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On Ditchling Rise, in Preston Park
What it's like at BN1 4QR: every home that has sold on Ditchling Rise 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.
7 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 6 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Ditchling Rise; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
21 of the 285 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 171bFlat | Jul 2000 | £85,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground Floor Flat, 104, Ditchling RiseFlat | Mar 1999 | £39,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Lower Ground Floor Flat, 104, Ditchling RiseFlat | Jul 2015 | £264,999 | – | – | 1 |
| 106, Ditchling RiseFlat | Nov 1996 | £28,000 | 44 m² | £636/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, 106, Ditchling RiseFlat | May 2006 | £126,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Basement Flat, 108, Ditchling RiseFlat | Feb 1995 | £36,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Maisonette, 108, Ditchling RiseFlat | Sept 2024 | £370,000 | 106 m² | £3,491/m² | 1 |
| Basement Flat, 110, Ditchling RiseFlat | Sept 2005 | £248,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 110, Ditchling RiseFlat · company-owned | Jan 2025 | £205,000 | 50 m² | £4,100/m² | 3 |
| First Floor Flat, 110, Ditchling RiseFlat · company-owned | Mar 2025 | £235,000 | – | – | 1 |
| First Floor Flat, 112, Ditchling RiseFlat | Jan 2017 | £238,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 112, Ditchling RiseFlat | Oct 2002 | £112,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 112a, Ditchling RiseFlat | May 1998 | £44,950 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 3, 114, Ditchling RiseFlat | Jul 1999 | £69,950 | 79 m² | £885/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, 114, Ditchling RiseFlat | Jul 2010 | £167,500 | 79 m² | £2,120/m² | 3 |
| Lower Ground Floor Flat, 114, Ditchling RiseFlat | Oct 2000 | £73,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 118, Ditchling RiseFlat | Aug 2020 | £160,000 | 104 m² | £1,538/m² | 1 |
| 118a, Ditchling RiseFlat | Jun 2022 | £345,000 | 52 m² | £6,635/m² | 5 |
| First Floor Flat, 120, Ditchling RiseFlat | Jun 2004 | £133,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 120, Ditchling RiseFlat | Jan 2011 | £152,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 120a, Ditchling RiseFlat | Feb 2024 | £305,000 | 55 m² | £5,545/m² | 4 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 122, Ditchling RiseFlat | Jul 2025 | £220,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 122a, Ditchling RiseFlat | Mar 2025 | £325,000 | 53 m² | £6,132/m² | 1 |
| 122b, Ditchling RiseFlat | Feb 2025 | £259,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 128, Ditchling RiseTerraced | Nov 2019 | £895,000 | 163 m² | £5,491/m² | 1 |
| Flat C, 157, Ditchling RiseFlat | Sept 2004 | £180,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 157a, Ditchling RiseFlat | Jan 2004 | £164,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 157b, Ditchling RiseFlat | Aug 2002 | £96,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 159, Ditchling RiseTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2020 | £735,000 | 99 m² | £7,424/m² | 1 |
| 161, Ditchling RiseTerraced | May 2018 | £665,000 | 141 m² | £4,716/m² | 1 |
| 161a, Ditchling RiseFlat | Aug 2019 | £250,000 | 81 m² | £3,086/m² | 1 |
| 161b, Ditchling RiseFlat | Aug 2019 | £576,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Basement Flat, 163, Ditchling RiseFlat | Sept 2018 | £285,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 163, Ditchling RiseFlat | Jun 2018 | £237,000 | – | – | 1 |
| First Floor Flat, 163, Ditchling RiseFlat | Mar 2025 | £243,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 165a, Ditchling RiseFlat | May 2003 | £125,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 167, Ditchling RiseFlat | Oct 2002 | £116,000 | 51 m² | £2,275/m² | 3 |
| 167a, Ditchling RiseFlat | Aug 2025 | £350,000 | 59 m² | £5,932/m² | 5 |
| Flat 2, 169, Ditchling RiseFlat | Aug 2016 | £250,000 | 51 m² | £4,902/m² | 6 |
| Flat 3, 169, Ditchling RiseFlat | Apr 2011 | £185,000 | 41 m² | £4,512/m² | 4 |
| Flat 1, 169, Ditchling RiseFlat | Jun 2000 | £77,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 171a, Ditchling RiseFlat | Jun 2024 | £300,000 | 55 m² | £5,455/m² | 6 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 171b, Ditchling RiseFlat | Aug 2013 | £197,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 171c, Ditchling RiseFlat | May 2009 | £110,000 | 54 m² | £2,037/m² | 3 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 173, Ditchling RiseFlat | Apr 2004 | £119,249 | – | – | 3 |
| First Floor Flat, 173, Ditchling RiseFlat | Sept 2003 | £119,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 173a, Ditchling RiseFlat | Feb 2013 | £187,000 | 57 m² | £3,281/m² | 5 |
