BN27 postcode district: Hailsham and around, East Sussex

BN27 is a postcode district in East Sussex, with 1,134 postcodes in use in 5 sectors. It has postcodes in Hailsham, Herstmonceux and Hellingly. Its council is Wealden.

Postcodes in use: 1,134
Sectors: 5
Council: Wealden
Places: 3 places

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

Every postcode in BN27, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 82
In use before 2020: 1,052
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 1,134 postcodes in BN27 that ONS places, 82 are new since 2020 and 1,052 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.8718, longitude 0.2633. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

BN27 3ZEJuly 2026 BN27 2SLJune 2026 BN27 9GDApril 2026 BN27 3YXMarch 2026 BN27 3ZLMarch 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BN27 1RZ, is the newest of them.
7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BN27 3QQ, is the newest of them.
6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BN27 1GT, is the newest of them.
6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BN27 1GW, is the newest of them.
6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BN27 2GU, is the newest of them.
6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BN27 2GG, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in BN27?

Ofcom reports on 1,045 of the 1,134 postcodes in BN27. At 611 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 10 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit611 of 1,045

Postcodes where every home can get superfast954 of 1,045

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband10 of 1,045

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

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

Is BN27 at risk of flooding?

43 of the 1,134 postcodes in BN27 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 65 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 43 of 1,134 postcodes High: 38Medium: 27Low: 65Very low: 28

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, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and 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

What do homes sell for in BN27?

Homes in BN27 sold for a typical £315,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 423 sales, down 4.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£315,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£330,000 12 months to August 2025

▼ down 4.5% on the 12 months before

Detached £418,750 136 sales
Semi-detached £305,500 164 sales
Terraced £260,050 93 sales
Flat or maisonette £172,500 30 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it