Wells-next-the-Sea

Wells-next-the-Sea is covered by postcode district NR23. It is in the North Norfolk council area, Norfolk.

Typical price £425,000 Homes sold in Wells-next-the-Sea, last 12 months. ▼ 3.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 21 of 152 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 61 of 155 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 79 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Wells-next-the-Sea, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Wells-next-the-Sea, by flood risk Of the 155 postcodes in Wells-next-the-Sea that ONS places, 11 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst, 36 are at very low risk only and 94 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 11 postcodes at high or medium risk. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Wells-next-the-Sea. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. NR23 1AA: not on the flood risk listNR23 1AE: not on the flood risk listNR23 1AF: not on the flood risk listNR23 1AG: not on the flood risk listNR23 1AN: not on the flood risk listNR23 1AP: not on the flood risk listNR23 1AW: not on the flood risk listNR23 1AY: not on the flood risk listNR23 1BD: not on the flood risk listNR23 1BP: not on the flood risk listNR23 1BS: not on the flood risk listNR23 1BT: not on the flood risk listNR23 1BU: not on the flood risk listNR23 1BX: not on the flood risk listNR23 1BY: not on the flood risk listNR23 1BZ: not on the flood risk listNR23 1DA: not on the flood risk listNR23 1DB: not on the flood risk listNR23 1DD: not on the flood risk listNR23 1DE: not on the flood risk listNR23 1DG: not on the flood risk listNR23 1DH: not on the flood risk listNR23 1DJ: not on the flood risk listNR23 1DL: not on the flood risk listNR23 1DN: not on the flood risk listNR23 1DP: not on the flood risk listNR23 1DQ: not on the flood risk listNR23 1DS: not on the flood risk listNR23 1DT: not on the flood risk listNR23 1DU: not on the flood risk listNR23 1DX: not on the flood risk listNR23 1DY: not on the flood risk listNR23 1DZ: not on the flood risk listNR23 1EA: not on the flood risk listNR23 1EB: not on the flood risk listNR23 1EF: not on the flood risk listNR23 1EP: not on the flood risk listNR23 1ER: not on the flood risk listNR23 1EU: not on the flood risk listNR23 1EW: not on the flood risk listNR23 1EX: not on the flood risk listNR23 1EY: not on the flood risk listNR23 1EZ: not on the flood risk listNR23 1FE: not on the flood risk listNR23 1FF: not on the flood risk listNR23 1GY: not on the flood risk listNR23 1GZ: not on the flood risk listNR23 1HA: not on the flood risk listNR23 1HB: not on the flood risk listNR23 1HD: not on the flood risk listNR23 1HE: not on the flood risk listNR23 1HG: not on the flood risk listNR23 1HH: not on the flood risk listNR23 1HQ: not on the flood risk listNR23 1HT: not on the flood risk listNR23 1HU: not on the flood risk listNR23 1HX: not on the flood risk listNR23 1HY: not on the flood risk listNR23 1JB: not on the flood risk listNR23 1JD: not on the flood risk listNR23 1JE: not on the flood risk listNR23 1JF: not on the flood risk listNR23 1JL: not on the flood risk listNR23 1JN: not on the flood risk listNR23 1JP: not on the flood risk listNR23 1JR: not on the flood risk listNR23 1JU: not on the flood risk listNR23 1JW: not on the flood risk listNR23 1JZ: not on the flood risk listNR23 1LF: not on the flood risk listNR23 1LG: not on the flood risk listNR23 1LH: not on the flood risk listNR23 1LJ: not on the flood risk listNR23 1LL: not on the flood risk listNR23 1LN: not on the flood risk listNR23 1LP: not on the flood risk listNR23 1LQ: not on the flood risk listNR23 1LU: not on the flood risk listNR23 1LZ: not on the flood risk listNR23 1NB: not on the flood risk listNR23 1NE: not on the flood risk listNR23 1PA: not on the flood risk listNR23 1PT: not on the flood risk listNR23 1PU: not on the flood risk listNR23 1PX: not on the flood risk listNR23 1PY: not on the flood risk listNR23 1PZ: not on the flood risk listNR23 1QA: not on the flood risk listNR23 1QG: not on the flood risk listNR23 1RB: not on the flood risk listNR23 1RD: not on the flood risk listNR23 1RE: not on the flood risk listNR23 1BB: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1BE: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1BJ: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1BL: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1BN: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1BQ: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1BW: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1ED: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1EE: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1EG: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1EH: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1EJ: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1EL: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1EN: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1EQ: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1ES: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1ET: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1FB: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1HF: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1HJ: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1HL: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1HN: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1HP: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1HR: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1HS: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1HW: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1HZ: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1JA: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1JG: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1JJ: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1LR: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1LT: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1LW: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1LX: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1LY: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1UA: very low flood risk onlyNR23 1AS: low flood risk at worstNR23 1AU: low flood risk at worstNR23 1AZ: low flood risk at worstNR23 1BA: low flood risk at worstNR23 1BF: low flood risk at worstNR23 1BG: low flood risk at worstNR23 1BH: low flood risk at worstNR23 1FD: low flood risk at worstNR23 1JS: low flood risk at worstNR23 1LA: low flood risk at worstNR23 1LB: low flood risk at worstNR23 1LS: low flood risk at worstNR23 1DF: medium flood risk at worstNR23 1JX: medium flood risk at worstNR23 1AH: high flood riskNR23 1AQ: high flood riskNR23 1AR: high flood riskNR23 1AT: high flood riskNR23 1AX: high flood riskNR23 1FA: high flood riskNR23 1JT: high flood riskNR23 1JY: high flood riskNR23 1LD: high flood riskNR23 1LE: high flood risk Wells-next-the-Sea 11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to NR23 1LD, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk11 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Wells-next-the-Sea, by flood risk Of the 155 postcodes in Wells-next-the-Sea that ONS places, 11 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst, 36 are at very low risk only and 94 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 11 postcodes at high or medium risk. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Wells-next-the-Sea. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Wells-next-the-Sea
  • A home or business at high risk: 11
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 12
  • At very low risk only: 36
  • Not on the at-risk list: 94
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 155 postcodes in Wells-next-the-Sea that ONS places, 11 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst, 36 are at very low risk only and 94 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 150 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 52.9544, longitude 0.8520. 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

