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On Shirley Street, in Goldsmid West
What it's like at BN3 3WH: every home that has sold on Shirley 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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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.
10 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Shirley Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 117 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 45, Shirley StreetFlat | Jan 2004 | £165,000 | 71 m² | £2,324/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47, Shirley StreetFlat | Jan 2008 | £249,950 | – | – | 6 |
| 49, Shirley StreetTerraced | Jul 2021 | £332,000 | 64 m² | £5,188/m² | 2 |
| 51, Shirley StreetTerraced | Apr 2006 | £164,000 | 61 m² | £2,689/m² | 3 |
| Flat 2, 55, Shirley StreetFlat | Jul 2026 | £248,000 | 41 m² | £6,049/m² | 4 |
| Basement Flat 1, 55, Shirley StreetFlat | May 2025 | £320,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 59, Shirley StreetTerraced | Aug 2002 | £189,350 | – | – | 2 |
| 61, Shirley StreetTerraced | May 2023 | £515,000 | 90 m² | £5,722/m² | 3 |
| 63, Shirley StreetTerraced | Mar 2014 | £285,000 | 114 m² | £2,500/m² | 1 |
| 65, Shirley StreetTerraced | Jun 2023 | £645,000 | 91 m² | £7,088/m² | 3 |
| 67, Shirley StreetTerraced | Nov 2021 | £775,000 | 98 m² | £7,908/m² | 4 |
| 69, Shirley StreetTerraced | Oct 2014 | £435,000 | 106 m² | £4,104/m² | 2 |
| 73, Shirley StreetTerraced | Mar 2026 | £630,000 | 118 m² | £5,339/m² | 6 |
| 75, Shirley StreetTerraced | Aug 2013 | £310,000 | 81 m² | £3,827/m² | 4 |
| 77, Shirley StreetTerraced | Sept 2024 | £680,000 | 105 m² | £6,476/m² | 2 |
| 79, Shirley StreetTerraced | Oct 2001 | £155,000 | 104 m² | £1,490/m² | 2 |
| 81, Shirley StreetTerraced | Sept 2022 | £472,000 | 71 m² | £6,648/m² | 1 |
| 81a, Shirley StreetOther | Feb 2021 | £675,000 | 83 m² | £8,133/m² | 1 |
| 85, Shirley StreetTerraced | Sept 2024 | £530,000 | 92 m² | £5,761/m² | 5 |
| 87, Shirley StreetTerraced | Oct 2001 | £172,950 | 98 m² | £1,765/m² | 2 |
| 89, Shirley StreetTerraced | Aug 2012 | £355,000 | 120 m² | £2,958/m² | 2 |
| 91, Shirley StreetTerraced | Aug 2003 | £218,500 | 93 m² | £2,349/m² | 3 |
| 95, Shirley StreetTerraced | Sept 2010 | £250,000 | 87 m² | £2,874/m² | 1 |
| 97, Shirley StreetTerraced | Mar 2016 | £423,100 | 84 m² | £5,037/m² | 1 |
| Flat A, 101, Shirley StreetFlat | Oct 1998 | £66,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat B, 101, Shirley StreetFlat | Sept 1999 | £25,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 3, 103, Shirley StreetFlat | Jan 2010 | £143,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 1, 103, Shirley StreetFlat | Jan 2024 | £186,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Flat 2, 103, Shirley StreetFlat | Dec 2013 | £125,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 105, Shirley StreetFlat | Jul 2013 | £276,250 | 65 m² | £4,250/m² | 3 |
| 105a, Shirley StreetTerraced | Jul 2024 | £216,300 | 31 m² | £6,977/m² | 4 |
| The Ground And First Floor Maisonette At, 107, Shirley StreetFlat | May 2001 | £115,000 | – | – | 3 |
| Ground And First Floor Maisonette, 107, Shirley StreetFlat | Jan 2025 | £432,000 | – | – | 4 |
| Upper Maisonette, 109, Shirley StreetFlat | Nov 2016 | £280,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 109a, Shirley StreetFlat | Jul 2019 | £175,000 | 31 m² | £5,645/m² | 2 |
| The Maisonette, 111, Shirley StreetFlat | Jun 1996 | £40,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Lower Ground Floor Flat, 111, Shirley StreetTerraced | Nov 2006 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 113, Shirley StreetTerraced | Nov 2025 | £700,000 | 114 m² | £6,140/m² | 4 |
| 115, Shirley StreetTerraced | Jul 2024 | £450,000 | 63 m² | £7,143/m² | 1 |
| 117, Shirley StreetTerraced | Oct 2004 | £287,000 | 116 m² | £2,474/m² | 1 |
| 119, Shirley StreetTerraced | Oct 2023 | £566,000 | 93 m² | £6,086/m² | 5 |
| 121a, Shirley StreetDetached | Feb 2012 | £336,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 1, Poets Mews, 81a, Shirley StreetTerraced | Nov 2022 | £605,000 | 83 m² | £7,289/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, a few minutes' walk (400 m), with 2.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Portland Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes 5B, 5, 5A, 71A); 158 departures an hour from the 15 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 75 km away as the crow flies.
45% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Andrew's CofE (Aided) Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 68% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 41.1 · 10.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: King's School (2.6 km) and Shoreham Academy (5.4 km).
Few families with young children: only 12% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Iceland, 250 m away, with Best One closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Trinity Medical Centre (350 m), with Trinity Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Threading Bar is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Sussex County Hospital, 4.0 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: 21 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Bready's Delights is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Exchange the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (13 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 115 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 27 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (82%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 66% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 243 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Museum Gardens, 550 m away; for exercise, Vida Active (250 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Hove, 1.2 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
65 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Barnabas | 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.
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%.
52 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 3WH →
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 9.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 36 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 49% of households rent privately and 11% socially.
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 53% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is BIMM University, 2.9 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.
On this street: 0 of 78 homes with certificates have solar panels, 2 a heat pump, and 5 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.2% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 76.8% | 84.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 19.2% | 11.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 3.3% | 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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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 117 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.