BN7 9SS

Lewes Bridge · Lewes · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Lewes
Constituency
Lewes
Postcode district
BN7
Postcode sector
BN7 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BN7 9SB 0 m
BN7 9SD 0 m
BN7 9SF 0 m
BN7 9SJ 0 m
BN7 9SL 0 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN7 9SS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN7
Postcode sector
BN7 9
Latitude
50.873320
Longitude
0.012043
British National Grid easting
541,661
British National Grid northing
110,131

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Lewes · E07000063
Parish or community
E04003777
Westminster constituency
Lewes · E14001330
Output area
E00106839
Lower layer super output area
Lewes 003C · E01021035
Middle layer super output area
Lewes 003 · E02004381

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
7
Secondary
2
  1. Lewes Old Grammar School

    Other independent school

    525 m
  2. Priory School

    Foundation school

    559 m
  3. Southover CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    668 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,612
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 538
  • Anti social behaviour 252
  • Shoplifting 180
  • Criminal damage and arson 165
  • Public order 114

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
Postcode sector residents
Not available

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 not available.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • FOUNDRY HEALTHCARE LEWES

    SCHOOL HILL PRACTICE, SCHOOL HILL H, 33 HIGH STREET, LEWES, BN7 2LU

    ODS code G81021

    16 m

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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • School Hill Top

    BCT · Lewes

    0.0 miles
  • School Hill Bottom

    BCT · Lewes

    0.1 miles
  • Southover Road

    BCT · Lewes

    0.1 miles
  • Fisher Street

    BCT · Lewes

    0.1 miles
  • School Hill Bottom

    BCT · Lewes

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lewes 003C, 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

21,908 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
10 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

12 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 2 secondary schools. Lewes Old Grammar School is the nearest published school at 525 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,612 published events cover 12 months, averaging 134.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 538 events.

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