Filby
Village · 489 residents
48Fair
Fair · among the lowest-scoring villages
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Affordability scores 80, well above the typical 60
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- Flood risk: 25% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Transport scores 31, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Filby a good place to live?
Filby scores 48/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as fair — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for affordability (80).
It scores lowest on transport (31).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Filby in East of England, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Filby
Detached houses behind hedges, gravel drives, a scatter of farm buildings and not much passing traffic — Filby has the look of a place people move to rather than through. With a population around 128, it barely registers as a village in the administrative sense; it's more a cluster of homes and a school, held together by the Norfolk countryside around it rather than by any high street.
The one school in the immediate frame, Filby Primary, is rated Good, and the presence of a nearby voluntary-controlled primary at Fleggburgh means families here have options without needing to look far. But it's worth being clear-eyed about transport: the connectivity grade is a respectable B, yet transport itself scores only a C, and there's no rail station in the picture. This reads as a place for people who drive, not commute by train — a median age of 52 fits that pattern, suggesting settled households and retirees rather than young professionals racing for the 7:42.
Green space is modest in scale — four plots totalling just over three hectares — which is more back-garden-and-paddock territory than parkland, in keeping with the rural, low-density feel (population density here is a fraction of the regional average). There's no named restaurant or pub in the data to anchor a weekend scene, which itself tells you something: this isn't a place built around a social centre, it's a place you retreat to. Health is graded a solid B, and with no GP or hospital named, day-to-day life likely means a short drive rather than a walk for most services.