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BN8 5UU

Ouse Valley & Ringmer · Lewes · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Ouse Valley & Ringmer
Local authority
Lewes
Constituency
Lewes
Postcode district
BN8
Postcode sector
BN8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BN8 5UB 131 m
BN8 5UG 507 m
BN8 6SH 572 m
BN8 5UH 829 m
BN8 5UR 964 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN8 5UU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2008
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN8
Postcode sector
BN8 5
Latitude
50.878251
Longitude
0.063914
British National Grid easting
545,295
British National Grid northing
110,780

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Lewes · E07000063
Electoral ward
Ouse Valley & Ringmer · E05011593
Parish or community
E04003773
Westminster constituency
Lewes · E14001330
Output area
E00106927
Lower layer super output area
Lewes 004A · E01021054
Middle layer super output area
Lewes 004 · E02004382

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
6
Secondary
2

  1. Ringmer Primary and Nursery School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km

  2. King's Academy Ringmer

    Academy converter

    1.9 km

  3. South Malling CofE Primary and Nursery School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
37
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 14
  • Criminal damage and arson 8
  • Anti social behaviour 7
  • Public order 3
  • Other theft 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BN8 5 residents
6,200

Age bands in BN8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

993 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.1%

510 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.7%

1,109 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.3%

1,769 residents

Age 65 and over
30%

1,879 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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • FOUNDRY HEALTHCARE LEWES

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

    ODS code G81021

    3.7 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

  • Opera House

    BCT · Glyndebourne

    0.1 miles

  • Opera House

    BCT · Glyndebourne

    0.1 miles

  • Primary School

    BCT · Ringmer

    0.9 miles

  • Harvard Road

    BCT · Ringmer

    1.0 miles

  • Lime Tree House

    BCT · Ringmer

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lewes 004A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,472 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 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
1
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

9 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 2 secondary schools. Ringmer Primary and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

37 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 14 events.

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