Hailsham
Hailsham is covered by postcode district BN27. It is in the Wealden council area, East Sussex.
Every postcode in Hailsham, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 5
- At medium risk at worst: 2
- At low risk at worst: 1
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 679
Of the 687 postcodes in Hailsham that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 679 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.8654, longitude 0.2577. 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
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
What is it like to live in Hailsham?
Homes sold for a typical £291,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.8% on the 12 months before. At 459 of the 614 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 16 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 8 of its 687 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools and 3 all-through schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Polegate, 5.0 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 Hailsham?
Homes in Hailsham sold for a typical £291,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 300 sales, down 2.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £300,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £291,500
▼ down 2.8% on the 12 months before
Across the whole BN27 district, Hailsham's main postcode district: a typical £315,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Hailsham: 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 Hailsham?
17 of the 687 postcodes now in use in Hailsham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 386 homes sold in Hailsham were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BN27 district, 16%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Hailsham | Across the BN27 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 300 (0%) | 23 of 423 (5%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 1 of 386 (Under 1%) | 102 of 624 (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 Hailsham?
Ofcom reports on 614 of the 687 postcodes in Hailsham. At 459 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 Hailsham at risk of flooding?
8 of the 687 postcodes in Hailsham 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 16 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
Which schools are in Hailsham?
The open schools at the postcodes in Hailsham. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Hailsham Academy150 m 1,577 pupils, 2,181 places
- The Ropemakers' Academy300 m 115 pupils, 80 places
- White House Academy400 m 190 pupils, 210 places
- Thornton Grove Academy800 m 253 pupils, 210 places
- Grovelands Community Primary School900 m 694 pupils, 630 places
- East Sussex Academy1.4 km 120 pupils, 140 places
- Hawkes Farm Academy1.4 km 328 pupils, 420 places
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 Hailsham?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Hailsham is Polegate Rail Station, 5.0 km away in a straight line.
- Polegate Rail Station Railway station 5.0 kmCycle
- Berwick (Sussex) Rail Station Railway station 7.0 kmDrive
- Pevensey & Westham Rail Station Railway station 7.3 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 Hailsham?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Hailsham. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Bridgeside Surgery400 m
- Quintins Medical Centre1.3 km
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Hailsham safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,848 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Hailsham 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
- 107 September 2025
- 128 October 2025
- 169 November 2025
- 136 December 2025
- 172 January 2026
- 127 February 2026
- 185 March 2026
- 131 April 2026
- 197 May 2026
- 149 June 2026
- 186 July 2026
- 161 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 42, vehicle crime 41, possession of weapons 20, robbery 11, bicycle theft 6, theft from the person 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 postcodeSource: 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 Hailsham?
- District, borough or city council
- Wealden
- County council
- East Sussex
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Sussex Weald (686) and Lewes (1)
- Police force area
- Sussex
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Hailsham
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Wealden about council tax Council tax, on wealden.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Hailsham
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Hailsham postcodes
687 postcodes in use in Hailsham, by district:
That district is in the BN postcode area.
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Places near Hailsham
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Hailsham's £291,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Hailsham
- What is it like to live in Hailsham?
- Homes sold for a typical £291,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.8% on the 12 months before. At 459 of the 614 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 16 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 8 of its 687 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools and 3 all-through schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Polegate, 5.0 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 Hailsham?
- Hailsham is covered by postcode district BN27, across 687 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Hailsham in?
- Hailsham is in the Wealden council area, and East Sussex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Hailsham?
- Homes in Hailsham sold for a typical £291,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 300 sales, down 2.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Hailsham?
- In Hailsham, primary schools at its postcodes include Hailsham Academy, The Ropemakers' Academy and White House Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Hailsham Academy, The Ropemakers' Academy and East Sussex Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Hailsham have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Hailsham is Polegate, 5.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Hailsham?
- Ofcom reports on 614 of the 687 postcodes in Hailsham. At 459 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Hailsham at risk of flooding?
- 8 of the 687 postcodes in Hailsham 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 16 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 Hailsham?
- 17 of the 687 postcodes now in use in Hailsham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 386 homes sold in Hailsham were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BN27 district, 16%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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