BN45 7FJ

Downland Villages · Mid Sussex · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Brighton
Local authority
Mid Sussex
Constituency
Mid Sussex
Postcode district
BN45
Postcode sector
BN45 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BN45 7FH 449 m
BN45 7EG 1.0 km
BN45 7FN 1.1 km
BN45 7BJ 1.1 km
BN45 7FE 1.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN45 7FJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN45
Postcode sector
BN45 7
Latitude
50.886917
Longitude
-0.164114
British National Grid easting
529,230
British National Grid northing
111,320

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Mid Sussex · E07000228
Parish or community
E04009995
Westminster constituency
Mid Sussex · E14001366
Output area
E00162005
Lower layer super output area
Mid Sussex 016D · E01031770
Middle layer super output area
Mid Sussex 016 · E02006619

Postcode source versions

Explore BN45

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Bp Service Station, London Road, Pyecombe, Brighton, BN45 7FJ 29 September 2020 £5,141,933
Bp Service Station, London Road, Pyecombe, Brighton, BN45 7FJ 29 September 2020 £5,141,933
South Hill Farm, London Road, Pyecombe, Brighton, BN45 7FJ 7 March 2017 £105,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
13
Secondary
6
  1. Downs View Life Skills College

    Special post 16 institution

    2.9 km
  2. Patcham Junior School

    Community school

    3.0 km
  3. Westdene Primary School

    Community school

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
73
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Shoplifting 23
  • Other theft 18
  • Violence and sexual offences 11
  • Anti social behaviour 7
  • Drugs 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

7 female, 9 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.3
BN45 7 residents
614

Age bands in BN45 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

109 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

75 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.8%

147 residents

Age 45 to 64
34.6%

244 residents

Age 65 and over
18.6%

131 residents

This postcode contained 2.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BN45 7 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+
28.6%
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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • CARDEN SURGERY

    COUNTY OAK MEDICAL CENTRE, CARDEN HILL, BRIGHTON, BN1 8DD

    ODS code G81014

    3.8 km

  • WARMDENE SURGERY

    COUNTY OAK MEDICAL CENTRE, CARDEN HILL, BRIGHTON, BN1 8DD

    ODS code G81036

    3.8 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

  • Garage

    BCT · Pyecombe

    0.6 miles
  • Garage

    BCT · Pyecombe

    0.7 miles
  • Saddlery

    BCT · Pyecombe

    1.0 miles
  • Rockrose

    BCT · Pyecombe

    1.2 miles
  • Rockrose

    BCT · Pyecombe

    1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Sussex 016D, 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

19,658 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
1 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

Schools

21 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 6 secondary schools. Downs View Life Skills College is the nearest published school at 1.8 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

73 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 23 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.