Highbridge Lane Lewes
23 addresses across 4 postcodes (BN7), about 780 m (0.5 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 23301665.
- Sales: 6 recorded sales since 1995; in 2018 the median was £455,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Lewes cost £374,305 in August 2026 (+1.5% on a year); private rents averaged £1,343 a month.
- Energy: 8 homes have an energy certificate (A: 1, B: 2, C: 1, E: 3, G: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the Minor road, carries 466 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band G; Band D in Lewes costs £2,756 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 17% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Plumpton, about 1.7 km (1.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 25 to 45 m above sea level.
- Noise: 9 of its 23 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Foundry Healthcare Lewes, about 6.6 km (4.1 miles) away.
- People: About 350 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 70% of households owned their home and 44% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | £455,000 | £455,000 | £455,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £385,000 | £385,000 | £385,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £944,000 | £944,000 | £944,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £185,000 | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Apr 2007 | HIGHBRIDGE BN7 3QY | Detached | £944,000 | |
| 16 Apr 2018 | MOUNT PLEASANT BN7 3QY | Semi-detached | £455,000 | |
| 22 Apr 2016 | MOUNT PLEASANT BN7 3QY | Semi-detached | £610,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 1 Dec 2000 | MOUNT PLEASANT BN7 3QY | Semi-detached | £185,000 | |
| 27 Nov 2019 | OLD HALL HOUSE BN7 3QY | Other | £655,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 1 Jun 2012 | ROSE COTTAGE BN7 3QY | Semi-detached | £385,000 |
House prices and rents in Lewes
A typical home in Lewes cost £374,305 in August 2026, 1.5% more than a year before. That is 5% more than five years earlier and 21% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £601,470 |
| Semi-detached | £404,613 |
| Terraced | £330,094 |
| Flat or maisonette | £201,106 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £300,807 |
Private renters in Lewes paid £1,343 a month on average in September 2026, 5.4% more than a year before. That is 24% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £930 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,226 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,518 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,186 |
Energy performance certificates
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 86 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (6); House, detached (2). Built: 1900-1929 (4); before 1900 (3); 1967-1975 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3); rented (social) (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (8 addresses)
- 1 Highbridge Cottages, Highbridge Lane, East Chiltington
- 2 Highbridge Cottages, Highbridge Lane, East Chiltington
- 3 Highbridge Cottages, Highbridge Lane, East Chiltington
- 4 Highbridge Cottages, Highbridge Lane, East Chiltington
- Highbridge, Highbridge Lane, East Chiltington
- Mount Pleasant, Highbridge Lane, East Chiltington
- OLD HALL HOUSE, HIGHBRIDGE LANE, EAST CHILTINGTON
- Rose Cottage, Highbridge Lane, East Chiltington
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 37 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel (5 meters are on Economy 7, the off-peak tariff for storage heaters).
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN7 3QY | 7 | 7,222 kWh | under 5 | |
| BN7 3QU | 14 5 Economy 7 | 5,939 kWh | none recorded | |
| BN7 3AU | 10 | 10,494 kWh | none recorded | |
| BN7 3QS | 6 | 13,430 kWh | under 5 |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is BN7.
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 G (29% of about 480 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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.
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
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 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| BN7 3QY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BN7 3QU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| BN7 3AU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BN7 3QS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 23 addresses are between 25 m and 45 m above sea level (32 m on average); the ground rises about 20 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN7 3AU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BN7 3QS | 100% | 17% | 17% | 0% |
| BN7 3QU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BN7 3QY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Plumpton 105,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Cooksbridge 91,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3 km (1.9 miles) | |
| Lewes 2.6 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Chapel Lane East Chiltington | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Sussex House University of Sussex | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 27.1 km (17 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Foundry Healthcare Lewes Good Jul 2016 | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Ditchling Pharmacy | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | The Surgery | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Lewes Victoria Hospital | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| Care homes | Bevern View Good Sep 2018 | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Police station | Sussex Police | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 360 m² | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,030 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Plumpton Place, a registered park or garden (Grade II*), 3 km (1.9 miles) south-west. 7 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Plumpton Place | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 3 km (1.9 miles) south-west |
| Battle of Lewes 1264 | Registered battlefield | 5 km (3.1 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Highbridge Shaw | Wood | 280 m north-east |
| Sawpit Wood | Wood | 700 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Hurters Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| Limekiln Hill | Hill | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Ashcombe Bottom | Valley | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 8 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 14 | 23 |
9 of the street's 23 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 Lewes: see them on the Lewes page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plumpton Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No published inspection | 50% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 78% in 2024 and 59% in 2023) |
| Chailey School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 49.7 (49.3 in 2025 and 53.4 in 2024); 57.6% grade 5+ in English and maths |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
Ofsted also registers 147 childminders and 44 home childcarers (nannies) in East Sussex. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
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).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the Minor road, with 466 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 420 m (0.3 miles) from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minor road | Not recorded | 466 counted 2025 | 3% | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 18% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 70% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 36% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 14% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 64% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 18% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 54% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 41% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 45% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 44% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 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 7 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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.