BN7 3AY

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 3AZ 93 m
BN7 3AX 289 m
BN7 3BA 379 m
BN7 3AU 408 m
BN7 3BB 554 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN7 3AY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN7
Postcode sector
BN7 3
Latitude
50.920990
Longitude
-0.045334
British National Grid easting
537,484
British National Grid northing
115,323

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Lewes · E07000063
Parish or community
E04003770
Westminster constituency
Lewes · E14001330
Output area
E00106993
Lower layer super output area
Lewes 002E · E01021068
Middle layer super output area
Lewes 002 · E02004380

Postcode source versions

Explore BN7

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, School Cottages, East Chiltington, Lewes, BN7 3AY 3 November 2016 £491,000
2, School Cottages, East Chiltington, Lewes, BN7 3AY 9 December 2009 £288,000
5, School Cottages, East Chiltington, Lewes, BN7 3AY 25 September 2009 £167,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Plumpton Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km
  2. Chailey School

    Community school

    2.4 km
  3. Plumpton College

    Further education

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 3
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Other crime 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

8 female, 9 male

Postcode households
6
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 0.4% 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+
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.

Nearby transport

  • Chapel Lane

    BCT · East Chiltington

    0.0 miles
  • Chapel Lane

    BCT · East Chiltington

    0.0 miles
  • Railway Station

    BCT · Plumpton Green

    0.8 miles
  • Railway Station

    BCT · Plumpton Green

    0.8 miles
  • Railway Station

    BCT · Plumpton Green

    0.8 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

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Plumpton 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

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 3 events.

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