Schools
33 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 5 secondary schools. Shoreham Academy is the nearest published school at 321 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN43 6LX
Southlands · Adur · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Southlands
- Local authority
- Adur
- Constituency
- East Worthing and Shoreham
- Postcode district
- BN43
- Postcode sector
- BN43 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BN43 6LX
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 July 1990
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN43
- Postcode sector
- BN43 6
- Latitude
- 50.837692
- Longitude
- -0.249942
- British National Grid easting
- 523,323
- British National Grid northing
- 105,700
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Adur · E07000223
- Electoral ward
- Southlands · E05007573
- Parish or community
- E43000147
- Westminster constituency
- East Worthing and Shoreham · E14001218
- Output area
- E00159956
- Lower layer super output area
- Adur 004D · E01031371
- 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 BN43
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 33
- Primary
- 20
- Secondary
- 5
- 321 m
Shoreham Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 581 m
Shoreham College
Other independent school
- 591 m
Glebe Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,433
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 516
- Anti social behaviour 253
- Criminal damage and arson 134
- Public order 130
- Shoplifting 107
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 17
- Postcode households
- 5
- Residents per household
- 3.4
- BN43 6 residents
- 12,177
11 female, 6 male
Age bands in BN43 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.5%
2,343 residents
1,166 residents
2,959 residents
3,335 residents
2,691 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BN43 6 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
- 1,430
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 611
- Latest available record date
- 28 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/0982/25 Submitted 28 July 2025 782 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 857 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/0930/25 Submitted 15 July 2025 495 m away
Retention of single storey rear and side extensions, front porch, and hip-to-gable roof extension with front roof lights and rear dormer - Amendments to AWDM/1179/23: flat roof to porch, cladding to porch, gable and dormer, alterations to fenestration
17 Fairfield Close Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6BH
- AWDM/0914/25 Submitted 11 July 2025 301 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 301 m away
Annexe in rear garden for ancillary use to the main dwellinghouse
3 Montford Close Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6YP
- AWDM/0723/25 Submitted 7 July 2025 807 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 191 m away
Rear conservatory
23 Elizabeth Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6YJ
Adur District Council Open council record - AWDM/0859/25 Submitted 1 July 2025 374 m away
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed single storey rear extension.
33 Franklin Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6YE
- AWDM/0842/25 Submitted 27 June 2025 817 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/0834/25 Submitted 26 June 2025 600 m away
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed room in roof consisting of rear dormer with rooflights in front roofslope
6 Old Shoreham Road Southwick West Sussex BN42 4HS
- AWDM/0816/25 Submitted 24 June 2025 763 m away
Single storey rear infill extension
16 Albert Road Southwick West Sussex BN42 4GE
- AWDM/0802/25 Submitted 19 June 2025 324 m away
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed loft conversion with rear dormer and rooflights to front
38 Mansell Road Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6GQ
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
ADUR HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
THE HEALTH CENTRE, POND ROAD, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA, BN43 5US
ODS code H82023
1.8 km
MILE OAK MEDICAL CENTRE
CHALKY ROAD, PORTSLADE, BRIGHTON, BN41 2WF
ODS code G81073
2.2 km
PORTSLADE HEALTH CENTRE
CHURCH ROAD, PORTSLADE, BRIGHTON, BN41 1LX
ODS code G81046
2.6 km
HOVE MEDICAL CENTRE
WEST WAY, HOVE, BN3 8LD
ODS code G81001
3.9 km
WISH PARK SURGERY
191A PORTLAND ROAD, HOVE, BN3 5JA
ODS code G81083
4.3 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
- 0.0 miles
Arundel Close
BCT · Shoreham-by-Sea
- 0.0 miles
Lancing Broadway
BCT · Shoreham-by-Sea
- 0.0 miles
Arundel Close
BCT · Shoreham-by-Sea
- 0.0 miles
Clarendon Road
BCT · Shoreham-by-Sea
- 0.1 miles
Clarendon Road
BCT · Shoreham-by-Sea
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Adur 004D, 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
8,454 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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
1,433 published events cover 12 months, averaging 119.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 516 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.