Schools
44 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 7 secondary schools. Orchards Junior School is the nearest published school at 621 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN12 6AF
Castle · Worthing · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN12 6AF
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN12
- Postcode sector
- BN12 6
- Latitude
- 50.821197
- Longitude
- -0.424764
- British National Grid easting
- 511,053
- British National Grid northing
- 103,589
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Worthing · E07000229
- Electoral ward
- Castle · E05007695
- Parish or community
- E43000150
- Westminster constituency
- Worthing West · E14001599
- Output area
- E00162083
- Lower layer super output area
- Worthing 006C · E01031786
- Middle layer super output area
- Worthing 006 · E02006626
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 BN12
Property
4 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 87, Limbrick Lane, Goring By Sea, Worthing, BN12 6AF | 22 November 2016 | £240,000 |
| 83, Limbrick Lane, Goring By Sea, Worthing, BN12 6AF | 25 November 1999 | £73,000 |
| 93, Limbrick Lane, Goring By Sea, Worthing, BN12 6AF | 4 August 1997 | £63,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 44
- Primary
- 28
- Secondary
- 7
- 621 m
Orchards Junior School
Academy converter
- 641 m
Orchards Infant School
Academy sponsor led
- 828 m
Goring-By-Sea CofE (Aided) Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,232
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 832
- Anti social behaviour 368
- Shoplifting 227
- Criminal damage and arson 190
- Public order 151
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 20
- Postcode households
- 7
- Residents per household
- 2.9
- BN12 6 residents
- 9,017
9 female, 11 male
Age bands in BN12 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 22.5%
1,643 residents
904 residents
2,413 residents
2,208 residents
2,084 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BN12 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Planning applications
Mapped applications within 1,000 metres of this postcode point.
- Available records
- 840
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 380
- Latest available record date
- 22 July 2025
Worthing Borough Council
Partial beta coverage
This beta dataset covers only Adur, Camden, Doncaster and Worthing and is not a complete national planning register. Doncaster records have no published coordinates, so they cannot be matched to local reports.
Latest available applications
- AWDM/0936/25 Submitted 22 July 2025 947 m away
Single storey rear extension and conversion of attached garage into habitable space including to renew and raise height of flat roof plus false pitch roof to front
35 Clive Avenue Worthing West Sussex BN12 4SG
- AWDM/0739/25 Submitted 4 July 2025 450 m away
Change of use from an industrial storage unit, to a dance and leisure studio facility.
4 Woods Way Goring Worthing West Sussex BN12 4QY
- AWDM/0863/25 Submitted 2 July 2025 981 m away
Application to vary condition 1 (approved plans) for use of garage /storage to a study, lobby off kitchen diner and bike shed in rear garden: Condition 9 (windows) frosted window in South elevation, of approved AWDM/0282/25. ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: Proposed new build single-storey dwelling with access off Compton Avenue
26 Ilex Way Worthing West Sussex BN12 4UY
- AWDM/0792/25 Submitted 23 June 2025 831 m away
Construct a platform and ramp to provide wheelchair access, replacement windows/doors.
5 Frampton Court Mulberry Lane Worthing West Sussex BN12 4NW
- AWDM/0815/25 Submitted 20 June 2025 83 m away
Proposed single storey rear extension.
1 Henfield Close Worthing West Sussex BN12 6BE
- AWDM/0696/25 Submitted 10 June 2025 734 m away
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed single storey side extension
136 Barrington Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 4RS
- AWDM/0742/25 Submitted 9 June 2025 536 m away
Proposed single storey side extension
14A Coleridge Crescent Worthing West Sussex BN12 6LT
- AWDM/0417/25 Submitted 4 June 2025 999 m away
Proposed change of use from Class E to Sui Generis (drinking establishment, eatery and deli) with outside seating area
332 Goring Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 4PE
- AWDM/0685/25 Submitted 29 May 2025 304 m away
Advert Consent for retention of signage to include, 1x double legged internally illuminated totem sign to existing posts, 1x externally illuminated fascia sign, 1x non illuminated transom panel, 1x externally illuminated logo sign, 2x single sided non illuminated post mounted car park signs, 3x non illuminated post mounted signs. Retrospective application
Hungry Horse Palatine Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 6JN
Worthing Borough Council Open council record - AWDM/0617/25 Submitted 19 May 2025 630 m away
Installation of 1no. bike shelter.
David Lloyd Leisure Romany Road Worthing West Sussex BN13 3DL
- AWDM/0309/25 Submitted 16 May 2025 600 m away
Air Source Heat Pump to rear of property
119 Ardingly Drive Worthing West Sussex BN12 4TW
- AWDM/0437/25 Submitted 24 April 2025 226 m away
Erection of single storey rear extension to Units D and E, with internal and external alterations to combine the two units into one including replacement shopfronts and removal of rear external stairs (Unit D)
Unit D Limbrick Corner Palatine Road Worthing West Sussex BN12 6JJ
Source: MHCLG Planning Data, snapshot 2025-09-17, version 2025-09-17-beta. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Record dates use the submitted date where published, otherwise the decision date.
GP practices
10
within 5 km
STRAND MEDICAL GROUP
1B THE CAUSEWAY, GORING-BY-SEA, WORTHING, BN12 6FA
ODS code H82011
1.0 km
CORNERWAYS SURGERY
145 GEORGE V AVENUE, WORTHING, BN11 5RZ
ODS code H82076
1.6 km
BARN SURGERY
22 FERRING STREET, FERRING, WORTHING, BN12 5HJ
ODS code H82087
1.8 km
ST. LAWRENCE SURGERY
79 ST. LAWRENCE AVENUE, WORTHING, BN14 7JL
ODS code H82009
2.5 km
VICTORIA ROAD SURGERY
50 VICTORIA ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 1XE
ODS code H82041
3.4 km
WORTHING MEDICAL GROUP
23 SHELLEY ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 4BS
ODS code H82045
3.5 km
BROADWATER MEDICAL CENTRE
5-11 BROADWATER BOULEVARD, WORTHING, BN14 8JE
ODS code H82046
3.6 km
LIME TREE SURGERY
LIME TREE AVENUE, FINDON VALLEY, WORTHING, BN14 0DL
ODS code H82034
3.7 km
SELDEN MEDICAL CENTRE
6 SELDEN ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 2LL
ODS code H82061
4.7 km
WILLOW GREEN SURGERY
STATION ROAD, EAST PRESTON, LITTLEHAMPTON, BN16 3AH
ODS code H82059
4.7 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Limbrick Way
BCT · Durrington
- 0.0 miles
Limbrick Way
BCT · Durrington
- 0.1 miles
Kithurst Crescent
BCT · Durrington
- 0.1 miles
Melville Way
BCT · Durrington
- 0.1 miles
Melville Way
BCT · Durrington
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Worthing 006C, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
11,105 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,232 published events cover 12 months, averaging 186 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 832 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.