BN88 postcode district: Brighton and Hove and around

BN88 is a postcode district in England, with 8 postcodes in use in 1 sector. It has postcodes in Brighton and Hove. Its council is Brighton and Hove.

Postcodes in use: 8
Sectors: 1
Council: Brighton and Hove
Places: Brighton and Hove

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

Every postcode in BN88, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 0
In use before 2020: 8

Of the 8 postcodes in BN88 that ONS places, 8 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 50.8268, longitude -0.1392. 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

What broadband can you get in BN88?

Ofcom reports on 2 of the 8 postcodes in BN88. At 1 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit1 of 2

Postcodes where every home can get superfast1 of 2

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 BN88 at risk of flooding?

None of the 8 postcodes in BN88 is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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