Schools
32 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 5 secondary schools. Seaside Primary School is the nearest published school at 429 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN15 8JQ
Widewater · Adur · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN15 8JQ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN15
- Postcode sector
- BN15 8
- Latitude
- 50.829173
- Longitude
- -0.308325
- British National Grid easting
- 519,234
- British National Grid northing
- 104,657
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
- E00159977
- Lower layer super output area
- Adur 007C · E01031376
- Middle layer super output area
- Adur 007 · E02006540
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 BN15
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| North Barn Kennels, Old Salts Farm Road, Lancing, BN15 8JQ | 11 July 2007 | £350,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 32
- Primary
- 17
- Secondary
- 5
- 429 m
Seaside Primary School
Academy converter
- 1.1 km
Springboard Education
Other independent special school
- 1.4 km
The Globe Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,209
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 393
- Anti social behaviour 243
- Shoplifting 115
- Criminal damage and arson 97
- Public order 96
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 18
- Postcode households
- 6
- Residents per household
- 3.0
- BN15 8 residents
- 7,876
7 female, 11 male
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
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BN15 8 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
- 729
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 317
- Latest available record date
- 28 July 2025
Adur District 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 640 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 975 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/0932/25 Submitted 21 July 2025 641 m away
Demolition of existing garage to create two storey side extension.
23 Shadwells Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 9EN
Adur District Council Open council record - AWDM/0706/25 Submitted 17 July 2025 954 m away
Demolition of existing bungalow at 74 Old Shoreham Road to enable access to land to the rear for the construction of nine dwellings along with associated infrastructure.
Site Of 74 Old Shoreham Road And Land South Of 72 To 88A Old Shoreham Road Lancing West Sussex
Adur District Council Open council record - AWDM/0916/25 Submitted 14 July 2025 637 m away
Non Material Amendment to Approved AWDM/1728/23 to increase the amount of proposed PV panels
Garage Compound Gravelly Crescent Lancing West Sussex
- AWDM/0915/25 Submitted 14 July 2025 534 m away
Non Material Amendment to approved AWDM/1727/23 to increase the amount of proposed PV panels
Former Garage Block 88 To 97 Daniel Close Lancing West Sussex
- AWDM/0858/25 Submitted 4 July 2025 755 m away
First floor side extension
1 Monks Avenue Lancing West Sussex BN15 9DJ
- AWDM/0887/25 Submitted 4 July 2025 514 m away
Householder application for permitted development for prior approval for single storey extension to rear of property measuring 5.5m from rear wall of the original dwelling, maximum height 3.3m and height of eaves of the extension 3m
6 Links Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 9BY
- AWDM/0860/25 Submitted 1 July 2025 951 m away
Rooms in roof consisting of hip to gable ends, front and rear dormers and ground floor side extension
17 Orchard Way Lancing West Sussex BN15 9ED
Adur District Council Open council record - AWDM/0836/25 Submitted 26 June 2025 803 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/0717/25 Submitted 3 June 2025 670 m away
Householder application for permitted development for prior approval for single storey extension to rear of property measuring 4.4m from rear wall of the original dwelling, maximum height 2.85m and height of eaves of the extension 2.85m
233 Brighton Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 8JP
- AWDM/0690/25 Submitted 2 June 2025 0 m away
Replacement of garage and conservatory with a two-storey side extension, a two-storey rear extension, and a single-storey front porch extension.
Oakdene Old Salts Farm Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 8JQ
Adur District Council Open council record
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
6
within 5 km straight-line
NEW POND ROW SURGERY
35 SOUTH STREET, LANCING, BN15 8AN
ODS code H82091
1.1 km
THE ORCHARD SURGERY
PENSTONE PARK, LANCING, BN15 9AG
ODS code H82096
1.1 km
BALL TREE SURGERY
WESTERN ROAD NORTH, SOMPTING, LANCING, BN15 9UX
ODS code H82065
2.2 km
ADUR HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
THE HEALTH CENTRE, POND ROAD, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA, BN43 5US
ODS code H82023
2.4 km
SELDEN MEDICAL CENTRE
6 SELDEN ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 2LL
ODS code H82061
4.0 km
BROADWATER MEDICAL CENTRE
5-11 BROADWATER BOULEVARD, WORTHING, BN14 8JE
ODS code H82046
4.7 km
Nearby transport
- 0.3 miles
Seaside Primary School
BCT · South Lancing
- 0.3 miles
Seaside Primary School
BCT · South Lancing
- 0.3 miles
Willowbrook Park
BCT · South Lancing
- 0.3 miles
Brook Way
BCT · South Lancing
- 0.3 miles
Brook Way
BCT · South Lancing
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Adur 007C, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
20,371 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 7 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
- 3
- 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
1,209 published events cover 12 months, averaging 100.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 393 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.