BN15 8LF

Widewater · Adur · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Lancing
Local authority
Adur
Postcode district
BN15
Postcode sector
BN15 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BN15 8LP 29 m
BN15 8LH 77 m
BN15 8LE 78 m
BN43 5NX 100 m
BN15 8LG 154 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN15 8LF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN15
Postcode sector
BN15 8
Latitude
50.826951
Longitude
-0.292246
British National Grid easting
520,372
British National Grid northing
104,436

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Adur · E07000223
Electoral ward
Widewater · E05007575
Parish or community
E04009847
Output area
E00159987
Lower layer super output area
Adur 007D · E01031378
Middle layer super output area
Adur 007 · E02006540

Postcode source versions

Explore BN15

28 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Adur Court, 463, Flat 3, Brighton Road, Lancing, BN15 8LF 21 March 2024 £215,000
Adur Court, 463, Flat 5, Brighton Road, Lancing, BN15 8LF 30 April 2021 £212,500
Adur Court, 463, Flat 9, Brighton Road, Lancing, BN15 8LF 10 February 2021 £170,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
13
Secondary
3
  1. Swiss Gardens Primary School

    Community school

    1.3 km
  2. Seaside Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km
  3. Shoreham Beach Primary School

    Community school

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
814
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Shoplifting 252
  • Violence and sexual offences 212
  • Anti social behaviour 129
  • Public order 55
  • Criminal damage and arson 50

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
23

11 female, 12 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.3
BN15 8 residents
7,876

Age bands in BN15 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.8%

1,001 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.1%

553 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.8%

1,706 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.1%

2,115 residents

Age 65 and over
31.2%

2,435 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% 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
375
Records since 17 September 2020
105
Latest available record date
23 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

  1. AWDM/0950/25 Submitted 23 July 2025 930 m away

    Replace painted wooden cladding with anthracite grey uPVC cladding on external walls of the climbing wall building. Replace rotten wooden balcony deck with composite decking boards. Relocate converted container unit,used as a 'snack shack', to south side.

    Adur Outdoor Activities Centre Brighton Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5LT

    Adur District Council Committee Open council record
  2. AWDM/0835/25 Submitted 8 July 2025 700 m away

    Hip to gable roof extensions, rooflights to front and rear, alterations to fenestration and new glass balustrade. Single storey side extension. (revised proposal).

    32 Kings Walk Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5LG

    Adur District Council Open council record
  3. AWDM/0734/25 Submitted 6 June 2025 425 m away

    Variation of Condition 1 Approved plans and 3 Materials of AWDM/1388/24. Amendments: Changes to fenestration on the ground floor, change the pitched roof material from tiles to aluminium standing seam to match the dormers. Original description: Proposed ground floor wrap around extension, partial first floor wrap around extension with balcony. Loft conversion including front and rear dormers and alterations to fenestration. Timber cladding to first floor.

    11 Kings Walk Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5LG

    Adur District Council Approve Open council record
  4. AWDM/0542/25 Submitted 25 April 2025 629 m away

    Variation of Condition 7 (rooflights) of approved AWDM/1715/23. Rooflights on the Western slope to be obscured apart from landing rooflight and proposed front bedroom rooflight. Rooflights on Eastern slope to be clear glazed apart from rooflight serving shower room. The lower section of the two double rooflights on the southern end of the western roof slope serving the master bedroom shall be fixed shut. ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: Proposed front porch, front and rear gables, side dormer to east roofslope, extensions and alterations to garage building to create studio with store, rooflights to east and west roofslopes and in garage extension. (Rear gable and side dormer to be built under permitted development)

    4 Havenside Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5LN

    Adur District Council Committee Open council record
  5. AWDM/0505/25 Submitted 17 April 2025 769 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

    Adur District Council Approve Open council record
  6. AWDM/0466/25 Submitted 9 April 2025 455 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

    Adur District Council Prior not required - prior approval not required Open council record
  7. AWDM/0341/25 Submitted 18 March 2025 972 m away

    Proposed single storey front and rear extensions

    94 West Way Lancing West Sussex BN15 8NB

    Adur District Council Approve Open council record
  8. AWDM/0199/25 Submitted 13 March 2025 666 m away

    Retention of porch (retrospective application)

    11 George V Avenue Lancing West Sussex BN15 8NG

    Adur District Council Approve Open council record
  9. AWDM/1596/24 Submitted 11 December 2024 858 m away

    Application for consent under Adur District Council Tree Preservation Order No. 13.53/4/15 (L) of 2015 to initiate pollard at 4 metres on one Goat Willow tree T1 of woodland W1.

    Land North Of Prince Avenue Lancing West Sussex

    Adur District Council Approve Open council record
  10. AWDM/1589/24 Submitted 11 December 2024 434 m away

    2No. Replacement bedroom windows, 1 No. Replacement door and window in lieu of front patio doors 1No. Replacement window with fixed panels below in lieu of rear patio doors.

    Flat 1 Pebble Lodge 120 Beach Green Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5YA

    Adur District Council Approve Open council record
  11. AWDM/1555/24 Submitted 3 December 2024 428 m away

    Single storey front and two storey side extensions, existing converted garage and outbuilding removed

    14 The Broadway Lancing West Sussex BN15 8NY

    Adur District Council Approve Open council record
  12. AWDM/1473/24 Submitted 26 November 2024 334 m away

    Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed loft conversion to include partial hip to gable extension, rear dormer with 2no. Juliet Balconies and front rooflights

    5 Kings Walk Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5LG

    Adur District Council Approve 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

5

within 5 km

  • ADUR HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, POND ROAD, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA, BN43 5US

    ODS code H82023

    1.5 km

  • NEW POND ROW SURGERY

    35 SOUTH STREET, LANCING, BN15 8AN

    ODS code H82091

    2.1 km

  • THE ORCHARD SURGERY

    PENSTONE PARK, LANCING, BN15 9AG

    ODS code H82096

    2.3 km

  • BALL TREE SURGERY

    WESTERN ROAD NORTH, SOMPTING, LANCING, BN15 9UX

    ODS code H82065

    3.3 km

  • SELDEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    6 SELDEN ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 2LL

    ODS code H82061

    5.0 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

  • The Longshore

    BCT · Shoreham-by-Sea

    0.1 miles
  • Wenceling Cottages

    BCT · South Lancing

    0.1 miles
  • Wenceling Cottages

    BCT · South Lancing

    0.1 miles
  • The Longshore

    BCT · Shoreham-by-Sea

    0.1 miles
  • The Longshore

    BCT · Shoreham-by-Sea

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Adur 007D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,271 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
5 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
10
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

Property market

The five-year median is £215,000 from 1 recorded sale in BN15 8LF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Adur is £380,031 in June 2026, up 1.8% year on year.

Schools

22 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 3 secondary schools. Swiss Gardens Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

814 published events cover 12 months, averaging 67.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 252 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.