BN15 0AY Adur
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Peverel. Region: South East.
Streets
- Titch Hill, Adur: 29 addresses
- Bostal Road, Horsham: 6 addresses
- Unnamed street near Titch Hill, Beggars Bush: 4 addresses
- Halewick Lane, Sompting: 2 addresses
- Dankton Lane, Adur: 1 address
- Links Road, Worthing: 1 address
- Charmandean Lane, Worthing: 1 address
- Coombes Road, Adur: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Steep Lane, Nepcote: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Titch Hill, Beggars Bush: 1 address
- Dankton Lane, Adur: 1 address
- Charmandean Lane, Worthing: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Adur in 2026-27: Band D £2,548 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,699 | £1,982 | £2,265 | £2,548 | £3,115 | £3,681 | £4,247 | £5,097 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (62% of about 550 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 49 addresses are between 31 m and 132 m above sea level (75 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 13%, ultrafast 0%, gigabit 0% of premises; 63% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | East Worthing 471,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Lancing 980,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) | |
| Worthing 2.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| EV charging points | Smart Charge Charging Station | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 34.9 km (22 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Ball Tree Surgery | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Worthing Hospital | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) |
| Police station | Lancing Police Station | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Sompting, Sompting | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 8,520 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 330 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3.2 ha | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Halewick Lane Allotments 5,060 m² | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Cross dyke on Steep Down, 700m north east of Beggars Bush, a scheduled monument, 680 m (0.4 miles) north-east. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Cross dyke on Steep Down, 700m north east of Beggars Bush | Scheduled monument | 680 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Cross dyke on Steep Down, 600m north east of Titch Hill Farm | Scheduled monument | 870 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Regular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Lychpole Hill | Hill | 790 m (0.5 miles) west |
| The Mountain | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Lychpole Bottom | Valley | 1.6 km (1 mile) north |
| Cissbury Plantation | Wood | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) west |
| Passies Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) north-east |
| Lancing Beach | Beach | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.8 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 46 | 49 |
3 of the postcode's 49 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Adur: see them on the Adur page.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 78% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 44% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 20% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 64% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 23% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 58% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 11% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 8 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Titch Hill.