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BN2 7AA

Rottingdean & West Saltdean · Brighton and Hove · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Brighton
Local authority
Brighton and Hove
Postcode district
BN2
Postcode sector
BN2 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BN2 7AD 68 m
BN2 7GW 120 m
BN2 7AB 215 m
BN2 7GX 334 m
BN2 6WA 366 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN2 7AA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN2
Postcode sector
BN2 7
Latitude
50.822014
Longitude
-0.070085
British National Grid easting
536,032
British National Grid northing
104,272

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Brighton and Hove · E06000043
Parish or community
E43000034
Output area
E00085641
Lower layer super output area
Brighton and Hove 033F · E01016962
Middle layer super output area
Brighton and Hove 033 · E02003523

Postcode source versions

Explore BN2

23 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Meadow Vale, 5, Ovingdean Road, Ovingdean, Brighton, BN2 7AA 10 July 2025 £687,500
Ladycroft, Ovingdean Road, Ovingdean, Brighton, BN2 7AA 30 September 2024 £480,000
Ladycroft, Ovingdean Road, Ovingdean, Brighton, BN2 7AA 27 September 2024 £480,000

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
21
Secondary
2
  1. Longhill High School

    Community school

    390 m
  2. Oxford International College, Brighton

    Other independent school

    607 m
  3. Rudyard Kipling Primary School & Nursery

    Community school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
326
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 125
  • Anti social behaviour 70
  • Other theft 35
  • Criminal damage and arson 30
  • Public order 28

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
33
17 female, 16 male
Postcode households
15
Residents per household
2.2
BN2 7 residents
4,378

Age bands in BN2 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11%
473 residents
Age 15 to 24
7.7%
328 residents
Age 25 to 44
17.2%
736 residents
Age 45 to 64
32.2%
1,378 residents
Age 65 and over
31.9%
1,367 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BN2 7 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+
94.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
94.4%
Gigabit-capable
94.4%
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

12

within 5 km straight-line

  • WOODINGDEAN MEDICAL CENTRE

    WARREN ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN2 6BA

    ODS code G81065

    1.7 km

  • BROADWAY SURGERY

    WELLSBOURNE HEALTH CENTRE, 179 WHITEHAWK ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN2 5FL

    ODS code G81669

    2.7 km

  • WELLSBOURNE HEALTHCARE CIC

    WELLSBOURNE HEALTH CENTRE, 179 WHITEHAWK ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN2 5FL

    ODS code Y06007

    2.7 km

  • SALTDEAN AND ROTTINGDEAN MED PRACTICE

    GRAND OCEAN MEDICAL CENTRE, LONGRIDGE AVENUE, SALTDEAN, BRIGHTON, BN2 8BU

    ODS code G81076

    3.3 km

  • THE AVENUE SURGERY

    1 THE AVENUE, MOULSECOOMB, BRIGHTON, BN2 4GF

    ODS code G81075

    3.9 km

  • PARK CRESCENT HEALTH CENTRE

    1 LEWES ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN2 3HP

    ODS code G81028

    4.3 km

  • ARDINGLY COURT SURGERY

    1 ARDINGLY STREET, BRIGHTON, BN2 1SS

    ODS code G81006

    4.4 km

  • ARCH HEALTHCARE

    MORLEY STREET, BRIGHTON, BN2 9DH

    ODS code G81689

    4.5 km

  • REGENCY SURGERY

    4 OLD STEINE, BRIGHTON, BN1 1FZ

    ODS code G81656

    4.7 km

  • PAVILION SURGERY

    2 OLD STEINE, BRIGHTON, BN1 1EJ

    ODS code G81054

    4.7 km

  • ST. PETER'S MEDICAL CENTRE

    30-36 OXFORD STREET, BRIGHTON, BN1 4LA

    ODS code G81011

    4.7 km

  • SCHOOL HOUSE SURGERY

    SCHOOL HOUSE, HERTFORD ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 7GF

    ODS code G81613

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • The Vale

    BCT · Ovingdean

    31 m
  • The Vale

    BCT · Ovingdean

    35 m
  • Ovingdean Road

    BCT · Ovingdean

    158 m
  • Ovingdean Road

    BCT · Ovingdean

    173 m
  • Bottom of Cowley Drive

    BCT · Woodingdean

    293 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Brighton and Hove 033F, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,921 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
9 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
5
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
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 £583,750 from 4 recorded sales in BN2 7AA. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Brighton and Hove is £407,803 in June 2026, up 0.3% year on year.

Schools

36 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 2 secondary schools. Longhill High School is the nearest published school at 390 m.

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

Recorded crime

326 published events cover 12 months, averaging 27 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 125 events.

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