East Sussex County Council

Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers

East Sussex County Council is the county council for East Sussex. It runs schools, roads, social care and libraries. Bins, council tax and planning are run by its 5 district councils. ONS places 17,511 postcodes in use in East Sussex, in 41 postcode districts across 3 postcode areas.

80% of homes and businesses in East Sussex can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says. The Environment Agency puts 7,605 homes and businesses in East Sussex in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Its own pages listed
10
Postcodes in use
17,511
Postcode districts
41
District councils
5

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Its website

East Sussex County Council

eastsussex.gov.uk

Name and website as GOV.UK gives them.

Do it on East Sussex County Council's own website

Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.

Roads and parking

Schools

Care, support and libraries

Councillors, voting and complaints

The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for East Sussex County Council. GOV.UK lists 11. When we opened them on 14 October 2026, 1 page had gone (missing, or moved to a page about something else). We left it out rather than send you to a page we could not see. If one has moved since, tell us.

What broadband can you get in East Sussex?

Across East Sussex, 80% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 80% full fibre, Ofcom says.

Full fibre80% can get it
Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)80% can get it
Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)98% can get it
Cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s)Under 1%

For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How many homes in East Sussex are at risk of flooding?

Across East Sussex, the Environment Agency puts 7,605 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2,103 postcodes with any property at risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 2,103 postcodes High: 4,887Medium: 2,718Low: 5,342Very low: 19,231

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them. It leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Surface water

In East Sussex the Environment Agency counts 13,289 properties at high risk of flooding from surface water, 6,357 at medium risk and 17,476 at low risk. Surface water is rain that cannot drain away fast enough.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

District councils in East Sussex

Bins, council tax and planning are run by the district, borough or city council for each part of East Sussex.

Eastbourne council, postcodes in use:2,861Hastings council, postcodes in use:2,030Lewes council, postcodes in use:3,393Rother council, postcodes in use:3,172Wealden council, postcodes in use:6,055

Postcode districts with postcodes in East Sussex

Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.

Its postcode areas

BN postcode area: Brighton, postcodes in use here:8,645 of 22,567RH postcode area: Redhill, postcodes in use here:311 of 16,366TN postcode area: Tunbridge Wells, postcodes in use here:8,555 of 23,179

Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in East Sussex.

Towns and villages

EastbourneHastingsBexhill-on-SeaSeafordHailshamCrowboroughLewesUckfieldPeacehavenNewhavenPolegateHeathfieldLower WillingdonRyeBattleWadhurstPevensey BayRingmerForest RowTelscombe CliffsStone CrossMayfieldEast Dean and FristonHoram

The 24 with the most postcodes in East Sussex, of 41. Browse places A to Z.

Is an address in East Sussex?

A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.

All councils, A to Z

What East Sussex covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources

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