BN8 6PH

Ouse Valley & Ringmer · Lewes · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Lewes
Local authority
Lewes
Constituency
Lewes
Postcode district
BN8
Postcode sector
BN8 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BN8 6ER 239 m
BN8 6ES 244 m
BN8 6BX 554 m
BN8 6DG 604 m
BN8 6PJ 740 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN8 6PH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN8
Postcode sector
BN8 6
Latitude
50.913470
Longitude
0.119189
British National Grid easting
549,071
British National Grid northing
114,806

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Lewes · E07000063
Parish or community
E04003783
Westminster constituency
Lewes · E14001330
Output area
E00106932
Lower layer super output area
Lewes 004A · E01021054
Middle layer super output area
Lewes 004 · E02004382

Postcode source versions

Explore BN8

20 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Hollyoak Farm, The Broyle, Shortgate, Lewes, BN8 6PH 8 October 2025 £350,000
Whitecroft, The Broyle, Shortgate, Lewes, BN8 6PH 18 October 2024 £810,000
Shortgate Industrial Park, Unit 1, The Broyle, Shortgate, Lewes, BN8 6PH 4 April 2023 £40,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
4
Secondary
1
  1. Laughton Community Primary School

    Community school

    2.3 km
  2. East Hoathly CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.2 km
  3. Annan School

    Other independent school

    3.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Drugs 1
  • Public order 1
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
41

22 female, 19 male

Postcode households
19
Residents per household
2.2
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 1.1% 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

  • Wok Inn

    BCT · Shortgate

    0.2 miles
  • Wok Inn

    BCT · Shortgate

    0.2 miles
  • Manor Farm

    BCT · Shortgate

    0.4 miles
  • Manor Farm

    BCT · Shortgate

    0.4 miles
  • Upper Lodge Farm

    BCT · Shortgate

    0.5 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
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

Property market

The five-year median is £560,000 from 4 recorded sales in BN8 6PH. 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.

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Laughton Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 2 events.

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