East Wittering

East Wittering is covered by postcode district PO20. It is in the Chichester council area, West Sussex.

Typical price £460,000 Homes sold in East Wittering, last 12 months. ▲ 2.6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 152 of 187 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 111 of 188 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 1,099 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in East Wittering, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in East Wittering, by flood risk Of the 188 postcodes in East Wittering that ONS places, 40 have a home or business at high risk, 28 are at medium risk at worst, 35 are at low risk at worst, 8 are at very low risk only and 77 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 54 postcodes at high or medium risk; 7 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: East Wittering. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. PO20 7FB: not on the flood risk listPO20 7JG: not on the flood risk listPO20 7JH: not on the flood risk listPO20 7JL: not on the flood risk listPO20 7JN: not on the flood risk listPO20 7JQ: not on the flood risk listPO20 8AF: not on the flood risk listPO20 8AG: not on the flood risk listPO20 8BD: not on the flood risk listPO20 8BE: not on the flood risk listPO20 8BL: not on the flood risk listPO20 8BQ: not on the flood risk listPO20 8BW: not on the flood risk listPO20 8BY: not on the flood risk listPO20 8BZ: not on the flood risk listPO20 8DE: not on the flood risk listPO20 8DT: not on the flood risk listPO20 8DU: not on the flood risk listPO20 8EG: not on the flood risk listPO20 8EH: not on the flood risk listPO20 8EJ: not on the flood risk listPO20 8EL: not on the flood risk listPO20 8EN: not on the flood risk listPO20 8EP: not on the flood risk listPO20 8ER: not on the flood risk listPO20 8ES: not on the flood risk listPO20 8EW: not on the flood risk listPO20 8FA: not on the flood risk listPO20 8FG: not on the flood risk listPO20 8FJ: not on the flood risk listPO20 8FN: not on the flood risk listPO20 8FP: not on the flood risk listPO20 8FQ: not on the flood risk listPO20 8FR: not on the flood risk listPO20 8FS: not on the flood risk listPO20 8FX: not on the flood risk listPO20 8GA: not on the flood risk listPO20 8GD: not on the flood risk listPO20 8GE: not on the flood risk listPO20 8GF: not on the flood risk listPO20 8GG: not on the flood risk listPO20 8HU: not on the flood risk listPO20 8HW: not on the flood risk listPO20 8HX: not on the flood risk listPO20 8HY: not on the flood risk listPO20 8HZ: not on the flood risk listPO20 8JA: not on the flood risk listPO20 8JB: not on the flood risk listPO20 8JD: not on the flood risk listPO20 8JF: not on the flood risk listPO20 8JG: not on the flood risk listPO20 8JL: not on the flood risk listPO20 8JQ: not on the flood risk listPO20 8JY: not on the flood risk listPO20 8LB: not on the flood risk listPO20 8NE: not on the flood risk listPO20 8NF: not on the flood risk listPO20 8NN: not on the flood risk listPO20 8NP: not on the flood risk listPO20 8NW: not on the flood risk listPO20 8PL: not on the flood risk listPO20 8PN: not on the flood risk listPO20 8PR: not on the flood risk listPO20 8PW: not on the flood risk listPO20 8QS: not on the flood risk listPO20 8QT: not on the flood risk listPO20 8QY: not on the flood risk listPO20 8QZ: not on the flood risk listPO20 8RD: not on the flood risk listPO20 8RJ: not on the flood risk listPO20 8RN: not on the flood risk listPO20 8RT: not on the flood risk listPO20 8RW: not on the flood risk listPO20 8SE: not on the flood risk listPO20 8SF: not on the flood risk listPO20 8SP: not on the flood risk listPO20 7JJ: very low flood risk onlyPO20 8FD: very low flood risk onlyPO20 8HL: very low flood risk onlyPO20 8HS: very low flood risk onlyPO20 8HT: very low flood risk onlyPO20 8JS: very low flood risk onlyPO20 8JT: very low flood risk onlyPO20 8JZ: very low flood risk onlyPO20 8AQ: low flood risk at worstPO20 8BB: low flood risk at worstPO20 8BH: low flood risk at worstPO20 8BP: low flood risk at worstPO20 8DB: low flood risk at worstPO20 8DX: low flood risk at worstPO20 8FH: low flood risk at worstPO20 8FL: low flood risk at worstPO20 8FW: low flood risk at worstPO20 8FZ: low flood risk at worstPO20 8HN: low flood risk at worstPO20 8HP: low flood risk at worstPO20 8HR: low flood risk at worstPO20 8JU: low flood risk at worstPO20 8JX: low flood risk at worstPO20 8LA: low flood risk at worstPO20 8NH: low flood risk at worstPO20 8NJ: low flood risk