BN7 2SU Lewes
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Lewes Castle. Region: South East.
Streets
- Landport Road, Lewes: 24 addresses
- Eridge Green, Lewes: 1 address
- Pelham Terrace, Lewes: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Lewes in 2026-27: Band D £2,756 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,837 | £2,144 | £2,450 | £2,756 | £3,369 | £3,981 | £4,594 | £5,512 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band B (16% of about 620 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Pells School, Landport Road, Lewes: up to 27 homes, not permissioned (160 m)
- Kingsley Road Garage Site, Kingsley Road, Lewes: up to 6 homes, pending decision (190 m)
- St Mary's Social Centre, Christie Road, Lewes: up to 8 homes, not permissioned (580 m)
- North Street Quarter and adjacent Eastgate Area, Lewes: up to 685 homes, not permissioned (620 m)
- Land at Astley House and Police Garage, Spital Road, Lewes BN7 1PW: up to 25 homes, not permissioned (790 m)
- Lewes, Ambulance Station Lancaster Street: up to 12 homes, not permissioned (840 m)
- The Shelleys Hotel, 136 High Street Lewes: up to 8 homes, not permissioned (860 m)
- 8 North Street, Lewes: up to 10 homes, permissioned (860 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 17 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 17 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 17 medium, 0 low and 0 very low.
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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 26 addresses are between 5 m and 7 m above sea level (6 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Lewes 2.6 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.3 km |
| Cooksbridge 91,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km | |
| Glynde 69,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.4 km | |
| Bus stops | 12 stops within 400 m, 48 within 800 m; nearest Landport Shops | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | Sussex House University of Sussex | 6.4 km |
| Ferry terminal | Newhaven Harbour Ferry Terminal | 10.7 km |
| Car parks | NCP | 1.1 km |
| EV charging points | 7 within 1.6 km; nearest Little East Street Car Park | 930 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 32.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Foundry Healthcare Lewes | 1.0 km |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest St Annes Pharmacy | 800 m |
| NHS dentists | 7 practices within 1.6 km; nearest North Street Dental Practice | 720 m |
| Hospital | Lewes Victoria Hospital | 730 m |
| Police station | Sussex Police | 800 m |
| Cash machines | Cashpoint® 8 High Street Lloyds Bank | 1.2 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,610 m² | 400 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 4,900 m² | 650 m |
| Play area | 11 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 240 m² | 160 m |
| Playing field | 6 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.4 ha | 120 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 6,780 m² | 430 m |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 0.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Malling Deanery, a listed building (Grade II*), 420 m east. 240 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 6 of them Grade I and 12 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Malling Deanery | Listed building, Grade II* | 420 m east |
| A platform barrow and two bowl barrows forming a linear barrow group SSE of Offham Hill | Scheduled monument | 720 m west |
| Malling House | Listed building, Grade I | 800 m east |
| Church of St Anne | Listed building, Grade I | 850 m south |
| Lewes Castle | Scheduled monument | 870 m south-east |
| Shelley's Hotel and Railings to South | Listed building, Grade II* | 870 m south |
| Lewes Town Wall, section called The Green Wall | Scheduled monument | 1.0 km south-east |
| Battle of Lewes 1264 | Registered battlefield | 1.2 km west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 25 | 26 |
1 of the postcode's 26 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 38 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 15% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 45% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 20% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 47% | 17% |
| Private rented | 6% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 17% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 7% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 21% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 25% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 68% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 28% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 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 Landport Road.