BN2 8DD

East Saltdean & Telscombe Cliffs · Lewes · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Brighton
Local authority
Lewes
Postcode district
BN2
Postcode sector
BN2 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BN2 8DB 35 m
BN2 8EG 47 m
BN2 8ED 81 m
BN2 8EB 106 m
BN2 8EF 124 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN2 8DD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN2
Postcode sector
BN2 8
Latitude
50.800116
Longitude
-0.031975
British National Grid easting
538,781
British National Grid northing
101,908

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Lewes · E07000063
Parish or community
E04003791
Output area
E00106804
Lower layer super output area
Lewes 006D · E01021030
Middle layer super output area
Lewes 006 · E02004384

Postcode source versions

Explore BN2

10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
6, Cowden Road, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8DD 29 August 2019 £405,000
5, Cowden Road, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8DD 5 August 2016 £395,000
1, Cowden Road, Saltdean, Brighton, BN2 8DD 19 March 2015 £280,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
8
Secondary
2
  1. Saltdean Primary School

    Community school

    1.0 km
  2. Telscombe Cliffs Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.5 km
  3. St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean

    Voluntary aided school

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
494
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 219
  • Anti social behaviour 68
  • Public order 42
  • Criminal damage and arson 39
  • Other theft 38

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
20

10 female, 10 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
3.3
BN2 8 residents
8,700

Age bands in BN2 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%

1,212 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

761 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.8%

1,734 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.6%

2,683 residents

Age 65 and over
27.1%

2,375 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BN2 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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • SALTDEAN AND ROTTINGDEAN MED PRACTICE

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

    ODS code G81076

    361 m

  • HAVENSHEALTH

    ANCHOR HEALTHCARE CENTRE, MERIDIAN WAY, PEACEHAVEN, BN10 8NF

    ODS code G81100

    2.2 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Martlet House

    BCT · East Saltdean

    0.1 miles
  • Bannings Vale

    BCT · East Saltdean

    0.1 miles
  • Crowborough Road

    BCT · East Saltdean

    0.1 miles
  • Bannings Vale

    BCT · East Saltdean

    0.1 miles
  • Cissbury Crescent

    BCT · East Saltdean

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lewes 006D, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,582 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
5 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
0
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

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 2 secondary schools. Saltdean Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

494 published events cover 12 months, averaging 41.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 219 events.

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