Rackheath
Rackheath is covered by postcode district NR13. It is in the Broadland council area, Norfolk.
Every postcode in Rackheath, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 16
- In use before 2020: 60
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 76 postcodes in Rackheath that ONS places, 16 are new since 2020 and 60 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 190 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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; 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
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 15 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NR13 6FT, is the newest of 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.
- Detached £360,000 24 sales
- Semi-detached £262,500 10 sales
- Terraced 3 sales, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
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
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
| Period | In Rackheath | Across 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).
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 checkerSource: 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.
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.
- Thorpewood Medical Group Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report September 2025 · Phone 01603 701833 3.6 kmCycle
- East Norwich Medical Partnership Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01603 778277 4.2 kmCycle
- Old Catton Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01603 415519 5.1 kmDrive
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
- 22 September 2025
- 18 October 2025
- 17 November 2025
- 20 December 2025
- 7 January 2026
- 18 February 2026
- 15 March 2026
- 19 April 2026
- 21 May 2026
- 18 June 2026
- 28 July 2026
- 17 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
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 postcodeSource: 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
Moving to Rackheath
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Broadland about council tax Council tax, on southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Rackheath postcodes
76 postcodes in use in Rackheath, by district:
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.
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, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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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