Lewes
Lewes is covered by postcode districts BN7 and BN8. It is in the Lewes council area, East Sussex.
Every postcode in Lewes, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 23
- In use before 2020: 558
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 581 postcodes in Lewes that ONS places, 23 are new since 2020 and 558 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. 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 50.8754, longitude 0.0069. 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
What is it like to live in Lewes?
Homes sold for a typical £472,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 7.3% on the 12 months before. At 290 of the 508 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 404 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 139 of its 581 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Lewes, 600 metres 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 Lewes?
Homes in Lewes sold for a typical £472,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 222 sales, up 7.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £980,000 21 sales
- Semi-detached £557,000 53 sales
- Terraced £480,000 95 sales
- Flat or maisonette £240,000 53 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BN7 district, Lewes's main postcode district: a typical £480,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Lewes: 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 Lewes?
23 of the 581 postcodes now in use in Lewes came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 281 homes sold in Lewes were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BN7 district, 2%.
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 Lewes | Across the BN7 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 222 (0%) | 3 of 262 (1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 1 of 281 (Under 1%) | 8 of 339 (2%) |
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 Lewes?
Ofcom reports on 508 of the 581 postcodes in Lewes. At 290 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 Lewes at risk of flooding?
139 of the 581 postcodes in Lewes 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 404 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 Lewes?
The open schools at the postcodes in Lewes. 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
- Lewes Old Grammar School350 m 675 pupils, 710 places
- Western Road Community Primary School650 m 214 pupils, 210 places
- Southover CofE Primary School750 m 288 pupils, 315 places
- Wallands Community Primary and Nursery School850 m 324 pupils, 404 places
- South Malling CofE Primary and Nursery School1.0 km 230 pupils, 236 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 Lewes?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lewes is Lewes Rail Station, 600 m away in a straight line.
- Lewes Rail Station Railway station 600 mWalk
- Cooksbridge Rail Station Railway station 3.4 kmCycle
- Glynde Rail Station Railway station 4.8 kmCycle
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 Lewes?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Lewes. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Foundry Healthcare Lewes Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01273 480888 400 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Lewes safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,805 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Lewes 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
- 135 September 2025
- 136 October 2025
- 159 November 2025
- 138 December 2025
- 131 January 2026
- 129 February 2026
- 139 March 2026
- 146 April 2026
- 177 May 2026
- 193 June 2026
- 181 July 2026
- 141 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 47, vehicle crime 27, bicycle theft 20, possession of weapons 16, robbery 8, theft from the person 7.
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 Lewes?
- District, borough or city council
- Lewes
- County council
- East Sussex
- Parliamentary constituency
- Lewes
- Police force area
- Sussex
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- MP
- James MacCleary (Liberal Democrat)
All 581 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 Lewes
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Lewes about council tax Council tax, on lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Lewes
- 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 Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Lewes postcodes
581 postcodes in use in Lewes, by district:
Those districts are all in the BN postcode area.
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Places near Lewes
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Lewes's £472,250. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Lewes
- What is it like to live in Lewes?
- Homes sold for a typical £472,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 7.3% on the 12 months before. At 290 of the 508 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 404 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 139 of its 581 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Lewes, 600 metres 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 Lewes?
- Lewes is covered by postcode districts BN7 and BN8, across 581 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Lewes in?
- Lewes is in the Lewes council area, and East Sussex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Lewes?
- Lewes is in the Lewes parliamentary constituency. Its MP is James MacCleary (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Lewes?
- Homes in Lewes sold for a typical £472,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 222 sales, up 7.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Lewes?
- In Lewes, primary schools at its postcodes include Lewes Old Grammar School, Western Road Community Primary School and Southover CofE Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Lewes Old Grammar School and Priory School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Lewes have a railway station?
- Yes: Lewes is 600 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Lewes, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Lewes?
- Ofcom reports on 508 of the 581 postcodes in Lewes. At 290 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Lewes at risk of flooding?
- 139 of the 581 postcodes in Lewes 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 404 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 Lewes?
- 23 of the 581 postcodes now in use in Lewes came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 281 homes sold in Lewes were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BN7 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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