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On Overhill, in Hillside
What it's like at BN42 4WN: every home that has sold on Overhill 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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Overhill; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 74 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, OverhillDetached | Aug 2007 | £268,500 | 119 m² | £2,256/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, OverhillDetached | Jan 2025 | £405,000 | 78 m² | £5,192/m² | 1 |
| 6, OverhillDetached | Nov 2003 | £214,950 | 80 m² | £2,687/m² | 2 |
| 8, OverhillDetached | Mar 2020 | £375,000 | 95 m² | £3,947/m² | 2 |
| 10, OverhillDetached | Jun 2020 | £410,000 | 77 m² | £5,325/m² | 3 |
| 12, OverhillDetached | Jan 2021 | £437,500 | 78 m² | £5,609/m² | 2 |
| 16, OverhillDetached | Oct 2023 | £485,000 | 83 m² | £5,843/m² | 1 |
| 18, OverhillDetached | Oct 2005 | £200,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, OverhillDetached | Aug 2008 | £210,000 | 80 m² | £2,625/m² | 1 |
| 24, OverhillDetached | Jul 2009 | £265,000 | 118 m² | £2,246/m² | 2 |
| 26, OverhillDetached | Jan 2020 | £330,000 | 77 m² | £4,286/m² | 1 |
| 28, OverhillDetached | Jul 2014 | £297,000 | 77 m² | £3,857/m² | 1 |
| 30, OverhillDetached | Jul 2022 | £631,000 | 146 m² | £4,322/m² | 4 |
| 34, OverhillDetached | Feb 1996 | £68,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 38, OverhillDetached | Feb 2011 | £205,000 | 61 m² | £3,361/m² | 1 |
| 40, OverhillSemi-detached | Jun 2011 | £245,000 | 71 m² | £3,451/m² | 3 |
The nearest station is Southwick, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km), with 342k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Brighton.
The nearest bus stop is Bottom of Downsway, 200 m away, with a bus about every 22 minutes on weekdays (route 46); 29 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 40 minutes away by public transport (20 by car).
Central London is 75 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Eastbrook Primary Academy, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 68% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Shoreham Academy, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 54.8 · 20.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: King's School (3.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose & Partners, 800 m away, with Windmill Convenience Store closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Podia Trust (850 m), with Harrison Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Flawless Hair & Beauty is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Sussex County Hospital, 8.6 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.
Rajah Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Romans Hotel the nearest pub (600 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 55 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 9% flats and 19% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 42% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
Bungalow country: 32% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Mile Oak Road Open Space, 400 m away; for exercise, Wadurs (900 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Southwick, 1.3 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 35 km away.
21 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.
East Worthing and Shoreham constituency: Tom Rutland MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 9,519 (19.4%), turnout 66%. Vote shares: Labour 45%, Conservative 26%, Reform UK 15%, Green Party 7%.
26 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 BN42 4WN →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% of households own their home outright.
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: 1 of 57 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.8% | 88.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.4% | 10.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.8% | 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 74 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.