BN42 4LP postcode in Southwick, West Sussex

BN42 4LP is a postcode in Southwick, in the Hillside ward of Adur. It is in the East Worthing and Shoreham parliamentary constituency and the Sussex police force area, and has been in use since July 1990.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 94% of homes and businesses at BN42 4LP can get it Across Adur: 95% Typical price £450,000 Homes sold in BN42 4, last 12 months. ▲ 5.9% on the year before Nearest station Fishersgate 700 m in a straight line

Where BN42 4LP is, and what is near it

Map of BN42 4LP and what is near it Map of BN42 4LP: its centre point, with the 218 other postcodes in the BN42 4 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 5 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. BN42 4AA: also in BN42 4BN42 4AB: also in BN42 4BN42 4AD: also in BN42 4BN42 4AJ: also in BN42 4BN42 4BF: also in BN42 4BN42 4BS: also in BN42 4BN42 4BT: also in BN42 4BN42 4BU: also in BN42 4BN42 4BZ: also in BN42 4BN42 4DB: also in BN42 4BN42 4DD: also in BN42 4BN42 4DY: also in BN42 4BN42 4FB: also in BN42 4BN42 4FJ: also in BN42 4BN42 4FL: also in BN42 4BN42 4FN: also in BN42 4BN42 4FP: also in BN42 4BN42 4FR: also in BN42 4BN42 4FS: also in BN42 4BN42 4FT: also in BN42 4BN42 4GF: also in BN42 4BN42 4GG: also in BN42 4BN42 4GJ: also in BN42 4BN42 4GR: also in BN42 4BN42 4GS: also in BN42 4BN42 4HE: also in BN42 4BN42 4HU: also in BN42 4BN42 4JD: also in BN42 4BN42 4LA: also in BN42 4BN42 4LB: also in BN42 4BN42 4LD: also in BN42 4BN42 4LE: also in BN42 4BN42 4LF: also in BN42 4BN42 4LG: also in BN42 4BN42 4LH: also in BN42 4BN42 4LJ: also in BN42 4BN42 4LL: also in BN42 4BN42 4LN: also in BN42 4BN42 4LQ: also in BN42 4BN42 4LR: also in BN42 4BN42 4LS: also in BN42 4BN42 4LT: also in BN42 4BN42 4NA: also in BN42 4BN42 4NB: also in BN42 4BN42 4ND: also in BN42 4BN42 4NE: also in BN42 4BN42 4NF: also in BN42 4BN42 4NG: also in BN42 4BN42 4NH: also in BN42 4BN42 4NJ: also in BN42 4BN42 4NL: also in BN42 4BN42 4NN: also in BN42 4BN42 4NP: also in BN42 4BN42 4NQ: also in BN42 4BN42 4NR: also in BN42 4BN42 4NS: also in BN42 4BN42 4NT: also in BN42 4BN42 4NU: also in BN42 4BN42 4NW: also in BN42 4BN42 4NX: also in BN42 4BN42 4NY: also in BN42 4BN42 4PQ: also in BN42 4BN42 4PR: also in BN42 4BN42 4PS: also in BN42 4BN42 4PT: also in BN42 4BN42 4PU: also in BN42 4BN42 4QB: also in BN42 4BN42 4QD: also in BN42 4BN42 4QE: also in BN42 4BN42 4QF: also in BN42 4BN42 4QG: also in BN42 4BN42 4QH: also in BN42 4BN42 4QJ: also in BN42 4BN42 4QL: also in BN42 4BN42 4QN: also in BN42 4BN42 4QP: also in BN42 4BN42 4QQ: also in BN42 4BN42 4QR: also in BN42 4BN42 4QS: also in BN42 4BN42 4QT: also in BN42 4BN42 4QU: also in BN42 4BN42 4QW: also in BN42 4BN42 4RB: also in BN42 4BN42 4RR: also in BN42 4BN42 4RS: also in BN42 4BN42 4RT: also in BN42 4BN42 4RU: also in BN42 4BN42 4RW: also in BN42 4BN42 4RX: also in BN42 4BN42 4RY: also in BN42 4BN42 4TA: also in BN42 4BN42 4TB: also in BN42 4BN42 4TE: also in BN42 4BN42 4TF: also in BN42 4BN42 4TG: also in BN42 4BN42 4TH: also in BN42 4BN42 4TJ: also in BN42 4BN42 4TL: also in BN42 4BN42 4TN: also in BN42 4BN42 4TP: also in BN42 4BN42 4TQ: also in BN42 4BN42 4TR: also in BN42 4BN42 4TS: also in BN42 4BN42 4TT: also in BN42 4BN42 4TU: also in BN42 4BN42 4TW: also in BN42 4BN42 4TX: also in BN42 4BN42 4TY: also in BN42 4BN42 4TZ: also in BN42 4BN42 4WA: also in BN42 4BN42 4WB: also in BN42 4BN42 4WD: also in BN42 4BN42 4WE: also in BN42 4BN42 4WG: also in BN42 4BN42 4WH: also in BN42 4BN42 4WJ: also in BN42 4BN42 4WL: also in BN42 4BN42 4WN: also in BN42 4BN42 4WP: also in BN42 4BN42 4WQ: also in BN42 4BN42 4YD: also in BN42 4BN42 4YE: also in BN42 4BN42 4YF: also in BN42 4BN42 4YG: also in BN42 4 Southwick station 1.1 km2 places, 1.3 kmHove Medical Centre 2.2 kmSouthwick BN42 4LP Map of BN42 4LP and what is near it Map of BN42 4LP: its centre point, with the 218 other postcodes in the BN42 4 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 5 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. 2 places, 1.3 kmHove Medical Centre 2.2 kmSouthwick BN42 4LP
  • BN42 4LP
  • Other postcodes in BN42 4: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 5 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 50.8394, longitude -0.2249)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after BN42 4LP?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at BN42 4LP?

