Peacehaven
Peacehaven is covered by postcode districts BN9 and BN10. It is in the Lewes council area, East Sussex.
Every postcode in Peacehaven, by flood risk
- 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: 416
Of the 416 postcodes in Peacehaven that ONS places, 416 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 50.7954, longitude 0.0054. 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 Peacehaven?
Homes sold for a typical £340,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.7% on the 12 months before. At 339 of the 405 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 416 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Newhaven Town, 3.5 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 Peacehaven?
Homes in Peacehaven sold for a typical £340,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 217 sales, down 1.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £346,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £340,000
▼ down 1.7% on the 12 months before
Across the whole BN10 district, Peacehaven's main postcode district: a typical £345,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Peacehaven: 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 Peacehaven?
24 of the 416 postcodes now in use in Peacehaven came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 7 of the 276 homes sold in Peacehaven were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BN10 district, 3%.
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 Peacehaven | Across the BN10 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 217 (0%) | 0 of 274 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 7 of 276 (3%) | 11 of 350 (3%) |
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 Peacehaven?
Ofcom reports on 405 of the 416 postcodes in Peacehaven. At 339 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 Peacehaven at risk of flooding?
None of the 416 postcodes in Peacehaven 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 Peacehaven?
The open schools at the postcodes in Peacehaven. 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
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 Peacehaven?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Peacehaven is Newhaven Town Rail Station, 3.5 km away in a straight line.
- Newhaven Town Rail Station Railway station 3.5 kmCycle
- Newhaven Harbour Rail Station Railway station 3.5 kmCycle
- Southease - Piddinghoe Road Railway station 3.9 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 Peacehaven?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Peacehaven. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Havenshealth450 m
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Peacehaven safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,381 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Peacehaven 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
- 132 September 2025
- 98 October 2025
- 114 November 2025
- 90 December 2025
- 100 January 2026
- 99 February 2026
- 116 March 2026
- 91 April 2026
- 122 May 2026
- 139 June 2026
- 141 July 2026
- 139 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 35, vehicle crime 30, 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 Peacehaven?
- District, borough or city council
- Lewes
- County council
- East Sussex
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven (415) 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 Peacehaven
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 Peacehaven
- 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
Peacehaven postcodes
416 postcodes in use in Peacehaven, by district:
Those districts are all in the BN postcode area.
Check a Peacehaven postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
Do not know the postcode? What is my postcode?
Places near Peacehaven
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Peacehaven's £340,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Peacehaven
- What is it like to live in Peacehaven?
- Homes sold for a typical £340,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.7% on the 12 months before. At 339 of the 405 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 416 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Newhaven Town, 3.5 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 Peacehaven?
- Peacehaven is covered by postcode districts BN9 and BN10, across 416 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Peacehaven in?
- Peacehaven is in the Lewes council area, and East Sussex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Peacehaven?
- Homes in Peacehaven sold for a typical £340,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 217 sales, down 1.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Peacehaven?
- In Peacehaven, primary schools at its postcodes include Peacehaven Heights Academy and Meridian Community Primary School and Nursery; secondary schools at its postcodes include Peacehaven Community School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Peacehaven have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Peacehaven is Newhaven Town, 3.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Peacehaven?
- Ofcom reports on 405 of the 416 postcodes in Peacehaven. At 339 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 Peacehaven at risk of flooding?
- None of the 416 postcodes in Peacehaven 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 Peacehaven?
- 24 of the 416 postcodes now in use in Peacehaven came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 7 of the 276 homes sold in Peacehaven were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BN10 district, 3%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
Something wrong on this page? Report an error and we will check it against the source.