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Living in Brundall
Brundall is a village where you can get into Norwich without a car and keep a boat without driving to it. Trains take about 11 minutes to the city.
Brundall is a village where you can get into Norwich without a car and keep a boat without driving to it. Trains from Brundall station take about 11 minutes to Norwich and run roughly twice an hour through the weekday, and the boatyards on the River Yare begin a short walk from the platform.
Where it is: about 6 miles east of Norwich city centre as the crow flies, in Broadland district, postcode NR13.
Buy in Brundall if you want to commute to Norwich by train or keep a boat on the Broads, and you are content with a village street rather than a town centre.
It suits people who work in Norwich and would rather sit on a train than on the A47, boat owners, and downsizers who want a station, a GP and a Co-op within walking distance. It is the wrong place for anyone who wants independent shops and restaurants close by. Families should know that the secondary school most Brundall children aim for, in Thorpe St Andrew, is oversubscribed. If you are also looking at Wroxham, our Brundall vs Wroxham comparison sets the two side by side.
The village
Brundall is on the north bank of the Yare, about 6 miles east of Norwich. It had 4,388 residents at the 2021 Census, up from 4,019 in 2011. Most of what it has is strung along The Street: the Co-op at 49-53 The Street, which has the Post Office inside it, a pharmacy at 118-120, and The Ram Inn at number 108.
The GP practice is Brundall Medical Partnership, at the Medical Centre on The Dales. Its NHS listing showed it accepting new patients when we checked in September 2026.
The village’s second pub, the White Heron, is down by the river next to Brundall station. It used to trade as The Yare. St Laurence’s Church dates from the 13th century and has a medieval lead font, reported to be the only one in East Anglia.
That is roughly the extent of it. There is no high street in the market-town sense, and for a supermarket shop most people go towards Norwich; the Lidl at Broadland Gate is on the 15 bus route into the city.
Trains and buses
Brundall has two stations on Greater Anglia’s Wherry Lines. Brundall station, at the river end of Station Road, has trains to Norwich roughly twice an hour on weekdays. The first leaves at 06:04 and the journey takes about 11 minutes. The last weekday train back from Norwich leaves at 23:00, which is late enough for an evening in the city. In the other direction, trains run to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.
Brundall Gardens is at the western end of the village, one stop nearer Norwich. It has about one train an hour, 20 a day on weekdays, and the run into Norwich takes about 9 minutes. Its last weekday departure for Norwich is at 22:37.
The buses take longer and finish earlier. First’s Green Line 15 and 16 each run hourly on weekdays, so between them there are about two an hour, and the trip from The Dales to Castle Meadow in the city centre takes about half an hour. Both go through Broadland Business Park and Thorpe St Andrew on the way in, which is useful if you work there. The last 16 back leaves Castle Meadow at 19:10.
School buses cover the rest. Sanders runs the 855 from Little Plumstead and Blofield through Brundall to Acle Academy, and Ambassador Travel’s 68 runs from Upton towards Great Yarmouth and Gorleston on school days.
By car, the A47 is about five minutes away, via Blofield or the Postwick junction. A typical drive to Norwich city centre is about 15 minutes off-peak and closer to 30 in the morning rush.
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The river and the boatyards
The riverside at the bottom of Station Road is given over to boats. Brundall Bay Marina has moorings for over 300 of them. Broom Boats has been on the river here since 1898 and runs a hire fleet and moorings, and Brundall Gardens Marina is another option for a berth. From Brundall the Yare runs downstream to Great Yarmouth and upstream through Thorpe St Andrew into Norwich, and connects with the rest of the Broads network.
Hire fleets work from these yards, so in summer the river and the roads down to it carry holiday traffic as well as residents.
Some riverside properties are in Environment Agency flood-risk zones. Before offering on anything near the river, check the address on the government’s flood-risk service and get a buildings insurance quote, because both can affect the mortgage.
House prices
HM Land Registry recorded 70 standard sales at Brundall addresses in the 12 months to June 2026. The median price was £325,000 and the mean £353,000. Most of what sells is detached: 43 of the 70 sales. Nine were new builds, on David Capp Road, Harrier Crescent and Wherry Way, and went for between £255,000 and £565,000. The most expensive standard sale was £880,000 on Strumpshaw Road.
Living by the boatyards does not always cost more. On the Riverside Estate, three standard sales ranged from £200,000 to £450,000.
| Property type | Sales | Median price | Lowest to highest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 43 | £375,000 | £200,000 to £880,000 |
| Semi-detached | 20 | £260,000 | £190,000 to £390,000 |
| Terraced | 7 | £275,000 | £205,000 to £390,000 |
| All standard sales | 70 | £325,000 | £190,000 to £880,000 |
Seven terraced sales are too few to read much into. For the district, the UK House Price Index put the Broadland average at £313,407 in July 2026, up 2.9% on a year earlier. The index is adjusted for the mix of homes sold, so it will not line up exactly with the simple Brundall figures above.
