PO20 8FD

The Witterings · Chichester · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chichester
Local authority
Chichester
Constituency
Chichester
Postcode district
PO20
Postcode sector
PO20 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PO20 8JR 53 m
PO20 8FH 72 m
PO20 8RH 80 m
PO20 8JW 97 m
PO20 8FF 108 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PO20 8FD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PO
Postcode district
PO20
Postcode sector
PO20 8
Latitude
50.757928
Longitude
-0.848774
British National Grid easting
481,297
British National Grid northing
96,003

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Chichester · E07000225
Parish or community
E04009899
Westminster constituency
Chichester · E14001166
Output area
E00160638
Lower layer super output area
Chichester 013A · E01031499
Middle layer super output area
Chichester 013 · E02006573

Postcode source versions

Explore PO20

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Canute Close, Bracklesham Bay, Chichester, PO20 8FD 14 September 2012 £250,000
3, Canute Close, Bracklesham Bay, Chichester, PO20 8FD 9 January 2009 £250,000
1, Canute Close, Bracklesham Bay, Chichester, PO20 8FD 2 June 2008 £273,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. East Wittering Community Primary School

    Community school

    1.8 km
  2. Sidlesham Primary School

    Community school

    3.8 km
  3. Birdham CE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
217
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 69
  • Anti social behaviour 60
  • Public order 23
  • Criminal damage and arson 16
  • Other theft 15

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

6 female, 5 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.8
PO20 8 residents
7,616

Age bands in PO20 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.7%

1,069 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.8%

608 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.4%

1,360 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.6%

2,074 residents

Age 65 and over
34.4%

2,685 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PO20 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

2

within 5 km

  • WITTERINGS MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE WITTERINGS MED CENTRE, CAKEHAM RD,EAST WITTERING, CHICHESTER, PO20 8BH

    ODS code H82095

    2.3 km

  • SELSEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SELSEY MEDICAL CENTRE, HIGH STREET, SELSEY, CHICHESTER, PO20 0QG

    ODS code H82037

    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

  • Woodborough Close

    BCT · Bracklesham Bay

    0.2 miles
  • Middleton Close

    BCT · Bracklesham Bay

    0.6 miles
  • Middleton Close

    BCT · Bracklesham Bay

    0.6 miles
  • Clappers Lane

    BCT · Bracklesham Bay

    0.7 miles
  • Clappers Lane

    BCT · Bracklesham Bay

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chichester 013A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,620 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
10 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

6 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. East Wittering Community 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

217 published events cover 12 months, averaging 18.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 69 events.

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