Schools
22 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 3 secondary schools. Seaside Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.5 km.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN43 5FU
Widewater · Adur · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Widewater
- Local authority
- Adur
- Constituency
- East Worthing and Shoreham
- Postcode district
- BN43
- Postcode sector
- BN43 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN43 5FU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 February 2014
- Terminated
- 1 November 2015
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN43
- Postcode sector
- BN43 5
- Latitude
- 50.825241
- Longitude
- -0.292167
- British National Grid easting
- 520,382
- British National Grid northing
- 104,246
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Adur · E07000223
- Electoral ward
- Widewater · E05007575
- Parish or community
- E04009847
- Westminster constituency
- East Worthing and Shoreham · E14001218
- Output area
- E00159987
- Lower layer super output area
- Adur 007D · E01031378
- Middle layer super output area
- Adur 007 · E02006540
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 BN43
Schools
Within 5 km of this postcode
- Open schools
- 22
- Primary
- 13
- Secondary
- 3
- 1.5 km
Seaside Primary School
Academy converter
- 1.5 km
Swiss Gardens Primary School
Community school
- 1.9 km
Shoreham Beach Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 588
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 189
- Shoplifting 119
- Anti social behaviour 106
- Public order 45
- Criminal damage and arson 36
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BN43 5 residents
- 12,086
Age bands in BN43 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.1%
- 1,944 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 8%
- 964 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.5%
- 2,606 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.1%
- 3,519 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 25.4%
- 3,071 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.
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+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- 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, coverage at January 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
- 360
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 100
- Latest available record date
- 8 July 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/0835/25 Submitted 8 July 2025 724 m away
Hip to gable roof extensions, rooflights to front and rear, alterations to fenestration and new glass balustrade. Single storey side extension. (revised proposal).
32 Kings Walk Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5LG
Adur District Council Open council record - AWDM/0734/25 Submitted 6 June 2025 444 m away
Variation of Condition 1 Approved plans and 3 Materials of AWDM/1388/24. Amendments: Changes to fenestration on the ground floor, change the pitched roof material from tiles to aluminium standing seam to match the dormers. Original description: Proposed ground floor wrap around extension, partial first floor wrap around extension with balcony. Loft conversion including front and rear dormers and alterations to fenestration. Timber cladding to first floor.
11 Kings Walk Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5LG
- AWDM/0542/25 Submitted 25 April 2025 661 m away
Variation of Condition 7 (rooflights) of approved AWDM/1715/23. Rooflights on the Western slope to be obscured apart from landing rooflight and proposed front bedroom rooflight. Rooflights on Eastern slope to be clear glazed apart from rooflight serving shower room. The lower section of the two double rooflights on the southern end of the western roof slope serving the master bedroom shall be fixed shut. ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: Proposed front porch, front and rear gables, side dormer to east roofslope, extensions and alterations to garage building to create studio with store, rooflights to east and west roofslopes and in garage extension. (Rear gable and side dormer to be built under permitted development)
4 Havenside Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5LN
- AWDM/0505/25 Submitted 17 April 2025 755 m away
Creation of new entrance door on front elevation together with an access ramp with handrails.
56 West Way Lancing West Sussex BN15 8LZ
- AWDM/0466/25 Submitted 9 April 2025 446 m away
Householder application for permitted development for prior approval for single storey extension to rear of property measuring 4.5m from rear wall of the original dwelling, maximum height 3m and height of eaves of the extension 2.5m
1 The Broadway Lancing West Sussex BN15 8LT
- AWDM/0341/25 Submitted 18 March 2025 947 m away
Proposed single storey front and rear extensions
94 West Way Lancing West Sussex BN15 8NB
- AWDM/0199/25 Submitted 13 March 2025 673 m away
Retention of porch (retrospective application)
11 George V Avenue Lancing West Sussex BN15 8NG
- AWDM/1596/24 Submitted 11 December 2024 877 m away
Application for consent under Adur District Council Tree Preservation Order No. 13.53/4/15 (L) of 2015 to initiate pollard at 4 metres on one Goat Willow tree T1 of woodland W1.
Land North Of Prince Avenue Lancing West Sussex
- AWDM/1589/24 Submitted 11 December 2024 523 m away
2No. Replacement bedroom windows, 1 No. Replacement door and window in lieu of front patio doors 1No. Replacement window with fixed panels below in lieu of rear patio doors.
Flat 1 Pebble Lodge 120 Beach Green Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5YA
- AWDM/1555/24 Submitted 3 December 2024 456 m away
Single storey front and two storey side extensions, existing converted garage and outbuilding removed
14 The Broadway Lancing West Sussex BN15 8NY
- AWDM/1473/24 Submitted 26 November 2024 361 m away
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed loft conversion to include partial hip to gable extension, rear dormer with 2no. Juliet Balconies and front rooflights
5 Kings Walk Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 5LG
- AWDM/1477/24 Submitted 20 November 2024 473 m away
Ground floor single storey rear extension. Demolition of existing first floor side extension and replacement with a new single storey extension to access the ground floor. Hip to gable roof extensions and new rear dormer (previously approved under application ref: AWDM/0147/24) Adjustments and additions to the previous approval include: Ground floor extension increase by 500mm to allow for a retaining wall; solar panels; cladding to front bays, 2m flag pole, render to front boundary wall.
180 Brighton Road Lancing West Sussex BN15 8LL
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
5
within 5 km straight-line
ADUR HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
THE HEALTH CENTRE, POND ROAD, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA, BN43 5US
ODS code H82023
1.6 km
NEW POND ROW SURGERY
35 SOUTH STREET, LANCING, BN15 8AN
ODS code H82091
2.1 km
THE ORCHARD SURGERY
PENSTONE PARK, LANCING, BN15 9AG
ODS code H82096
2.3 km
BALL TREE SURGERY
WESTERN ROAD NORTH, SOMPTING, LANCING, BN15 9UX
ODS code H82065
3.4 km
SELDEN MEDICAL CENTRE
6 SELDEN ROAD, WORTHING, BN11 2LL
ODS code H82061
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 171 m
Wenceling Cottages
BCT · South Lancing
- 173 m
Wenceling Cottages
BCT · South Lancing
- 229 m
The Longshore
BCT · Shoreham-by-Sea
- 323 m
The Longshore
BCT · Shoreham-by-Sea
- 363 m
The Broadway
BCT · South Lancing
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Adur 007D, 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
6 of 10
Overall England rank
19,271 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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
588 published events cover 12 months, averaging 49 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 189 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.