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

NR23 1LD14 at high riskNR23 1FA12 at high riskNR23 1AH8 at high riskNR23 1LE7 at high riskNR23 1DR3 at high riskNR23 1JY3 at high riskNR23 1AQ2 at high riskNR23 1AT2 at high riskNR23 1AX1 at high riskNR23 1JT1 at high riskNR23 1AR1 at high risk

Further out, not drawn

This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.

NR23 1DR

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. NR23 1LD, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Wells-next-the-Sea?

Homes sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.2% on the 12 months before. At 21 of the 152 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 79 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 61 of its 155 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes.

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 and NHS England, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Wells-next-the-Sea?

Homes in Wells-next-the-Sea sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 38 sales, down 3.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£425,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£439,000
12 months to August 2026
£425,000

▼ down 3.2% on the 12 months before

Detached£520,000 15 sales
Semi-detached£425,000 8 sales
Terraced£272,500 10 sales
Flat or maisonette£315,000 5 sales

Across the whole NR23 district, Wells-next-the-Sea's main postcode district: a typical £425,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Wells-next-the-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 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 Wells-next-the-Sea?

2 of the 155 postcodes now in use in Wells-next-the-Sea came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 48 homes sold in Wells-next-the-Sea were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NR23 district, 2%.

The newest postcodes

NR23 1WFsince December 2025NR23 1YYsince 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 Wells-next-the-SeaAcross the NR23 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 38 (3%) 1 of 40 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 48 (2%) 1 of 55 (2%)

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 Wells-next-the-Sea?

Ofcom reports on 152 of the 155 postcodes in Wells-next-the-Sea. At 21 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit21 of 152
Postcodes where every home can get superfast141 of 152

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 Wells-next-the-Sea at risk of flooding?

61 of the 155 postcodes in Wells-next-the-Sea 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 79 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 61 of 155 postcodes High: 54Medium: 25Low: 142Very low: 260

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 Wells-next-the-Sea?

The open schools at the postcodes in Wells-next-the-Sea. 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

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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

Which GP surgeries are in Wells-next-the-Sea?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Wells-next-the-Sea. 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 Wells-next-the-Sea safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 142 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Wells-next-the-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. 13 September 2025
  2. 12 October 2025
  3. 4 November 2025
  4. 7 December 2025
  5. 12 January 2026
  6. 3 February 2026
  7. 10 March 2026
  8. 12 April 2026
  9. 9 May 2026
  10. 15 June 2026
  11. 17 July 2026
  12. 28 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences69 reports
Anti-social behaviour17 reports
Criminal damage and arson16 reports
Public order13 reports
Other theft12 reports
Burglary5 reports
Vehicle crime3 reports
Shoplifting3 reports

Also: drugs 2, other crime 2.

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 Wells-next-the-Sea?

District, borough or city council
North Norfolk
County council
Norfolk
Parliamentary constituency
North Norfolk
Police force area
Norfolk
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Steff Aquarone (Liberal Democrat)

All 155 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 Wells-next-the-Sea

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Wells-next-the-Sea postcodes

155 postcodes in use in Wells-next-the-Sea, by district:

NR23 postcode district,155 postcodes

That district is in the NR postcode area.

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Places near Wells-next-the-Sea

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Wells-next-the-Sea's £425,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Blakeney, North Norfolk11.0 km, £545,000Fakenham13.5 km, £250,000Docking16.1 km, £355,000Holt17.1 km, £340,000Briston18.1 km, £321,000Sheringham24.0 km, £325,000Hunstanton24.2 km, £266,500Heacham24.8 km, £270,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Wells-next-the-Sea

What is it like to live in Wells-next-the-Sea?
Homes sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.2% on the 12 months before. At 21 of the 152 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 79 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 61 of its 155 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. 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 and NHS England, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Wells-next-the-Sea?
Wells-next-the-Sea is covered by postcode district NR23, across 155 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Wells-next-the-Sea in?
Wells-next-the-Sea is in the North Norfolk council area, and Norfolk is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Wells-next-the-Sea?
Wells-next-the-Sea is in the North Norfolk parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Steff Aquarone (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Wells-next-the-Sea?
Homes in Wells-next-the-Sea sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 38 sales, down 3.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Wells-next-the-Sea?
In Wells-next-the-Sea, primary schools at its postcodes include Wells-Next-the-Sea Primary and Nursery School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Alderman Peel High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Wells-next-the-Sea?
Ofcom reports on 152 of the 155 postcodes in Wells-next-the-Sea. At 21 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Wells-next-the-Sea at risk of flooding?
61 of the 155 postcodes in Wells-next-the-Sea 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 79 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 Wells-next-the-Sea?
2 of the 155 postcodes now in use in Wells-next-the-Sea came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 48 homes sold in Wells-next-the-Sea were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NR23 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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