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BN6 8TL

Ditchling & Westmeston · Lewes · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Ditchling & Westmeston
Local authority
Lewes
Constituency
Lewes
Postcode district
BN6
Postcode sector
BN6 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BN6 8TQ 118 m
BN6 8TW 196 m
BN6 8TJ 531 m
BN6 8TH 735 m
BN6 8TN 767 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN6 8TL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN6
Postcode sector
BN6 8
Latitude
50.931373
Longitude
-0.106791
British National Grid easting
533,135
British National Grid northing
116,365

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Lewes · E07000063
Electoral ward
Ditchling & Westmeston · E05011584
Parish or community
E04003769
Westminster constituency
Lewes · E14001330
Output area
E00181211
Lower layer super output area
Lewes 002B · E01021026
Middle layer super output area
Lewes 002 · E02004380

Postcode source versions

Explore BN6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
12
Secondary
2

  1. Ditchling St Margaret's Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

  2. Birchwood Grove Community Primary School, Burgess Hill

    Community school

    2.3 km

  3. The Windmills Junior School

    Community school

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
93
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 33
  • Anti social behaviour 21
  • Criminal damage and arson 12
  • Vehicle crime 7
  • Burglary 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
BN6 8 residents
9,398

Age bands in BN6 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.1%

1,569 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.4%

771 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.7%

1,619 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.4%

2,602 residents

Age 65 and over
28.3%

2,588 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BN6 8 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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • SILVERDALE PRACTICE

    4 SILVERDALE ROAD, BURGESS HILL, RH15 0EF

    ODS code H82072

    2.6 km

  • BROW MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE BROW, BURGESS HILL, RH15 9BS

    ODS code H82084

    3.4 km

  • MEADOWS SURGERY

    TEMPLE GROVE, GATEHOUSE LN, BURGESS HILL, RH15 9XN

    ODS code H82003

    4.7 km

  • MID SUSSEX HEALTH CARE

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, TRINITY ROAD, HURSTPIERPOINT, HASSOCKS, BN6 9UQ

    ODS code H82057

    4.8 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

  • South View

    BCT · Ditchling

    0.1 miles

  • South View

    BCT · Ditchling

    0.2 miles

  • Garden Centre

    BCT · Ditchling

    0.3 miles

  • Garden Centre

    BCT · Ditchling

    0.3 miles

  • Mid Sussex Golf Club

    BCT · Ditchling

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lewes 002B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

30,229 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
4 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.

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

19 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 2 secondary schools. Ditchling St Margaret's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

93 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 33 events.

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