BN8 6HF

Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron · Wealden · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Lewes
Local authority
Wealden
Constituency
Sussex Weald
Postcode district
BN8
Postcode sector
BN8 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BN8 6ET 623 m
BN8 6HG 781 m
BN8 6HT 1.0 km
BN8 6HE 1.0 km
BN8 6HQ 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN8 6HF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN8
Postcode sector
BN8 6
Latitude
50.916102
Longitude
0.199067
British National Grid easting
554,677
British National Grid northing
115,263

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Wealden · E07000065
Parish or community
E04003834
Westminster constituency
Sussex Weald · E14001533
Output area
E00107424
Lower layer super output area
Wealden 013B · E01021147
Middle layer super output area
Wealden 013 · E02004415

Postcode source versions

Explore BN8

15 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Ponds Wood House, Chiddingly, Lewes, BN8 6HF 5 February 2026 £920,000
Clarklye Farm Barn, Chiddingly, Lewes, BN8 6HF 28 March 2024 £3,000,000
North Cottage, Chiddingly, Lewes, BN8 6HF 16 May 2019 £570,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Chiddingly Primary School

    Community school

    1.8 km
  2. East Hoathly CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.9 km
  3. Hellingly Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Burglary 2
  • Other theft 2
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
53

28 female, 25 male

Postcode households
21
Residents per household
2.5
BN8 6 residents
3,710

Age bands in BN8 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.1%

583 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

340 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.3%

753 residents

Age 45 to 64
33.4%

1,378 residents

Age 65 and over
25.9%

1,067 residents

This postcode contained 1.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BN8 6 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+
71.4%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
4.8%
Next Generation Access
95.2%
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

  • The Six Bells

    BCT · Chiddingly

    0.7 miles
  • The Six Bells

    BCT · Chiddingly

    0.7 miles
  • Chiddingly School

    BCT · Muddles Green

    1.1 miles
  • Chiddingly School

    BCT · Muddles Green

    1.2 miles
  • Fairlea

    BCT · Whitesmith

    1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wealden 013B, 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

20,115 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
1 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
1
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 £1,960,000 from 2 recorded sales in BN8 6HF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Wealden is £386,787 in June 2026, down 0.7% year on year.

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Chiddingly Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.

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