Schools
Brundall Primary School on Braydeston Avenue is the only primary in the village. It takes children aged 4 to 11 and had 277 pupils for 300 places on the Department for Education register. Ofsted rated it Good after its inspection on 13 March 2023.
Brundall Primary is one of the named feeder schools for Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form, which takes pupils from 11 to 18. At its inspection on 29 April 2025 Ofsted graded every area Good, up from Requires Improvement in 2022. It is a big school, with 1,830 pupils against a capacity of 1,892, and it says it is oversubscribed in most year groups.
The alternative is Acle Academy, an 11 to 16 school reached by the 855 school bus. Its Ofsted report card from an inspection on 12 May 2026 found the expected standard for achievement, for curriculum and teaching and for personal development, and judged attendance and behaviour, inclusion, and leadership and governance as needing attention.
Older students can take the train to the sixth forms and colleges in Norwich. For fee-paying schools, our guide to private schools east of Norwich covers the realistic school runs from Brundall.
Hospitals and broadband
The nearest A&E is at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, typically about 20 minutes by car. The James Paget University Hospital at Gorleston is the option to the east.
We do not have a Brundall-only broadband figure. Across Broadland, thinkbroadband’s September 2026 data shows 84.39% of premises can get full fibre and 98% can get superfast speeds of 30 Mbps or more. Check the exact address on Ofcom’s checker before you buy.
Council tax
Brundall’s Band D bill for 2026-27 is £2,426.60. The county, police and district parts come to £2,323.08 and are the same across Broadland; the other £103.52 is the Brundall Parish Council precept. Band D bills in Broadland run from £2,323.08 to £2,550.76 depending on the parish, and the district average is £2,437.78, so Brundall is slightly below the average.
| Charging authority | 2026-27 Band D |
|---|---|
| Norfolk County Council | £1,843.38 |
| Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner | £344.79 |
| Broadland District Council | £134.91 |
| Brundall Parish Council | £103.52 |
| Band D total 2026-27 | £2,426.60 |
| Principal authorities total (pre-parish) | £2,323.08 |
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How we produced this guide
Brundall sale prices are from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: standard sales at addresses recorded with the locality Brundall, 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026. The district figure is from the UK House Price Index for Broadland, July 2026. Population is from the 2021 Census. School details are from Ofsted reports, the Department for Education’s register and Norfolk County Council’s school cluster list (Brundall Primary URN 120909, Thorpe St Andrew URN 143278, Acle Academy URN 138758). Council tax is from Broadland District Council’s 2026-27 council tax and budget information. Bus times are from the timetables on bustimes.org and train times from the current Greater Anglia timetable, both checked on 24 September 2026. Drive times are typical times on the main roads. Broadband figures are from thinkbroadband. See our methodology page for source links.
Frequently asked questions
Is Brundall a nice place to live?
For people who want to reach Norwich by train or keep a boat on the Yare, yes. The village has two stations, a GP, a Co-op and a primary school. It has no real shopping street, and the secondary school most children go to, in Thorpe St Andrew, is oversubscribed.
What is the average house price in Brundall?
The median of the 70 standard sales HM Land Registry recorded at Brundall addresses in the 12 months to June 2026 was £325,000. Detached houses had a median of £375,000 and semis £260,000.
How long is the train from Brundall to Norwich?
About 11 minutes from Brundall station, which has roughly two trains an hour on weekdays, or about 9 minutes from Brundall Gardens, which has about one an hour. The last weekday train from Norwich to Brundall leaves at 23:00.
Which bus goes from Brundall to Norwich?
First’s Green Line 15 and 16, each hourly on weekdays, which take about half an hour to Castle Meadow. The last 16 back from Castle Meadow leaves at 19:10, so the train is the better bet in the evening.
What are the schools like in Brundall?
Brundall Primary School was rated Good by Ofsted in March 2023. It feeds Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form, graded Good in every area in April 2025 but oversubscribed. Acle Academy, reached by school bus, is the other secondary option.
What is council tax in Brundall?
£2,426.60 at Band D for 2026-27. That includes £103.52 for Brundall Parish Council; the rest is the county, police and Broadland district charge paid across the district.
How does Brundall compare with Wroxham?
Brundall has two stations of its own on the line to Norwich and is mostly a commuter village. Wroxham has more shops and holiday trade around the bridge, and its station, Hoveton and Wroxham, is on the Bittern Line. Our Brundall vs Wroxham comparison goes through the differences.
How big is Brundall?
It had 4,388 residents at the 2021 Census. It is in Broadland district, about 6 miles east of Norwich on the north bank of the River Yare.
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Data sources: HM Land Registry, ONS Census 2021, Ofsted, Broadland District Council, Greater Anglia, bustimes.org. Prices to June 2026 (sales) and July 2026 (district index); latest Ofsted inspections. Author: Sarah Ellis, Coast and Broads Editor.
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