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Newhaven West
What it's like at BN9 9FD: every home that has sold on the 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.
Sales and extensions on the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
The nearest station is Newhaven Harbour, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km), with 28k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Newhaven Town.
The nearest bus stop is Seahaven Academy, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 492, 494); 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 42 minutes away by public transport (26 by car).
The nearest primary school is High Cliff Academy, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 76% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Seahaven Academy, 300 m away; Attainment 8: 40.3 · 5.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Seaford Head School (5.9 km).
It's a family area: 22% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is The Co-Operative Food, 700 m away, with Caribou Candy closer still (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Quayside Medical Practice (1.0 km), with Newhaven Pharmacies the closest pharmacy (900 m).
For a haircut, Edit is 2.1 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Sussex County Hospital, 12 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: 10 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Newhaven Rehabilitation Centre is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Prince Of Wales the nearest pub (900 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 136 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 11 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 22% flats and 15% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is The Union, 400 m away; for exercise, Seahaven Swim and Fitness Centre (1.0 km).
A swim is a short trip away: Seaford, 4.4 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.
10 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%.
10 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 9FD →
Most households own their home, 24% 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 1.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 1.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.3% | 83.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.8% | 4.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.8% | 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.