BN7 3AQ

Plumpton, Streat, East Chiltington & St John · Lewes · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Lewes
Local authority
Lewes
Constituency
Lewes
Postcode district
BN7
Postcode sector
BN7 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BN7 3AH 72 m
BN7 3AJ 706 m
BN7 3AG 857 m
BN7 3AF 911 m
BN7 3AE 940 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN7 3AQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2007
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN7
Postcode sector
BN7 3
Latitude
50.912066
Longitude
-0.061954
British National Grid easting
536,342
British National Grid northing
114,300

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Lewes · E07000063
Parish or community
E04003782
Westminster constituency
Lewes · E14001330
Output area
E00107000
Lower layer super output area
Lewes 002E · E01021068
Middle layer super output area
Lewes 002 · E02004380

Postcode source versions

Explore BN7

18 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
9, Westcroft, Plumpton, Lewes, BN7 3AQ 19 October 2021 £940,000
2, Westcroft, Plumpton, Lewes, BN7 3AQ 28 September 2021 £385,500
6, Westcroft, Plumpton, Lewes, BN7 3AQ 26 February 2021 £780,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. Plumpton College

    Further education

    916 m
  2. Plumpton Primary School

    Community school

    2.1 km
  3. Ditchling St Margaret's Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
32
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 11
  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Other theft 3
  • Drugs 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
25

13 female, 12 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.8
BN7 3 residents
3,887

Age bands in BN7 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.9%

600 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.4%

460 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.5%

668 residents

Age 45 to 64
32%

1,291 residents

Age 65 and over
25.2%

1,018 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BN7 3 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+
20%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Plumpton College Grounds

    BCT · Plumpton

    0.6 miles
  • Plumpton Lane

    BCT · Plumpton

    0.7 miles
  • Plumpton Lane

    BCT · Plumpton

    0.7 miles
  • Plumpton College

    BCT · Plumpton

    0.7 miles
  • Plumpton College

    BCT · Plumpton

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lewes 002E, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,068 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £662,750 from 2 recorded sales in BN7 3AQ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Lewes is £367,918 in June 2026, up 1.7% year on year.

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Plumpton College is the nearest published school at 916 m.

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

Recorded crime

32 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 11 events.

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