Mountway Lancing, Adur
18 addresses across 2 postcodes (BN15), about 170 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 200316.
8 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 4, E: 2). No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in Adur costs £2,548 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Lancing, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden, Manor Park Gardens, is about 710 m away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 59 to 81 m above sea level. 1 of its 18 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is The Orchard Surgery, about 1.6 km away. About 650 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 94% of households owned their home and 39% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 3 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 181 m². Most common: House, detached (8). Built: 1967-1975 (4); 1976-1982 (2); 1950-1966 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (8).
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 street: most are in band E (29% of about 510 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: 1 protected tree on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Garage compound & overgrown land at Nelson Close, Sompting, Lancing: up to 8 homes, not permissioned (860 m)
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 14 August 2026 to 17 August 2026: SOUTHERN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (minor works)
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 18 addresses are between 59 m and 81 m above sea level (67 m on average); the ground rises about 22 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN15 0QA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BN15 0QD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Lancing 980,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km |
| East Worthing 471,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.3 km | |
| Shoreham-By-Sea 1.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m, 30 within 800 m; nearest Fairview Road East North Lancing | 130 m |
| Bus or coach station | Sainsbury's West Hove Portslade | 8.1 km |
| EV charging points | 5 within 1.6 km; nearest PoGo Charge | 690 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 35.3 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Orchard Surgery | 1.6 km |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Wilmshurst Chemist | 1.2 km |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Craigweil Dental Practice | 1.2 km |
| Hospital | Worthing Hospital | 4.2 km |
| Police station | Lancing Police Station | 1.4 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Lancing - North Road, North Road Cashzone | 1.5 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Manor Park Gardens 3,590 m² | 710 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 8,520 m² | 730 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,520 m² | 480 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 8,290 m² | 580 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Lancing Manor Allotment 1.8 ha | 520 m |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 1.2 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Parish Church of St James, a listed building (Grade I), 550 m south. 10 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Parish Church of St James | Listed building, Grade I | 550 m south |
| Shoreham Airfield dome trainer, 240m south west of Sussex Pad Hotel | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km east |
| Cross dyke on Steep Down, 600m north east of Titch Hill Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Lancing Hill | Hill | 750 m north-east |
| Cow Bottom | Valley | 1.0 km north-east |
| Barge Dyke | Lake or reservoir | 2.0 km east |
| Coombes Copse | Wood | 2.1 km north-east |
| Badgerhole Shaw | Wood | 2.2 km north-east |
| Lancing Beach | Beach | 2.5 km south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.2 | 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 | 17 | 18 |
1 of the street's 18 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Lancing Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 340 m | Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| The Sir Robert Woodard Academy Christian | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.0 km | Report card (Jan 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; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| The Globe Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km | No published inspection |
| Boundstone Nursery School | Nursery | 3–5 | 1.3 km | No published inspection |
| Seaside Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.9 km | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| Sompting Village Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 2.0 km | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go Catering Ltd BN15 0PT | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 420 m | 5 Very good | 17 Jun 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Parking Area (2); On or near Fairview Road (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 32% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 94% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 60% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 6% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 36% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 42% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 51% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 66% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 11% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 39% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 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
Nearby streets
Mill Road · Fairview Road · Ring Road · St James Avenue · Browning Road · Lynchmere Avenue · Norbury Drive · Heyshott Close · Boxgrove Close · Manor House Place · Rossiter Road
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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.