Surrenden Park Brighton

63 addresses across 2 postcodes (BN1), about 520 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 4401047.

  • Sales: 82 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £675,000 across 1 sale.
  • Prices and rents: A typical home in Brighton and Hove cost £408,240 in August 2026 (-2.1% on a year); private rents averaged £1,816 a month.
  • Energy: 40 homes have an energy certificate (C: 7, D: 27, E: 6).
  • Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas 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.
  • Radon: Up to 3 to 5% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
  • Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the Minor road, carries 1,152 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band F; Band D in Brighton and Hove costs £2,581 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 97% to 100% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Moulsecoomb, about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden, Withdean Park, is about 760 m (0.5 miles) away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 110 to 125 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 3 of its 63 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is School House Surgery, about 810 m (0.5 miles) away, with 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
  • People: About 630 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 88% of households owned their home and 47% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 31 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
  • Road safety: 2 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

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20251£675,000£675,000£675,000
20242£491,088£342,175£640,000
20231£632,000£632,000£632,000
20221£570,000£570,000£570,000
20216£588,000£488,000£870,000
20203£485,000£477,200£695,000
20191£515,000£515,000£515,000
20182£482,500£480,000£485,000
20171£767,000£767,000£767,000
20161£479,950£479,950£479,950
20153£485,000£475,000£515,000
20147£400,000£382,500£475,000
All 82 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
22 Jul 20042 BN1 6XASemi-detached£285,000
25 Aug 20203 BN1 6XASemi-detached£695,000
22 Jul 19963 BN1 6XASemi-detached£98,500
22 Nov 20184 BN1 6XASemi-detached£485,000
15 May 20155 BN1 6XASemi-detached£515,000
30 Aug 20136 BN1 6XASemi-detached£427,500
2 Jun 20066 BN1 6XASemi-detached£315,000
28 Jan 202110 BN1 6XATerraced£515,000
13 May 201010 BN1 6XATerraced£310,000
17 Aug 200510 BN1 6XATerraced£285,000
10 Nov 202311 BN1 6XASemi-detached£632,000
9 Aug 201112 BN1 6XATerraced£314,000
4 Jan 201213 BN1 6XASemi-detached£410,000
10 Dec 201013 BN1 6XASemi-detached£390,000
7 Dec 202117 BN1 6XASemi-detached£870,000
2 Sep 200317 BN1 6XASemi-detached£410,000
9 Dec 201118 BN1 6XATerraced£360,000
24 Nov 199618 BN1 6XATerraced£85,000
20 Sep 200220 BN1 6XATerraced£258,000
12 Apr 199920 BN1 6XATerraced£137,500
27 Feb 199820 BN1 6XATerraced£124,950
10 Oct 199721 BN1 6XATerraced£119,000
26 Jun 199722 BN1 6XATerraced£97,000
15 Feb 202123 BN1 6XADetached£488,000
4 Jul 200823 BN1 6XADetached£295,000
29 Jul 199923 BN1 6XADetached£155,000
7 Mar 201426 BN1 6XATerraced£382,500
7 Dec 200726 BN1 6XATerraced£380,000
27 Nov 200927 BN1 6XATerraced£350,000
31 Oct 201928 BN1 6XATerraced£515,000
8 Feb 201328 BN1 6XATerraced£337,500
20 Oct 200628 BN1 6XATerraced£325,500
22 Nov 202429 BN1 6XATerraced£342,175
20 Apr 200729 BN1 6XATerraced£367,500
25 Feb 200529 BN1 6XATerraced£245,000
25 Mar 200429 BN1 6XATerraced£250,000
7 Dec 202130 BN1 6XATerraced£660,000
22 Sep 200630 BN1 6XATerraced£342,000
31 May 200230 BN1 6XATerraced£262,000
14 Dec 200130 BN1 6XATerraced£200,000
28 Feb 202031 BN1 6XATerraced£477,200
14 Jun 199931 BN1 6XATerraced£133,500
14 Oct 199932 BN1 6XASemi-detached£160,000
3 Feb 201033 BN1 6XASemi-detached£382,500
3 Feb 200433 BN1 6XASemi-detached£260,000
14 Apr 201434 BN1 6XATerraced£447,500
18 Jul 200734 BN1 6XAFlat or maisonette£380,000
10 Aug 199936 BN1 6XATerraced£137,000
18 Jan 201337 BN1 6XASemi-detached£412,500
26 Sep 201438 BN1 6XATerraced£475,000
23 Apr 201038 BN1 6XATerraced£385,000
5 Mar 199938 BN1 6XATerraced£145,000
10 Nov 201739 BN1 6XADetached£767,000
10 Oct 200740 BN1 6XATerraced£365,000
1 Mar 202244 BN1 6XATerraced£570,000
12 Jul 200244 BN1 6XATerraced£256,000
9 Aug 199644 BN1 6XATerraced£102,500
25 Jun 201046 BN1 6XATerraced£300,000
16 May 201448 BN1 6XATerraced£400,000
16 Jun 199550 BN1 6XATerraced£81,750
24 Apr 199852 BN1 6XASemi-detached£100,000
5 Sep 199654 BN1 6XATerraced£99,000
8 Jan 202556 BN1 6XATerraced£675,000
1 Jun 201856 BN1 6XATerraced£480,000
4 Dec 201558 BN1 6XATerraced£475,000
24 Oct 200362 BN1 6XATerraced£285,000
30 May 199762 BN1 6XATerraced£110,500
4 Oct 199562 BN1 6XATerraced£92,000
16 Apr 202164 BN1 6XATerraced£516,000
13 Jul 201664 BN1 6XATerraced£479,950
3 Oct 201464 BN1 6XATerraced£385,000
26 Aug 202068 BN1 6XATerraced£485,000
30 Sep 202472 BN1 6XATerraced£640,000
24 Aug 201572 BN1 6XATerraced£485,000
16 Jan 201472 BN1 6XASemi-detached£395,000
8 Nov 201376 BN1 6XATerraced£372,500
6 Feb 200276 BN1 6XATerraced£210,000
13 May 199776 BN1 6XATerraced£110,000
24 Mar 202178 BN1 6XATerraced£700,000
16 Jan 201478 BN1 6XATerraced£425,000
7 Sep 2004THE LODGE BN1 6XADetached£320,000
13 Sep 1996THE LODGE BN1 6XADetached£113,000

