Schools
11 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 0 secondary schools. The Ropemakers' Academy is the nearest published school at 408 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN27 1SL
Hailsham Central · Wealden · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Hailsham Central
- Local authority
- Wealden
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald
- Postcode district
- BN27
- Postcode sector
- BN27 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN27 1SL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1999
- Terminated
- 1 December 1999
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN27
- Postcode sector
- BN27 1
- Latitude
- 50.870306
- Longitude
- 0.259777
- British National Grid easting
- 559,100
- British National Grid northing
- 110,300
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Wealden · E07000065
- Electoral ward
- Hailsham Central · E05011639
- Parish or community
- E04003845
- Westminster constituency
- Sussex Weald · E14001533
- Output area
- E00107570
- Lower layer super output area
- Wealden 015C · E01021176
- Middle layer super output area
- Wealden 015 · E02004417
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 BN27
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 11
- Primary
- 7
- Secondary
- 0
- 408 m
The Ropemakers' Academy
Free schools special
- 520 m
Hailsham Academy
Academy converter
- 695 m
White House Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,763
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 669
- Anti social behaviour 368
- Criminal damage and arson 159
- Public order 139
- Shoplifting 121
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BN27 1 residents
- 7,503
Age bands in BN27 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 26.6%
1,148 residents
676 residents
1,575 residents
1,793 residents
1,880 residents
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.
GP practices
3
within 5 km straight-line
QUINTINS MEDICAL CENTRE
HAWKSWOOD ROAD, HAILSHAM, BN27 1UG
ODS code G81098
779 m
BRIDGESIDE SURGERY
1 WESTERN ROAD, HAILSHAM, BN27 3DG
ODS code G81012
978 m
HERSTMONCEUX INTEGRATIVE HEALTH CENTRE
HAILSHAM ROAD, HERSTMONCEUX, HAILSHAM, BN27 4JX
ODS code G81634
4.5 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Harmers Hay Road
BCT · Hailsham
- 0.1 miles
Harmers Hay Road
BCT · Hailsham
- 0.1 miles
Willow Avenue
BCT · Hailsham
- 0.1 miles
Harmers Hay Road middle
BCT · Hailsham
- 0.2 miles
Fir Tree Close
BCT · Hailsham
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wealden 015C, 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
22,261 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,763 published events cover 12 months, averaging 146.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 669 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.