BN8 6SP

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 6SA 35 m
BN8 6EU 282 m
BN8 6SB 288 m
BN8 6RT 351 m
BN8 6SL 356 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BN8 6SP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BN
Postcode district
BN8
Postcode sector
BN8 6
Latitude
50.854377
Longitude
0.069254
British National Grid easting
545,745
British National Grid northing
108,136

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Lewes · E07000063
Parish or community
E04003767
Westminster constituency
Lewes · E14001330
Output area
E00106925
Lower layer super output area
Lewes 004D · E01021057
Middle layer super output area
Lewes 004 · E02004382

Postcode source versions

Explore BN8

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Downland Cottage, Glynde, Lewes, BN8 6SP 17 December 2010 £350,000
Spiders Cottage, Glynde, Lewes, BN8 6SP 28 June 2001 £185,000
Spiders Cottage, Glynde, Lewes, BN8 6SP 18 February 2000 £165,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
5
Secondary
2
  1. Firle Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.1 km
  2. Priory School

    Foundation school

    4.1 km
  3. Ringmer Primary and Nursery School

    Academy converter

    4.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
28
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 8
  • Public order 5
  • Anti social behaviour 4
  • Other theft 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

0 female, 2 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
1.0
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 0.1% 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+
66.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
66.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
66.7%
Gigabit-capable
66.7%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
66.7%
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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • FOUNDRY HEALTHCARE LEWES

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

    ODS code G81021

    4.5 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

  • Lacys Hill

    BCT · Glynde

    0.0 miles
  • Lacys Hill

    BCT · Glynde

    0.0 miles
  • Preston Court Farm

    BCT · Beddingham

    0.1 miles
  • Preston Court Farm

    BCT · Beddingham

    0.1 miles
  • Railway Station

    BCT · Glynde

    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

9 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 2 secondary schools. Firle Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

28 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 8 events.

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