Schools
52 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 7 secondary schools. Benfield Primary School is the nearest published school at 268 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN4 1GH
South Portslade · Brighton and Hove · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- South Portslade
- Local authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Constituency
- Hove and Portslade
- Postcode district
- BN4
- Postcode sector
- BN4 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN4 1GH
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1988
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN4
- Postcode sector
- BN4 1
- Latitude
- 50.835275
- Longitude
- -0.209173
- British National Grid easting
- 526,200
- British National Grid northing
- 105,500
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Brighton and Hove · E06000043
- Electoral ward
- South Portslade · E05015414
- Parish or community
- E43000034
- Westminster constituency
- Hove and Portslade · E14001296
- Output area
- E00085737
- Lower layer super output area
- Brighton and Hove 021A · E01016974
- Middle layer super output area
- Brighton and Hove 021 · E02003511
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 BN4
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 52
- Primary
- 31
- Secondary
- 7
- 268 m
Benfield Primary School
Academy converter
- 458 m
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 675 m
Brackenbury Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,945
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,031
- Anti social behaviour 483
- Public order 289
- Shoplifting 265
- Criminal damage and arson 226
Planning applications
Mapped applications within 1,000 metres of this postcode point.
- Available records
- 101
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 41
- Latest available record date
- 13 June 2025
Adur District Council
Partial beta coverage
This beta dataset covers only Adur, Camden, Doncaster and Worthing and is not a complete national planning register. Doncaster records have no published coordinates, so they cannot be matched to local reports.
Latest available applications
- AWDM/0751/25 Submitted 13 June 2025 701 m away
Retention of altered pre-existing outbuildings (retrospective application)
Fishersgate Forge Mill Road Southwick West Sussex BN41 1PD
- AWDM/0368/25 Submitted 24 March 2025 829 m away
Proposed flat roof rear extension
29 Manor Close Southwick West Sussex BN42 4NW
- AWDM/0385/25 Submitted 24 March 2025 668 m away
Removal of conservatory and extension and erection of new single storey rear extension and room in roof with rear dormer and front roof lights. Rear first floor Juliet balcony.
24 St Richards Road Southwick West Sussex BN41 1PA
- AWDM/0355/25 Submitted 21 March 2025 723 m away
Installing a gravel drive and vehicular access to the front of the property
19 Gardner Road Southwick West Sussex BN41 1PN
- AWDM/0055/25 Submitted 16 January 2025 751 m away
Erection of one detached two storey house
212 Manor Hall Road Southwick West Sussex BN42 4NH
- AWDM/1581/24 Submitted 9 December 2024 999 m away
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed New sheet pile flood wall, a new setback flood wall along Basin Road South, a new footpath and cycleway above the sheet pile flood wall and re-surfacing of parking area along Basin Road South.
Land And Foreshore And Beach South East Of Substation Basin Road South Southwick West Sussex
- AWDM/1470/24 Submitted 14 November 2024 740 m away
Consultation by WSCC for a Smart Shore Power System with Battery Energy Storage and Solar Panels of application WSCC/025/24.
Land South Of Waterside Road Southwick West Sussex
- AWDM/0729/24 Submitted 10 June 2024 768 m away
Change of use from dwellinghouse (C3) to independent school (F1) (retrospective)
221 Manor Hall Road Southwick West Sussex BN42 4NR
- AWDM/0347/24 Submitted 14 March 2024 897 m away
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 10 (contaminated land) of Application AWDM/1247/21.
Former Garage Compound 1 To 20 Gardner Road Southwick West Sussex
- AWDM/0235/24 Submitted 20 February 2024 797 m away
Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 3 (ecology/biodiversity), 4 (pedestrian visibility on footpath), 5 (boundary treatment for reconfigured PROW), 8 (footpath works), 9 (drainage), 10 (CEMP), 13 (landscaping) and 14 (boundary treatment) of Application AWDM/1859/22.
Land East Of 24 To 30 Manor Close Gardener Street Portslade Brighton & Hove
- AWDM/0161/24 Submitted 12 February 2024 897 m away
Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions: Condition 6 (car parking details); Condition 7 (cycle storage details); and Condition 8 (EV charging point details) of approved application AWDM/1247/21.
Former Garage Compound 1 To 20 Gardner Road Southwick West Sussex
- AWDM/0719/23 Submitted 16 November 2023 623 m away
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for Proposed rooms in roof consisting of rear dormer and front roof lights.
7 St Richards Road Southwick West Sussex BN41 1PA
Source: MHCLG Planning Data, snapshot 2025-09-17, version 2025-09-17-beta. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Record dates use the submitted date where published, otherwise the decision date.
GP practices
16
within 5 km
PORTSLADE HEALTH CENTRE
CHURCH ROAD, PORTSLADE, BRIGHTON, BN41 1LX
ODS code G81046
336 m
WISH PARK SURGERY
191A PORTLAND ROAD, HOVE, BN3 5JA
ODS code G81083
1.4 km
HOVE MEDICAL CENTRE
WEST WAY, HOVE, BN3 8LD
ODS code G81001
1.5 km
MILE OAK MEDICAL CENTRE
CHALKY ROAD, PORTSLADE, BRIGHTON, BN41 2WF
ODS code G81073
2.2 km
TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE
1 GOLDSTONE VILLAS, HOVE, BN3 3AT
ODS code G81070
2.7 km
CHARTER MEDICAL CENTRE
88 DAVIGDOR ROAD, HOVE, BN3 1RF
ODS code G81034
3.7 km
WELLBN HEALTHCARE
18-19 WESTERN ROAD, HOVE, BN3 1AE
ODS code G81638
3.9 km
BEACONSFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
175 PRESTON ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6AG
ODS code G81042
4.3 km
STANFORD MEDICAL CENTRE
175 PRESTON ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6AG
ODS code G81038
4.3 km
MONTPELIER SURGERY
2 VICTORIA ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 3FS
ODS code G81044
4.3 km
SEVEN DIALS MEDICAL CENTRE
24 MONTPELIER CRESCENT, BRIGHTON, BN1 3JJ
ODS code G81047
4.4 km
ADUR HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
THE HEALTH CENTRE, POND ROAD, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA, BN43 5US
ODS code H82023
4.6 km
THE HAVEN PRACTICE
100 BEACONSFIELD VILLAS, BRIGHTON, BN1 6HE
ODS code G81646
4.8 km
BRIGHTON STATION HEALTH CENTRE
ASPECT HOUSE, 84-87 QUEENS ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 3XE
ODS code Y02676
4.8 km
PRESTON PARK SURGERY
2A FLORENCE ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 6DP
ODS code G81018
4.9 km
SHIP STREET SURGERY
65-67 SHIP STREET, BRIGHTON, BN1 1AE
ODS code G81694
5.0 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
- 0.1 miles
Portslade Station
BCT · Portslade
- 0.1 miles
Portslade Railway Station
BCT · Hove
- 0.1 miles
Portslade Railway Station
BCT · Hove
- 0.1 miles
Portslade Town Hall
BCT · Portslade
- 0.1 miles
Boundary Road
BCT · Hove
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Brighton and Hove 021A, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
11,365 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
2,945 published events cover 12 months, averaging 245.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,031 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.