Eastbourne
BN20 house prices in Eastbourne
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Eastbourne, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£350,000
Range £182,250–£680,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in BN20: the typical (median) sold price is £350,000, above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). BN20 is an active market, with about 24 recorded sales a month. By property type, 35% were flats (typically £259,950) and 32% were detached homes (typically £617,500).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,654 a year: Eastbourne's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Eastbourne, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on BN20: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
250 sales since October 2025 make BN20 a steady market, so there is a fair body of evidence, but not enough of it for a trustworthy twelve-month trend.
For sellers, the spread in BN20 is wide, with most sales between £182,250 and £680,500, so the closest sold homes of your type say much more than the middle; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Sell houseWhen buying here, BN20 sits above the UK average for typical prices, so a price above the norm for the area should be earned by the home itself, not assumed.
Before you offer in BN20, check planning history nearby (507 applications on record within 500 m), whether it is freehold or leasehold and long-term flood risk, and ask your conveyancer about the title.
For what the averages cannot tell you, the free BN20 OfferCheck brings flood, crime, planning and council tax together.
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At a glance
BN20 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£350,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
24.2
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,654
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in BN20
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in BN20 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £617,500, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £259,950.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 78 | £617,500 | £300,000–£850,000 |
| Semi-detached | 46 | £365,000 | £277,500–£479,500 |
| Terraced | 37 | £343,000 | £263,000–£470,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 85 | £259,950 | £142,700–£401,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in BN20
The quarterly typical price was flat, from £341,750 in Q4 2025 (74 sales) to £342,500 in Q3 2026 (38 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £341,750 | 74 |
| Q1 2026 | £437,500 | 72 |
| Q2 2026 | £325,000 | 66 |
| Q3 2026 | £342,500 | 38 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of BN20 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most BN20 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £182,250 and £680,500, around a typical £350,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in BN20
Flat / maisonette homes were 35% of recorded sales (85 of 246). 66% of sales were freehold and 34% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached32%
- Semi-detached19%
- Terraced15%
- Flat / maisonette35%
Tenure
- Freehold66%
- Leasehold34%
See the figures
164 freehold (66%) and 86 leasehold (34%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in BN20. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
11, BUXTON ROAD, EASTBOURNE
£380,000 (2025)£375,000 (2026)-1.3% over 0.8 yrs (-1.7%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where BN20 sits in Eastbourne
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in BN20
1, THE MOORINGS, EASTBOURNE
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 21 Aug 2026
£290,000
4, MICHEL CLOSE, EASTBOURNE
Detached · Freehold · 19 Aug 2026
£620,000
23, DEN HILL, EASTBOURNE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 18 Aug 2026
£360,000
19, PORTSDOWN WAY, EASTBOURNE
Semi-detached · Freehold · 13 Aug 2026
£400,000
ALL SAINTS, 22, DARLEY ROAD, EASTBOURNE
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 11 Aug 2026
£415,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). BN20 includes the Lower Willingdon ward.
In plain English
What the Eastbourne (BN20) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £617,500 against £259,950 for flats: about 2.4 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £182,250 and £680,500, so the median says little about any one home.
- 34% of these sales were leasehold: a genuine mix of houses and flats, so check the tenure of the home you are looking at.
- This is an active district: about 24 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 10 October 2025 and 21 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on BN20
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in BN20
£2,654
Band D a year in Eastbourne, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,770 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,064 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,359 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,654 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,244 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,834 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,424 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,309 |
These are Eastbourne's charges for 2026-27, the authority BN20 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Eastbourne · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near BN20
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Pashley Down Infant School.
All schools
Pashley Down Infant School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · BN20 8NX
256 m
Good · 2014
The South Downs School
Academies · BN20 8NU
267 m
Outstanding · 2014
Motcombe Infants' School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · BN21 1SN
694 m
Good · 2012
The Cavendish School
All-through · Academies · BN21 1UE
843 m
Good · 2018
Ocklynge Junior School
Primary · Academies · BN20 8XN
1.3 km
Requires improvement · 2022
Gildredge House
All-through · Free Schools · BN20 8AB
1.4 km
Good · 2018
Ratton School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · BN21 2XR
1.8 km
Good · 2013
St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · BN22 8XT
1.9 km
Not graded
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the BN20 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 7 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near BN20
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around BN20
507
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 20 September 2026.
