Tower Road Lancing, Adur
118 addresses across 6 postcodes (BN15), about 390 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 200146.
- Sales: 100 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £340,000 across 3 sales.
- Energy: 92 homes have an energy certificate (B: 3, C: 50, D: 22, E: 16, F: 1).
- Flood: 11 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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 B; Band D in Adur costs £2,548 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Lancing, about 420 m (0.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 270 m away, and Beach Green (5.0 hectares) is about 730 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 4 to 8 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 118 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Orchard Surgery, about 370 m away, with 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 1,020 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 54% of households owned their home and 17% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 110 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | £340,000 | £335,000 | £365,000 |
| 2024 | 3 | £300,000 | £205,000 | £325,000 |
| 2023 | 3 | £320,000 | £175,000 | £330,000 |
| 2022 | 6 | £330,500 | £180,000 | £400,000 |
| 2021 | 3 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £349,400 |
| 2020 | 2 | £258,500 | £207,000 | £310,000 |
| 2019 | 3 | £250,000 | £184,000 | £335,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £265,000 | £265,000 | £265,000 |
| 2017 | 7 | £250,000 | £169,000 | £285,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | £176,300 | £175,000 | £177,600 |
| 2015 | 2 | £211,000 | £202,000 | £220,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £188,000 | £188,000 | £188,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jul 2025 | 10 BN15 9HT | Terraced | £365,000 | |
| 28 Mar 2025 | 58 BN15 9HT | Semi-detached | £340,000 | |
| 27 Mar 2025 | 80 BN15 9HT | Semi-detached | £335,000 | |
| 26 Feb 2024 | 135 BN15 9JP | Semi-detached | £300,000 | |
| 23 Feb 2024 | 63 BN15 9JR | Terraced | £325,000 | |
| 9 Feb 2024 | FLAT 9, 1A BN15 9JR | Flat or maisonette | £205,000 | Leasehold. |
| 29 Sep 2023 | 6, ST. WILFREDS HOUSE BN15 9JP | Flat or maisonette | £175,000 | Leasehold. |
| 5 Sep 2023 | 77 BN15 9JR | Terraced | £330,000 | |
| 21 Jul 2023 | FLAT 3, 1A BN15 9JR | Flat or maisonette | £190,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 21 Jul 2023 | FLAT 2, 1A BN15 9JR | Flat or maisonette | £190,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 21 Jul 2023 | FLAT 8, 1A BN15 9JR | Flat or maisonette | £190,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 21 Jul 2023 | FLAT 1, 1A BN15 9JR | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 21 Jul 2023 | FLAT 7, 1A BN15 9JR | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 23 Jun 2023 | 78 BN15 9HT | Terraced | £320,000 | |
| 9 Dec 2022 | 137 BN15 9JP | Semi-detached | £400,000 | |
| 7 Oct 2022 | 74 BN15 9HT | Semi-detached | £340,000 | |
| 21 Apr 2022 | 122 BN15 9JJ | Semi-detached | £330,000 | |
| 25 Mar 2022 | 1, ST. WILFREDS HOUSE BN15 9JP | Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | Leasehold. |
| 4 Mar 2022 | 78 BN15 9HT | Terraced | £305,000 | |
| 28 Feb 2022 | 57 BN15 9JR | Terraced | £331,000 | |
| 21 Apr 2021 | 58 BN15 9HT | Semi-detached | £300,000 | |
| 11 Mar 2021 | 48 BN15 9HT | Terraced | £349,400 | |
| 1 Mar 2021 | 8 BN15 9HT | Semi-detached | £300,000 | |
| 20 Nov 2020 | FLAT 6, 1A BN15 9JR | Flat or maisonette | £175,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 16 Sep 2020 | 133 BN15 9JP | Semi-detached | £310,000 | |
| 29 May 2020 | 77 BN15 9JR | Terraced | £207,000 | |
| 5 Aug 2019 | 41 BN15 9JR | Terraced | £335,000 | |
| 11 Apr 2019 | 61 BN15 9JR | Terraced | £184,000 | |
| 4 Jan 2019 | 67 BN15 9JR | Terraced | £250,000 | |
| 29 Aug 2018 | 29 BN15 9JR | Terraced | £265,000 | |
| 20 Dec 2017 | 39 BN15 9JR | Terraced | £285,000 | |
| 27 Sep 2017 | 6, ST. WILFREDS HOUSE BN15 9JP | Flat or maisonette | £169,000 | Leasehold. |
| 11 Aug 2017 | 63 BN15 9JR | Terraced | £250,000 | |
| 13 Apr 2017 | 76 BN15 9HT | Terraced | £265,000 | |
| 20 Feb 2017 | 29 BN15 9JR | Terraced | £230,000 | |
| 17 Feb 2017 | 43 BN15 9JR | Terraced | £232,500 | |
| 6 Feb 2017 | 42 BN15 9HT | Detached | £280,000 | |
| 24 Oct 2016 | FLAT 5, 1A BN15 9JR | Flat or maisonette | £177,600 | Leasehold. |
| 6 May 2016 | FLAT 6, 1A BN15 9JR | Flat or maisonette | £175,000 | Leasehold. |
| 19 Jun 2015 | 9 BN15 9JR | Terraced | £220,000 | |
| 26 May 2015 | 25 BN15 9JR | Terraced | £202,000 | |
| 28 Nov 2014 | 76 BN15 9HT | Terraced | £188,000 | |
| 25 Nov 2014 | 67 BN15 9JR | Terraced | £180,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 31 Oct 2013 | 6 BN15 9HT | Terraced | £170,000 | |
| 23 Jul 2012 | 15 BN15 9JR | Terraced | £157,000 | |
| 13 Sep 2011 | 42 BN15 9HT | Detached | £181,000 | |
| 28 Jan 2011 | 3, TOWER ROAD FLATS BN15 9HS | Flat or maisonette | £132,500 | Leasehold. |
| 25 Aug 2010 | 80 BN15 9HT | Semi-detached | £217,500 | |
| 26 Jul 2010 | 32 BN15 9HT | Terraced | £164,900 | |
| 25 Sep 2009 | 63 BN15 9JR | Terraced | £165,000 |
Energy performance certificates
92 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 76 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (33); House, end-terrace (23); Flat (19). Built: 1950-1966 (45); 1930-1949 (28); 1900-1929 (5). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (46); owner-occupied (36); rented (private) (7).
