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On North Street, in Portslade by Sea
What it's like at BN41 1DG: every home that has sold on North 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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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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on North Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 14 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| First Floor Flat, 2, North StreetFlat | Sept 2000 | £48,500 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, North StreetSemi-detached | Jan 2014 | £129,500 | 58 m² | £2,233/m² | 1 |
| 108, North StreetTerraced | Nov 2020 | £1,175,000 | 69 m² | £17,029/m² | 3 |
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: 42% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Portslade, about a 5-minute walk (600 m), with 1.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Station Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 1, 700, 16, 025); 103 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 75 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 63% 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, 2.4 km away; Attainment 8: 41.1 · 10.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: King's School (2.5 km) and Shoreham Academy (2.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 350 m away, with Underground Gym closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Portslade Health Centre (400 m), with Well the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Tranquility in the City is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Sussex County Hospital, 6.3 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 33 restaurants and cafés and 7 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Spoons Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Blue Anchor (wet Sales) the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (17 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 115 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 36% flats and 8% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 42% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
It's growing: about 182 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Vale Park, 350 m away; for exercise, Boulder Brighton (550 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Southwick, 2.1 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 36 km away.
45 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%.
30 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 BN41 1DG →
Most households own their home, 26% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 46% 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" North Street in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 7 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 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 | 0.4% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 89.0% | 84.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.7% | 11.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.8% | 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.