Schools
51 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 7 secondary schools. Benfield Primary School is the nearest published school at 415 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN41 1HS
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
- BN41
- Postcode sector
- BN41 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN41 1HS
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 2007
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN41
- Postcode sector
- BN41 1
- Latitude
- 50.834028
- Longitude
- -0.208212
- British National Grid easting
- 526,271
- British National Grid northing
- 105,363
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
- E00085712
- 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 BN41
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 51
- Primary
- 30
- Secondary
- 7
- 415 m
Benfield Primary School
Academy converter
- 428 m
St Mary's Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 816 m
Brackenbury Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,795
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 964
- Anti social behaviour 462
- Public order 282
- Shoplifting 250
- Criminal damage and arson 215
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 13
- Postcode households
- 11
- Residents per household
- 1.2
- BN41 1 residents
- 6,888
8 female, 5 male
Age bands in BN41 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 30.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 11.6%
1,348 residents
677 residents
2,008 residents
1,760 residents
760 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BN41 1 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.
Planning applications
Mapped applications within 1,000 metres of this postcode point.
- Available records
- 81
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 36
- 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 702 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 919 m away
Proposed flat roof rear extension
29 Manor Close Southwick West Sussex BN42 4NW
- AWDM/0385/25 Submitted 24 March 2025 671 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 769 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 831 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 931 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 683 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 855 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 943 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 890 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 943 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 634 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
355 m
WISH PARK SURGERY
191A PORTLAND ROAD, HOVE, BN3 5JA
ODS code G81083
1.3 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
2.3 km
TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE
1 GOLDSTONE VILLAS, HOVE, BN3 3AT
ODS code G81070
2.6 km
CHARTER MEDICAL CENTRE
88 DAVIGDOR ROAD, HOVE, BN3 1RF
ODS code G81034
3.6 km
WELLBN HEALTHCARE
18-19 WESTERN ROAD, HOVE, BN3 1AE
ODS code G81638
3.8 km
MONTPELIER SURGERY
2 VICTORIA ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 3FS
ODS code G81044
4.2 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
SEVEN DIALS MEDICAL CENTRE
24 MONTPELIER CRESCENT, BRIGHTON, BN1 3JJ
ODS code G81047
4.3 km
ADUR HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
THE HEALTH CENTRE, POND ROAD, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA, BN43 5US
ODS code H82023
4.7 km
THE HAVEN PRACTICE
100 BEACONSFIELD VILLAS, BRIGHTON, BN1 6HE
ODS code G81646
4.7 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
4.8 km
SHIP STREET SURGERY
65-67 SHIP STREET, BRIGHTON, BN1 1AE
ODS code G81694
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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Boundary Road
BCT · Hove
- 0.1 miles
Boundary Road
BCT · Hove
- 0.1 miles
Portslade Railway Station
BCT · Hove
- 0.1 miles
Boundary Road
BCT · Hove
- 0.1 miles
Portslade Railway Station
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.
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
Recorded crime
2,795 published events cover 12 months, averaging 232.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 964 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.