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BN8 6NF

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 6NJ 11 m
BN8 6NE 35 m
BN8 6NL 66 m
BN8 6NH 161 m
BN8 6LS 576 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN8 6NF
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 November 2005
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN8
Postcode sector
BN8 6
Latitude
50.853389
Longitude
0.107372
British National Grid easting
548,431
British National Grid northing
108,102

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

    1.8 km

  2. Laughton Community Primary School

    Community school

    5.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
11
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Burglary 1
  • Other theft 1
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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.

Nearby transport

  • Firle Road

    BCT · Firle

    0.1 miles

  • Firle Road

    BCT · Firle

    0.1 miles

  • Middle Farm

    BCT · Firle

    0.2 miles

  • Charleston

    BCT · Selmeston

    0.8 miles

  • Charleston

    BCT · Selmeston

    0.8 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.

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 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

11 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 5 events.

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