Polegate
Polegate is covered by postcode district BN26. It is in the Wealden council area, East Sussex.
Every postcode in Polegate, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 12
- In use before 2020: 302
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 314 postcodes in Polegate that ONS places, 12 are new since 2020 and 302 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 50.8216, longitude 0.2488. 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
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BN26 6GW, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Polegate?
Homes sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.6% on the 12 months before. At 276 of the 308 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 34 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 26 of its 314 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Polegate, 250 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 Polegate?
Homes in Polegate sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 135 sales, down 3.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £432,500 23 sales
- Semi-detached £317,500 63 sales
- Terraced £280,000 21 sales
- Flat or maisonette £158,286 28 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BN26 district, Polegate's main postcode district: a typical £317,750.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Polegate: 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 Polegate?
12 of the 314 postcodes now in use in Polegate came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 164 homes sold in Polegate were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BN26 district, Under 1%.
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 Polegate | Across the BN26 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 135 (0%) | 0 of 174 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 2 of 164 (1%) | 2 of 216 (Under 1%) |
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 Polegate?
Ofcom reports on 308 of the 314 postcodes in Polegate. At 276 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 Polegate at risk of flooding?
26 of the 314 postcodes in Polegate 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 34 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 Polegate?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Polegate. 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.
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 Polegate?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Polegate is Polegate Rail Station, 250 m away in a straight line.
- Polegate Rail Station Railway station 250 mWalk
- Hampden Park (Sussex) Rail Station Railway station 3.5 kmCycle
- Pevensey & Westham Rail Station Railway station 5.4 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 Polegate?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Polegate. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Downlands Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01323 482323 350 mWalk
- Manor Park Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01323 484848 500 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Polegate safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 726 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Polegate 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
- 56 September 2025
- 55 October 2025
- 46 November 2025
- 42 December 2025
- 51 January 2026
- 65 February 2026
- 54 March 2026
- 74 April 2026
- 75 May 2026
- 71 June 2026
- 67 July 2026
- 70 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: vehicle crime 16, drugs 14, robbery 7, theft from the person 3, possession of weapons 3, bicycle theft 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 Polegate?
- District, borough or city council
- Wealden
- County council
- East Sussex
- Parliamentary constituency
- Lewes
- Police force area
- Sussex
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- MP
- James MacCleary (Liberal Democrat)
All 314 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 Polegate
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 Polegate
- 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
Polegate postcodes
314 postcodes in use in Polegate, by district:
That district is in the BN postcode area.
Check a Polegate postcode
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 Polegate
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Polegate's £295,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Polegate
- What is it like to live in Polegate?
- Homes sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.6% on the 12 months before. At 276 of the 308 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 34 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 26 of its 314 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Polegate, 250 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 Polegate?
- Polegate is covered by postcode district BN26, across 314 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Polegate in?
- Polegate is in the Wealden council area, and East Sussex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Polegate?
- Polegate 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 Polegate?
- Homes in Polegate sold for a typical £295,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 135 sales, down 3.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Polegate?
- In Polegate, primary schools at its postcodes include Polegate Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Willingdon Community School, 1.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Polegate have a railway station?
- Yes: Polegate is 250 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Polegate, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Polegate?
- Ofcom reports on 308 of the 314 postcodes in Polegate. At 276 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Polegate at risk of flooding?
- 26 of the 314 postcodes in Polegate 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 34 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 Polegate?
- 12 of the 314 postcodes now in use in Polegate came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 164 homes sold in Polegate were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BN26 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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