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band B (29% of about 1,500 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- St Johns Court Penstone Close Lancing: up to 9 homes, permissioned (310 m)
- Lancing Police Station, 101/111 North Road, Lancing: up to 32 homes, not permissioned (640 m (0.4 miles))
- Gochers Laundry, Alma Street, Lancing: up to 8 homes, not permissioned (650 m (0.4 miles))
- Garage Block North Of St Peters Place Western Road Sompting, permissioned (830 m (0.5 miles))
- Land North Of 1 To 28 The Haven Brighton Road Lancing: up to 7 homes, permissioned (1 km (0.6 miles))
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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 10 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BN15 9JR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BN15 9HT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BN15 9JP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 10 | unlikely |
| BN15 9HS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BN15 9JJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BN15 9PB | not in 2 or 3 | 10 / 1 / 12 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 118 addresses are between 4 m and 8 m above sea level (7 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN15 9HS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BN15 9HT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BN15 9JJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BN15 9JP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BN15 9JR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BN15 9PB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Lancing 980,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
| East Worthing 471,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | |
| Worthing 2.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 9 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 42 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Tower Road Lancing | 60 m |
| Bus or coach station | Sainsbury's West Hove Portslade | 8.8 km (5.5 miles) |
| Car parks | Worthing Hospital - Staff Parking | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | 10 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 37.2 km (23 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Orchard Surgery | 370 m |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Sompting Road (Dental Surgery) | 320 m |
| Hospital | Worthing Hospital | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Police station | Lancing Police Station | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Cooperative Food Lancing - North Road, North Road Cashzone | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 8,160 m² | 270 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Beach Green 5.0 ha | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,200 m² | 300 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Croshaw Recreation Ground 1.9 ha | 370 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,170 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 5.9 hectares in all.
Landmarks
3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Lancing Beach | Beach | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| Widewater | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) east |
| West Beach | Beach | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) east |
| The Mountain | Hill | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) north-west |
| Cow Bottom | Valley | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north |
| Coombes Copse | Wood | 3.9 km (2.5 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.7 | 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 | 11 |
| Under 55 | 117 | 107 |
1 of the street's 118 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 11 from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Globe Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 750 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Boundstone Nursery School | Nursery | 3–5 | 750 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| The Sir Robert Woodard Academy Christian | Secondary | 11–18 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | 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 |
| Seaside Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | 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 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| North Lancing Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auctioneers Kitchen BN15 8TU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 230 m | 5 Very good | 29 Jan 2024 |
| Premier, Sompting Convenience Store BN15 9LG | Retailers - other | 310 m | 2 Improvement necessary | 7 Apr 2025 |
| Cocoa Loco BN15 8TU | Manufacturers/packers | 320 m | 5 Very good | 21 May 2026 |
| The Fuel Station Coffee Shop BN15 8FB | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 360 m | 5 Very good | 28 Nov 2019 |
| Space Station Soft Play BN15 8FB | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 360 m | 5 Very good | 14 Jan 2026 |
| ASDA BN15 8AG | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 15 May 2024 |
| Budgens BN15 8AG | Retailers - other | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 14 Jan 2026 |
| The Coffee Lounge BN15 8AG | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 15 May 2024 |
| Rainbow Cafe BN15 8AG | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 16 Sep 2025 |
| ANDREAS BBQ GRILL BN15 8AG | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 20 Aug 2025 |
| The Burning Desire Hot Sauce Company Limited BN15 8UE | Manufacturers/packers | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 5 Aug 2026 |
| Lee House BN15 8AE | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 440 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 19 Mar 2026 |
| Railway BN15 9AH | Pub/bar/nightclub | 450 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 4 Aug 2026 |
| Garretts Newsagent BN15 9AH | Retailers - other | 450 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 30 Jun 2025 |
| Royal British Legion BN15 9AX | Pub/bar/nightclub | 450 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 9 Mar 2022 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 57 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 28 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 11 |
| Other theft | 6 |
| Public order | 4 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Other crime | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Sompting Road (30); On or near Norton Road (29); On or near Burrell Avenue (20); On or near Croshaw Close (10); On or near Tower Road (9).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 41 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 16% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 54% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 27% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 35% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 20% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 21% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 62% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 71% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 17% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 25% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 3 to 6 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
- BN15 9JR: 51 addresses
- BN15 9HT: 44 addresses of 45 in the postcode
- BN15 9JP: 12 addresses of 13 in the postcode
- BN15 9HS: 9 addresses
- BN15 9JJ: 1 address
- BN15 9PB: 1 address of 56 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Croshaw Close · Elm Grove · Sompting Road · Myrtle Road · Burrell Avenue · Myrtle Crescent · Kimber Close · Norton Road · Middle Road · Wembley Avenue · Freshfields Close · Spencer 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 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.