Lewes
BN8 house prices in Lewes
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Lewes, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£472,500
Range £249,500–£928,650 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 1 Jul 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in BN8: the typical (median) sold price is £472,500, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). BN8 is an active market, with about 19 recorded sales a month. By property type, 40% were detached homes (typically £722,500) and 32% were semi-detached homes (typically £440,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,756 a year: Lewes's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Lewes, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on BN8: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
BN8 sees about 19 sales a month, which suits pricing from the latest sold homes better than from any single average or trend.
For sellers, the spread in BN8 is wide, with most sales between £249,500 and £928,650, so the closest sold homes of your type say much more than the middle; roughly 19 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.
Sell houseWhen buying here, BN8 sits well 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 BN8, check planning history nearby (21 applications on record within 500 m), long-term flood risk and council tax (Band D is £2,756 a year), and ask your conveyancer about the title.
With averages this broad, the free BN8 OfferCheck adds flood, crime, planning and council tax from the official sources.
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At a glance
BN8 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£472,500
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
18.6
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,756
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in BN8
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in BN8 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £722,500, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £220,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 90 | £722,500 | £440,000–£1,100,500 |
| Semi-detached | 71 | £440,000 | £303,500–£645,700 |
| Terraced | 49 | £357,500 | £277,000–£542,600 |
| Flat / maisonette | 13 | £220,000 | £132,800–£260,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 1 Jul 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in BN8
The quarterly typical price fell 13.3%, from £566,000 in Q3 2025 (66 sales) to £491,000 in Q3 2026 (18 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | £566,000 | 66 |
| Q4 2025 | £500,000 | 72 |
| Q1 2026 | £420,000 | 51 |
| Q2 2026 | £435,000 | 43 |
| Q3 2026 | £491,000 | 18 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 1 Jul 2025 and 14 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of BN8 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most BN8 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £249,500 and £928,650, around a typical £472,500.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 1 Jul 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in BN8
Detached homes were 40% of recorded sales (90 of 223). 94% of sales were freehold and 6% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached40%
- Semi-detached32%
- Terraced22%
- Flat / maisonette6%
Tenure
- Freehold94%
- Leasehold6%
See the figures
235 freehold (94%) and 15 leasehold (6%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in BN8, including 18 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 1 Jul 2025 and 14 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.
BYELAW COTTAGES, SPITHURST ROAD, LEWES
£570,000 (2026)£721,000 (2026)+26.5% over 0.6 yrs (+49.1%/yr)
1, GLADSTONE BUILDINGS, LEWES
£245,000 (2025)£260,000 (2026)+6.1% over 0.5 yrs (+12.4%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where BN8 sits in Lewes
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in BN8
THE OLD MILL, BARCOMBE MILLS, LEWES
Other · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£20,000
BYELAW COTTAGES, SPITHURST ROAD, LEWES
Terraced · Freehold · 10 Aug 2026
£721,000
36, CRAIG MEADOWS, LEWES
Semi-detached · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£385,000
YEW TREE HOUSE, 85B, WESTERN ROAD, LEWES
Semi-detached · Freehold · 31 Jul 2026
£515,000
13, RECTORY CLOSE, LEWES
Terraced · Freehold · 31 Jul 2026
£360,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). BN8 includes the Arlington ward.
In plain English
What the Lewes (BN8) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £722,500 against £220,000 for flats: about 3.3 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £249,500 and £928,650, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (94%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 19 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 1 July 2025 and 14 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 BN8
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 BN8
£2,756
Band D a year in Lewes, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,837 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,144 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,450 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,756 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,369 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,981 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,594 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,512 |
These are Lewes's charges for 2026-27, the authority BN8 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 Lewes · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near BN8
3
open schools within 3 km, nearest Barcombe Church of England Primary School.
All schools
Barcombe Church of England Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · BN8 5DN
2.5 km
Outstanding · 2015
King's Academy Ringmer
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · BN8 5RB
2.6 km
Good · 2019
Ringmer Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academies · BN8 5LL
2.8 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 BN8 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 3 open schools within 3 km, 2 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near BN8
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 BN8
21
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 22 October 2026.
Recent applications
Lewes/LW/24/0672Permitted
351 m
Disconnect and remove existing 25kVA pole mounted transformer known as Upper Clayhill pmt474058 and replace with a 200kVA pole mounted transformer, install a new stub pole next to pole 533153, upgrade the LV overhead line between poles 533153 and 544317
Received 2024-10-08 · decided 2024-11-25
Lewes/LW/23/0705Permitted
308 m
To upgrade 1 span of HV overhead line between poles 533153 to 533138, to disconnect and remove existing 25kVA pole mounted transformer known as Upper Clayhill pmt 474058 and replace with a 100kVA pole mounted transformer, to upgrade the LV overhead line between poles 533153 and 544317, to install a new service underground cable, and to remove three spans of LV overhead line between poles 561856 and 544318
Received 2023-11-10 · decided 2023-12-22
Lewes/LW/21/0205Permitted
409 m
existing canopy to be removed at the rear and proposed orangery constructed
Received 2021-03-19 · decided 2021-06-15
Lewes/LW/20/0840Permitted
449 m
Variation of Condition 2 of planning permission ref. LW/14/0771 (for the installation and operation of a solar farm and associated infrastructure, including PV panels, mounting frames, inverter, transformer, pole mounted CCTV cameras, bridge and security fence), to extend the time of the operational life of the solar farm.
