West Close Bognor Regis, Arun
8 addresses across 2 postcodes (PO22), about 90 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 1102722.
- Sales: 8 recorded sales since 1995; in 2019 the median was £805,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (C: 3, E: 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 D; Band D in Arun costs £2,487 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Bognor Regis, about 2.4 km (1.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Old Rectory Gardens, is about 590 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 6 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Flansham Park Health Centre, about 1.2 km (0.7 miles) away.
- People: About 310 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 93% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | £805,000 | £805,000 | £805,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £799,000 | £799,000 | £799,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £470,000 | £470,000 | £470,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £495,000 | £495,000 | £495,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £465,000 | £465,000 | £465,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £420,000 | £420,000 | £420,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £299,950 | £299,950 | £299,950 |
| 1997 | 1 | £220,000 | £220,000 | £220,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Jun 2019 | 3 PO22 7LQ | Detached | £805,000 | |
| 22 Apr 2016 | 3 PO22 7LQ | Detached | £799,000 | |
| 5 Dec 2014 | 2 PO22 7LQ | Detached | £470,000 | |
| 12 Sep 2011 | 6 PO22 7LQ | Detached | £495,000 | |
| 19 Oct 2006 | 7 PO22 7LQ | Detached | £465,000 | |
| 27 Feb 2004 | 3 PO22 7LQ | Detached | £420,000 | |
| 30 Sep 2002 | 4 PO22 7LQ | Detached | £299,950 | |
| 23 Jun 1997 | 3 PO22 7LQ | Detached | £220,000 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 207 m². Most common: House, detached (4). Built: 1930-1949 (4). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Arun in 2026-27: Band D £2,487 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,658 | £1,935 | £2,211 | £2,487 | £3,040 | £3,593 | £4,145 | £4,974 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (31% of about 860 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.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 10 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 26 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 8 low and 0 very low.
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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| PO22 7LQ | zone 2 | 0 / 0 / 5 | unlikely |
| PO22 7LG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 5 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 6 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PO22 7LG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PO22 7LQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bognor Regis 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Barnham 1.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Ford 117,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.4 km (4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Firs Avenue Felpham | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| Car parks | Gloucester Rd Car Park | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | Lyon Street | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 51.4 km (32 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Flansham Park Health Centre | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Felpham Dental | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Bognor Regis War Memorial Hospital Cdc | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Police station | Bognor Police Station | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Tesco Bank ATM | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Old Rectory Gardens 6,360 m² | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,140 m² | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest King George's Field 8.0 ha | 310 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,120 m² | 200 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.6 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Blake's Cottage, a listed building (Grade II*), 680 m (0.4 miles) west. 20 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Blake's Cottage | Listed building, Grade II* | 680 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade II* | 860 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Felpham Beach | Beach | 260 m south-east |
| Middleton Point | Wetland | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Bognor Regis Beach | Beach | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) west |
| Elmer Beach | Beach | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) east |
| Aldwick Beach | Beach | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 8 | 8 |
None of the street's 8 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 Arun: see them on the Arun page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Tufnell CofE Primary School, Felpham Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (Jul 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Felpham Community College | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Downview Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summerley Care Home PO22 7JA | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 100 m | 5 Very good | 29 Jul 2025 |
| T/A Morrisons daily PO22 7HX | Retailers - other | 240 m | 5 Very good | 4 Sep 2025 |
| Whitehaven PO22 7HY | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 270 m | 5 Very good | 21 Mar 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 4 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Southview Road (5); On or near Limmer Lane (3); On or near Minton Road (2); On or near First Avenue (2); On or near Longport Road (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 64 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 8% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 48% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 93% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 66% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 41% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 48% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 40% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 50% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 57% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 18% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 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
Nearby streets
First Avenue · Second Avenue · Longport Road · Southview Road · Halliwick Gardens · Copeland Road · Third Avenue · The Ridgway · Crossbush Road · Tryndel Way · Fourth Avenue · Davenport 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.