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On Downside, in West Blatchington
What it's like at BN3 6QJ: every home that has sold on Downside 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 Downside; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 20 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, DownsideDetached | Jun 2010 | £500,000 | 129 m² | £3,876/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, DownsideDetached | Aug 2024 | £1,300,000 | 166 m² | £7,831/m² | 2 |
| 4, DownsideDetached | Jun 2021 | £1,850,000 | 343 m² | £5,394/m² | 1 |
| 5, DownsideDetached | Aug 1996 | £185,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, DownsideDetached | May 2024 | £1,350,000 | 228 m² | £5,921/m² | 2 |
| 7, DownsideDetached | Sept 2016 | £1,740,000 | 467 m² | £3,726/m² | 2 |
| 8, DownsideDetached | Feb 2014 | £815,000 | 197 m² | £4,137/m² | 4 |
| 11, DownsideDetached | Sept 2007 | £900,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, DownsideDetached | Mar 2020 | £750,000 | 114 m² | £6,579/m² | 1 |
| 14, DownsideDetached | Feb 2010 | £570,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 15, DownsideDetached | Apr 2013 | £785,000 | 155 m² | £5,065/m² | 1 |
| 16, DownsideDetached | Jun 2021 | £1,350,000 | 204 m² | £6,618/m² | 3 |
| 17, DownsideDetached | May 2015 | £835,000 | 148 m² | £5,642/m² | 1 |
| 18, DownsideDetached · company-owned | Jun 2023 | £1,100,000 | 151 m² | £7,285/m² | 1 |
| 19, DownsideDetached | Feb 2015 | £890,000 | 318 m² | £2,799/m² | 1 |
| 21, DownsideDetached | Dec 2020 | £1,230,000 | 256 m² | £4,805/m² | 2 |
| 22, DownsideDetached | Oct 2022 | £1,150,000 | 158 m² | £7,278/m² | 2 |
| 23, DownsideDetached | Apr 2001 | £595,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, DownsideDetached | Apr 2021 | £1,400,000 | 289 m² | £4,844/m² | 2 |
| 27, DownsideDetached | Dec 2019 | £1,385,000 | 318 m² | £4,355/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 49% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Preston Park, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km), with 1.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Woodland Parade, 300 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 21); 11 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 74 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Bilingual Primary School - Brighton & Hove, about a 10-minute walk (850 m); 76% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Blatchington Mill School, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 51 · 15.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: King's School (1.5 km) and Shoreham Academy (5.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sushi Daily, 850 m away, with Woodland Newsagent closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Matlock Surgery (1.3 km), with Well the closest pharmacy (1.0 km).
For a haircut, Emily Kerrison is 1.2 km 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
9 Vines is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Nevill Public House the nearest pub (900 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 45% of homes.
It's largely interwar: 40% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Three Cornered Copse, 250 m away; for exercise, Withdean Sports Complex (800 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Hove, 2.7 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 34 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
12 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%.
39 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 6QJ →
It's highly educated: 49% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is INTO University Partnerships, 3.8 km away.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Downside in the last 12 months.
On this street: 1 of 16 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 | 1.4% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.7% | 0.6% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 96.1% | 84.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.6% | 11.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.6% | 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.