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On Rodmell Avenue, in Rottingdean & Saltdean
What it's like at BN2 8LT: every home that has sold on Rodmell 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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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.
8 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 4 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Rodmell Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 125 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Rodmell AvenueDetached | May 2019 | £375,000 | 97 m² | £3,866/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Rodmell AvenueDetached | Mar 2009 | £400,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 4, Rodmell AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2009 | £185,000 | 78 m² | £2,372/m² | 1 |
| 5, Rodmell AvenueDetached | Jul 2023 | £610,000 | 152 m² | £4,013/m² | 3 |
| 6, Rodmell AvenueDetached | Apr 2001 | £153,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 7, Rodmell AvenueDetached | Feb 2002 | £235,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 8, Rodmell AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2016 | £442,000 | 125 m² | £3,536/m² | 3 |
| 10, Rodmell AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2004 | £234,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 11, Rodmell AvenueDetached | Feb 2021 | £495,000 | 117 m² | £4,231/m² | 2 |
| 12, Rodmell AvenueSemi-detached | May 2015 | £435,000 | 138 m² | £3,152/m² | 3 |
| 15, Rodmell AvenueDetached | Jul 2005 | £285,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Rodmell AvenueSemi-detached | May 2010 | £400,000 | 145 m² | £2,759/m² | 3 |
| 17, Rodmell AvenueDetached | Oct 2019 | £595,000 | 112 m² | £5,313/m² | 2 |
| 18, Rodmell AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2018 | £555,000 | 130 m² | £4,269/m² | 2 |
| 19, Rodmell AvenueDetached | May 2006 | £355,000 | 152 m² | £2,336/m² | 1 |
| 20, Rodmell AvenueDetached | Mar 2001 | £166,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Rodmell AvenueDetached | May 2005 | £300,000 | 119 m² | £2,521/m² | 2 |
| 22, Rodmell AvenueDetached | Apr 2001 | £172,000 | 168 m² | £1,024/m² | 2 |
| 23, Rodmell AvenueDetached | Aug 2009 | £275,000 | 89 m² | £3,090/m² | 4 |
| 24, Rodmell AvenueDetached | Sept 2003 | £360,000 | 164 m² | £2,195/m² | 2 |
| 25, Rodmell AvenueDetached | Mar 2016 | £425,000 | 137 m² | £3,102/m² | 1 |
| 26, Rodmell AvenueDetached | Nov 2025 | £635,000 | 120 m² | £5,292/m² | 2 |
| 28, Rodmell AvenueDetached | Jul 2014 | £430,000 | 181 m² | £2,376/m² | 2 |
| 29, Rodmell AvenueDetached | Apr 2007 | £315,000 | 95 m² | £3,316/m² | 1 |
| 31, Rodmell AvenueDetached | Dec 2014 | £410,000 | 95 m² | £4,316/m² | 3 |
| 33, Rodmell AvenueDetached | Aug 2025 | £650,000 | 106 m² | £6,132/m² | 2 |
| 35, Rodmell AvenueDetached | Sept 2024 | £474,000 | 132 m² | £3,591/m² | 2 |
| 37, Rodmell AvenueDetached | Jun 2018 | £525,000 | 124 m² | £4,234/m² | 4 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 42% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Southease - Piddinghoe Road, a drive away (4.6 km).
The nearest bus stop is Bevendean Avenue West, 150 m away, with a bus about every 46 minutes on weekdays (routes 47, 76A, 494, 123); 32 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 78 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Saltdean Primary School, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 52% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Longhill High School, 2.7 km away; Attainment 8: 32.9 · 4.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 500 m away; PJ Convenience Store (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Saltdean And Rottingdean Med Practice (300 m), with Kamsons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, ZBarber is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Sussex County Hospital, 5.0 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: 20 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Coffee Corner is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and LA Bar the nearest pub (500 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 47 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 71 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 58% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 37% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 232 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Saltdean Oval, 500 m away; for exercise, Hdeout (500 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Rottingdean Beach, 900 m away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Gatwick is 40 km away.
44 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.
Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven constituency: Chris Ward MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 9,663 (23.8%), turnout 59%. Vote shares: Labour 44%, Conservative 20%, Green Party 20%, Liberal Democrat 10%.
9 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 BN2 8LT →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 49% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 29% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 42% of adults have a degree.
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.
On this street: 1 of 99 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.4% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 84.4% | 84.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 12.5% | 11.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.4% | 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 125 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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