at worstPO20 8NL: low flood risk at worstPO20 8NR: low flood risk at worstPO20 8NS: low flood risk at worstPO20 8NX: low flood risk at worstPO20 8NY: low flood risk at worstPO20 8NZ: low flood risk at worstPO20 8PA: low flood risk at worstPO20 8PG: low flood risk at worstPO20 8PQ: low flood risk at worstPO20 8PS: low flood risk at worstPO20 8QX: low flood risk at worstPO20 8RB: low flood risk at worstPO20 8RG: low flood risk at worstPO20 8RP: low flood risk at worstPO20 8RQ: low flood risk at worstPO20 8SR: low flood risk at worstPO20 8UA: low flood risk at worstPO20 8BG: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8BJ: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8BN: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8BT: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8BU: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8BX: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8DA: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8DF: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8DH: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8DL: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8DP: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8DR: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8DS: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8EA: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8EQ: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8FB: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8FY: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8JN: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8NT: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8NU: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8PB: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8PD: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8PE: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8QR: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8QU: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8RA: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8RE: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8RR: medium flood risk at worstPO20 8DD: high flood riskPO20 8DG: high flood riskPO20 8DJ: high flood riskPO20 8DN: high flood riskPO20 8DQ: high flood riskPO20 8DW: high flood riskPO20 8DY: high flood riskPO20 8DZ: high flood riskPO20 8EB: high flood riskPO20 8ED: high flood riskPO20 8EE: high flood riskPO20 8EF: high flood riskPO20 8ET: high flood riskPO20 8EU: high flood riskPO20 8EX: high flood riskPO20 8EY: high flood riskPO20 8EZ: high flood riskPO20 8FE: high flood riskPO20 8FF: high flood riskPO20 8HA: high flood riskPO20 8HB: high flood riskPO20 8HD: high flood riskPO20 8HE: high flood riskPO20 8HF: high flood riskPO20 8HG: high flood riskPO20 8HH: high flood riskPO20 8HJ: high flood riskPO20 8HQ: high flood riskPO20 8JH: high flood riskPO20 8JJ: high flood riskPO20 8JP: high flood riskPO20 8JR: high flood riskPO20 8JW: high flood riskPO20 8PF: high flood riskPO20 8PH: high flood riskPO20 8PP: high flood riskPO20 8RH: high flood riskPO20 8RS: high flood riskPO20 8RX: high flood riskPO20 8SB: high flood risk East Wittering 54 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to PO20 8HQ, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk54 postcodes at high or medium risk7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to PO20 8JW, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk7 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in East Wittering, by flood risk Of the 188 postcodes in East Wittering that ONS places, 40 have a home or business at high risk, 28 are at medium risk at worst, 35 are at low risk at worst, 8 are at very low risk only and 77 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 54 postcodes at high or medium risk; 7 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: East Wittering. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. East Wittering
  • A home or business at high risk: 40
  • At medium risk at worst: 28
  • At low risk at worst: 35
  • At very low risk only: 8
  • Not on the at-risk list: 77
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 188 postcodes in East Wittering that ONS places, 40 have a home or business at high risk, 28 are at medium risk at worst, 35 are at low risk at worst, 8 are at very low risk only and 77 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. 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 50.7661, longitude -0.8639. 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

