Schools
33 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 5 secondary schools. Herons Dale School is the nearest published school at 360 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BN43 6TB
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 6TB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 July 1990
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BN
- Postcode district
- BN43
- Postcode sector
- BN43 6
- Latitude
- 50.841142
- Longitude
- -0.250310
- British National Grid easting
- 523,288
- British National Grid northing
- 106,083
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
- E00159952
- Lower layer super output area
- Adur 001E · E01031370
- Middle layer super output area
- Adur 001 · E02006534
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
- 21
- Secondary
- 5
- 360 m
Herons Dale School
Community special school
- 428 m
Holmbush Primary Academy
Academy converter
- 578 m
Shoreham Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,348
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 479
- Anti social behaviour 238
- Criminal damage and arson 125
- Public order 121
- Shoplifting 107
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BN43 6 residents
- 12,177
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
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+
- 50%
- 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
- 50%
- 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
- 1,281
- Records since 17 September 2020
- 537
- Latest available record date
- 15 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/0930/25 Submitted 15 July 2025 285 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 397 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 397 m away
Annexe in rear garden for ancillary use to the main dwellinghouse
3 Montford Close Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6YP
- AWDM/0694/25 Submitted 3 July 2025 340 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 291 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/0837/25 Submitted 27 June 2025 885 m away
Extensions to the side and rear, including roof extension to form gable end. Existing and extended roof space to be used as accommodation with dormers to the front and rear. Front porch.
51 Holmbush Way Southwick West Sussex BN42 4YD
- AWDM/0834/25 Submitted 26 June 2025 504 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/0802/25 Submitted 19 June 2025 489 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
- AWDM/0781/25 Submitted 13 June 2025 674 m away
Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 6 (Drainage Details) of application AWDM/0782/24.
17 Ashcroft Close Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6YR
- AWDM/0646/25 Submitted 9 June 2025 954 m away
Raised terrace to south elevation
4 Wilby Avenue Southwick West Sussex BN42 4RS
- AWDM/0695/25 Submitted 3 June 2025 669 m away
Raised patio area with steps leading to garden. Construction of privacy screen to Southern boundary, fencing with trellis on Northern boundary.
4 Tottington Way Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6HU
- AWDM/0569/25 Submitted 28 May 2025 293 m away
Vehicular access
43 Stoney Lane Shoreham-by-sea West Sussex BN43 6LA
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
1.9 km
MILE OAK MEDICAL CENTRE
CHALKY ROAD, PORTSLADE, BRIGHTON, BN41 2WF
ODS code G81073
2.0 km
PORTSLADE HEALTH CENTRE
CHURCH ROAD, PORTSLADE, BRIGHTON, BN41 1LX
ODS code G81046
2.7 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
Royal George
BCT · Shoreham-by-Sea
- 0.1 miles
Royal George
BCT · Shoreham-by-Sea
- 0.1 miles
Franklin Road
BCT · Shoreham-by-Sea
- 0.1 miles
Franklin Road
BCT · Shoreham-by-Sea
- 0.2 miles
Buci Crescent
BCT · Shoreham-by-Sea
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Adur 001E, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
15,943 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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
- 2
- 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
1,348 published events cover 12 months, averaging 112.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 479 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.