# BN8 6JN: area report for a postcode in Lewes

BN8 6JN is a postcode in Lewes.

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 Lewes. Open the map at BN8 6JN for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Lewes](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes) › [BN8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn8) › [BN8 6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn8-6)

## Around this postcode

- **3 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 50% on July. Lewes 004A: 52 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.0276,50.8655,BN86JN
- **Lewes, 1.3 km**: About 16 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.0276,50.8655,BN86JN
- **No schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 890 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.0276,50.8655,BN86JN
- **No property in BN8 6JN listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 2. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=0.0276,50.8655,BN86JN
- **England’s least deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Lewes 004A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.0276,50.8655,BN86JN
- **£368,408 average price**: For the whole of Lewes, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.0276,50.8655,BN86JN
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.4 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.0276,50.8655,BN86JN
- **No supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.2 km away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.0276,50.8655,BN86JN
- **No gigabit broadband at BN8 6JN**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.0276,50.8655,BN86JN
- **Low road and rail noise at BN8 6JN**: Road 54 dB, rail 42 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.0276,50.8655,BN86JN
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 6 of 6**: 30% or more 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=0.0276,50.8655,BN86JN
- **8.2 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.0276,50.8655,BN86JN

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Priory School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/priory-school-e114598) | Secondary | 890 m (11 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, November 2023 | Attainment 8 of 48.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Western Road Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/western-road-community-primary-school-e114406) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Southover CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/southover-cofe-primary-school-e114510) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, January 2024 | 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Lewes Old Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lewes-old-grammar-school-e114634) | Independent | 1.8 km (22 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [South Malling CofE Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/south-malling-cofe-primary-and-nursery-school-e114509) | Primary | 1.9 km (24 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| May 2023 | £613,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |

## Within 1 km

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £368,408** (July 2026). Lewes’s average house price was £368,408 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 0.8% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £40,807** (2025). Full-time workers living in Lewes earned a median of £40,807 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 124th 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 Lewes 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: 16.8** (2025). Lewes has a deprivation score of 16.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 121st least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Lewes 004A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 15.8** (2025). Lewes 004A has a deprivation score of 15.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 15,249th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £531,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Lewes 004A was £531,000 in 2025. Joint 3,972nd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,460** (2021). Lewes 004A had 1,460 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 21,068th 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: 50.4%** (January 2026). In Lewes 004A, 50.4% 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.

## BN8 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £490,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BN8 was £490,000 in 2025. Joint 299th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 15,611** (2021). BN8 had 15,611 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,041st least 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: 39%** (2022). About 39% of people in BN8 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: 46.2%** (January 2026). In BN8, 46.2% 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: [Lewes](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes)
- Centre: 50.8655, 0.0276

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

## Your MP

- [Lewes](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/lewes): James MacCleary (Liberal Democrat), 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=0.0276,50.8655,BN86JN

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