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On Melrose Avenue, in Portslade Village
What it's like at BN41 2LS: every home that has sold on Melrose 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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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.
9 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Melrose Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 50 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Melrose AvenueDetached | Nov 2019 | £345,000 | 80 m² | £4,313/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, Melrose AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2018 | £375,000 | 86 m² | £4,360/m² | 4 |
| 8, Melrose AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2020 | £440,000 | 98 m² | £4,490/m² | 3 |
| 10, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Jan 2006 | £221,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Melrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £447,000 | 94 m² | £4,755/m² | 2 |
| 14, Melrose AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2018 | £385,000 | 88 m² | £4,375/m² | 2 |
| 18, Melrose AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2026 | £617,500 | 127 m² | £4,862/m² | 4 |
| 28, Melrose AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £330,000 | 91 m² | £3,626/m² | 1 |
| 30, Melrose AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2002 | £147,500 | 130 m² | £1,135/m² | 1 |
| 32, Melrose AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2007 | £229,000 | 108 m² | £2,120/m² | 1 |
| 36, Melrose AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 1998 | £102,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 38, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Feb 2026 | £455,000 | 90 m² | £5,056/m² | 3 |
| 42, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Apr 2004 | £187,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 44, Melrose AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2015 | £300,000 | 85 m² | £3,529/m² | 1 |
| 48, Melrose AvenueDetached | Aug 2024 | £405,000 | 80 m² | £5,063/m² | 1 |
| 50, Melrose AvenueDetached | Mar 2021 | £375,000 | 81 m² | £4,630/m² | 4 |
| 54, Melrose AvenueDetached | May 2023 | £358,000 | 77 m² | £4,649/m² | 2 |
| 56, Melrose AvenueTerraced | Jul 2001 | £124,000 | 102 m² | £1,216/m² | 1 |
| 58, Melrose AvenueDetached | Oct 2019 | £345,000 | 104 m² | £3,317/m² | 1 |
| 66, Melrose AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £425,000 | 89 m² | £4,775/m² | 2 |
| 68, Melrose AvenueDetached | Dec 2016 | £315,000 | 82 m² | £3,841/m² | 1 |
| 72, Melrose AvenueDetached | Sept 2018 | £303,000 | 75 m² | £4,040/m² | 1 |
| 76, Melrose AvenueDetached | Apr 2023 | £360,000 | 103 m² | £3,495/m² | 1 |
| 78, Melrose AvenueDetached | May 2004 | £195,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 80, Melrose AvenueDetached | May 2023 | £545,000 | 145 m² | £3,759/m² | 1 |
| 82, Melrose AvenueDetached | Oct 2023 | £420,000 | 80 m² | £5,250/m² | 1 |
| 84, Melrose AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2022 | £435,000 | 67 m² | £6,493/m² | 3 |
| 86, Melrose AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £422,500 | 77 m² | £5,487/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is Fishersgate, about a 10-minute walk (750 m), with 97k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Brighton.
The nearest bus stop is Applesham Way, 150 m away, with a bus about every 11 minutes on weekdays (routes 2, 46, 59A); 59 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 Peter Gladwin Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 77% 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, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 42.7 · 10.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Shoreham Academy (2.1 km) and King's School (2.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Co-operative, 500 m away, with Mayberry Garden Centre closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Portslade County Clinic (950 m), with Harrison Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Flawless Hair & Beauty is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Sussex County Hospital, 7.5 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: 8 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Portslade Baptist Church is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Stags Head the nearest pub (400 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 85 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 16 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 25% flats and 6% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Mile Oak Road Open Space, 350 m away; for exercise, Boulder Brighton (1.0 km).
The beach is on your doorstep: Southwick, 1.9 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 35 km away.
Most households own their home, 17% 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.
40 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%.
29 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 2LS →
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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Brighton and Hove since 2011.
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 50 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 41 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 | 0.4% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 91.6% | 84.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.6% | 11.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.3% | 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.