Oakwood Cottage, Back Lane, Burnham Market, King's Lynn, PE31 8EY
About Oakwood Cottage
Oakwood Cottage is an end-of-terrace house in King's Lynn (PE31 8EY). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 49 m² it's 27.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (68 m² median across 11 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.
Energy performance
Oakwood Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Oakwood Cottage has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
15 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Oakwood Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£505,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE31 8EY: £337,000 (2021–2019).
Nearby sales in PE31 8EY
2 Archway Cottages, Back Lane, Burnham Market, King's Lynn, PE31 8EY
Sold Jun 2021
£479,951Sutton Cottage, Back Lane, Burnham Market, King's Lynn, PE31 8EY
Sold Mar 2021
£318,707Windfall Cottage, Back Lane, Burnham Market, King's Lynn, PE31 8EY
Sold Oct 2020
£488,0002 Almshouses, Back Lane, Burnham Market, King's Lynn, PE31 8EY
Sold Aug 2020
£337,0003 Almshouses, Back Lane, Burnham Market, King's Lynn, PE31 8EY
Sold Jun 2019
£330,000
Versus other Back Lane homes
On epc rating, Oakwood Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
40 (E)
Street avg 67 (D)
Floor Area
49 m²
Street avg 87 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.1 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
1.0 km
Burnham Market Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB







