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On Montpelier Street, in North Laine & the Lanes
What it's like at BN1 3DJ: every home that has sold on Montpelier Street since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
Sales and extensions on Montpelier Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 73 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Montpelier StreetTerraced | Jun 2010 | £530,000 | 107 m² | £4,953/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Montpelier StreetTerraced | Dec 1996 | £93,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Ground & First Floor Flat, 3, Montpelier StreetFlat | Sept 1999 | £100,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Lower Ground Floor Flat, 3, Montpelier StreetFlat | Feb 2006 | £128,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Basement Flat, 3, Montpelier StreetTerraced | Nov 2014 | £474,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Montpelier StreetTerraced | Jul 2015 | £655,000 | 139 m² | £4,712/m² | 3 |
| 5, Montpelier StreetTerraced | Jan 2021 | £928,000 | 126 m² | £7,365/m² | 4 |
| 6, Montpelier StreetTerraced | Nov 2018 | £950,000 | 172 m² | £5,523/m² | 2 |
| Lower Ground Floor Flat 2, 7, Montpelier StreetFlat | Jul 2001 | £93,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 1, 7, Montpelier StreetFlat | Mar 1999 | £50,500 | 40 m² | £1,263/m² | 2 |
| Top Floor Flat 2, 7, Montpelier StreetFlat | Nov 2000 | £50,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Second Floor, 8, Montpelier StreetFlat | Sept 2019 | £190,750 | – | – | 2 |
| Lower Ground Floor Flat, 8, Montpelier StreetFlat | Apr 2004 | £149,000 | – | – | 3 |
| First Floor Flat, 8, Montpelier StreetFlat | Apr 2018 | £248,500 | – | – | 4 |
| Entrance Flat, 8, Montpelier StreetFlat | Sept 2025 | £200,500 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 4, 9, Montpelier StreetFlat | Jan 2023 | £250,000 | 37 m² | £6,757/m² | 4 |
| Flat 2, 9, Montpelier StreetFlat | Sept 2024 | £312,000 | 39 m² | £8,000/m² | 6 |
| 10, Montpelier StreetTerraced | Jan 2019 | £870,000 | 115 m² | £7,565/m² | 3 |
| Flat 4, 11, Montpelier StreetFlat | Jan 2017 | £198,500 | 38 m² | £5,224/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, 11, Montpelier StreetFlat | Aug 2026 | £312,000 | 40 m² | £7,800/m² | 5 |
| Flat 1, 11, Montpelier StreetFlat | Apr 2000 | £77,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 3, 11, Montpelier StreetFlat | Oct 2014 | £250,000 | 40 m² | £6,250/m² | 3 |
| Lower Ground Floor Flat, 12, Montpelier StreetFlat | Feb 2017 | £240,000 | – | – | 4 |
| Flat 3, 12, Montpelier StreetFlat | Dec 2018 | £275,000 | 37 m² | £7,432/m² | 2 |
| Basement Flat, 13, Montpelier StreetFlat | Jun 2013 | £183,500 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 4, 13, Montpelier StreetFlat | Dec 2010 | £154,950 | 32 m² | £4,842/m² | 3 |
| Flat 2, 13, Montpelier StreetFlat | Oct 2018 | £232,000 | 42 m² | £5,524/m² | 1 |
| Second Floor Flat At, 14, Montpelier StreetFlat | Jul 1997 | £16,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Montpelier StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2001 | £35,000 | 42 m² | £833/m² | 1 |
| 14a, Montpelier StreetFlat · company-owned | Mar 2021 | £225,000 | 47 m² | £4,787/m² | 1 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 15, Montpelier StreetFlat | Nov 2022 | £250,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 3, 15, Montpelier StreetFlat | Nov 2006 | £125,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Garden Flat, 15a, Montpelier StreetFlat | Jul 1998 | £53,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 16, Montpelier StreetTerraced | May 2007 | £610,000 | 55 m² | £11,091/m² | 2 |
| Basement Flat, 17, Montpelier StreetFlat | Jul 2021 | £240,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 17, Montpelier StreetFlat | Jan 2015 | £201,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 18, Montpelier StreetFlat | Jan 2026 | £620,000 | 134 m² | £4,627/m² | 1 |
| 18b, Montpelier StreetFlat | Aug 2026 | £315,000 | 52 m² | £6,058/m² | 3 |
| 19, Montpelier StreetTerraced | Jul 2026 | £950,000 | 168 m² | £5,655/m² | 4 |
| 21, Montpelier StreetTerraced | Nov 2009 | £561,000 | 150 m² | £3,740/m² | 1 |
| 22, Montpelier StreetTerraced | Oct 2000 | £288,000 | 48 m² | £6,000/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 47% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Brighton, about a 10-minute walk (650 m), with 15.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Park Royal, 100 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 21); 156 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 6 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 76 km away as the crow flies.
66% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Mary Magdalen Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 61% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Cardinal Newman Catholic School, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 50.4 · 15.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: King's School (4.7 km).
Few families with young children: only 7% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 200 m away; Family Store (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Montpelier Surgery (100 m), with Superdrug Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Headroom is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Sussex County Hospital, 1.8 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 57% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 53% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 17 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 415 restaurants and cafés and 119 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Billies Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Windmill Pub (Wet Sales) the nearest pub (150 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (49 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 921 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 72% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (North Laine, Old Town).
There are 317 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (68%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 54% were built before 1919.
78 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Brighton Pavilion constituency: Siân Berry MP (Green Party), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Green hold, majority 14,290 (27.3%), turnout 70%. Vote shares: Green Party 55%, Labour 28%, Conservative 8%, Reform UK 5%.
70 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near BN1 3DJ →
It's growing: about 540 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Powis Square, 150 m away; for exercise, Brighton Girls (150 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Brighton Central, 700 m away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 37 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 53% of households rent privately and 14% socially.
It's young: 39% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 53% of adults have a degree.
There's a sizeable student population: 23% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is BIMM University, 950 m away (TEF Bronze).
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
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Nearest 12 shown. Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Nearest 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Montpelier Street in the last 12 months.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 35 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 64.5% | 84.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 29.1% | 11.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 5.2% | 3.8% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.