Schools
35 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 5 secondary schools. Glebe Primary School is the nearest published school at 398 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN42 4EF
Southwick Green · Adur · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Southwick Green
- Local authority
- Adur
- Constituency
- East Worthing and Shoreham
- Postcode district
- BN42
- Postcode sector
- BN42 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN42 4EF
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 July 1995
- Terminated
- 1 May 2002
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN42
- Postcode sector
- BN42 4
- Latitude
- 50.831519
- Longitude
- -0.241354
- British National Grid easting
- 523,944
- British National Grid northing
- 105,028
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Adur · E07000223
- Electoral ward
- Southwick Green · E05007574
- Parish or community
- E43000147
- Westminster constituency
- East Worthing and Shoreham · E14001218
- Output area
- E00159970
- Lower layer super output area
- Adur 004G · E01031375
- Middle layer super output area
- Adur 004 · E02006537
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 BN42
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 35
- Primary
- 22
- Secondary
- 5
- 398 m
Glebe Primary School
Academy converter
- 405 m
Shoreham College
Other independent school
- 668 m
Shoreham Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,304
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 497
- Anti social behaviour 222
- Public order 110
- Criminal damage and arson 105
- Other theft 97
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BN42 4 residents
- 10,759
Age bands in BN42 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.8%
1,952 residents
1,087 residents
2,674 residents
3,040 residents
2,292 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.
Planning applications
Mapped applications within 1,000 metres of this postcode point.
- Available records
- 984
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 449
- Latest available record date
- 1 August 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/0984/25 Submitted 1 August 2025 865 m away
Single storey rear extension
7 Manor Hall Road Southwick West Sussex BN42 4NA
Adur District Council Open council record - AWDM/0983/25 Submitted 30 July 2025 883 m away
Householder application for permitted development for prior approval for single storey extension to rear of property measuring 5m from rear wall of the original dwelling, maximum height 3m and height of eaves of the extension 3m
30 Manor Hall Road Southwick West Sussex BN42 4NB
- AWDM/0982/25 Submitted 28 July 2025 395 m away
Proposed single storey rear extension, front extension to garage and garage conversion
6 Church Lane Southwick West Sussex BN42 4GD
Adur District Council Open council record - AWDM/0963/25 Submitted 23 July 2025 324 m away
Application for Listed Building Consent for proposed repairs to windows, timber surrounds, decorative shutters and timber front door surround and hood on the front of the property.
41 The Green Southwick West Sussex BN42 4FY
- AWDM/0914/25 Submitted 11 July 2025 875 m away
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed use of land to site a mobile home for ancillary use to the main dwelling
3 Montford Close Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6YP
- AWDM/0913/25 Submitted 11 July 2025 875 m away
Annexe in rear garden for ancillary use to the main dwellinghouse
3 Montford Close Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6YP
- AWDM/0843/25 Submitted 11 July 2025 560 m away
Part-retrospective permission for change of use of three parking spaces to create two enclosed refuse storage areas in connection with commercial uses in Southwick Square
Car Park Southwick Square Southwick West Sussex
- AWDM/0723/25 Submitted 7 July 2025 139 m away
Construction of replacement single storey rear extension with roof terrace
25 Victoria Road Southwick West Sussex BN42 4DJ
Adur District Council Open council record - AWDM/0694/25 Submitted 3 July 2025 903 m away
Rear conservatory
23 Elizabeth Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6YJ
Adur District Council Open council record - AWDM/0797/25 Submitted 30 June 2025 525 m away
New plant to replace existing on flat roof within new steel cage. New steel security doors. Brick up old openings in external walls. New ventilation. New external LED lighting to replace existing. New parcel lockers. ATM relocated. New di-bond panels to shop front.New roller shutter. New hatch and CAT ladder on flat roof.
Co Operative Retail Services 8 - 16 Southwick Square Southwick West Sussex BN42 4FJ
- AWDM/0842/25 Submitted 27 June 2025 205 m away
Application for a Non-Material Amendment to previously approved AWDM/1999/21. Amendment: Additional cladding to the North, West and South elevations on Level 5 of Building 1.
Land At 7 To 27 Albion Street Southwick West Sussex
- AWDM/0816/25 Submitted 24 June 2025 277 m away
Single storey rear infill extension
16 Albert Road Southwick West Sussex BN42 4GE
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
6
within 5 km straight-line
PORTSLADE HEALTH CENTRE
CHURCH ROAD, PORTSLADE, BRIGHTON, BN41 1LX
ODS code G81046
2.0 km
ADUR HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
THE HEALTH CENTRE, POND ROAD, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA, BN43 5US
ODS code H82023
2.3 km
MILE OAK MEDICAL CENTRE
CHALKY ROAD, PORTSLADE, BRIGHTON, BN41 2WF
ODS code G81073
2.4 km
HOVE MEDICAL CENTRE
WEST WAY, HOVE, BN3 8LD
ODS code G81001
3.6 km
WISH PARK SURGERY
191A PORTLAND ROAD, HOVE, BN3 5JA
ODS code G81083
3.7 km
TRINITY MEDICAL CENTRE
1 GOLDSTONE VILLAS, HOVE, BN3 3AT
ODS code G81070
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Shoreham Terminal
BCT · Southwick
- 0.0 miles
Shoreham Terminal
BCT · Southwick
- 0.1 miles
Kingston Lane
BCT · Southwick
- 0.1 miles
Southwick Green
BCT · Southwick
- 0.1 miles
Southwick Green
BCT · Southwick
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Adur 004G, 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
23,255 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
1,304 published events cover 12 months, averaging 108.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 497 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.