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On Benfield Way, in Hangleton South
What it's like at BN41 2DL: every home that has sold on Benfield Way 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.
8 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Benfield Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 52 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 32, Benfield WayDetached | Sept 2000 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34, Benfield WaySemi-detached | Nov 2018 | £620,000 | 125 m² | £4,960/m² | 3 |
| 36, Benfield WayDetached | May 2000 | £153,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 38, Benfield WayDetached | Mar 2025 | £655,500 | 103 m² | £6,364/m² | 1 |
| 40, Benfield WayDetached | Aug 2012 | £385,000 | 116 m² | £3,319/m² | 1 |
| 42, Benfield WayDetached | Aug 2011 | £351,000 | 76 m² | £4,618/m² | 1 |
| 46, Benfield WayDetached | Aug 2013 | £415,000 | 138 m² | £3,007/m² | 2 |
| 50, Benfield WayDetached | Jan 2011 | £542,500 | 214 m² | £2,535/m² | 1 |
| 52, Benfield WayDetached | Sept 1999 | £156,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 54, Benfield WayDetached | Apr 2002 | £299,950 | 129 m² | £2,325/m² | 2 |
| 70, Benfield WayDetached | Aug 2025 | £500,000 | 115 m² | £4,348/m² | 2 |
| 72, Benfield WayDetached | Feb 2018 | £350,000 | 69 m² | £5,072/m² | 2 |
| 74, Benfield WaySemi-detached | Apr 2016 | £330,000 | 64 m² | £5,156/m² | 4 |
| 78, Benfield WayDetached | Mar 2015 | £310,000 | 125 m² | £2,480/m² | 1 |
| 80, Benfield WayDetached | Sept 2022 | £528,000 | 141 m² | £3,745/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Portslade, about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 1.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Sainsbury's West Hove, 150 m away, with a bus about every 11 minutes on weekdays (route 46); 32 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 74 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Benfield Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 50% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Portslade Aldridge Community Academy, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 42.7 · 10.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: King's School (1.3 km) and Shoreham Academy (3.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 200 m away; Best Shop (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Portslade County Clinic (450 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Keehan's Barber Shop is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Sussex County Hospital, 6.2 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 5 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Costa Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Zenavic the nearest pub (650 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 93 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 14% flats and 13% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 66% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Benfield Valley, 350 m away; for exercise, JFit (450 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Southwick, 2.9 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 35 km away.
Most households own their home, 13% rent privately.
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.
34 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 2DL →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
On this street: 1 of 38 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 | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.7% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.3% | 84.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.7% | 11.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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 52 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.