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On Compton Street, in King Edward's Parade
What it's like at BN21 4DT: every home that has sold on Compton Street 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Compton Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
16 of the 119 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| First Floor Flat, 16, Compton StreetFlat | Jul 2005 | £131,000 | – | – | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basement Flat, 16, Compton StreetFlat | Nov 2022 | £295,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 16a, Compton StreetFlat | Sept 2005 | £102,000 | 87 m² | £1,172/m² | 3 |
| Flat 2, 18 - 20, Compton StreetFlat | Apr 2004 | £149,950 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 2, 22, Compton StreetFlat · company-owned | Nov 2023 | £180,000 | 59 m² | £3,051/m² | 2 |
| Flat 3, 22, Compton StreetFlat | Jun 1999 | £42,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 3, Chiltern Court, 22, Compton StreetFlat · company-owned | Nov 2023 | £250,000 | 70 m² | £3,571/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, Chiltern Court, 22, Compton StreetFlat · company-owned | Nov 2023 | £180,000 | 49 m² | £3,673/m² | 1 |
| Flat 4, Chiltern Court, 22, Compton StreetFlat · company-owned | Nov 2023 | £230,000 | 58 m² | £3,966/m² | 1 |
| Basement Flat, Chiltern Court, 22, Compton StreetFlat · company-owned | Nov 2023 | £295,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Eastbourne, about a 10-minute walk (900 m), with 3.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Grand Hotel, 100 m away, with a bus about every 46 minutes on weekdays (route 3); 13 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 57 minutes away by public transport (42 by car).
44% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Gildredge House, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km); 60% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Gildredge House, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 46.7 · 6.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 11% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Global Food Centre, 550 m away, with Grand Pharmacy closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Lighthouse Medical Practice (450 m), with Grand Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Signature Studios is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Eastbourne District General Hospital, 2.4 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 62% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 69% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 102 restaurants and cafés and 17 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
The Good Grub is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Bohemian the nearest pub (200 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 370 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 46% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Town Centre and Seafront, College).
There are 30 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (88%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 54% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 262 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Wilmington Square, 100 m away; for exercise, International Lawn Tennis Centre (250 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Eastbourne, 600 m away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.5 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
53 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Congress Theatre | II* | 140 m |
| Winter Garden | II | 170 m |
| Statue of Spencer Compton, Eighth Duke of Devonshire Kg (1833/1908) Mayor of Eastbourne 1897/98 | II | 180 m |
| Eastbourne Heritage Centre | 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Eastbourne constituency: Josh Babarinde MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 12,204 (26.8%), turnout 63%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 52%, Conservative 25%, Reform UK 13%, Labour 6%.
24 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 BN21 4DT →
For holidays, London Gatwick is 54 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 50% of households rent privately and 5% socially.
It's an older community: 28% are 65 or over.
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.
Nearest: The Pells Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 32 min
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 76 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 49 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 60.0% | 83.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 33.1% | 15.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 6.6% | 1.3% | 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 119 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.