £403,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.6% on the 12 months before. At 44 of the 90 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 261 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 15 of its 94 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Hoveton & Wroxham, 500 metres 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 Hoveton and Wroxham?
Hoveton and Wroxham is covered by postcode district NR12, across 94 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Hoveton and Wroxham?
Homes in Hoveton and Wroxham sold for a typical £403,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 48 sales, up 3.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Hoveton and Wroxham?
In Hoveton and Wroxham, primary schools at its postcodes include St John's Community Primary School and Nursery; secondary schools at its postcodes include Broadland High Ormiston Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Hoveton and Wroxham have a railway station?
Yes: Hoveton & Wroxham is 500 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Hoveton and Wroxham, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Hoveton and Wroxham?
Ofcom reports on 90 of the 94 postcodes in Hoveton and Wroxham. At 44 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Hoveton and Wroxham at risk of flooding?
15 of the 94 postcodes in Hoveton and Wroxham 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 261 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 Hoveton and Wroxham?
5 of the 94 postcodes now in use in Hoveton and Wroxham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 54 homes sold in Hoveton and Wroxham were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NR12 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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