West Sussex County Council

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

West Sussex County Council is the county council for West Sussex. It runs schools, roads, social care and libraries. Bins, council tax and planning are run by its 7 district councils. ONS places 26,679 postcodes in use in West Sussex, in 48 postcode districts across 4 postcode areas.

83% of homes and businesses in West Sussex can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says. The Environment Agency puts 10,947 homes and businesses in West Sussex in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Its own pages listed
11
Postcodes in use
26,679
Postcode districts
48
District councils
7

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

Its website

West Sussex County Council

westsussex.gov.uk

Name and website as GOV.UK gives them.

Do it on West 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 West Sussex County Council. If one has moved since, tell us.

What broadband can you get in West Sussex?

Across West Sussex, 83% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 78% full fibre, Ofcom says.

Full fibre78% can get it
Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)83% 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 West Sussex are at risk of flooding?

Across West Sussex, the Environment Agency puts 10,947 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2,671 postcodes with any property at risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 2,671 postcodes High: 7,524Medium: 3,423Low: 16,829Very low: 5,669

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 West Sussex the Environment Agency counts 11,857 properties at high risk of flooding from surface water, 9,898 at medium risk and 29,010 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 West Sussex

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

Adur council, postcodes in use:1,853Arun council, postcodes in use:5,194Chichester council, postcodes in use:4,974Crawley council, postcodes in use:2,674Horsham council, postcodes in use:4,232Mid Sussex council, postcodes in use:4,616Worthing council, postcodes in use:3,136

Postcode districts with postcodes in West 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:8,842 of 22,567GU postcode area: Guildford, postcodes in use here:1,218 of 22,616PO postcode area: Portsmouth, postcodes in use here:5,914 of 24,513RH postcode area: Redhill, postcodes in use here:10,705 of 16,366

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

Towns and villages

WorthingCrawleyBognor RegisHorshamChichesterHaywards HeathRustingtonLancing and SomptingEast GrinsteadBurgess HillShoreham-by-SeaLittlehamptonHassocks and HurstpierpointSelseyBarnhamStorringtonSouthwickBillingshurstSouthwaterWickMidhurstEast WitteringHenfieldYapton

The 24 with the most postcodes in West Sussex, of 56. Browse places A to Z.

Is an address in West Sussex?

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

All councils, A to Z

What West 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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