Property market
The five-year median is £477,000 from 1,269 recorded sales in BN8. 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.
BN8
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 844
- Current units
- 696
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 10
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 148
Postcode sectors in BN8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
7,822 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Peppings, Vicarage Way, Ringmer, Lewes, BN8 5LA | 7 July 2026 | £670,000 |
| 27, Chatfield Close, Cooksbridge, Lewes, BN8 4FF | 3 July 2026 | £288,750 |
| Hartfield Farm, Lewes Road, Halland, Lewes, BN8 6PL | 3 July 2026 | £369,042 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 12
- Primary
- 9
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 757
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 326
- Anti social behaviour 133
- Criminal damage and arson 69
- Other theft 54
- Public order 52
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- BN8 usual residents
- 16,084
- Age-profile population
- 16,251
Age bands in BN8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 18.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 30.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 27.1%
2,532 residents
1,412 residents
2,975 residents
4,931 residents
4,401 residents
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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 679 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 11.1%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 11.1%
- Gigabit-capable
- 11.1%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
512 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 196 had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, and 12 had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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
1
in this district
WEALDEN RIDGE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
NEWICK HEALTH CENTRE, MARBLES ROAD, NEWICK, LEWES, BN8 4LR
ODS code G81088
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.
Evidence in context
Schools
12 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
757 published events cover 12 months, averaging 63.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 326 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.