| 177, Ditchling RiseDetached · company-owned | Sept 2021 | £580,000 | 89 m² | £6,517/m² | 1 |
| 179, Ditchling RiseTerraced | Aug 2024 | £482,123 | 97 m² | £4,970/m² | 7 |
| 179a, Ditchling RiseFlat | May 2025 | £307,000 | 46 m² | £6,674/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, 181, Ditchling RiseFlat | Feb 2020 | £205,000 | 38 m² | £5,395/m² | 3 |
| Flat 1, 181, Ditchling RiseFlat | May 2021 | £306,500 | 68 m² | £4,507/m² | 2 |
| 181a, Ditchling RiseFlat | Sept 2000 | £79,950 | – | – | 3 |
| 183, Ditchling RiseFlat | Jan 2019 | £210,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 183a, Ditchling RiseFlat | Aug 2007 | £289,950 | 50 m² | £5,799/m² | 2 |
| 185, Ditchling RiseTerraced | Sept 1998 | £1,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Basement Flat, 185b, Ditchling RiseFlat | Feb 2026 | £165,000 | – | – | 3 |
| First Floor Flat, 187, Ditchling RiseFlat | Jul 2025 | £212,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 187a, Ditchling RiseFlat | Sept 2017 | £285,000 | 46 m² | £6,196/m² | 2 |
| 187b, Ditchling RiseFlat | Jan 2023 | £315,000 | 39 m² | £8,077/m² | 4 |
| Lower Ground Floor Flat, 189, Ditchling RiseFlat | May 2007 | £180,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 189, Ditchling RiseTerraced | Dec 1997 | £1,000 | 45 m² | £22/m² | 1 |
| Ground Floor Flat, 189, Ditchling RiseFlat | Sept 2024 | £221,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 2, 189, Ditchling RiseFlat | Mar 2021 | £280,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 189a, Ditchling RiseFlat | Oct 2023 | £262,500 | 47 m² | £5,585/m² | 1 |
| 191, Ditchling RiseTerraced | Nov 2001 | £249,500 | 120 m² | £2,079/m² | 1 |
| 193, Ditchling RiseTerraced | Nov 2017 | £775,000 | 123 m² | £6,301/m² | 2 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 53% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is London Road (Brighton), a few minutes' walk (150 m), with 392k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Falmer.
The nearest bus stop is Prince's Crescent, 100 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes 20, 46, 26); 74 departures an hour from the 9 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 14 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 74 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Downs Infant School, a few minutes' walk (150 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Dorothy Stringer School, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 53.3 · 22.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: King's School (3.8 km).
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Taj The Grocer, 550 m away, with MFG Esso Downsway/Londis Downsway closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Preston Park Surgery (450 m), with Kamsons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, The Hair and Lounge is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Sussex County Hospital, 2.7 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 24 restaurants and cafés, 11 pubs and bars.
The Green Room is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Roundhill Pub the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (12 of them).
It's a low-crime area: about 62 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Much of it is protected: 41% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Preston Park, Preston Village).
There are 16 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (66%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 71% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 251 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
62 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%.
74 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 4QR →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest park is Park Crescent Park, 500 m away; for exercise, Space (400 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Brighton Central, 1.9 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 35 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 38% of households rent privately and 8% socially.
It's young: 25% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 57% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is INTO University Partnerships, 1.2 km away.
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.
On this street: 0 of 102 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 6 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.7% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 90.4% | 84.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.9% | 11.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 2.0% | 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 285 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.