GU28 9LU

Petworth · Chichester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Petworth
Local authority
Chichester
Postcode district
GU28
Postcode sector
GU28 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
GU28 9LX 305 m
GU28 9LY 645 m
GU28 9LS 1.0 km
GU28 9NB 1.1 km
GU28 9LP 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GU28 9LU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
GU
Postcode district
GU28
Postcode sector
GU28 9
Latitude
51.016895
Longitude
-0.623944
British National Grid easting
496,618
British National Grid northing
125,070

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Chichester · E07000225
Electoral ward
Petworth · E05011681
Parish or community
E04009922
Westminster constituency
Arundel and South Downs · E14001067
Output area
E00160735
Lower layer super output area
Chichester 005D · E01031514
Middle layer super output area
Chichester 005 · E02006565

Postcode source versions

Explore GU28

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Rotherfield House, London Road, Petworth, GU28 9LU 8 August 2002 £500,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Petworth Cof E Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.2 km
  2. Northchapel Community Primary School

    Community school

    4.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 1
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

7 female, 5 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.4
GU28 9 residents
2,782

Age bands in GU28 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

423 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

278 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.8%

499 residents

Age 45 to 64
33%

927 residents

Age 65 and over
24.2%

678 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider GU28 9 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • THE PETWORTH SURGERY

    GROVE STREET, PETWORTH, GU28 0LP

    ODS code H82006

    3.9 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

  • Petworth Nurseries

    BCT · Northchapel

    0.1 miles
  • Petworth Nurseries

    BCT · Northchapel

    0.1 miles
  • Hoads Common

    BCT · Northchapel

    0.2 miles
  • Hoads Common

    BCT · Northchapel

    0.2 miles
  • Limbo Farm

    BCT · Limbo

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chichester 005D, 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

19,533 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 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. Petworth Cof E Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 1 events.

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