Schools
33 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 5 secondary schools. Springboard Education is the nearest published school at 358 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN15 8AZ
Widewater · Adur · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN15 8AZ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 2016
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN15
- Postcode sector
- BN15 8
- Latitude
- 50.821578
- Longitude
- -0.324913
- British National Grid easting
- 518,085
- British National Grid northing
- 103,786
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Adur · E07000223
- Electoral ward
- Widewater · E05007575
- Parish or community
- E04009847
- Westminster constituency
- East Worthing and Shoreham · E14001218
- Output area
- E00159993
- Lower layer super output area
- Adur 008D · E01031377
- Middle layer super output area
- Adur 008 · E02006541
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
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Property
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 162 - 164, South Street, Lancing, BN15 8AZ | 29 June 2016 | £1,506,700 |
| 162 - 164, South Street, Lancing, BN15 8AZ | 23 October 2015 | £1,300,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 33
- Primary
- 19
- Secondary
- 5
- 358 m
Springboard Education
Other independent special school
- 1.0 km
Seaside Primary School
Academy converter
- 1.3 km
The Globe Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,276
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 400
- Anti social behaviour 245
- Shoplifting 142
- Public order 120
- Criminal damage and arson 92
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BN15 8 residents
- 7,876
Age bands in BN15 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 12.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 7.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 31.2%
1,001 residents
553 residents
1,706 residents
2,115 residents
2,435 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.
Planning applications
Mapped applications within 1,000 metres of this postcode point.
- Available records
- 813
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 367
- Latest available record date
- 28 July 2025
Adur District CouncilWorthing 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/0967/25 Submitted 28 July 2025 970 m away
Demolition of existing single-storey dwelling and construction of new three-bedroom two-storey dwelling.
Craigwell Old Salts Farm Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 8JD
Adur District Council Open council record - AWDM/0951/25 Submitted 23 July 2025 885 m away
Change of use from Restaurant to Take Away (retrospective)
14 Queens Parade North Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 9BA
Adur District Council Open council record - AWDM/0888/25 Submitted 7 July 2025 91 m away
Installation of various internally illuminated and non-illuminated signage (main entrance illuminated sign), and associated site signage.
Lancing Beach Care Home 85 - 89 Brighton Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 8RB
- AWDM/0850/25 Submitted 30 June 2025 894 m away
Single storey flat-roof rear extension
18 Bushby Close Sompting West Sussex BN15 9JW
- AWDM/0836/25 Submitted 26 June 2025 814 m away
Single storey rear extension. Installation of weatherboard cladding to 1st floor rear of property
3 Old Salts Farm Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 8JE
- AWDM/0817/25 Submitted 23 June 2025 531 m away
Flat roof rear / side single storey extension
169 Brighton Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 8JA
- AWDM/0558/25 Submitted 29 April 2025 585 m away
Replacement aluminium windows and doors with UPVC, South elevation
20 The Haven Brighton Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 8EU
- AWDM/0499/25 Submitted 14 April 2025 870 m away
Dormers to East and West side roofslopes
21 Alexandra Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 8EJ
- AWDM/0459/25 Submitted 2 April 2025 893 m away
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed single storey rear extension in relation to Prior Approval AWDM/0104/25
16 Bushby Close Sompting West Sussex BN15 9JW
- AWDM/0415/25 Submitted 31 March 2025 740 m away
Proposed roof extension and first floor rear extension, with front and rear dormers and formation of new flat roof.
15 Croshaw Close Lancing West Sussex BN15 9LE
- AWDM/0394/25 Submitted 26 March 2025 687 m away
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for Proposed rooms in roof consisting of hip to gable-end, rear dormer and front roof lights.
3 Western Close Lancing West Sussex BN15 8RU
- AWDM/0334/25 Submitted 13 March 2025 469 m away
First floor extension to former managers bungalow to form additional accommodation for residents, visitors and staff. (Resubmission of AWDM/1612/22)
21 Brighton Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 8RJ
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
9
within 5 km straight-line
NEW POND ROW SURGERY
35 SOUTH STREET, LANCING, BN15 8AN
ODS code H82091
414 m
THE ORCHARD SURGERY
PENSTONE PARK, LANCING, BN15 9AG
ODS code H82096
722 m
BALL TREE SURGERY
WESTERN ROAD NORTH, SOMPTING, LANCING, BN15 9UX
ODS code H82065
1.5 km
SELDEN MEDICAL CENTRE
6 SELDEN ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 2LL
ODS code H82061
2.6 km
BROADWATER MEDICAL CENTRE
5-11 BROADWATER BOULEVARD, WORTHING, BN14 8JE
ODS code H82046
3.6 km
VICTORIA ROAD SURGERY
50 VICTORIA ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 1XE
ODS code H82041
3.7 km
ADUR HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
THE HEALTH CENTRE, POND ROAD, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA, BN43 5US
ODS code H82023
3.8 km
WORTHING MEDICAL GROUP
23 SHELLEY ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 4BS
ODS code H82045
3.8 km
ST. LAWRENCE SURGERY
79 ST. LAWRENCE AVENUE, WORTHING, BN14 7JL
ODS code H82009
4.6 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
East Street
BCT · South Lancing
- 0.1 miles
East Street
BCT · South Lancing
- 0.1 miles
Beach Green Hotel
BCT · South Lancing
- 0.1 miles
Beach Green Hotel
BCT · South Lancing
- 0.2 miles
Lancing Park
BCT · South Lancing
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Adur 008D, 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
12,702 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
1,276 published events cover 12 months, averaging 106.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 400 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.