Upper Duke's Drive Eastbourne
17 addresses across 5 postcodes (BN20), about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 13200436.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Eastbourne cost £255,642 in August 2026 (-0.7% on a year); private rents averaged £1,174 a month.
- Energy: 7 homes have an energy certificate (D: 2, E: 4, 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.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Coastal erosion: The nearest projected coastal erosion zone is 440 m (0.3 miles) from its postcodes.
- Radon: Up to 10 to 30% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band G; Band D in Eastbourne costs £2,654 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Eastbourne, about 2.5 km (1.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Helen Garden, is about 730 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 67 to 127 m above sea level.
- Noise: 13 of its 17 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Lighthouse Medical Practice, about 2.2 km (1.4 miles) away.
- People: About 630 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 85% of households owned their home and 54% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 47 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
- Road safety: 7 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 2 of them fatal or serious.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Eastbourne
A typical home in Eastbourne cost £255,642 in August 2026, 0.7% less than a year before. That is 2% more than five years earlier and 26% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £518,902 |
| Semi-detached | £355,497 |
| Terraced | £283,882 |
| Flat or maisonette | £175,957 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £218,785 |
Private renters in Eastbourne paid £1,174 a month on average in September 2026, 1.9% more than a year before. That is 24% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £823 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,083 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,313 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,804 |
Energy performance certificates
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 167 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (6); House, detached (1). Built: 1900-1929 (6); 1930-1949 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (3); owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (7 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 19,143 kWh of it on average in 2024, 53% more than the district's 12,538 kWh, and 3,484 kWh of electricity, 8% more than the district's 3,239 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN20 7XT | 12 | 2,571 kWh | 13 | 15,901 kWh |
| BN20 7TS | 35 | 2,706 kWh | 35 | 19,294 kWh |
| BN20 7UL | 26 | 1,999 kWh | 25 | 10,340 kWh |
| BN20 7XR | 26 7 Economy 7 | 3,256 kWh | 27 | 16,693 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 BN20.
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 G (20% of about 1,350 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)
- Spring Mead, 25 Meads Brow: up to 17 homes, permissioned (480 m (0.3 miles))
- Meads House, 26 Denton Road: up to 6 homes, permissioned (770 m (0.5 miles))
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
Finished in the last three months
- 9 September 2026 to 21 September 2026: UK POWER NETWORKS SOUTH EASTERN, Utility repair and maintenance works, no carriageway incursion, on the verge (immediate - urgent 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.
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
The nearest projected erosion zone is 440 m (0.3 miles) from the street's postcodes (by 2105, if defences are not maintained or built).
| Projection | Policy for the frontage | Erosion | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| By 2055, with the shoreline management plan carried out | No active intervention South Foreland to Beachy Head | up to 27 m | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| By 2105, with the shoreline management plan carried out | No active intervention South Foreland to Beachy Head | up to 85 m | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| By 2105, if defences are not maintained or built | No intervention South Foreland to Beachy Head | up to 106 m | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
| Ground instability zone Holywell, Eastbourne | Unstable cliffs or slopes where the ground has moved, with a margin for movement over the next 100 years | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
Each shoreline management plan sets a policy for each stretch of coast: hold the line (keep defences where they are), managed realignment (let the shore move back in a controlled way), advance the line, or no active intervention. Erosion is the distance the shore may move back, counted from today, for the higher central climate change allowance. The maps are guidance from national modelling, not a survey of any one home; the council's coastal team can say more.
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
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 10 to 30%: 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.
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 17 addresses are between 67 m and 127 m above sea level (79 m on average); the ground rises about 60 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN20 7TS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BN20 7UL | 100% | 59% | 59% | 0% |
| BN20 7XR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BN20 7XT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BN20 7XU | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Eastbourne 3.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Hampden Park (Sussex) 861,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) | |
| Polegate 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 7.8 km (4.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m (0.2 miles), 12 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Edensor Road Meads | 350 m |
| Car parks | Apcoa | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp Pulse | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 54.1 km (34 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Lighthouse Medical Practice Outstanding Aug 2016 | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Kamsons Pharmacy | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Esperance Private Hospital | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Care homes | 7 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Elstree Court Care Home Good Feb 2023 | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Police station | Police Station | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Tesco Bank ATM | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Helen Garden 2.4 ha | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 670 m² | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,760 m² | 350 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,260 m² | 90 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 2.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bowl barrow 150m south of Well Combe, a scheduled monument, 240 m south-east. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bowl barrow 150m south of Well Combe | Scheduled monument | 240 m south-east |
| Bowl barrow west of Well Combe | Scheduled monument | 280 m west |
| Bowl barrow 200m south-east of Well Combe | Scheduled monument | 300 m south-east |
| Main Block and Chapel of All Saints Hospital | Listed building, Grade II* | 770 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Compton Place | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Well Combe | Valley | 80 m north |
| Black Robin Bottom | Valley | 940 m (0.6 miles) west |
| Holywell Retreat | Beach | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Warren Hill | Hill | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Paradise Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Southbourne Lake | Lake or reservoir | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 12 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 17 |
13 of the street's 17 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 Eastbourne: see them on the Eastbourne page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John's Meads Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 190 m | Requires improvement (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 71% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 53% in 2024 and 66% in 2023) |
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
3 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 600 m (0.4 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Andrew's Prep Nursery BN20 7RP | Full day care | 60 | Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bede's Nursery BN20 7XH | Full day care | 29 | Outstanding (Nov 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bede's Nursery BN20 7XL | Full day care | 39 | Not inspected yet | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
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
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John Meads Primary School BN20 7XS | School/college/university | 190 m | 5 Very good | 27 Apr 2026 |
| Breakfast & Afternoon Club @ St Johns Meads CE Primary School BN20 7XS | School/college/university | 190 m | 5 Very good | 23 Jul 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 25 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 12 |
| Drugs | 3 |
| Other theft | 3 |
| Public order | 3 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Combe Lane (35); On or near Upper Duke'S Drive (11); On or near Edensor Road (1).
Road safety
7 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 2 serious and 5 slight, in which 2 people were seriously hurt. 1 involved a motorcyclist. 43% happened in the dark, and 14% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 60 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jul 2025 18:18 | Slight | 3 people | B2103, 60 mph | Daylight |
| 18 Oct 2024 12:58 | Slight | 2 people | B2103, 60 mph | Daylight |
| 20 Jun 2024 22:29 | Slight | 1 person | B2103, 60 mph | Dark, no street lights |
| 15 Sep 2023 01:40 | Slight | 3 people | B2103, 60 mph | Dark, no street lights |
| 2 Mar 2023 11:15 | Slight | 1 person | B2103, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 29 Jan 2023 19:13 | Serious | 2 people | B2103, 60 mph | Dark, street lights on, wet road |
| 20 Mar 2021 15:58 | Serious | 2 people: 1 motorcyclist | B2103, 60 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
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 59 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 39% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 85% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 64% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 45% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 45% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 52% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 32% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 67% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 11% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 54% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 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
- BN20 7XT: 13 addresses
- BN20 7TS: 1 address of 37 in the postcode
- BN20 7UL: 1 address of 33 in the postcode
- BN20 7XR: 1 address of 32 in the postcode
- BN20 7XU: 1 address of 2 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Combe Lane · Rowsley Road · Edensor Road · Baslow Road
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; 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.