Received 2020-12-08 · decided 2021-02-17
Lewes/LW/18/0936Permitted
303 m
Section 73A Retrospective application for existing use of office unit to be business use (Use Class B1) and partial change of use to restaurant/cafe (Use Class A3) to be used ancilliary to adjacent Assembly and Leisure / storage facility (Unit 1)
Received 2018-11-23 · decided 2019-01-17
Lewes/LW/17/0996Permitted
301 m
Change of use of part existing industrial unit from storage and distribution (Use Class B8) to assembly and recreation (Use Class D2)
Received 2017-11-27 · decided 2018-01-22
Applications are matched within 500 m of the BN8 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 BN8 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 21 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 22 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for BN8
Decile 7 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 BN8 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 5 to decile 10, with a median of decile 7 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
BN8 5FS, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 7 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 BN8 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in BN8: 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 BN8, band by band
Lewes's council tax for 2026-27 set against the BN8 median sold price of £472,500 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearLewes | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £472,500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,837 | £153 | 0.39% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,144 | £179 | 0.45% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,450 | £204 | 0.52% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,756 | £230 | 0.58% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,369 | £281 | 0.71% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,981 | £332 | 0.84% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,594 | £383 | 0.97% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,512 | £459 | 1.17% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the BN8 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, Lewes, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in BN8 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 246 distinct addresses in the records we hold for BN8. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
THE OLD MILL, BARCOMBE MILLS, LEWES
BN8 5BS · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£20,000
2026-08-14
BYELAW COTTAGES, SPITHURST ROAD, LEWES
BN8 5EF · Terraced · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£721,000
2026-08-10
36, CRAIG MEADOWS, LEWES
BN8 5FB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£385,000
2026-08-07
YEW TREE HOUSE, 85B, WESTERN ROAD, LEWES
BN8 4NX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£515,000
2026-07-31
13, RECTORY CLOSE, LEWES
BN8 6EG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£360,000
2026-07-31
42, WEST POINT, LEWES
BN8 4NU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£540,000
2026-07-31
THE CHIMNEYS, EAST GRINSTEAD ROAD, LEWES
BN8 4DH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,075,000
2026-07-30
18, BUTTSFIELD LANE, LEWES
BN8 6EF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£420,000
2026-07-29
5, HIGH STREET, LEWES
BN8 6DR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£480,000
2026-07-29
6, KINGS ROAD, LEWES
BN8 5FS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£502,000
2026-07-28
RED HOUSE, WARRS HILL ROAD, LEWES
BN8 4JE · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-07-17
92A, ALLINGTON ROAD, LEWES
BN8 4ND · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£570,000
2026-07-17
ST. MARYS OLD CHURCH, HAYWARDS HEATH ROAD, LEWES
BN8 4ET · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£950,000
2026-07-13
PEPPINGS, VICARAGE WAY, LEWES
BN8 5LA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£670,000
2026-07-07
3, POTTERS FIELD, LEWES
BN8 5LQ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£580,000
2026-07-03
HARTFIELD FARM, LEWES ROAD, LEWES
BN8 6PL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£369,042
2026-07-03
27, CHATFIELD CLOSE, LEWES
BN8 4FF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£288,750
2026-07-03
4, MILL BROOKS, LEWES
BN8 4AW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£270,000
2026-07-01
15, MARKSTAKES CORNER, LEWES
BN8 4BP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£435,000
2026-06-29
3, GODDEN ROAD, LEWES
BN8 4NE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£425,000
2026-06-29
TOLLGATE COTTAGE, BRICKHURST LANE, LEWES
BN8 6DD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,580,000
2026-06-26
THE NUTSHELL, COLDHARBOUR LANE, LEWES
BN8 4HJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£765,000
2026-06-26
TINGLEY COTTAGES, THE STREET, LEWES
BN8 6BD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£450,000
2026-06-26
56A, SPRINGETT AVENUE, LEWES
BN8 5QU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£345,000
2026-06-26
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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The closest districts to BN8 by straight-line distance between district centres.
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- House prices in BN10 (Peacehaven) 8.7 miles
- House prices in RH16 (Haywards Heath) 8.8 miles
- House prices in BN6 (Hassocks) 9.1 miles
- House prices in BN2 (Brighton) 9.2 miles
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Data sources
Every BN8 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.