The postcodes at high risk

40 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

PO20 8JW61 at high riskPO20 8SB55 at high riskPO20 8HQ33 at high riskPO20 8HH32 at high riskPO20 8EU31 at high riskPO20 8ET29 at high riskPO20 8EX26 at high riskPO20 8DN25 at high riskPO20 8DZ24 at high riskPO20 8EE23 at high riskPO20 8JJ22 at high riskPO20 8EY21 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 54 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. PO20 8HQ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. PO20 8JW, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in East Wittering?

Homes sold for a typical £460,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.6% on the 12 months before. At 152 of the 187 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,099 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 111 of its 188 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bosham, 8.6 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 Wittering?

Homes in East Wittering sold for a typical £460,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 87 sales, up 2.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£460,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£448,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 2.6% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £535,000 47 sales
  • Semi-detached £402,000 21 sales
  • Terraced £294,500 6 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £185,000 13 sales

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

Across the whole PO20 district, East Wittering's main postcode district: a typical £385,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in East Wittering: 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 Wittering?

8 of the 188 postcodes now in use in East Wittering came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 99 homes sold in East Wittering were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PO20 district, 16%.

The newest postcodes

PO20 8GBsince July 2023PO20 8GFsince October 2022PO20 8GEsince June 2022PO20 8FZsince February 2022PO20 8GGsince February 2022PO20 8GDsince October 2021

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn East WitteringAcross the PO20 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 87 (0%) 17 of 495 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 99 (0%) 94 of 593 (16%)

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 Wittering?

Ofcom reports on 187 of the 188 postcodes in East Wittering. At 152 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit152 of 187
Postcodes where every home can get superfast180 of 187

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 East Wittering at risk of flooding?

111 of the 188 postcodes in East Wittering 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 1,099 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 111 of 188 postcodes High: 605Medium: 494Low: 919Very low: 165

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

Which schools are in East Wittering?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in East Wittering. 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 Wittering?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in East Wittering is Bosham Rail Station, 8.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Bosham Rail Station Railway station 8.6 kmDrive
  • Fishbourne Rail Station Railway station 8.8 kmDrive
  • Nutbourne Rail Station Railway station 9.0 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 Wittering?

The GP practices at the postcodes in East Wittering. 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 Wittering safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 320 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in East Wittering 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. 29 September 2025
  2. 22 October 2025
  3. 25 November 2025
  4. 18 December 2025
  5. 16 January 2026
  6. 23 February 2026
  7. 31 March 2026
  8. 31 April 2026
  9. 25 May 2026
  10. 31 June 2026
  11. 36 July 2026
  12. 33 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences113 reports
Anti-social behaviour99 reports
Public order23 reports
Shoplifting19 reports
Other theft17 reports
Criminal damage and arson16 reports
Other crime14 reports
Drugs8 reports

Also: vehicle crime 7, burglary 2, possession of weapons 2.

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 Wittering?

District, borough or city council
Chichester
County council
West Sussex
Parliamentary constituency
Chichester
Police force area
Sussex
Region
South East
Country
England
MP
Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat)

All 188 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

Moving to East Wittering

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East Wittering postcodes

188 postcodes in use in East Wittering, by district:

PO20 postcode district,188 postcodes

That district is in the PO postcode area.

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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near East Wittering

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside East Wittering's £460,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Selsey6.5 km, £355,000Bosham7.6 km, £495,000South Hayling8.2 km, £335,000Fishbourne8.8 km, £460,000Hambrook and Nutbourne9.1 km, £470,000Southbourne9.7 km, £410,000Chichester10.2 km, £365,000Emsworth11.0 km, £400,000 All places A to Z

Questions about East Wittering

What is it like to live in East Wittering?
Homes sold for a typical £460,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.6% on the 12 months before. At 152 of the 187 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,099 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 111 of its 188 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bosham, 8.6 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 Wittering?
East Wittering is covered by postcode district PO20, across 188 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is East Wittering in?
East Wittering is in the Chichester council area, and West Sussex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for East Wittering?
East Wittering is in the Chichester parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in East Wittering?
Homes in East Wittering sold for a typical £460,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 87 sales, up 2.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in East Wittering?
In East Wittering, primary schools at its postcodes include East Wittering Community Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is The Academy, Selsey, 6.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does East Wittering have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in East Wittering is Bosham, 8.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in East Wittering?
Ofcom reports on 187 of the 188 postcodes in East Wittering. At 152 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is East Wittering at risk of flooding?
111 of the 188 postcodes in East Wittering 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 1,099 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in East Wittering?
8 of the 188 postcodes now in use in East Wittering came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 99 homes sold in East Wittering were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PO20 district, 16%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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