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On Fort Road, in Newhaven Town
What it's like at BN9 9EJ: every home that has sold on Fort Road 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Fort Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
6 of the 60 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 32, Fort RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2021 | £397,000 | 166 m² | £2,392/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34, Fort RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2013 | £245,000 | 157 m² | £1,561/m² | 1 |
| Ground And First Floor Flat, 36, Fort RoadFlat · company-owned | Apr 2022 | £105,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 36, Fort RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Dec 2021 | £282,000 | 37 m² | £7,622/m² | 1 |
| 38, Fort RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2007 | £218,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Flat 2, 40, Fort RoadFlat | Dec 2014 | £110,000 | 46 m² | £2,391/m² | 4 |
| Flat 1, 40, Fort RoadFlat | Jan 2004 | £82,500 | 46 m² | £1,793/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, 40, Fort RoadFlat | Mar 2024 | £158,500 | 54 m² | £2,935/m² | 3 |
| Flat 3, 40, Fort RoadFlat | Oct 2024 | £140,000 | 53 m² | £2,642/m² | 4 |
| 42, Fort RoadTerraced | May 2018 | £285,457 | – | – | 4 |
| 44, Fort RoadTerraced | Dec 2021 | £525,000 | 171 m² | £3,070/m² | 1 |
| 46, Fort RoadTerraced | May 2011 | £283,000 | 160 m² | £1,769/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1c, 50, Fort RoadFlat | Jul 1998 | £30,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 1, 50, Fort RoadFlat | Sept 2017 | £183,000 | 60 m² | £3,050/m² | 3 |
| Flat 3, 50, Fort RoadFlat | Nov 2017 | £135,000 | 41 m² | £3,293/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1b, 50, Fort RoadFlat | Nov 2015 | £95,000 | 30 m² | £3,167/m² | 1 |
| 1, 52, Fort RoadFlat | Oct 2006 | £123,000 | 60 m² | £2,050/m² | 3 |
| Flat 3, 52, Fort RoadFlat | Feb 2002 | £57,000 | 33 m² | £1,727/m² | 2 |
| 54, Fort RoadTerraced | Dec 2018 | £370,000 | 138 m² | £2,681/m² | 4 |
| 56, Fort RoadTerraced | Mar 2017 | £351,250 | 158 m² | £2,223/m² | 2 |
| 58, Fort RoadTerraced | Jul 2024 | £394,000 | 154 m² | £2,558/m² | 3 |
| 60, Fort RoadTerraced | May 2001 | £129,000 | 176 m² | £733/m² | 1 |
| 64, Fort RoadTerraced | Feb 2024 | £360,000 | 153 m² | £2,353/m² | 1 |
| 66, Fort RoadTerraced | Jun 2026 | £402,000 | 134 m² | £3,000/m² | 2 |
| 68, Fort RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £362,500 | 129 m² | £2,810/m² | 3 |
| 70, Fort RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2010 | £192,000 | 55 m² | £3,491/m² | 1 |
| 72, Fort RoadTerraced | Nov 2012 | £200,000 | 141 m² | £1,418/m² | 1 |
| 76, Fort RoadTerraced | Jan 2023 | £375,000 | 135 m² | £2,778/m² | 5 |
| 78, Fort RoadTerraced | Jun 2012 | £230,000 | 124 m² | £1,855/m² | 1 |
| 80, Fort RoadTerraced | Jul 2002 | £150,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 82, Fort RoadSemi-detached | Oct 1996 | £72,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 86, Fort RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2021 | £525,000 | 235 m² | £2,234/m² | 3 |
| 88, Fort RoadDetached | Apr 2000 | £170,000 | 122 m² | £1,393/m² | 2 |
| Ground, First And Second Floor, 88, Fort RoadFlat | May 2025 | £275,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 88b, Fort RoadFlat | Jun 2007 | £119,950 | 44 m² | £2,726/m² | 1 |
| Church Of Sacred Heart Hall, Fort RoadOther · company-owned | Sept 2021 | £280,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Church Of The Sacred Heart, Fort RoadOther · company-owned | Jan 2024 | £250,000 | – | – | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Newhaven Harbour, a few minutes' walk (250 m), with 28k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newhaven Town.
The nearest bus stop is Sacred Heart Church, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 145); 1 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 47 minutes away by public transport (25 by car).
The nearest primary school is Harbour Primary and Nursery School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 74% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Seahaven Academy, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 40.3 · 5.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Seaford Head School (5.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is West Quay Premier Store, 200 m away; Meats & More (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Quayside Medical Practice (600 m), with Newhaven Pharmacies the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Edit is 1.4 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Sussex County Hospital, 13 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: 14 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Poppadots is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Prince Of Wales the nearest pub (400 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 167 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 10 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 23% flats and 23% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 249 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Fort Road Recreational Ground, 400 m away; for exercise, Seahaven Swim and Fitness Centre (550 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Seaford, 3.8 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 43 km away.
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.
Lewes constituency: James MacCleary MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 12,624 (23.7%), turnout 70%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 51%, Conservative 27%, Reform UK 12%, Labour 7%.
11 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 BN9 9EJ →
Most households own their home, 23% 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Fort Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 1 of 50 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 7 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 1.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.1% | 83.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 4.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.3% | 9.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.4% | 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.