Spring Close Eastbourne
28 addresses across 3 postcodes (BN20), about 80 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 13200762.
- Sales: 46 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £310,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 21 homes have an energy certificate (C: 12, D: 8, F: 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.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in Eastbourne costs £2,654 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 62% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Hampden Park (Sussex), about 1.9 km (1.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Hampden Park Arboretum and History Garden, is about 870 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 27 to 34 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 28 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Park Practice, about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away.
- People: About 250 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 67% of households owned their home and 42% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 11 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £310,000 | £310,000 | £310,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | £312,000 | £312,000 | £312,000 |
| 2022 | 3 | £275,000 | £247,000 | £320,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | £247,000 | £215,000 | £279,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £116,000 | £116,000 | £116,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £210,000 | £210,000 | £210,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | £204,500 | £196,000 | £213,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | £157,500 | £150,000 | £165,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £168,000 | £168,000 | £168,000 |
| 2011 | 2 | £148,000 | £117,000 | £179,000 |
| 2008 | 2 | £163,800 | £150,000 | £177,600 |
| 2007 | 2 | £191,250 | £165,000 | £217,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Nov 2025 | 21 BN20 9HD | Detached | £310,000 | |
| 28 Jan 2025 | GARAGE BN20 9HD | Other | £16,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 23 Aug 2024 | 19 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £312,000 | |
| 23 Jun 2023 | 19 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £171,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 19 Dec 2022 | 7 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £247,000 | |
| 12 Jul 2022 | 8 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £320,000 | |
| 23 Feb 2022 | 18 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £275,000 | |
| 30 Jun 2021 | 8 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £279,000 | |
| 11 Feb 2021 | 18 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £215,000 | |
| 13 Oct 2020 | 10 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £116,000 | |
| 11 Sep 2018 | 14 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £210,000 | |
| 24 Oct 2016 | 12 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £196,000 | |
| 15 Apr 2016 | 5 BN20 9HD | Detached | £213,000 | |
| 11 Dec 2013 | 9 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £150,000 | |
| 15 Feb 2013 | 14 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £165,000 | |
| 4 Jul 2012 | 8 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £168,000 | |
| 29 Jul 2011 | 7 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £117,000 | |
| 1 Apr 2011 | 17 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £179,000 | |
| 6 Aug 2008 | 9 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £177,600 | |
| 31 Mar 2008 | 16 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £150,000 | |
| 26 Oct 2007 | 20 BN20 9HD | Detached | £217,500 | |
| 16 Mar 2007 | 15 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £165,000 | |
| 24 Oct 2006 | 12 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £160,000 | |
| 25 Aug 2006 | 17 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £154,000 | |
| 11 Aug 2006 | 13 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £167,500 | |
| 20 Jan 2006 | 21 BN20 9HD | Detached | £169,950 | |
| 1 Jul 2005 | 9 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £151,000 | |
| 8 Apr 2005 | 13 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £155,000 | |
| 18 Nov 2004 | 8 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £149,950 | |
| 19 Mar 2004 | WILLOW COTTAGE, 24 BN20 9HD | Detached | £240,000 | New build. |
| 3 Nov 2003 | 12 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £135,500 | |
| 17 Apr 2003 | 13 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £134,000 | |
| 6 Feb 2003 | 17 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £124,000 | |
| 15 Mar 2002 | 15 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £92,000 | |
| 15 Mar 2002 | 11 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £81,000 | |
| 31 Aug 2001 | 21 BN20 9HD | Detached | £95,000 | |
| 19 Dec 2000 | 17 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £77,000 | |
| 29 Nov 2000 | 13 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £71,500 | |
| 21 Aug 2000 | 8 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £73,000 | |
| 20 Dec 1999 | 18 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £65,500 | |
| 3 Sep 1999 | 5 BN20 9HD | Detached | £87,000 | |
| 27 Apr 1999 | 12 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £56,500 | |
| 14 Aug 1997 | 18 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £52,000 | |
| 4 Oct 1996 | 11 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £41,500 | |
| 12 Sep 1996 | 9 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £42,000 | |
| 21 Jun 1996 | 12 BN20 9HD | Terraced | £48,500 |
Energy performance certificates
21 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 61 m². Most common: House, end-terrace (9); House, mid-terrace (8); Bungalow, semi-detached (2). Built: 1967-1975 (10); 2007-2011 (3); 2003-2006 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (13); rented (private) (4).
