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On Ridgeside Avenue, in Patcham West & Westdene
What it's like at BN1 8WB: every home that has sold on Ridgeside 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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5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Ridgeside Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 28 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 20, Ridgeside AvenueDetached | May 2026 | £960,000 | 174 m² | £5,517/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22, Ridgeside AvenueDetached | Jan 1998 | £160,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Ridgeside AvenueDetached | Jan 1998 | £128,000 | 101 m² | £1,267/m² | 1 |
| 28, Ridgeside AvenueDetached | Aug 2022 | £1,025,000 | 204 m² | £5,025/m² | 2 |
| 30, Ridgeside AvenueDetached | Jul 2017 | £760,000 | 155 m² | £4,903/m² | 1 |
| 32, Ridgeside AvenueDetached | Jul 2012 | £434,000 | 124 m² | £3,500/m² | 1 |
| 34, Ridgeside AvenueDetached | Dec 2005 | £407,500 | 165 m² | £2,470/m² | 1 |
| 36, Ridgeside AvenueDetached | Sept 2023 | £1,210,000 | 227 m² | £5,330/m² | 3 |
| 40, Ridgeside AvenueDetached | Sept 2020 | £1,100,000 | 275 m² | £4,000/m² | 3 |
| 42, Ridgeside AvenueDetached · company-owned | Mar 2025 | £1,550,000 | 299 m² | £5,184/m² | 3 |
| 46, Ridgeside AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2012 | £395,000 | 109 m² | £3,624/m² | 1 |
| 48, Ridgeside AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2025 | £665,000 | 108 m² | £6,157/m² | 1 |
| 50, Ridgeside AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2026 | £735,000 | 130 m² | £5,654/m² | 1 |
| 52, Ridgeside AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £755,000 | 148 m² | £5,101/m² | 1 |
| 58, Ridgeside AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2017 | £660,000 | 177 m² | £3,729/m² | 3 |
| 60, Ridgeside AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 1998 | £166,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 62, Ridgeside AvenueDetached | Oct 1998 | £140,000 | – | – | 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: 46% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Preston Park, a short drive or bike ride (1.4 km), with 1.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Graham Avenue, 150 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (routes 5, 52); 52 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 72 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Patcham Infant School, a few minutes' walk (450 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Patcham High School, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 45.5 · 14.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: King's School (2.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 200 m away; A Y Convenience (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Matlock Surgery (1.7 km), with Fields Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Hagon Hair & Beauty is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Sussex County Hospital, 5.3 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Windmill Stores is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and Longman Of Wilmington (wet Sales) the nearest pub (750 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 66 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 36 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 27% flats and 38% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Withdean Park, 300 m away; for exercise, Patcham High School Swimming Pool (650 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Hove, 4.1 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 33 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
35 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Entrance Piers to Brangwyn Way and Brangwyn Drive | II | 200 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%.
30 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 8WB →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
It's highly educated: 43% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is University of Brighton, 2.8 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.
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 25 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.2% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 86.5% | 84.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 12.4% | 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.
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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 28 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.