BN7 2TE Lewes
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Lewes Castle. Region: South East.
Streets
- Pellbrook Road, Lewes: 6 addresses
- Fitzroy Road, 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 C (44% 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
- Kingsley Road Garage Site, Kingsley Road, Lewes: up to 6 homes, pending decision (410 m)
- Pells School, Landport Road, Lewes: up to 27 homes, not permissioned (520 m)
- St Mary's Social Centre, Christie Road, Lewes: up to 8 homes, not permissioned (550 m)
- Land at Astley House and Police Garage, Spital Road, Lewes BN7 1PW: up to 25 homes, not permissioned (950 m)
- North Street Quarter and adjacent Eastgate Area, Lewes: up to 685 homes, not permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 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: 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 7 addresses are between 10 m and 14 m above sea level (12 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 | 1.6 km |
| Cooksbridge 91,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.5 km | |
| Glynde 69,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 10 stops within 400 m, 35 within 800 m; nearest Crisp Road Landport | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Sussex House University of Sussex | 6.2 km |
| Ferry terminal | Newhaven Harbour Ferry Terminal | 11.0 km |
| Car parks | NCP | 1.5 km |
| EV charging points | 4 within 1.6 km; nearest Little East Street Car Park | 1.3 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 32.3 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Foundry Healthcare Lewes | 1.4 km |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest St Annes Pharmacy | 1.0 km |
| NHS dentists | 7 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Orchard House | 780 m |
| Hospital | Lewes Victoria Hospital | 780 m |
| Police station | Sussex Police | 1.1 km |
| Cash machines | Cashpoint® 8 High Street Lloyds Bank | 1.5 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,610 m² | 90 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 4,900 m² | 580 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 410 m² | 120 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.4 ha | 490 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 6,780 m² | 120 m |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 0.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is A platform barrow and two bowl barrows forming a linear barrow group SSE of Offham Hill, a scheduled monument, 400 m west. 12 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| A platform barrow and two bowl barrows forming a linear barrow group SSE of Offham Hill | Scheduled monument | 400 m west |
| Malling Deanery | Listed building, Grade II* | 730 m east |
| Battle of Lewes 1264 | Registered battlefield | 840 m west |
| Three barrows on Offham Hill | Scheduled monument | 950 m north-west |
| Bowl barrow 700m north west of Lewes Prison: the northerly barrow of a group of three round barrows | Scheduled monument | 1.0 km south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Landport Bottom | Valley | 910 m west |
| Offham Hill | Hill | 920 m north-west |
| Pells Pool | Lake or reservoir | 1.0 km south-east |
| Houndean Bottom | Valley | 1.5 km south-west |
| Coombe Plantation | Wood | 2.1 km north-west |
| Cliffe Cut | Tidal water | 2.3 km south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.0 | 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 | 6 | 7 |
1 of the postcode's 7 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 | 39 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 21% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 12% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 52% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 23% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 37% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 62% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 13% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 7% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 20% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 6% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 10% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 16% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 54% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 24% | 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 2 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 Pellbrook Road.