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BN8 6LF

Ouse Valley & Ringmer · Lewes · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Ouse Valley & Ringmer
Local authority
Lewes
Constituency
Lewes
Postcode district
BN8
Postcode sector
BN8 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BN8 6LE 65 m
BN8 6LT 65 m
BN8 6LQ 82 m
BN8 6LX 98 m
BN8 6LU 162 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN8 6LF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN8
Postcode sector
BN8 6
Latitude
50.849176
Longitude
0.082591
British National Grid easting
546,700
British National Grid northing
107,584

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
E04003772
Westminster constituency
Lewes · E14001330
Output area
E00106926
Lower layer super output area
Lewes 004D · E01021057
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
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0

  1. Firle Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    37 m

  2. Ringmer Primary and Nursery School

    Academy converter

    5.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
22
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Public order 3
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Other crime 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

6 female, 4 male

Postcode households
4
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 0.3% 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
60%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
60%
Gigabit-capable
60%
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

  • Firle Park Gates

    BCT · Firle

    0.2 miles

  • Firle Park Gates

    BCT · Firle

    0.2 miles

  • The Ram

    BCT · Firle

    0.2 miles

  • Post Office

    BCT · Firle

    0.3 miles

  • Firle Bostal

    BCT · Firle

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Lewes 004D, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

6,885 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 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
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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Firle Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 37 m.

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

Recorded crime

22 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.

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