House prices and rents in Brighton and Hove

A typical home in Brighton and Hove cost £408,240 in August 2026, 2.1% less than a year before. That is 4% more than five years earlier and 19% more than ten years earlier.

HomeTypical price, Aug 2026
Detached£855,390
Semi-detached£548,417
Terraced£475,621
Flat or maisonette£295,136
Bought by a first-time buyer£343,329

Private renters in Brighton and Hove paid £1,816 a month on average in September 2026, 0.8% less than a year before. That is 26% more than five years earlier.

HomeAverage rent a month, Sep 2026
One bedroom£1,194
Two bedrooms£1,525
Three bedrooms£1,806
Four or more bedrooms£2,489

Sources: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, with the ONS and the Welsh Government), to August 2026; ONS Price Index of Private Rents, to September 2026. Figures for the whole council area, not this street. The typical price is adjusted for the mix of homes that sold, so it is not the value of any one home; the street's own sales are above. Rents are the average paid on all private tenancies, new and existing, so they move more slowly than rents being advertised.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from July 2009 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

40 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 99 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (20); House, semi-detached (9); House, end-terrace (7). Built: 1967-1975 (25); 1950-1966 (12); 1991-1995 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (31); rented (private) (1).

Each home's certificates and sales (40 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 14,540 kWh of it on average in 2024, 34% more than the district's 10,887 kWh, and 4,078 kWh of electricity, 27% more than the district's 3,205 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.

