PO18 8AF

Harbour Villages · Chichester · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Post town
Chichester
Local authority
Chichester
Constituency
Chichester
Postcode district
PO18
Postcode sector
PO18 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO18 8PX 40 m
PO18 8BY 69 m
PO18 8NG 93 m
PO18 8PG 123 m
PO18 8NS 139 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO18 8AF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2003
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO18
Postcode sector
PO18 8
Latitude
50.842498
Longitude
-0.848768
British National Grid easting
481,151
British National Grid northing
105,407

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Chichester · E07000225
Parish or community
E04009885
Westminster constituency
Chichester · E14001166
Output area
E00160513
Lower layer super output area
Chichester 011A · E01031474
Middle layer super output area
Chichester 011 · E02006571

Postcode source versions

Explore PO18

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Lynchmere Cottages, 2, Broadbridge Mill, Bosham, Chichester, PO18 8AF 31 May 2024 £375,000
Lynchmere Cottages, 1, Broadbridge Mill, Bosham, Chichester, PO18 8AF 11 March 2021 £380,000
Lynchmere Cottages, 3, Broadbridge Mill, Bosham, Chichester, PO18 8AF 16 June 2020 £470,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
16
Primary
10
Secondary
2
  1. Bosham Primary School

    Community school

    976 m
  2. Chidham Parochial Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.9 km
  3. Funtington Primary School

    Community school

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
138
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 61
  • Anti social behaviour 17
  • Criminal damage and arson 13
  • Public order 11
  • Shoplifting 10

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

5 female, 3 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
1.6
PO18 8 residents
7,847

Age bands in PO18 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%

1,173 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

709 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.5%

1,416 residents

Age 45 to 64
29%

2,223 residents

Age 65 and over
27.9%

2,132 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PO18 8 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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • SOUTHBOURNE SURGERY

    337 MAIN ROAD, SOUTHBOURNE, EMSWORTH, PO10 8JH

    ODS code H82078

    3.8 km

  • PARKLANDS SURGERY

    4 PARKLANDS ROAD, CHICHESTER, PO19 3DT

    ODS code H82049

    4.3 km

  • LANGLEY HOUSE SURGERY

    27 WEST STREET, CHICHESTER, PO19 1RW

    ODS code H82013

    4.7 km

  • LAVANT ROAD SURGERY

    8 LAVANT ROAD, CHICHESTER, PO19 5RH

    ODS code H82051

    4.9 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

  • Bosham Rail Station

    RSE · Bosham

    0.1 miles
  • Bosham Rail Station

    RLY · Bosham

    0.1 miles
  • Bosham Rail Station

    RSE · Bosham

    0.1 miles
  • The White Swan

    BCT · Broadbridge

    0.1 miles
  • The White Swan

    BCT · Broadbridge

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chichester 011A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,728 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
6 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 £375,000 from 1 recorded sale in PO18 8AF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Chichester is £429,978 in June 2026, down 2.3% year on year.

Schools

16 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 2 secondary schools. Bosham Primary School is the nearest published school at 976 m.

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

Recorded crime

138 published events cover 12 months, averaging 11.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 61 events.

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