Lower Willingdon

Lower Willingdon is covered by postcode districts BN20, BN22 and BN26. It is mostly in the Wealden council area: 217 of its 225 postcodes. The others are in Eastbourne.

Typical price £357,500 Homes sold in Lower Willingdon, last 12 months. ▲ 3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 159 of 225 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at medium risk 7 of 225 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 29 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Lower Willingdon, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Lower Willingdon, by flood risk Of the 225 postcodes in Lower Willingdon that ONS places, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 218 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Lower Willingdon. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. 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5LJ: not on the flood risk listBN26 5LL: not on the flood risk listBN26 5LT: not on the flood risk listBN26 5NG: not on the flood risk listBN26 5NH: not on the flood risk listBN26 5NJ: not on the flood risk listBN26 5NL: not on the flood risk listBN26 5NQ: not on the flood risk listBN26 5NR: not on the flood risk listBN26 5NT: not on the flood risk listBN26 5NU: not on the flood risk listBN26 5NY: not on the flood risk listBN26 5NZ: not on the flood risk listBN26 5PA: not on the flood risk listBN26 5PD: not on the flood risk listBN26 5PG: not on the flood risk listBN26 5PJ: not on the flood risk listBN26 5PL: not on the flood risk listBN26 5PN: not on the flood risk listBN26 5PP: not on the flood risk listBN26 5PR: not on the flood risk listBN26 5PS: not on the flood risk listBN26 5PT: not on the flood risk listBN26 5PW: not on the flood risk listBN22 0RP: low flood risk at worstBN22 0RR: low flood risk at worstBN26 5PE: low flood risk at worstBN26 5PH: low flood risk at worstBN26 5NS: medium flood risk at worstBN26 5NX: medium flood risk at worstBN26 5PU: medium flood risk at worst Lower Willingdon Map of every postcode in Lower Willingdon, by flood risk Of the 225 postcodes in Lower Willingdon that ONS places, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 218 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Lower Willingdon. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Lower Willingdon
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 4
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 218

Of the 225 postcodes in Lower Willingdon that ONS places, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 218 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 50.8075, longitude 0.2493. 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 medium risk at worst

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

BN26 5PU22 at medium riskBN26 5NS6 at medium riskBN26 5NX1 at medium risk

What is it like to live in Lower Willingdon?

Homes sold for a typical £357,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3% on the 12 months before. At 159 of the 225 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 29 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 7 of its 225 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Manor Park Medical Centre, 1.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Polegate, 1.6 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 Lower Willingdon?

Homes in Lower Willingdon sold for a typical £357,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 110 sales, up 3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£357,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£346,995
12 months to August 2026
£357,500

▲ up 3% on the 12 months before

Detached£387,500 55 sales
Semi-detached£345,000 41 sales
Terraced£337,500 8 sales
Flat or maisonette£185,000 6 sales

Across the whole BN20 district, Lower Willingdon's main postcode district: a typical £360,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Lower Willingdon: 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 Lower Willingdon?

11 of the 225 postcodes now in use in Lower Willingdon came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 28 of the 185 homes sold in Lower Willingdon were newly built (15%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BN20 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

BN22 0DQsince November 2023BN22 0DDsince June 2023BN22 0DEsince April 2023BN22 0DAsince August 2022BN22 0BNsince June 2022BN22 0AWsince August 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 Lower WillingdonAcross the BN20 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 110 (Under 1%) 0 of 275 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 28 of 185 (15%) 0 of 343 (0%)

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 Lower Willingdon?

Ofcom reports on 225 of the 225 postcodes in Lower Willingdon. At 159 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit159 of 225
Postcodes where every home can get superfast222 of 225
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 225

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 Lower Willingdon at risk of flooding?

7 of the 225 postcodes in Lower Willingdon 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 29 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 7 of 225 postcodes Medium: 29Low: 42

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 Lower Willingdon?

The open schools at the postcodes in Lower Willingdon. 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

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 Lower Willingdon?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lower Willingdon is Polegate Rail Station, 1.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Polegate Rail Station Railway station 1.6 kmCycle
  • Hampden Park (Sussex) Rail Station Railway station 2.4 kmCycle
  • Eastbourne 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 Lower Willingdon?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Lower Willingdon. 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 Lower Willingdon safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 1,033 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Lower Willingdon 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. 69 September 2025
  2. 79 October 2025
  3. 77 November 2025
  4. 69 December 2025
  5. 79 January 2026
  6. 88 February 2026
  7. 88 March 2026
  8. 92 April 2026
  9. 93 May 2026
  10. 104 June 2026
  11. 100 July 2026
  12. 95 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences332 reports
Anti-social behaviour237 reports
Shoplifting102 reports
Criminal damage and arson101 reports
Public order66 reports
Other theft59 reports
Vehicle crime31 reports
Burglary29 reports

Also: other crime 25, drugs 21, robbery 14, possession of weapons 10, theft from the person 5, bicycle theft 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 Lower Willingdon?

Councils
Wealden (217) and Eastbourne (8)
County council
East Sussex
Parliamentary constituencies
Lewes (217) and Eastbourne (8)
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 Lower Willingdon

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Lower Willingdon postcodes

225 postcodes in use in Lower Willingdon, by district:

BN20 postcode district,97 postcodesBN22 postcode district,95 postcodesBN26 postcode district,33 postcodes

Those districts are all in the BN postcode area.

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Places near Lower Willingdon

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Lower Willingdon's £357,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Polegate1.6 km, £295,000Stone Cross3.3 km, £350,000Eastbourne3.7 km, £275,000Westham5.2 km, £342,500East Dean and Friston5.8 km, £645,000Crumbles5.9 km, £285,000Hailsham6.5 km, £291,500Pevensey Bay7.4 km, £353,750 All places A to Z

Questions about Lower Willingdon

What is it like to live in Lower Willingdon?
Homes sold for a typical £357,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3% on the 12 months before. At 159 of the 225 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 29 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 7 of its 225 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Manor Park Medical Centre, 1.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Polegate, 1.6 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 Lower Willingdon?
Lower Willingdon is covered by postcode districts BN20, BN22 and BN26, across 225 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Lower Willingdon?
Homes in Lower Willingdon sold for a typical £357,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 110 sales, up 3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Lower Willingdon?
In Lower Willingdon, primary schools at its postcodes include Willingdon Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Willingdon Community School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Lower Willingdon have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Lower Willingdon is Polegate, 1.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Lower Willingdon?
Ofcom reports on 225 of the 225 postcodes in Lower Willingdon. At 159 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 Lower Willingdon at risk of flooding?
7 of the 225 postcodes in Lower Willingdon 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 29 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 Lower Willingdon?
11 of the 225 postcodes now in use in Lower Willingdon came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 28 of the 185 homes sold in Lower Willingdon were newly built (15%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BN20 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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