PostcodeElectricity metersTypical electricityGas metersTypical gas
BN1 6XA59 11 Economy 72,879 kWh 6010,378 kWh
BN1 6NN383,987 kWh 3719,509 kWh

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 BN1.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, postcode level domestic gas and electricity statistics for 2024 (gas from mid-May to mid-May), Open Government Licence: domestic meters on each postcode, from the gas and electricity industry's meter readings. A postcode with fewer than 5 meters of a fuel has no figures for it.

Council tax

What each band costs in Brighton and Hove in 2026-27: Band D £2,581 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,720£2,007£2,294£2,581£3,154£3,727£4,301£5,161

Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band F (24% of about 1,400 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the 2 neighbourhoods (census areas of about 700 homes each) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

  • Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
  • Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
  • 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

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

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.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q2 2026 extract, Open Government Licence: renewable electricity and storage projects over 150 kW, operating, being built, permitted or applied for. Shown: wind turbines and plants that burn or digest waste within 5 km (3.1 miles), other projects of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles); refused, withdrawn and abandoned projects are left out. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each project's grid reference.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 31 October 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is 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.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
BN1 6XAnot in 2 or 3 1 / 0 / 1 unlikely
BN1 6NNnot 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.

Sources: Environment Agency Recorded Flood Outlines; Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Coastal erosion

No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency, National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping 2024 (England), and Natural Resources Wales, National Coastal Erosion Risk Management (Wales), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each zone; where a postcode centre is inside a zone, some homes on it may not be.

Storm overflows

No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Source: Environment Agency, Event Duration Monitoring storm overflow annual return for 2025, from the water companies' monitors on each overflow in England, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each overflow's outlet. A year's figures are published the following spring; a monitor that worked for less of the year undercounts.

Coal mining

No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.

Source: Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority), development high and low risk areas, Open Government Licence. Checked at each postcode's centre, so a home near the edge of an area may differ. It covers coal mining only, not other mining (such as tin, lead, iron or chalk), and is no substitute for a coal mining search. About the risk areas.

Radon

The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 3 to 5%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.

Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.

Source: British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency, Indicative Atlas of Radon in Great Britain, Open Government Licence. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Each 1 km square is classed by the highest radon potential found anywhere in it, so a square's figure can overstate it for much of the square; the detailed map is not open data.

Historic landfill

No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales, historic landfill sites (places where waste was put into or onto the land and no environmental permit is now in force), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each site as mapped; the outlines and dates come from old records and can be approximate. Landfill still operating is not included.

Height above sea level

The street's 63 addresses are between 110 m and 125 m above sea level (118 m on average); the ground rises about 14 m from the lowest to the highest.

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
BN1 6NN100%100%100%0%
BN1 6XA100%97%97%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsMoulsecoomb 445,000 journeys in 2024–251.3 km (0.8 miles)
Preston Park 1.1 million journeys in 2024–251.5 km (0.9 miles)
London Road (Brighton) 392,000 journeys in 2024–251.7 km (1.1 miles)
Bus stops11 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 42 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Friar Road Brighton70 m
Bus or coach stationPreston Park - London Road Brighton1.3 km (0.8 miles)
Car parksTrafalgar Street Car Park2.6 km (1.6 miles)
EV charging pointsbp pulse Charging Station1.7 km (1.1 miles)
Airport with scheduled flightsLondon Gatwick Airport LGW33.2 km (21 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Ratings and care homes: Care Quality Commission, latest ratings as at 2 November 2026 (England only; the CQC does not rate dental practices, and Wales's inspectorates give no ratings). Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest School House Surgery Requires improvement Dec 2024810 m (0.5 miles)
Pharmacies6 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Harper's Pharmacy1 km (0.6 miles)
NHS dentists6 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Surrenden Dental Practice940 m (0.6 miles)
HospitalThe Montefiore Hospital Good Sep 20262.6 km (1.6 miles)
Care homes10 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Brighton & Hove City Council - 83 Beaconsfield Villas Requires improvement Jul 20231.1 km (0.7 miles)
Police stationBrighton Crowhurst Road Police Station1.9 km (1.2 miles)
Cash machinesThe Cooperative Food Patcham, Patcham Cashzone1.6 km (1 mile)

