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On Brangwyn Drive, in Patcham West & Westdene
What it's like at BN1 8XD: every home that has sold on Brangwyn Drive 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.
8 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Brangwyn Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 42 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 6, Brangwyn DriveDetached | Dec 2014 | £585,000 | 107 m² | £5,467/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8, Brangwyn DriveSemi-detached | Jan 2001 | £265,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 14, Brangwyn DriveDetached | Jul 2011 | £445,000 | 147 m² | £3,027/m² | 2 |
| 20, Brangwyn DriveDetached | Nov 2010 | £410,000 | 114 m² | £3,596/m² | 2 |
| 22, Brangwyn DriveDetached | Jan 2021 | £650,000 | 114 m² | £5,702/m² | 2 |
| 26, Brangwyn DriveDetached | Apr 2001 | £248,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 28, Brangwyn DriveDetached | Oct 2014 | £452,000 | 139 m² | £3,252/m² | 1 |
| 30, Brangwyn DriveDetached | Aug 2010 | £430,000 | 207 m² | £2,077/m² | 1 |
| 36, Brangwyn DriveDetached | Jan 2003 | £348,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 38, Brangwyn DriveDetached | Aug 2021 | £775,000 | 180 m² | £4,306/m² | 3 |
| 40, Brangwyn DriveDetached | Mar 2024 | £910,000 | 162 m² | £5,617/m² | 3 |
| 44, Brangwyn DriveDetached | Jan 2001 | £287,000 | 205 m² | £1,400/m² | 1 |
| 48, Brangwyn DriveDetached | Jan 2026 | £745,000 | 188 m² | £3,963/m² | 2 |
| 50, Brangwyn DriveDetached | Jun 2016 | £697,500 | 155 m² | £4,500/m² | 3 |
| 52, Brangwyn DriveDetached | Aug 2008 | £453,600 | 238 m² | £1,906/m² | 1 |
| 56, Brangwyn DriveDetached | Nov 2002 | £330,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 58, Brangwyn DriveDetached | May 2002 | £315,000 | – | – | 1 |
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 (1.6 km), with 1.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Ridgeside Avenue, 150 m away, with a bus about every 13 minutes on weekdays (routes 17, 270, 273, 271); 44 departures an hour from the 12 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 (500 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Patcham High School, 750 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 Co-op, 300 m away; Salmons News (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Carden Surgery (1.9 km), with Fields Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Halo Hair & Beauty is 350 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 (350 m), and Circle Kitchen At Ladies Mile the nearest pub (850 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 Patcham Peace Gardens, 200 m away; for exercise, Patcham High School Swimming Pool (700 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.
34 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Drinking Fountain | II | 190 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%.
25 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 8XD →
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.
It's highly educated: 43% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is University of Brighton, 3.2 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.
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 42 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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 30 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 | 1.2% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 86.5% | 84.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 12.5% | 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.