Schools
31 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 5 secondary schools. Stone Cross School is the nearest published school at 431 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN24 5AR
Stone Cross · Wealden · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN24 5AR
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN24
- Postcode sector
- BN24 5
- Latitude
- 50.819481
- Longitude
- 0.291625
- British National Grid easting
- 561,516
- British National Grid northing
- 104,718
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Wealden · E07000065
- Electoral ward
- Stone Cross · E05011659
- Parish or community
- E04012657
- Westminster constituency
- Lewes · E14001330
- Output area
- E00181201
- Lower layer super output area
- Wealden 020C · E01021208
- Middle layer super output area
- Wealden 020 · E02004422
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 BN24
Property
5 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| White House, Hankham Road, Hankham, Pevensey, BN24 5AR | 26 August 2016 | £411,000 |
| Forge Cottage, Hankham Road, Hankham, Pevensey, BN24 5AR | 26 July 2006 | £394,750 |
| Walend, Hankham Road, Hankham, Pevensey, BN24 5AR | 8 September 2000 | £86,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 31
- Primary
- 19
- Secondary
- 5
- 431 m
Stone Cross School
Community school
- 869 m
Hazel Court School
Academy special converter
- 901 m
Hankham Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,241
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Shoplifting 438
- Violence and sexual offences 355
- Anti social behaviour 157
- Criminal damage and arson 72
- Public order 59
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 9
- Postcode households
- 4
- Residents per household
- 2.3
- BN24 5 residents
- 7,466
5 female, 4 male
Age bands in BN24 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.3%
1,282 residents
747 residents
1,661 residents
2,047 residents
1,556 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BN24 5 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+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- 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
6
within 5 km
STONE CROSS SURGERY
MIMRAM ROAD, STONE CROSS, PEVENSEY, BN24 5DZ
ODS code G81008
325 m
PARK PRACTICE
BROADWATER WAY, EASTBOURNE, BN22 9PQ
ODS code G81104
2.9 km
DOWNLANDS MEDICAL CENTRE
77 HIGH STREET, POLEGATE, BN26 6AE
ODS code G81004
3.4 km
MANOR PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
HIGH STREET, POLEGATE, BN26 5DJ
ODS code G81049
3.5 km
HARBOUR MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 PACIFIC DRIVE, EASTBOURNE, BN23 6DW
ODS code Y00080
3.5 km
SOVEREIGN PRACTICE
PRINCES PARK HEALTH CTR, 7 WARTLING ROAD, EASTBOURNE, BN22 7PG
ODS code G81022
4.3 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
- 0.0 miles
Belle Vue
BCT · Stone Cross
- 0.1 miles
Belle Vue
BCT · Stone Cross
- 0.1 miles
Milton Street
BCT · Stone Cross
- 0.1 miles
Milton Street
BCT · Stone Cross
- 0.2 miles
The Crossways
BCT · Stone Cross
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wealden 020C, 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
22,437 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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
- 2
- 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
Recorded crime
1,241 published events cover 12 months, averaging 103.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 438 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.