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Withdean Park 16 ha760 m (0.5 miles)
Play area1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,970 m²290 m
Playing field1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hollingbury Park 6.1 ha150 m
Allotments2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Roedale Valley Allotments 6.4 ha240 m

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 16 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Hillfort, the possible remains of a Romano-Celtic temple and a group of three bowl barrows at Hollingbury, a scheduled monument, 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Hillfort, the possible remains of a Romano-Celtic temple and a group of three bowl barrows at HollingburyScheduled monument1 km (0.6 miles) north-east
Preston Manor and Preston ParkRegistered park or garden, Grade II1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-west
Woodvale CemeteryRegistered park or garden, Grade II2.3 km (1.4 miles) south-east
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Hollingbury CastleHill950 m (0.6 miles) north-east
Tivoli CopseWood1.5 km (0.9 miles) west
Park BottomValley1.7 km (1 mile) north-east
Eastwick BottomValley1.7 km (1 mile) north
The LakeLake or reservoir3.2 km (2 miles) south
Brighton BeachBeach3.7 km (2.3 miles) south

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)8.04010
Fine particles (PM2.5)6.7205
Particles (PM10)10.04015

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

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
55 to 5930
Under 556063

3 of the street's 63 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 Brighton and Hove: see them on the Brighton and Hove page.

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 5 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspectionExam results
Varndean SchoolSecondary11–16200 m Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 54.7 (48.8 in 2025 and 53.5 in 2024); 67.9% grade 5+ in English and maths
Balfour Primary SchoolPrimary4–11490 m (0.3 miles) Good (Dec 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 71% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 66% in 2024 and 68% in 2023)
Varndean College16 plus16–99530 m (0.3 miles) No published inspection A level 2025: average grade C+; 8% AAB or better; progress above average
Dorothy Stringer SchoolSecondary11–16630 m (0.4 miles) Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 50.5 (53.3 in 2025 and 49.8 in 2024); 52% grade 5+ in English and maths
Hertford Primary SchoolPrimary4–111 km (0.6 miles) No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding 44% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025)
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Roman CatholicPrimary4–111.2 km (0.7 miles) Report card (Jan 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: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met 66% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 69% in 2024 and 74% in 2023)
Patcham High SchoolSecondary11–161.3 km (0.8 miles) No published inspection GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 46.7 (45.5 in 2025 and 44.0 in 2024); 50.4% grade 5+ in English and maths
Patcham Infant SchoolPrimary3–71.3 km (0.8 miles) Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) None published
Carden Nursery and Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.4 km (0.8 miles) Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met 50% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5% at the higher standard (2025; 51% in 2024 and 58% in 2023)
Patcham Junior SchoolPrimary7–111.4 km (0.9 miles) No published inspection 72% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 55% in 2024 and 75% in 2023)
Downs Junior SchoolPrimary7–111.4 km (0.9 miles) Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 60% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 59% in 2024 and 67% in 2023)
Downs Infant SchoolPrimary5–71.6 km (1 mile) No overall grade (Sep 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good None published

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

The ten nearest nurseries, pre-schools and clubs are all within 1 km (0.6 miles); the nearest is 140 m from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
Little Earthworms BN1 6NF Full day care 45 Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 140 m
Little Acorns Brighton BN1 6QG Full day care 24 Outstanding (Nov 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 470 m (0.3 miles)
Junior Adventures Group @ Balfour BN1 6NE Out-of-school day care 40 Not inspected yet 500 m (0.3 miles)
Buntings Nursery Ltd BN1 6NE Sessional day care 24 Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 500 m (0.3 miles)
Activities 4 Kids Ltd BN1 6NE Out-of-school day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 500 m (0.3 miles)
Hollingbury Park Pre-School BN1 7HS Full day care 40 Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 610 m (0.4 miles)
Wetwetwet Swim School BN1 6PZ Sessional day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 630 m (0.4 miles)
Cherry Tree Nursery BN1 7DY Full day care 50 Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 850 m (0.5 miles)
ActiveMe 360 CIC @ Hertford Primary School BN1 7FP Out-of-school day care 40 Not inspected yet 1 km (0.6 miles)
Wonder Years Nursery School BN1 6WF Full day care 48 Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 1 km (0.6 miles)

Ofsted also registers 50 childminders and 23 home childcarers (nannies) in Brighton and Hove. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.

