Rackheath

Rackheath is covered by postcode district NR13. It is in the Broadland council area, Norfolk.

Typical price £325,000 Homes sold in Rackheath, last 12 months. ▼ 8.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 63 of 76 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 Rackheath, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Rackheath, by flood risk Of the 76 postcodes in Rackheath that ONS places, 76 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Rackheath. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A1270A1151 NR13 5BY: not on the flood risk listNR13 5BZ: not on the flood risk listNR13 5DA: not on the flood risk listNR13 6AA: not on the flood risk listNR13 6FB: not on the flood risk listNR13 6FH: not on the flood risk listNR13 6FR: not on the flood risk listNR13 6FS: not on the flood risk listNR13 6FT: not on the flood risk listNR13 6FU: not on the flood risk listNR13 6FX: not on the flood risk listNR13 6GA: not on the flood risk listNR13 6GD: not on the flood risk listNR13 6GF: not on the flood risk listNR13 6GQ: not on the flood risk listNR13 6JY: not on the flood risk listNR13 6LH: not on the flood risk listNR13 6LJ: not on the flood risk listNR13 6LQ: not on the flood risk listNR13 6LS: not on the flood risk listNR13 6LT: not on the flood risk listNR13 6LU: not on the flood risk listNR13 6LX: not on the flood risk listNR13 6NG: not on the flood risk listNR13 6NT: not on the flood risk listNR13 6NW: not on the flood risk listNR13 6PD: not on the flood risk listNR13 6PE: not on the flood risk listNR13 6PF: not on the flood risk listNR13 6PG: not on the flood risk listNR13 6PH: not on the flood risk listNR13 6PJ: not on the flood risk listNR13 6PL: not on the flood risk listNR13 6PN: not on the flood risk listNR13 6PP: not on the flood risk listNR13 6PR: not on the flood risk listNR13 6PS: not on the flood risk listNR13 6PT: not on the flood risk listNR13 6PW: not on the flood risk listNR13 6PX: not on the flood risk listNR13 6PY: not on the flood risk listNR13 6PZ: not on the flood risk listNR13 6QH: not on the flood risk listNR13 6QJ: not on the flood risk listNR13 6QL: not on the flood risk listNR13 6QN: not on the flood risk listNR13 6QP: not on the flood risk listNR13 6QR: not on the flood risk listNR13 6QS: not on the flood risk listNR13 6QU: not on the flood risk listNR13 6QW: not on the flood risk listNR13 6QX: not on the flood risk listNR13 6RP: not on the flood risk listNR13 6SG: not on the flood risk listNR13 6SH: not on the flood risk listNR13 6SJ: not on the flood risk listNR13 6SL: not on the flood risk listNR13 6SN: not on the flood risk listNR13 6SP: not on the flood risk listNR13 6SQ: not on the flood risk listNR13 6SR: not on the flood risk listNR13 6SS: not on the flood risk listNR13 6SU: not on the flood risk listNR13 6SX: not on the flood risk listNR13 6TA: not on the flood risk listNR13 6TB: not on the flood risk listNR13 6TD: not on the flood risk listNR13 6TJ: not on the flood risk listNR13 6TL: not on the flood risk listNR13 6TN: not on the flood risk listNR13 6TP: not on the flood risk listNR13 6TQ: not on the flood risk listNR13 6TR: not on the flood risk listNR13 6TS: not on the flood risk listNR13 6TT: not on the flood risk listNR13 6TU: not on the flood risk list Rackheath Map of every postcode in Rackheath, by flood risk Of the 76 postcodes in Rackheath that ONS places, 76 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Rackheath. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A1270 Rackheath
  • 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: 76

Of the 76 postcodes in Rackheath that ONS places, 76 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 52.6665, longitude 1.3764. 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 Rackheath?

Homes sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 8.5% on the 12 months before. At 63 of the 76 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 76 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 Thorpewood Medical Group, 3.6 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Salhouse, 1.4 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 Rackheath?

