Photos show Wymondham, Hethersett and Long Stratton growth

Wymondham, Hethersett and Long Stratton are earmarked for hundreds of new homes and aerial photographer Mike Page's pictures show how they are expanding.

Wymondham's population has swelled from 14,405 in 2011 to almost 17,500 at the time of the last census, in 2021.

Wymondham in 2025 (Image: Mike Page)

The town has been identified as the location for major housing developments that could result in huge population growth over the coming years.

The Greater Norwich Local Plan - a blueprint for where new homes could be permitted in the coming years - allocates the town for 2,200 houses.

An aerial view of Wymondham from 2005 (Image: Mike Page)

Plans were recently lodged for 650 new build houses across nearly 100 acres of farmland near the A11.

In Long Stratton, more than 1,800 new homes are due to be built in fields next to the under-construction £47m bypass.

Long Stratton viewed from above in 2025 (Image: Mike Page)

Work is already under way on a 600-home scheme in Brand's Lane and Swan Lane in the town.

The village of Hethersett has already seen its population surge from 5,441 in 2001 to 7,021 at the last census.

An aerial view of Hethersett from 2025 (Image: Mike Page)

And hundreds more homes are on the way, including a development at Harness Maker Way.

An aerial view of Hethersett in 2008 (Image: Mike Page)

The growth of the towns and villages comes at a time when South Norfolk Council has suggested the district could be a location for one of the government's mooted new towns.

Conservative council leader Daniel Elmer said creating a new settlement in the district - which would be bigger than Dereham - would increase the supply of housing and stop the cost of it from soaring.

Daniel Elmer, leader of South Norfolk Council (Image: Norfolk County Council)

Hethel has previously been mooted as a potential site for a new settlement, but it is understood there are two more possible locations in south Norfolk. However, the locations have not been revealed.

Each new town will have the potential for 10,000 or more homes, contributing towards the 1.5 million new homes which the government has pledged to build.

But the idea has previously been branded as "preposterous" by the Norfolk branch of countryside charity the Campaign for Rural England.