A county-wide shortlist of Norfolk villages with a shop, pub, primary, GP in reach and a way out by bus or train. Prices to June 2026, Band D 2026-27, and the drawback for each.

Norfolk’s six open independent prep schools, their 2026 to 27 fees, their most recent ISI inspections, and the three that have closed since 2019.

Most Norfolk shortlists are settled by which railway line you need and what you can spend. Wymondham is the place to put in front of most buyers.

West of Wells the sands are wide and the tide goes out a long way. From Sheringham round to Gorleston there are piers, promenades and, in summer, lifeguards.

If you work from home, what decides where in Norfolk you live is how often you have to be somewhere else. Four of the six places here have direct trains to London or Cambridge.

Swaffham, Fakenham, Downham Market and Diss all had median sale prices of £253,000 to £263,000. The railway separates them: Diss and Downham Market have mainline stations.

The cheapest towns in Norfolk are at its edges, on the east coast and in the west and south. Great Yarmouth’s median sale was £140,000, against £272,500 for the county.

A three-bedroom move of 100 miles or more costs about £1,500 on reallymoving’s figures, and Norwich is about 100 miles from London. Seven firms are checked here.

Pick the agent with an office in your part of the county and a record of selling houses like yours. The firm selling listed cottages around Holt rarely sells Great Yarmouth terraces.

Norfolk has ten independent schools any family can apply to, nine of them in or near Norwich or on the north Norfolk coast. Thetford Grammar, the only one in the south-west, has closed.

Of 38 Norfolk towns and large villages checked, these eight had the least recorded crime per resident in the year to July 2026, with Hingham the lowest.

The district sets the baseline, but the village decides what a budget buys. In Breckland the median sale in Watton was £230,000 in the year to June 2026, and in Great Ellingham £350,000.

Keeping all three depends less on size than you might expect: Itteringham had 121 residents at the 2021 Census and still has a shop, a pub and a Post Office counter.