Homes in Rackheath sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 37 sales, down 8.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£325,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£355,000
12 months to August 2026
£325,000

▼ down 8.5% on the 12 months before

Detached£360,000 24 sales
Semi-detached£262,500 10 sales
Terraced 3 sales, too few to price

Across the whole NR13 district, Rackheath's main postcode district: a typical £332,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Rackheath: 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 Rackheath?

16 of the 76 postcodes now in use in Rackheath came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 24 of the 62 homes sold in Rackheath were newly built (39%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NR13 district, 34%.

The newest postcodes

NR13 6GQsince April 2024NR13 6FTsince January 2024NR13 6FUsince November 2023NR13 6FSsince June 2023NR13 6TUsince June 2023NR13 6TSsince April 2023

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 RackheathAcross the NR13 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 37 (0%) 63 of 409 (15%)
The 12 months to August 2025 24 of 62 (39%) 251 of 733 (34%)

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 Rackheath?

Ofcom reports on 76 of the 76 postcodes in Rackheath. At 63 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 gigabit63 of 76
Postcodes where every home can get superfast73 of 76
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 76

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 Rackheath at risk of flooding?

None of the 76 postcodes in Rackheath 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, 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 Rackheath?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Rackheath. 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 Rackheath?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Rackheath is Salhouse Rail Station, 1.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Salhouse Rail Station Railway station 1.4 kmCycle
  • Brundall Gardens Rail Station Railway station 5.6 kmDrive
  • Hoveton & Wroxham Rail Station Railway station 5.9 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 Rackheath?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Rackheath. 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 Rackheath safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 220 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Rackheath 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. 22 September 2025
  2. 18 October 2025
  3. 17 November 2025
  4. 20 December 2025
  5. 7 January 2026
  6. 18 February 2026
  7. 15 March 2026
  8. 19 April 2026
  9. 21 May 2026
  10. 18 June 2026
  11. 28 July 2026
  12. 17 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences111 reports
Anti-social behaviour53 reports
Criminal damage and arson18 reports
Public order16 reports
Other theft5 reports
Vehicle crime4 reports
Burglary3 reports
Drugs3 reports

Also: other crime 3, possession of weapons 2, shoplifting 1, theft from the person 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 Rackheath?

District, borough or city council
Broadland
County council
Norfolk
Parliamentary constituency
Broadland and Fakenham
Police force area
Norfolk
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Jerome Mayhew (Conservative)

All 76 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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Rackheath postcodes

76 postcodes in use in Rackheath, by district:

NR13 postcode district,76 postcodes

That district is in the NR postcode area.

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Places near Rackheath

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Rackheath's £325,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Spixworth4.3 km, £310,000Hoveton and Wroxham5.5 km, £403,000Blofield6.0 km, £362,500Brundall6.1 km, £316,000Norwich6.6 km, £250,000Coltishall7.2 km, £370,250Lingwood9.0 km, £261,500Horsford9.9 km, £282,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Rackheath

What is it like to live in Rackheath?
Homes sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 8.5% on the 12 months before. At 63 of the 76 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 76 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 Thorpewood Medical Group, 3.6 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Salhouse, 1.4 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 Rackheath?
Rackheath is covered by postcode district NR13, across 76 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Rackheath in?
Rackheath is in the Broadland council area, and Norfolk is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Rackheath?
Rackheath is in the Broadland and Fakenham parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Jerome Mayhew (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Rackheath?
Homes in Rackheath sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 37 sales, down 8.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Rackheath?
In Rackheath, primary schools at its postcodes include Rackheath Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form, 3.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Rackheath have a railway station?
Yes: Salhouse is 1.4 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Rackheath, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Rackheath?
Ofcom reports on 76 of the 76 postcodes in Rackheath. At 63 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 Rackheath at risk of flooding?
None of the 76 postcodes in Rackheath 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. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Rackheath?
16 of the 76 postcodes now in use in Rackheath came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 24 of the 62 homes sold in Rackheath were newly built (39%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NR13 district, 34%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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