Holme next the Sea
Village · 167 residents
53Fair
Fair · better than 1 in 10 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
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 54 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- Affordability scores 73, well above the typical 60
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 17% 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
Around Holme next the Sea
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Holme next the Sea a good place to live?
Holme next the Sea scores 53/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as fair — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (77) and affordability (73).
It scores lowest on transport (31).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Holme next the Sea in East of England, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Holme next the Sea
Holme next the Sea reads as flint cottages, static caravan parks tucked behind dunes, and a scatter of detached houses that rarely change hands — the kind of place where a For Sale board is news rather than routine. It sits on the Norfolk coast road rather than any commuter line, and the visible population skews well past working age; this is a retirement and second-home coastline more than a young family one.
The numbers behind that impression hold up. A median age approaching 64 against a national figure in the low 40s tells you plainly who lives here day to day, and with no rail station in the picture, this isn't a village built around getting to an office. Schooling means Smithdon High School, rated Good, though its below-average progress score suggests it stretches its more able pupils less than you'd hope — worth a conversation if you're weighing this against a stronger secondary elsewhere in the district. Housing is overwhelmingly detached and freehold, and at a median approaching £420,000 it sits well above both the national figure and the King's Lynn and West Norfolk district average by well over half again — you're paying a considerable premium for coastal position and scarcity, not for square footage or new-build polish, since nothing here has been newly built recently.
Safety is the area's strongest card: the overall grade sits comfortably above average, and although violence and sexual offences make up the largest single share of a very small number of recorded incidents, the raw count is low enough that a handful of cases can swing the percentages — this reads as a quiet coastline, not a troubled one, and the trend has stayed flat rather than drifting either way. Green space is a curiosity: only a sliver of formally counted parkland, though anyone who knows this stretch knows the real outdoor life happens on the beach and marshes rather than in a mapped park, which official green-space tallies don't capture well. Broadband is solid enough for remote work, with most premises able to get full-fibre, though connectivity and transport grades both sit lower than everything else, a reminder that you're relying on a car for almost everything beyond the village itself.