# BN9 9GB: area report for a postcode in Lewes

BN9 9GB 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 BN9 9GB for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Lewes](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes) › [BN9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn9) › [BN9 9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bn9-9)

## Around this postcode

- **40 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 5% on July. Lewes 008D: 137 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.0518,50.7873,BN99GB
- **Newhaven Harbour, 360 m**: About 4 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.0518,50.7873,BN99GB
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 710 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.0518,50.7873,BN99GB
- **5 of 5 properties in BN9 9GB at low risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 3. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=0.0518,50.7873,BN99GB
- **England’s most deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Lewes 008D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.0518,50.7873,BN99GB
- **£368,408 average price**: For the whole of Lewes, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.0518,50.7873,BN99GB
- **2 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 790 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.0518,50.7873,BN99GB
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 40 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.0518,50.7873,BN99GB
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at BN9 9GB**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.0518,50.7873,BN99GB
- **Moderate road and rail noise at BN9 9GB**: Road 55 dB, rail 47 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.0518,50.7873,BN99GB
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 5 of 6**: 10% to 30% 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=0.0518,50.7873,BN99GB
- **6.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.0518,50.7873,BN99GB

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [High Cliff Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/high-cliff-academy-e140385) | Primary | 710 m (9 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Harbour Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/harbour-primary-and-nursery-school-e114441) | Primary | 730 m (9 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, March 2025 | 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Seahaven Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/seahaven-academy-e140679) | Secondary | 770 m (10 minutes on foot) | Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 42.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Breakwater Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/breakwater-academy-e143120) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, November 2024 | 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Denton Community Primary School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/denton-community-primary-school-and-nursery-e114433) | Primary | 1.9 km (23 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, November 2024 | 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| June 2026 | £175,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| May 2025 | £285,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 40 m |
| January 2026 | £215,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| December 2025 | £525,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| April 2023 | £270,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 100 m |
| September 2025 | £255,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| February 2026 | £285,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 140 m |
| September 2024 | £249,950 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 160 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Newhaven Harbour (360 m, 4 minutes on foot); Newhaven Town (870 m, 11 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: QUAYSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE (790 m); NEWHAVEN MEDICAL CENTRE (790 m)
- Pharmacies: NEWHAVEN PHARMACIES LTD (570 m); BOOTS (790 m)
- Dental practices: SEAHAVEN DENTAL PRACTICE (710 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op Fort Road - Newhaven (40 m, The Co-operative Group); Morrisons Daily Newhaven (790 m, Morrisons); Lidl Newhaven (970 m, Lidl)

## 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 008D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 33.5** (2025). Lewes 008D has a deprivation score of 33.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 6,736th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £270,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Lewes 008D was £270,000 in 2025. Joint 13,365th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,681** (2021). Lewes 008D had 1,681 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 14,312th most 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: 85.9%** (January 2026). In Lewes 008D, 85.9% 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.

## BN9 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £296,250** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BN9 was £296,250 in 2025. 1,114th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 13,945** (2021). BN9 had 13,945 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 945th 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: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in BN9 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: 84.6%** (January 2026). In BN9, 84.6% 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: 50.7873, 0.0518

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=0.0518,50.7873,BN99GB

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