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On Grand Avenue, in King Alfred
What it's like at BN3 2NL: every home that has sold on Grand 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.
12 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 8 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 Grand Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
9 of the 294 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 51, Ashley Court, Grand AvenueFlat | Dec 2020 | £478,000 | 87 m² | £5,494/m² | 1 |
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| 52, Ashley Court, Grand AvenueFlat | Feb 2013 | £227,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 55, Ashley Court, Grand AvenueFlat | Aug 2019 | £314,000 | 63 m² | £4,984/m² | 3 |
| 59, Ashley Court, Grand AvenueFlat | Aug 2026 | £600,000 | 91 m² | £6,593/m² | 2 |
| 60, Ashley Court, Grand AvenueFlat | Apr 2017 | £477,500 | 95 m² | £5,026/m² | 1 |
| 62, Ashley Court, Grand AvenueFlat | Jun 2026 | £650,000 | 92 m² | £7,065/m² | 4 |
| Flat 64, Ashley Court, Grand AvenueFlat | Jun 1999 | £79,950 | 54 m² | £1,481/m² | 2 |
| Flat 57, Ashley Court, Grand AvenueFlat | Aug 2002 | £250,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 53, Ashley Court, Grand AvenueFlat | Apr 2004 | £272,000 | 93 m² | £2,925/m² | 2 |
| Flat 65, Ashley Court, Grand AvenueFlat | Nov 2007 | £395,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 61, Ashley Court, Grand AvenueFlat | May 2007 | £175,000 | 62 m² | £2,823/m² | 1 |
| Flat 63, Ashley Court, Grand AvenueFlat | Nov 2006 | £287,000 | 90 m² | £3,189/m² | 1 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 48% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Hove, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 2.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is King's House, 50 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (route 700); 158 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 76 km away as the crow flies.
43% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 68% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Cardinal Newman Catholic School, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 50.4 · 15.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: King's School (3.1 km) and Shoreham Academy (5.1 km).
Few families with young children: only 10% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 300 m away, with Fine Feather Wellness closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Psychology Sussex (300 m), with Osbon Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Cuttlefish Eco Salon is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Sussex County Hospital, 4.2 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: 26 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
Oeuf is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Hove Club the nearest pub (200 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 102 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 86% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (The Avenues, Cliftonville).
There are 34 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (87%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 60% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 228 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Adelaide Crescent, 400 m away; for exercise, Fit State Training (450 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Hove, 800 m away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
59 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.
Hove and Portslade constituency: Peter Kyle MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 19,791 (38.1%), turnout 70%. Vote shares: Labour 52%, Green Party 14%, Conservative 13%, Reform UK 9%.
53 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 BN3 2NL →
On this street: 0 of 233 homes with certificates have solar panels, 4 a heat pump, and 73 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.1% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 67.5% | 84.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 14.1% | 11.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 17.9% | 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.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 36 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 46% of households rent privately and 7% socially.
It's highly educated: 53% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is BIMM University, 2.2 km away (TEF Bronze).
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.
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Nearest 12 shown. 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.
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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 294 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.