Schools
32 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 5 secondary schools. Seaside Primary School is the nearest published school at 519 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN15 8JW
Widewater · Adur · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Widewater
- Local authority
- Adur
- Constituency
- East Worthing and Shoreham
- Postcode district
- BN15
- Postcode sector
- BN15 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN15 8JW
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 August 1993
- Terminated
- 1 January 1995
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN15
- Postcode sector
- BN15 8
- Latitude
- 50.823253
- Longitude
- -0.307602
- British National Grid easting
- 519,300
- British National Grid northing
- 104,000
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
- E00159974
- 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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 32
- Primary
- 17
- Secondary
- 5
- 519 m
Seaside Primary School
Academy converter
- 1.1 km
Springboard Education
Other independent special school
- 1.7 km
The Globe Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,048
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 329
- Anti social behaviour 209
- Shoplifting 115
- Public order 87
- Criminal damage and arson 86
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
- 518
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 223
- 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 288 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/0887/25 Submitted 4 July 2025 886 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/0836/25 Submitted 26 June 2025 420 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 704 m away
Flat roof rear / side single storey extension
169 Brighton Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 8JA
- AWDM/0717/25 Submitted 3 June 2025 127 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 661 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 - AWDM/0558/25 Submitted 29 April 2025 662 m away
Replacement aluminium windows and doors with UPVC, South elevation
20 The Haven Brighton Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 8EU
- AWDM/0505/25 Submitted 17 April 2025 409 m away
Creation of new entrance door on front elevation together with an access ramp with handrails.
56 West Way Lancing West Sussex BN15 8LZ
- AWDM/0499/25 Submitted 14 April 2025 426 m away
Dormers to East and West side roofslopes
21 Alexandra Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 8EJ
- AWDM/0466/25 Submitted 9 April 2025 705 m away
Householder application for permitted development for prior approval for single storey extension to rear of property measuring 4.5m from rear wall of the original dwelling, maximum height 3m and height of eaves of the extension 2.5m
1 The Broadway Lancing West Sussex BN15 8LT
- AWDM/0341/25 Submitted 18 March 2025 217 m away
Proposed single storey front and rear extensions
94 West Way Lancing West Sussex BN15 8NB
- AWDM/0199/25 Submitted 13 March 2025 531 m away
Retention of porch (retrospective application)
11 George V Avenue Lancing West Sussex BN15 8NG
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
7
within 5 km straight-line
NEW POND ROW SURGERY
35 SOUTH STREET, LANCING, BN15 8AN
ODS code H82091
1.0 km
THE ORCHARD SURGERY
PENSTONE PARK, LANCING, BN15 9AG
ODS code H82096
1.3 km
BALL TREE SURGERY
WESTERN ROAD NORTH, SOMPTING, LANCING, BN15 9UX
ODS code H82065
2.4 km
ADUR HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
THE HEALTH CENTRE, POND ROAD, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA, BN43 5US
ODS code H82023
2.6 km
SELDEN MEDICAL CENTRE
6 SELDEN ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 2LL
ODS code H82061
3.8 km
BROADWATER MEDICAL CENTRE
5-11 BROADWATER BOULEVARD, WORTHING, BN14 8JE
ODS code H82046
4.7 km
VICTORIA ROAD SURGERY
50 VICTORIA ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 1XE
ODS code H82041
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
South Bank Court
BCT · South Lancing
- 0.0 miles
South Bank Court
BCT · South Lancing
- 0.2 miles
Willowbrook Park
BCT · South Lancing
- 0.2 miles
Old Salts Farm Road
BCT · South Lancing
- 0.2 miles
Willowbrook Park
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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,048 published events cover 12 months, averaging 87.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 329 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.