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On Wayland Avenue, in Withdean Woods
What it's like at BN1 5JL: every home that has sold on Wayland Avenue 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
13 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 4 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 Wayland Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 46 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 37, Wayland AvenueDetached | Jul 2001 | £320,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39, Wayland AvenueDetached | Apr 1999 | £163,500 | 117 m² | £1,397/m² | 1 |
| 41, Wayland AvenueDetached | Oct 2020 | £830,000 | 174 m² | £4,770/m² | 3 |
| 43, Wayland AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2003 | £330,000 | 116 m² | £2,845/m² | 1 |
| 47, Wayland AvenueDetached | Nov 2007 | £742,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 49, Wayland AvenueDetached | Nov 2014 | £499,000 | 160 m² | £3,119/m² | 1 |
| 55, Wayland AvenueDetached | Jul 2019 | £774,000 | 145 m² | £5,338/m² | 2 |
| 59, Wayland AvenueTerraced | Sept 2007 | £580,000 | 188 m² | £3,085/m² | 1 |
| 63, Wayland AvenueDetached | Mar 2025 | £900,000 | 118 m² | £7,627/m² | 3 |
| 75, Wayland AvenueDetached | Jul 2017 | £950,000 | 202 m² | £4,703/m² | 3 |
| 77, Wayland AvenueDetached | Jan 2020 | £855,000 | 195 m² | £4,385/m² | 1 |
| 79, Wayland AvenueDetached | Mar 2023 | £800,000 | 304 m² | £2,632/m² | 1 |
| 81, Wayland AvenueDetached | Jul 2018 | £819,500 | 124 m² | £6,609/m² | 1 |
| 85, Wayland AvenueDetached | May 2022 | £930,000 | 146 m² | £6,370/m² | 1 |
| 87, Wayland AvenueDetached | Nov 2012 | £495,000 | 97 m² | £5,103/m² | 2 |
| 91, Wayland AvenueDetached · company-owned | Mar 2021 | £875,000 | 160 m² | £5,469/m² | 1 |
| 93, Wayland AvenueDetached | Jun 2016 | £760,000 | 255 m² | £2,980/m² | 2 |
| 95, Wayland AvenueDetached | Feb 2017 | £755,000 | 162 m² | £4,660/m² | 1 |
| 97, Wayland AvenueDetached | Mar 2015 | £950,000 | 210 m² | £4,524/m² | 2 |
| 99, Wayland AvenueDetached | May 2021 | £875,000 | 203 m² | £4,310/m² | 1 |
| 101, Wayland AvenueDetached | Sept 2005 | £485,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 103, Wayland AvenueDetached | Jul 2004 | £485,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 105, Wayland AvenueDetached | Nov 2005 | £543,750 | 132 m² | £4,119/m² | 2 |
| 107, Wayland AvenueDetached | Oct 2023 | £960,000 | 290 m² | £3,310/m² | 1 |
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 Preston Park, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 1.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Hill Brow South, 150 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (routes 27, 27C); 31 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 74 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Westdene Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 59% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Blatchington Mill School, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 51 · 15.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: King's School (2.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.3 km away, with Sally Food And Wine closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Matlock Surgery (1.2 km), with Fields Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Hagon Hair & Beauty is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Sussex County Hospital, 3.8 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 9 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Freedom Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and The Station Hotel the nearest pub (1.3 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 13 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 47% flats and 22% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Westdene Woods, 600 m away; for exercise, Withdean Sports Complex (350 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Hove, 2.4 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 34 km away.
Most households own their home, 32% rent privately.
16 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%.
36 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 5JL →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
It's highly educated: 58% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is University of Brighton, 3.5 km away (TEF Silver).
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 37 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 87.2% | 84.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 11.7% | 11.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Brighton and Hove since 2011.
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 46 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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