Council tax
What each band costs in Eastbourne in 2026-27: Band D £2,654 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,770 | £2,064 | £2,359 | £2,654 | £3,244 | £3,834 | £4,424 | £5,309 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (33% of about 760 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Willingdon. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- 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.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
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 28 addresses are between 27 m and 34 m above sea level (30 m on average); the ground rises about 7 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN20 9HD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BN20 9HE | 100% | 62% | 62% | 0% |
| BN20 9HW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Hampden Park (Sussex) 861,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Polegate 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) | |
| Eastbourne 3.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 22 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Wedderburn Road Willingdon | 60 m |
| Ferry terminal | Newhaven Harbour Ferry Terminal | 14 km (8.7 miles) |
| Car parks | Mobit Airport Parking | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest evyve Charging Station | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 49.8 km (31 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Park Practice | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Day Lewis Pharmacy | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Eastbourne District General Hospital | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Police station | Hammonds Drive Police Station | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Southern Co-Operative Eastbourne Lindfield Road Cashzone | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Hampden Park Arboretum and History Garden 15 ha | 870 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 380 m² | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.1 ha | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,880 m² | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Garden Walls and 2 Gazebos on South Side of Nos 1 to 11, a listed building (Grade II*), 280 m north. 31 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Garden Walls and 2 Gazebos on South Side of Nos 1 to 11 | Listed building, Grade II* | 280 m north |
| The Hoo | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 300 m north |
| The Hoo | Listed building, Grade I | 330 m north |
| The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin | Listed building, Grade I | 380 m north |
| Saucer barrow on Cold Crouch | Scheduled monument | 890 m (0.6 miles) west |
| Bowl barrow 160m south of Beehive Plantation | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Bowl barrow on eastern summit of Combe Hill | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Allotment Belt | Wood | 240 m south |
| The Coppice | Wood | 580 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Tas Combe | Valley | 620 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Combe Hill | Hill | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Southbourne Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) east |
| Eastbourne Beach | Beach | 4.3 km (2.6 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.4 | 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 |
| Under 55 | 27 | 28 |
1 of the street's 28 addresses is 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 Eastbourne: see them on the Eastbourne page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratton School | Secondary | 11–16 | 780 m (0.5 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Ocklynge Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good |
| Parkland Infant School | Primary | 5–7 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Parkland Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Feb 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| The Eastbourne Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Inadequate; Behaviour and attitudes: Inadequate; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Inadequate |
| Oakwood Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Willingdon Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| East Sussex College Group | 16 plus | 16–99 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Willingdon Community School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
| The Cavendish School | All-through | 2–16 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willingdon Village Stores Ltd BN20 9HL | Retailers - other | 220 m | 5 Very good | 19 Feb 2026 |
| Eastbourne Gardens Care Home BN20 9AN | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 280 m | 5 Very good | 13 Feb 2026 |
| Thai Village Restaurant BN20 9HR | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 350 m | 5 Very good | 6 Feb 2025 |
| The Pantry Coffee House Ltd BN20 9HR | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 350 m | 5 Very good | 9 Dec 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 5 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Wish Hill (3); On or near Ruskin Road (3); On or near Spring Close (2); On or near Upper Wish Hill (2); On or near Wedderburn Road (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 67% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 33% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 33% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 76% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 3% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 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
Willingdon Close · Buckhurst Close · Wish Hill · Upper Wish Hill · Badgers Brow · Buckhurst Close · Hoo Gardens · Crouch Close · Upper King's Drive · Old Barn Close · Ruskin Road · Parkway
All the streets in BN20 and across Eastbourne.
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.