BN42 postcode district: Southwick and around
BN42 is a postcode district mostly in West Sussex, with 219 postcodes in use in 1 sector. It has postcodes in Southwick and Brighton and Hove. It is split between 2 councils: Adur (218 postcodes) and Brighton and Hove (1). 218 are in West Sussex. ONS lists no county for the other 1.
- Postcodes in use
- 219
- Sectors
- 1
- Councils
- 2 councils
- Places
- 2 places
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in BN42, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 5
- In use before 2020: 214
Of the 219 postcodes in BN42 that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 214 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. 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 50.8376, longitude -0.2347. 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
Further out, not drawn
This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.
What broadband can you get in BN42?
Ofcom reports on 215 of the 219 postcodes in BN42. At 192 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is BN42 at risk of flooding?
7 of the 219 postcodes in BN42 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 10 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 BN42?
Homes in BN42 sold for a typical £450,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 107 sales, up 5.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £480,500 22 sales
- Semi-detached £475,000 53 sales
- Terraced £425,000 23 sales
- Flat or maisonette £270,000 9 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
Postcodes in BN42
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in BN42
Towns and villages with postcodes in BN42, and how many each has here.
Who covers BN42
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
What council am I in?Constituencies
- East Worthing and Shoreham218
- Hove and Portslade1
Police force areas
- Sussex219
Next to BN42
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after BN42 in the BN area.
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