Schools
13 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 0 secondary schools. East Sussex Academy is the nearest published school at 803 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN27 2EU
Hailsham East · Wealden · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Hailsham East
- Local authority
- Wealden
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald
- Postcode district
- BN27
- Postcode sector
- BN27 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN27 2EU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN27
- Postcode sector
- BN27 2
- Latitude
- 50.855606
- Longitude
- 0.260004
- British National Grid easting
- 559,166
- British National Grid northing
- 108,666
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Wealden · E07000065
- Electoral ward
- Hailsham East · E05011640
- Parish or community
- E04003845
- Westminster constituency
- Sussex Weald · E14001533
- Output area
- E00107622
- Lower layer super output area
- Wealden 017D · E01021185
- Middle layer super output area
- Wealden 017 · E02004419
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
- 13
- Primary
- 9
- Secondary
- 0
- 803 m
East Sussex Academy
Academy alternative provision converter
- 996 m
White House Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 1.1 km
Thornton Grove Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,255
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 414
- Anti social behaviour 259
- Public order 120
- Criminal damage and arson 119
- Shoplifting 101
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BN27 2 residents
- 5,760
Age bands in BN27 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.2%
1,109 residents
588 residents
1,465 residents
1,445 residents
1,239 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
5
within 5 km straight-line
BRIDGESIDE SURGERY
1 WESTERN ROAD, HAILSHAM, BN27 3DG
ODS code G81012
745 m
QUINTINS MEDICAL CENTRE
HAWKSWOOD ROAD, HAILSHAM, BN27 1UG
ODS code G81098
2.4 km
DOWNLANDS MEDICAL CENTRE
77 HIGH STREET, POLEGATE, BN26 6AE
ODS code G81004
3.8 km
MANOR PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
HIGH STREET, POLEGATE, BN26 5DJ
ODS code G81049
4.2 km
STONE CROSS SURGERY
MIMRAM ROAD, STONE CROSS, PEVENSEY, BN24 5DZ
ODS code G81008
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Swan Road
BCT · Hailsham
- 0.2 miles
Ersham Way
BCT · Hailsham
- 0.2 miles
The Drive
BCT · Hailsham
- 0.3 miles
Windsor Road
BCT · Hailsham
- 0.3 miles
Bell Banks Road
BCT · Hailsham
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wealden 017D, 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
7,877 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 10 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
1,255 published events cover 12 months, averaging 104.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 414 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.