Source: Ofsted, childcare providers and inspections management information, as at June 2026, Open Government Licence: providers on the Early Years and Childcare Registers on non-domestic premises, placed at their postcode. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard for each of six areas (Exceptional, Strong, Expected, Needs attention, Urgent improvement) rather than one overall grade; older grades stand until a provider is inspected again. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 5 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Little Earthworms BN1 6NFHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises140 m4 Good6 Nov 2025
Varndean School BN1 6NPRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen200 m5 Very good30 Jan 2026
Little Acorns Nursery School BN1 6QGSchool/college/university410 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good23 Sep 2026
Varndean College BN1 6WQSchool/college/university450 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good27 Sep 2024
Balfour Primary School (KS1 Kitchen) BN1 6NESchool/college/university500 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good22 Apr 2026
Balfour Primary School (KS2 Kitchen) BN1 6NESchool/college/university500 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good16 Oct 2024
Kidzone Balfour School BN1 6NESchool/college/university500 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good20 Oct 2026
Balfour Primary School - KS1 Breakfast Club BN1 6NESchool/college/university500 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good14 Jul 2026
The Pantry At Balfour Primary School (Key Stage 2 Kitchen) BN1 6NEDistributors/Transporters500 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good1 Oct 2024
Buntings Nursery BN1 6NEHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises500 m (0.3 miles)Awaiting inspection
Junior Adventures Group BN1 6NEOther catering premises500 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good18 Aug 2026

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

31 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences16
Anti-social behaviour3
Burglary3
Other theft3
Criminal damage and arson2
Possession of weapons1
Public order1
Vehicle crime1
Bicycle theft1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Ditchling Road (22); On or near Surrenden Park (4); On or near Hollingbury Copse (4); On or near Friar Road (1).

Road safety

Source: Department for Transport, road safety data (STATS19), collisions in 2021 to 2025, as published by November 2026. Collisions in which someone was hurt and which were reported to the police, within 150 m of the middle of any of this street's postcodes, or of the street. Severity is the worst injury as the police recorded it.

2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.

By year
YearCollisionsFatal or serious
202110
202210
202300
202400
202500
The most recent
DateSeverityWho was hurtRoadConditions
14 Jan 2022 14:10 Slight 1 person Minor road, 30 mph Daylight
18 Dec 2021 12:30 Slight 1 person Minor road, 30 mph Daylight

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 1,152 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 480 m (0.3 miles) from the street's postcodes.

RoadBetweenVehicles a dayLorriesTen years beforeDistance
Minor road Not recorded 1,152 counted 2025 1% 480 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.

Source: Department for Transport, road traffic statistics, annual average daily flows to 2025, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each count point.

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the 2 Output Areas (small census areas of about 125 households each) that this street's postcodes are in: 632 residents in 248 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age5040
Children under 1515%17%
Aged 65 and over23%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)88%61%
Owned outright50%33%
Shared ownershipunder 1%1%
Social rented6%17%
Private rented6%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work54%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)6%6%
Retired (of adults)28%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)4%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)45%32%
Travel to work by car or van38%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram1%4%
By any public transport, including bus3%8%
On foot or by bicycle12%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)67%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away10%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)47%34%
No qualifications11%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification4%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)95%91%
Cannot speak English well or at allunder 1%2%

Deprivation

The neighbourhoods around this street are all 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.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

What has changed

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Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • BN1 6XA: 62 addresses of 64 in the postcode
  • BN1 6NN: 1 address of 41 in the postcode

Nearby streets

Hollingbury Copse · Friar Road · Friar Crescent · Friar Close · Surrenden Road · Friar Walk · Stringer Way · Golf Drive · Eastfield Crescent · Larkfield Way

All the streets in BN1 and across Brighton and Hove.

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.