Every home and business at BN42 4LP can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, and 94% can get gigabit, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

BN42 4LP 94% Adur 95%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

BN42 4LP 100% Adur 99%
Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at BN42 4LP?

BinDayBuddy has not read Adur District Council's days for BN42 4LP today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for BN42 4LP on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is BN42 4LP at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include BN42 4LP.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Adur

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for BN42 4LP: 635 properties in Adur are at high risk (1.9% of all its properties). All the figures for Adur

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of BN42 4LP is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near BN42 4LP?

Homes in BN42 4 sold for a typical £450,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 107 sales, up 5.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£450,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£425,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 5.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £480,500 22 sales
  • Semi-detached £475,000 53 sales
  • Terraced £425,000 23 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £270,000 9 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole BN42 district: a typical £450,000 from 107 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in BN42 4LP

HM Land Registry records one standard sale of homes in BN42 4LP from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 18 June 2025. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

Food hygiene ratings at BN42 4LP

The Food Standards Agency lists one food business at BN42 4LP. Each opens the agency's own page for it, with what the council's inspector found.

Ratings run from 5, very good, to 0, urgent improvement necessary. A rating comes from the business's last inspection, and can change at the next.

Food hygiene ratings, from the Food Standards Agency

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings as published on 24 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near BN42 4LP?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 510 homes in the neighbourhood around BN42 4LP. Over half of them (61%) are in council tax band C. More were built from 1945 to 1964 than in any other period (48%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around BN42 4LP

Band D in Adur for 2026‑27: £2,548. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,699 (band A) to £3,115 (band E); band C, the most common, is £2,265.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 60 (12%)£1,699
Band Babout 50 (10%)£1,982
Band Cabout 310 (61%)£2,265
Band Dabout 80 (16%)£2,548
Band Eabout 10 (2%)£3,115
Band Ffewer than 5£3,681
Band Gfewer than 5£4,247
Band Hwithheld£5,097

When the homes were built

  1. Withheld Before 1900
  2. None 1900 to 1918
  3. 28% 1919 to 1939
  4. 48% 1945 to 1964
  5. 22% 1965 to 1982
  6. None 1983 to 1999
  7. 2% 2000 to 2009
  8. None 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

1900 to 1918, 1983 to 1999, 2010 to 2019, 2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Adur before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of BN42 4LP is in (ONS area E01031350), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near BN42 4LP?

The nearest open schools to BN42 4LP, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near BN42 4LP, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to BN42 4LP?

The nearest railway station to the centre of BN42 4LP is Fishersgate Rail Station, 700 metres away in a straight line.

  • Fishersgate Rail Station Railway station 700 mWalk
  • Southwick Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

5 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Applesham Way, 110 m away.

More stations near BN42 4LP, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near BN42 4LP?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of BN42 4LP, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near BN42 4LP?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of BN42 4LP on the map as of 20 October 2026. It does not have every charger: Open Charge Map's own map, linked below, may show more.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near BN42 4LP?

The nearest to the centre of BN42 4LP, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to BN42 4LP?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near BN42 4LP?

The nearest care homes to the centre of BN42 4LP, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near BN42 4LP?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of BN42 4LP, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near BN42 4LP?

The nearest vets to the centre of BN42 4LP on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is BN42 4LP in a conservation area?

The centre of BN42 4LP is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near BN42 4LP?

Police.uk records 309 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of BN42 4LP in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences106 reports
Anti-social behaviour86 reports
Public order27 reports
Criminal damage and arson22 reports
Shoplifting16 reports
Vehicle crime14 reports

Also: burglary 13, other theft 8, drugs 6, possession of weapons 5, bicycle theft 3, other crime 2, robbery 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for BN42 4LP

Ward
Hillside
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
South East
Country
England
Built-up area
Southwick
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
July 1990

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

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All of BN42

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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