Schools
69 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 8 secondary schools. Varndean College is the nearest published school at 169 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN1 6ZZ
Preston Park · Brighton and Hove · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Preston Park
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Constituency
- Brighton Pavilion
- Postcode district
- BN1
- Postcode sector
- BN1 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN1 6ZZ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 2000
- Terminated
- 1 April 2001
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN1
- Postcode sector
- BN1 6
- Latitude
- 50.853129
- Longitude
- -0.143135
- British National Grid easting
- 530,800
- British National Grid northing
- 107,600
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Brighton and Hove · E06000043
- Electoral ward
- Preston Park · E05015409
- Parish or community
- E43000034
- Westminster constituency
- Brighton Pavilion · E14001130
- Output area
- E00085875
- Lower layer super output area
- Brighton and Hove 004C · E01017001
- Middle layer super output area
- Brighton and Hove 004 · E02003494
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore BN1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 69
- Primary
- 39
- Secondary
- 8
- 169 m
Varndean College
Further education
- 466 m
Dorothy Stringer School
Community school
- 529 m
Varndean School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,747
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 564
- Anti social behaviour 322
- Criminal damage and arson 185
- Other theft 139
- Public order 136
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BN1 6 residents
- 17,321
Age bands in BN1 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 14.5%
2,726 residents
2,136 residents
4,785 residents
5,089 residents
2,504 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
27
within 5 km straight-line
THE HAVEN PRACTICE
100 BEACONSFIELD VILLAS, BRIGHTON, BN1 6HE
ODS code G81646
1.2 km
SCHOOL HOUSE SURGERY
SCHOOL HOUSE, HERTFORD ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 7GF
ODS code G81613
1.3 km
CARDEN SURGERY
COUNTY OAK MEDICAL CENTRE, CARDEN HILL, BRIGHTON, BN1 8DD
ODS code G81014
1.5 km
WARMDENE SURGERY
COUNTY OAK MEDICAL CENTRE, CARDEN HILL, BRIGHTON, BN1 8DD
ODS code G81036
1.5 km
BEACONSFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
175 PRESTON ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6AG
ODS code G81042
1.7 km
STANFORD MEDICAL CENTRE
175 PRESTON ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6AG
ODS code G81038
1.7 km
PRESTON PARK SURGERY
2A FLORENCE ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6DP
ODS code G81018
1.7 km
THE AVENUE SURGERY
1 THE AVENUE, MOULSECOOMB, BRIGHTON, BN2 4GF
ODS code G81075
2.3 km
PARK CRESCENT HEALTH CENTRE
1 LEWES ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN2 3HP
ODS code G81028
2.5 km
ST. PETER'S MEDICAL CENTRE
30-36 OXFORD STREET, BRIGHTON, BN1 4LA
ODS code G81011
2.5 km
CHARTER MEDICAL CENTRE
88 DAVIGDOR ROAD, HOVE, BN3 1RF
ODS code G81034
2.6 km
SEVEN DIALS MEDICAL CENTRE
24 MONTPELIER CRESCENT, BRIGHTON, BN1 3JJ
ODS code G81047
2.6 km
BRIGHTON STATION HEALTH CENTRE
ASPECT HOUSE, 84-87 QUEENS ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 3XE
ODS code Y02676
2.8 km
MONTPELIER SURGERY
2 VICTORIA ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 3FS
ODS code G81044
2.9 km
ARCH HEALTHCARE
MORLEY STREET, BRIGHTON, BN2 9DH
ODS code G81689
3.1 km
TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE
1 GOLDSTONE VILLAS, HOVE, BN3 3AT
ODS code G81070
3.2 km
WELLBN HEALTHCARE
18-19 WESTERN ROAD, HOVE, BN3 1AE
ODS code G81638
3.2 km
REGENCY SURGERY
4 OLD STEINE, BRIGHTON, BN1 1FZ
ODS code G81656
3.5 km
SHIP STREET SURGERY
65-67 SHIP STREET, BRIGHTON, BN1 1AE
ODS code G81694
3.5 km
PAVILION SURGERY
2 OLD STEINE, BRIGHTON, BN1 1EJ
ODS code G81054
3.6 km
Showing 20 of 27 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Braybon Avenue top
BCT · Hollingbury
- 0.1 miles
Braybon Avenue top
BCT · Hollingbury
- 0.1 miles
Beechwood Avenue
BCT · Hollingbury
- 0.1 miles
Beechwood Avenue
BCT · Hollingbury
- 0.1 miles
Friar Crescent
BCT · Brighton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Brighton and Hove 004C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
10 of 10
Overall England rank
33,137 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 10 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,747 published events cover 12 months, averaging 145.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 564 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.