A26 Boarshead, Lewes
51 addresses across 3 postcodes (BN8), about 3.1 km (1.9 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 23301326.
- Energy: 7 homes have an energy certificate (E: 7).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Lewes costs £2,756 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Southease, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 0 to 80 m above sea level.
- Noise: 19 of its 51 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Foundry Healthcare Lewes, about 4.2 km (2.6 miles) away.
- People: About 270 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 27% of households owned their home and 42% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 101 m². Most common: House, detached (3); House, semi-detached (2); Flat (1). Built: 1900-1929 (3); 1930-1949 (2); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (4); owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
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 street: most are in band C (48% of about 710 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 8.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, grade I
- ASHAM HOUSE, grade II
- BARBERS COTTAGE, WITH OUTHOUSE ADJOINING, grade II
- COBBE PLACE, grade II
- COBBE PLACE COTTAGE, grade II
- COURTHOUSE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- PUMP COTTAGE, grade II
- THE LAY COTTAGE, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 2 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| BN8 6JX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| BN8 6JY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BN8 6JS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 51 addresses are between 0 m and 80 m above sea level (15 m on average); the ground rises about 79 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN8 6JS | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| BN8 6JX | 71% | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| BN8 6JY | 83% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Southease 27,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Glynde 69,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) | |
| Lewes 2.6 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4 km (2.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Bishopstone - Hill Rise | 7.2 km (4.5 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Newhaven Harbour Ferry Terminal | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 37.8 km (23 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Foundry Healthcare Lewes | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Wyborns Pharmacy | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Mermaid Dental Care Limited | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Lewes Victoria Hospital | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Police station | Lewes Police Station | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | Yorkshire Building Society | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 4,530 m² | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3.5 ha | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Trevor Gardens 5,240 m² | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bowl barrow 290m NNW of White Lion Pond, Beddingham Hill, a scheduled monument, 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-east. 5 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bowl barrow 290m NNW of White Lion Pond, Beddingham Hill | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Bowl barrow 150m north west of White Lion Pond, Beddingham Hill | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| The north western part of Itford Hill settlement | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ellman's Coombe | Valley | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Itford Hill | Hill | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Red Lion Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Ranscombe Cut | Tidal water | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
| White Lion Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Crumbles Shaw | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 7 | 1 |
| 55 to 59 | 11 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 32 | 50 |
19 of the street's 51 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 1 from railways, 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 Lewes: see them on the Lewes page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (sussex).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 20% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 27% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 14% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 8% | 17% |
| Private rented | 64% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 18% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 46% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 41% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 6% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 7% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 56% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 3 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.