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On Robertson Road, in Withdean Woods
What it's like at BN1 5NL: every home that has sold on Robertson Road 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Robertson Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
5 of the 70 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Robertson RoadOther · company-owned | Mar 2022 | £405,000 | 74 m² | £5,473/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Robertson RoadTerraced | Nov 2000 | £140,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 4a, Robertson RoadFlat | Apr 2018 | £240,000 | 53 m² | £4,528/m² | 1 |
| 4b, Robertson RoadFlat | Aug 2021 | £290,000 | 68 m² | £4,265/m² | 2 |
| 5, Robertson RoadTerraced | Mar 2014 | £419,950 | 110 m² | £3,818/m² | 3 |
| 6, Robertson RoadTerraced | Sept 1997 | £115,000 | 142 m² | £810/m² | 2 |
| 8, Robertson RoadTerraced | Jul 2012 | £313,000 | 134 m² | £2,336/m² | 1 |
| 9, Robertson RoadTerraced | Mar 2026 | £565,000 | 110 m² | £5,136/m² | 4 |
| Ground And First Floor Maisonette, 10, Robertson RoadFlat | Sept 2018 | £340,000 | – | – | 6 |
| 12, Robertson RoadTerraced | Oct 2007 | £330,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Robertson RoadTerraced | Jul 2006 | £275,000 | 102 m² | £2,696/m² | 1 |
| 15, Robertson RoadTerraced | Jul 1998 | £103,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Upper Maisonette At, 16, Robertson RoadFlat | Jan 2008 | £197,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Upper Maisonette, 16, Robertson RoadFlat | Oct 2019 | £322,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, Robertson RoadTerraced | Aug 2019 | £485,000 | 105 m² | £4,619/m² | 2 |
| 18, Robertson RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2018 | £450,000 | 106 m² | £4,245/m² | 1 |
| 19, Robertson RoadTerraced | Jul 2016 | £435,500 | 109 m² | £3,995/m² | 1 |
| 21, Robertson RoadTerraced | Mar 2025 | £512,000 | 89 m² | £5,753/m² | 2 |
| 23, Robertson RoadTerraced | Sept 2011 | £337,000 | 92 m² | £3,663/m² | 2 |
| 24, Robertson RoadTerraced | Mar 1999 | £105,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Robertson RoadTerraced | Oct 2000 | £130,000 | 121 m² | £1,074/m² | 1 |
| 26a, Robertson RoadFlat | Nov 2025 | £287,000 | 42 m² | £6,833/m² | 3 |
| 27, Robertson RoadTerraced | Jan 2021 | £636,000 | 121 m² | £5,256/m² | 1 |
| 28, Robertson RoadTerraced | Jul 2014 | £520,000 | 87 m² | £5,977/m² | 2 |
| 29, Robertson RoadTerraced | May 2006 | £263,000 | 79 m² | £3,329/m² | 1 |
| 29a, Robertson RoadFlat | Jan 2016 | £346,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 29b, Robertson RoadFlat | Mar 2025 | £242,750 | 39 m² | £6,224/m² | 4 |
| 30, Robertson RoadTerraced | Apr 1995 | £72,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 31, Robertson RoadTerraced | Jun 2005 | £225,000 | 120 m² | £1,875/m² | 1 |
| 31a, Robertson RoadTerraced | Jan 2001 | £147,500 | 91 m² | £1,621/m² | 1 |
| Lower Ground Floor Flat, 34, Robertson RoadFlat | Mar 2008 | £170,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Upper Maisonette, 34, Robertson RoadFlat | Mar 2014 | £332,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 34b, Robertson RoadFlat | Nov 2025 | £303,000 | 47 m² | £6,447/m² | 5 |
| 36, Robertson RoadTerraced | May 2018 | £592,500 | 140 m² | £4,232/m² | 2 |
| 36a, Robertson RoadTerraced | Apr 2017 | £765,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 36b, Robertson RoadTerraced | Jul 2017 | £625,000 | – | – | 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: 53% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Preston Park, a few minutes' walk (350 m), with 1.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Preston Drove, 250 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes 5, 5A, 17, 270); 77 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 74 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (500 m); 66% 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, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 50.4 · 15.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: King's School (2.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 550 m away, with Tivoli Foods And Wine closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Matlock Surgery (250 m), with Matlock Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Peter John Hairdressing is 150 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.
Hoogly Tea is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Station Hotel the nearest pub (150 m).
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 Preston Park, 600 m away; for exercise, Fitness Hub Plus (900 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.
49 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 36, North Road | II | 110 m |
| 28, North Road | II | 130 m |
| 25 and 27, North Road | II | 140 m |
| 19, 21 and 23, North Road | II | 150 m |
| the Old Cottage and Little Barn and Mulberry Cottage | II | 180 m |
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.
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%.
72 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 5NL →
It's highly educated: 58% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is INTO University Partnerships, 2.3 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
On this street: 0 of 39 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 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.
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 70 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.