East Saltdean

East Saltdean is covered by postcode district BN2. It is in the Lewes council area, East Sussex.

Typical price £454,500 Homes sold in East Saltdean, last 12 months. ▲ 3.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 31 of 52 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Nearest school Saltdean Primary School 900 m from the middle, in a straight line

Every postcode in East Saltdean, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in East Saltdean, by flood risk Of the 52 postcodes in East Saltdean that ONS places, 52 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: East Saltdean. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A259 BN2 8DA: not on the flood risk listBN2 8DB: not on the flood risk listBN2 8DD: not on the flood risk listBN2 8DE: not on the flood risk listBN2 8DF: not on the flood risk listBN2 8DG: not on the flood risk listBN2 8DH: not on the flood risk listBN2 8DJ: not on the flood risk listBN2 8DL: not on the flood risk listBN2 8DN: not on the flood risk listBN2 8DP: not on the flood risk listBN2 8DQ: not on the flood risk listBN2 8DR: not on the flood risk listBN2 8DU: not on the flood risk listBN2 8DX: not on the flood risk listBN2 8DY: not on the flood risk listBN2 8EA: not on the flood risk listBN2 8EB: not on the flood risk listBN2 8ED: not on the flood risk listBN2 8EE: not on the flood risk listBN2 8EF: not on the flood risk listBN2 8EG: not on the flood risk listBN2 8EH: not on the flood risk listBN2 8EJ: not on the flood risk listBN2 8EL: not on the flood risk listBN2 8EN: not on the flood risk listBN2 8EP: not on the flood risk listBN2 8EQ: not on the flood risk listBN2 8ER: not on the flood risk listBN2 8LH: not on the flood risk listBN2 8LJ: not on the flood risk listBN2 8LX: not on the flood risk listBN2 8LY: not on the flood risk listBN2 8PA: not on the flood risk listBN2 8PB: not on the flood risk listBN2 8PD: not on the flood risk listBN2 8PE: not on the flood risk listBN2 8PF: not on the flood risk listBN2 8PG: not on the flood risk listBN2 8PH: not on the flood risk listBN2 8PJ: not on the flood risk listBN2 8PL: not on the flood risk listBN2 8PN: not on the flood risk listBN2 8PP: not on the flood risk listBN2 8RD: not on the flood risk listBN2 8RE: not on the flood risk listBN2 8RF: not on the flood risk listBN2 8RG: not on the flood risk listBN2 8RH: not on the flood risk listBN2 8RJ: not on the flood risk listBN2 8RL: not on the flood risk listBN2 8RQ: not on the flood risk list East Saltdean Map of every postcode in East Saltdean, by flood risk Of the 52 postcodes in East Saltdean that ONS places, 52 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: East Saltdean. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. East Saltdean
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 52

Of the 52 postcodes in East Saltdean that ONS places, 52 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.8028, longitude -0.0292. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 is it like to live in East Saltdean?

Homes sold for a typical £454,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.9% on the 12 months before. At 31 of the 52 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 52 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The nearest school is Saltdean Primary School, 900 metres from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Saltdean and Rottingdean Med Practice, 450 metres from the middle. The nearest railway station is Southease - Piddinghoe Road, 4.5 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in East Saltdean?

Homes in East Saltdean sold for a typical £454,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 48 sales, up 3.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£454,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£437,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 3.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £535,500 24 sales
  • Semi-detached £486,500 14 sales
  • Terraced 1 sale, too few to price
  • Flat or maisonette £215,000 9 sales

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

Across the whole BN2 district, East Saltdean's main postcode district: a typical £420,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in East Saltdean: 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

Are new homes being built in East Saltdean?

None of the 52 postcodes now in use in East Saltdean came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 68 homes sold in East Saltdean were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BN2 district, 1%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn East SaltdeanAcross the BN2 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 48 (0%) 3 of 898 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 68 (0%) 16 of 1,147 (1%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in East Saltdean?

Ofcom reports on 52 of the 52 postcodes in East Saltdean. At 31 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit31 of 52
Postcodes where every home can get superfast52 of 52

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.

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

Is East Saltdean at risk of flooding?

None of the 52 postcodes in East Saltdean 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

Which schools are in East Saltdean?

There is no primary school at the postcodes in East Saltdean; these are the nearest to its middle. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from East Saltdean?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in East Saltdean is Southease - Piddinghoe Road, 4.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Southease - Piddinghoe Road Railway station 4.5 kmCycle
  • Southease Rail Station Railway station 5.3 kmDrive
  • Newhaven Town Rail Station Railway station 6.0 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in East Saltdean?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in East Saltdean. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is East Saltdean safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 565 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in East Saltdean over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 32 September 2025
  2. 39 October 2025
  3. 27 November 2025
  4. 40 December 2025
  5. 45 January 2026
  6. 37 February 2026
  7. 43 March 2026
  8. 46 April 2026
  9. 59 May 2026
  10. 70 June 2026
  11. 63 July 2026
  12. 64 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences223 reports
Anti-social behaviour121 reports
Public order48 reports
Criminal damage and arson39 reports
Other theft33 reports
Shoplifting30 reports
Burglary24 reports
Other crime15 reports

Also: vehicle crime 10, drugs 10, possession of weapons 5, robbery 4, bicycle theft 2, theft from the person 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs East Saltdean?

District, borough or city council
Lewes
County council
East Sussex
Parliamentary constituency
Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven
Police force area
Sussex
Region
South East
Country
England
MP
Chris Ward (Labour)

All 52 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

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East Saltdean postcodes

52 postcodes in use in East Saltdean, by district:

BN2 postcode district,52 postcodes

That district is in the BN postcode area.

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Places near East Saltdean

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside East Saltdean's £454,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Telscombe Cliffs1.3 km, £365,000Peacehaven2.6 km, £340,000Newhaven5.7 km, £300,000Lewes8.5 km, £472,250Brighton and Hove8.9 km, £425,000Seaford10.1 km, £370,000Ringmer11.8 km, £420,000Southwick14.9 km, £445,000 All places A to Z

Questions about East Saltdean

What is it like to live in East Saltdean?
Homes sold for a typical £454,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.9% on the 12 months before. At 31 of the 52 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 52 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The nearest school is Saltdean Primary School, 900 metres from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Saltdean and Rottingdean Med Practice, 450 metres from the middle. The nearest railway station is Southease - Piddinghoe Road, 4.5 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for East Saltdean?
East Saltdean is covered by postcode district BN2, across 52 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is East Saltdean in?
East Saltdean is in the Lewes council area, and East Sussex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for East Saltdean?
East Saltdean is in the Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Chris Ward (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in East Saltdean?
Homes in East Saltdean sold for a typical £454,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 48 sales, up 3.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in East Saltdean?
In East Saltdean, the nearest primary school to the middle of its postcodes is Saltdean Primary School, 900 metres away in a straight line; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Peacehaven Community School, 2.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Does East Saltdean have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in East Saltdean is Southease - Piddinghoe Road, 4.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in East Saltdean?
Ofcom reports on 52 of the 52 postcodes in East Saltdean. At 31 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is East Saltdean at risk of flooding?
None of the 52 postcodes in East Saltdean 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. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in East Saltdean?
None of the 52 postcodes now in use in East Saltdean came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 68 homes sold in East Saltdean were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BN2 district, 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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