# BN27 3UQ: area report for a postcode in Wealden

BN27 3UQ is a postcode in Wealden.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Wealden. Open the map at BN27 3UQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Wealden](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden) › [BN27](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn27) › [BN27 3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn27-3)

## Around this postcode

- **15 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 29% on July. Wealden 016D: 110 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.2441,50.8642,BN273UQ
- **Polegate, 4.8 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.2441,50.8642,BN273UQ
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 580 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.2441,50.8642,BN273UQ
- **No property in BN27 3UQ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=0.2441,50.8642,BN273UQ
- **England’s most deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Wealden 016D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.2441,50.8642,BN273UQ
- **£391,211 average price**: For the whole of Wealden, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.2441,50.8642,BN273UQ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 880 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.2441,50.8642,BN273UQ
- **4 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 800 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.2441,50.8642,BN273UQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at BN27 3UQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.2441,50.8642,BN273UQ
- **Moderate road and rail noise at BN27 3UQ**: Road 56 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.2441,50.8642,BN273UQ
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=0.2441,50.8642,BN273UQ
- **7.6 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.2441,50.8642,BN273UQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Grovelands Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/grovelands-community-primary-school-e151810) | Primary | 580 m (7 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, June 2025 | – |
| [Hailsham Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hailsham-academy-e152097) | All-through | 860 m (11 minutes on foot) | Inadequate (overall), March 2023, before the school changed, serious weaknesses | Attainment 8 of 35.4 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [East Sussex Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/east-sussex-academy-e152095) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 1.2 km (14 minutes on foot) | Inadequate (overall), February 2024, before the school changed, special measures | – |
| [The Ropemakers' Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-ropemakers-academy-e148035) | Special | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2023 | – |
| [White House Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/white-house-academy-e145015) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, May 2025 | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Hawkes Farm Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hawkes-farm-academy-e143119) | Primary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Thornton Grove Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/thornton-grove-academy-e152103) | Primary | 1.7 km (22 minutes on foot) | No outcome in Ofsted's file | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| November 2025 | £200,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| July 2026 | £175,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 90 m |
| April 2025 | £500,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| September 2025 | £280,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 160 m |
| July 2025 | £325,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 220 m |
| April 2026 | £327,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 260 m |
| August 2023 | £323,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 270 m |
| July 2024 | £300,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 300 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: BRIDGESIDE SURGERY (880 m)
- Dental practices: NORTH STREET DENTAL CARE (930 m); KINGSWOOD DENTAL PRACTICE (960 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Hailsham South Rd Express (800 m, Tesco); Tesco Hailsham Superstore (890 m, Tesco); Budgens - 84A London Road (900 m, Budgens); Asda Hailsham Supermarket (980 m, Asda)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £391,211** (July 2026). Wealden’s average house price was £391,211 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 0.8% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £43,589** (2025). Full-time workers living in Wealden earned a median of £43,589 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 75th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 9.0×** (2025). A home in Wealden costs 9.0 times local full-time pay. Joint 87th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 12.7** (2025). Wealden has a deprivation score of 12.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 57th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Wealden 016D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 37.7** (2025). Wealden 016D has a deprivation score of 37.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 5,223rd most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £322,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Wealden 016D was £322,500 in 2025. Joint 13,719th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,302** (2021). Wealden 016D had 1,302 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 14,663rd least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 80.4%** (January 2026). In Wealden 016D, 80.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## BN27 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £325,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BN27 was £325,000 in 2025. Joint 924th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 32,230** (2021). BN27 had 32,230 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 795th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 1%** (2022). About 1% of people in BN27 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 76.7%** (January 2026). In BN27, 76.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Wealden](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden)
- Centre: 50.8642, 0.2441

Council: [Wealden](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Sussex Weald](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/sussex-weald): Ms Nusrat Ghani (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=0.2441,50.8642,BN273UQ

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