Recent applications
Eastbourne/260457Permitted
85 m
Erection of rear/side conservatory
Received 2026-08-25 · decided 2026-09-01
Eastbourne/260420Permitted
377 m
Erection of hip to gable roof extension, rear dormer and installation of 2no. rooflights to front elevation
Received 2026-08-09 · decided 2026-08-11
Eastbourne/260313Withdrawn
228 m
Replacement of 33no. existing timber and aluminium framed single and double-glazed windows with triple-glazed white uPVC windows
Received 2026-06-04 · decided 2026-06-11
Eastbourne/260153Conditions
439 m
Appeal against Planning Enforcement Notice (SR:134075) Without planning permission, the material change use of the Land from a Doctors Surgery (Class E) to a small House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Use Class C4)at 122 Green Street
Received 2026-05-05 · decided 2026-05-05
Eastbourne/260221Permitted
408 m
Lawful Development Certificate for proposed loft conversion, installation of 1no. rooflight to front elevation and 1no. rooflight to rear elevation
Received 2026-04-17 · decided 2026-04-22
Eastbourne/260199Permitted
416 m
Installation of internally illuminated double sided totem bus stop advertisement
Received 2026-04-16 · decided 2026-04-20
Applications are matched within 500 m of the BN20 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for BN20 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 507 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 20 September 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for BN20
Decile 9 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled BN20 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 3 to decile 9, with a median of decile 9 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
BN20 7NL, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 9 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so BN20 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in BN20: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in BN20, band by band
Eastbourne's council tax for 2026-27 set against the BN20 median sold price of £350,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearEastbourne | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £350,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,770 | £148 | 0.51% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,064 | £172 | 0.59% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,359 | £197 | 0.67% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,654 | £221 | 0.76% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,244 | £270 | 0.93% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,834 | £320 | 1.10% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,424 | £369 | 1.26% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,309 | £442 | 1.52% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the BN20 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Eastbourne, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in BN20 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 229 distinct addresses in the records we hold for BN20. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
1, THE MOORINGS, EASTBOURNE
BN20 7NL · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£290,000
2026-08-21
4, MICHEL CLOSE, EASTBOURNE
BN20 0JS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£620,000
2026-08-19
23, DEN HILL, EASTBOURNE
BN20 8SZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£360,000
2026-08-18
19, PORTSDOWN WAY, EASTBOURNE
BN20 9LH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-08-13
ALL SAINTS, 22, DARLEY ROAD, EASTBOURNE
BN20 7GE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£415,000
2026-08-11
23, BRIGHTLAND ROAD, EASTBOURNE
BN20 8BG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-08-07
COLONEL STEVENS COURT, 10A, GRANVILLE ROAD, EASTBOURNE
BN20 7HD · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 5 recorded sales
£155,000
2026-08-07
11, BUXTON ROAD, EASTBOURNE
BN20 7LL · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£375,000
2026-08-07
21, BASLOW ROAD, EASTBOURNE
BN20 7UL · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£315,000
2026-08-07
HIGH VIEW COURT, SILVERDALE ROAD, EASTBOURNE
BN20 7AQ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£233,000
2026-08-07
34, GORRINGE VALLEY ROAD, EASTBOURNE
BN20 9SS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£325,000
2026-08-06
2, CHATSWORTH GARDENS, EASTBOURNE
BN20 7JP · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£427,500
2026-08-05
308, WILLINGDON ROAD, EASTBOURNE
BN20 9JT · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£562,500
2026-08-04
3, LONGLAND ROAD, EASTBOURNE
BN20 8HR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-08-03
2, ASCHAM PLACE, EASTBOURNE
BN20 7QQ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£415,000
2026-08-03
30, VICTORIA DRIVE, EASTBOURNE
BN20 8JX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£420,000
2026-07-31
9, SUMMERDOWN ROAD, EASTBOURNE
BN20 8DS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£313,000
2026-07-31
FILCHING COURT, 21, FILCHING ROAD, EASTBOURNE
BN20 8SQ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£160,000
2026-07-30
77, WANNOCK LANE, EASTBOURNE
BN20 9SG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2026-07-29
1, THURROCK CLOSE, EASTBOURNE
BN20 9NF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-07-28
GRAND MANSIONS 1-3, SILVERDALE ROAD, EASTBOURNE
BN20 7AD · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£325,000
2026-07-24
52, SANCROFT ROAD, EASTBOURNE
BN20 8HB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-07-24
6, ROCKHURST DRIVE, EASTBOURNE
BN20 8UN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£315,000
2026-07-24
38, LONGLAND ROAD, EASTBOURNE
BN20 8HS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£410,000
2026-07-17
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near BN20
The closest districts to BN20 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in BN21 (Eastbourne) 1.1 miles
- House prices in BN22 (Eastbourne) 1.7 miles
- House prices in BN23 (Eastbourne) 3.1 miles
- House prices in BN26 (Polegate) 3.4 miles
- House prices in BN24 (Pevensey) 4.3 miles
- House prices in BN25 (Seaford) 6.3 miles
- House prices in BN27 (Hailsham) 6.7 miles
- House prices in BN9 (Newhaven) 8.9 miles
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Data sources
Every BN20 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.