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On Galveston Close, in Sovereign Harbour
What it's like at BN23 5RH: every home that has sold on Galveston Close 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Galveston Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 21 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Galveston CloseDetached | Nov 1995 | £106,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Galveston CloseDetached | Sept 2008 | £229,950 | 118 m² | £1,949/m² | 1 |
| 3, Galveston CloseDetached | Aug 1999 | £121,000 | 100 m² | £1,210/m² | 1 |
| 5, Galveston CloseDetached | Nov 2019 | £393,000 | 99 m² | £3,970/m² | 2 |
| 6, Galveston CloseDetached | Oct 1997 | £97,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Galveston CloseDetached | Jan 1998 | £127,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Galveston CloseDetached | Jun 2026 | £390,000 | 126 m² | £3,095/m² | 1 |
| 9, Galveston CloseDetached | Feb 1999 | £139,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Galveston CloseDetached | Apr 1999 | £116,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 11, Galveston CloseDetached | Oct 2011 | £246,500 | 101 m² | £2,441/m² | 1 |
| 12, Galveston CloseDetached | Jan 2003 | £179,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Galveston CloseDetached | Jan 2004 | £235,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Galveston CloseDetached | Oct 1998 | £149,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 16, Galveston CloseDetached | Jul 2019 | £415,000 | 165 m² | £2,515/m² | 3 |
| 17, Galveston CloseDetached | Apr 2005 | £315,000 | 133 m² | £2,368/m² | 1 |
| 18, Galveston CloseDetached | Oct 1996 | £107,000 | 107 m² | £1,000/m² | 1 |
| 19, Galveston CloseDetached | Aug 2006 | £270,000 | 103 m² | £2,621/m² | 1 |
| 20, Galveston CloseDetached | Apr 2024 | £365,000 | 94 m² | £3,883/m² | 3 |
| 21, Galveston CloseDetached | Mar 2010 | £249,950 | 114 m² | £2,193/m² | 4 |
| 23, Galveston CloseDetached | Dec 1997 | £119,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Galveston CloseDetached | Jun 2021 | £420,000 | 104 m² | £4,038/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Pevensey & Westham, a short drive or bike ride (3.0 km), with 166k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Eastbourne.
The nearest bus stop is Galveston Close, 50 m away, with a bus about every 50 minutes on weekdays (routes 52, 5B); 12 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 89 minutes away by public transport (43 by car).
The nearest primary school is The Haven Church of England Methodist Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 55% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St Catherine's College, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 47.6 · 9.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is The Southern Co-operative, 500 m away; The News Rack (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Harbour Medical Practice (1.3 km), with Asda Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, StyleFX is 900 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Eastbourne District General Hospital, 4.0 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 13 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Beatty Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Seamoors Wine and Music Bar the nearest pub (600 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 82 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 46% flats and 13% detached houses.
It's new: 69% of homes were built since 2000.
The nearest park is Princes Park, 1.4 km away; for exercise, The Gym (600 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Pevensey Bay, 2.4 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.3 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Gatwick is 54 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 30% are 65 or over.
24 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.
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%.
7 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 BN23 5RH →
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 Eastbourne 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 21 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: The Pells Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 34 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: 1 of 12 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 | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 70.2% | 83.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.0% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 28.5% | 15.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.