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BN20 8BF

Old Town · Eastbourne · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Eastbourne
Ward
Old Town
Local authority
Eastbourne
Constituency
Eastbourne
Postcode district
BN20
Postcode sector
BN20 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BN20 8RZ 55 m
BN20 8SD 61 m
BN20 8SA 74 m
BN20 8SB 90 m
BN20 8RY 92 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN20 8BF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN20
Postcode sector
BN20 8
Latitude
50.781658
Longitude
0.248804
British National Grid easting
558,628
British National Grid northing
100,420

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Eastbourne · E07000061
Electoral ward
Old Town · E05011578
Parish or community
E43000055
Westminster constituency
Eastbourne · E14001219
Output area
E00106321
Lower layer super output area
Eastbourne 006B · E01020941
Middle layer super output area
Eastbourne 006 · E02004361

Postcode source versions

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Property

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22 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
10, Whitehill Close, Eastbourne, BN20 8BF 11 December 2025 £310,000
3, Whitehill Close, Eastbourne, BN20 8BF 29 October 2025 £280,000
6, Whitehill Close, Eastbourne, BN20 8BF 7 September 2021 £315,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
34
Primary
19
Secondary
4

  1. Pashley Down Infant School

    Community school

    513 m

  2. The South Downs School

    Academy special converter

    553 m

  3. Ocklynge Junior School

    Academy sponsor led

    691 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,647
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Shoplifting 616
  • Violence and sexual offences 404
  • Anti social behaviour 196
  • Public order 119
  • Criminal damage and arson 95

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
35

18 female, 17 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
2.7
BN20 8 residents
8,589

Age bands in BN20 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.8%

1,613 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

861 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.7%

1,687 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.5%

2,327 residents

Age 65 and over
20.5%

1,674 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BN20 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

10

within 5 km

  • VICTORIA MEDICAL CENTRE

    153A VICTORIA DRIVE, EASTBOURNE, BN20 8NH

    ODS code G81032

    665 m

  • PARK PRACTICE

    BROADWATER WAY, EASTBOURNE, BN22 9PQ

    ODS code G81104

    2.5 km

  • ARLINGTON ROAD SURGERY

    1 ARLINGTON ROAD, EASTBOURNE, BN21 1DH

    ODS code G81050

    2.5 km

  • GROVE ROAD SURGERY

    59-63 GROVE ROAD, EASTBOURNE, BN21 4TX

    ODS code G81002

    2.6 km

  • THE LIGHTHOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    6 COLLEGE ROAD, EASTBOURNE, BN21 4HY

    ODS code G81003

    2.9 km

  • SEASIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    18 SHEEN ROAD, EASTBOURNE, BN22 8DR

    ODS code G81017

    3.4 km

  • SOVEREIGN PRACTICE

    PRINCES PARK HEALTH CTR, 7 WARTLING ROAD, EASTBOURNE, BN22 7PG

    ODS code G81022

    3.8 km

  • MANOR PARK MEDICAL CENTRE

    HIGH STREET, POLEGATE, BN26 5DJ

    ODS code G81049

    4.2 km

  • DOWNLANDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    77 HIGH STREET, POLEGATE, BN26 6AE

    ODS code G81004

    4.6 km

  • STONE CROSS SURGERY

    MIMRAM ROAD, STONE CROSS, PEVENSEY, BN24 5DZ

    ODS code G81008

    4.9 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

  • Filching Road

    BCT · Downside

    0.0 miles

  • Hill Road

    BCT · Downside

    0.1 miles

  • Bracken Road

    BCT · Downside

    0.1 miles

  • Palesgate Way

    BCT · Downside

    0.1 miles

  • Palesgate Way

    BCT · Downside

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Eastbourne 006B, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,898 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
9 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

Property market

The five-year median is £310,000 from 3 recorded sales in BN20 8BF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Eastbourne is £251,811 in June 2026, down 3.7% year on year.

Schools

34 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 4 secondary schools. Pashley Down Infant School is the nearest published school at 513 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,647 published events cover 12 months, averaging 137.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 616 events.

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