Lewes
BN9 house prices in Lewes
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Lewes, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£294,975
Range £194,500–£410,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 28 Mar 2025 and 7 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in BN9: the typical (median) sold price is £294,975, above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). BN9 is an active market, with about 15 recorded sales a month. By property type, 35% were terraced homes (typically £280,000) and 29% were semi-detached homes (typically £313,500).
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 BN9: steady sales, so price from the evidence
BN9 sees about 15 sales a month, a pace that gives buyers and sellers something to compare, without a year-on-year figure we would stand behind.
If you are thinking of selling, BN9 buyers have mostly paid between £194,500 and £410,000, so find the sold homes closest to yours and price against those; sales arrive at a steady pace, so there is no need to rush to a low price.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, on price, BN9 is above the UK average, so a price above the norm for the area should be earned by the home itself, not assumed.
Before an offer goes in on any BN9 home, look at what has been applied for nearby (648 applications on record within 500 m), whether the home is at risk of flooding and council tax (Band D is £2,756 a year), and leave the title to your conveyancer.
Prices are only part of the picture: the free BN9 OfferCheck adds flood, crime, planning, council tax and schools, and the Report says which deserve your attention.
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At a glance
BN9 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£294,975
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
15.3
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,756
A year
On the map
Where BN9 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 BN9
21, POWELL GARDENS, NEWHAVEN
Terraced · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£292,000
31, ST MARTINS CRESCENT, NEWHAVEN
Terraced · Freehold · 6 Aug 2026
£310,000
19, RECTORY CLOSE, NEWHAVEN
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 Aug 2026
£200,000
OUSE COTTAGE, NEWHAVEN
Detached · Freehold · 27 Jul 2026
£600,000
UNIT N, QUARRY ROAD, NEWHAVEN
Other · Freehold · 24 Jul 2026
£195,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). BN9 includes the Kingston ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in BN9
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in BN9 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £365,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £180,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 47 | £365,000 | £307,300–£489,400 |
| Semi-detached | 70 | £313,500 | £264,500–£401,000 |
| Terraced | 84 | £280,000 | £236,450–£347,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 39 | £180,000 | £136,300–£271,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 28 Mar 2025 and 7 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in BN9
The quarterly typical price fell 0.5%, from £290,000 in Q1 2025 (5 sales) to £288,500 in Q3 2026 (10 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | £290,000 | 5 |
| Q2 2025 | £290,000 | 43 |
| Q3 2025 | £296,500 | 58 |
| Q4 2025 | £287,000 | 55 |
| Q1 2026 | £307,250 | 42 |
| Q2 2026 | £300,000 | 37 |
| Q3 2026 | £288,500 | 10 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 28 Mar 2025 and 7 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of BN9 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most BN9 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £194,500 and £410,000, around a typical £294,975.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 28 Mar 2025 and 7 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in BN9
Terraced homes were 35% of recorded sales (84 of 240). 83% of sales were freehold and 17% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached20%
- Semi-detached29%
- Terraced35%
- Flat / maisonette16%
Tenure
- Freehold83%
- Leasehold17%
See the figures
208 freehold (83%) and 42 leasehold (17%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in BN9. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 28 Mar 2025 and 7 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.
BRIDGE COURT, BRIDGE STREET, NEWHAVEN
£155,000 (2025)£158,000 (2026)+1.9% over 0.5 yrs (+3.7%/yr)
1, MEECHING ROAD, NEWHAVEN
£173,000 (2025)£159,950 (2025)-7.5% over 0.7 yrs (-11.2%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
In plain English
What the Lewes (BN9) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £365,000 against £180,000 for flats: about 2.0 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- This is an active district: about 15 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 28 March 2025 and 7 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 BN9
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 BN9
£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 BN9 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 BN9
5
open schools within 3 km, nearest Harbour Primary and Nursery School.
All schools
Harbour Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · BN9 9LX
489 m
Good · 2016
Breakwater Academy
Primary · Academies · BN9 9UT
953 m
Good · 2019
Denton Community Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · BN9 0QJ
1.1 km
Good · 2015
High Cliff Academy
Primary · Academies · BN9 9FD
1.1 km
Outstanding · 2018
Seahaven Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · BN9 9TD
1.3 km
Good · 2021
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 BN9 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 5 open schools within 3 km, 5 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near BN9
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 BN9
648
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
Lewes/LW/26/0325Undecided
333 m
Installation of Modular Container Store, 2no. Air Conditioning compressors and the installation of 2no. free standing and 1no. wall mounted electric vehicle charge points for EVs within the enclosed courtyard
Received 2026-06-16
Lewes/LW/26/0268Permitted
271 m
Removal of condition 3 of planning permission LW/894/CM to enable the permanent retention of the Container Storage Area for storage and distribution uses Plots 6 & 7, North Quay Road, Newhaven, BN9 0AB - CONSULTATION REQUEST FROM ESCC FOR LEWES DISTRICT COUNCIL - COMMENTS NEED TO BE SUBMITTED TO ESCC DIRECTLY AS COMMENTS WILL NOT BE FORWARDED TO ESCC BY LEWES DISTRICT COUNCIL
Received 2026-05-15 · decided 2026-07-01
Lewes/LW/26/0206Permitted
411 m
Installation of internally illuminated double-sided digital panels as part of the bus stop advertisement
Received 2026-04-17 · decided 2026-07-13
Lewes/LW/26/0207Permitted
227 m
Installation of internally illuminated double-sided digital panels as part of the bus stop advertisement
Received 2026-04-17 · decided 2026-06-26
Lewes/LW/26/0197Permitted
276 m
Use of the existing ground floor (47c) and first floor (47a and 47b) as three self-contained residential flats continuously for a period in excess of 10 years
Received 2026-04-14 · decided 2026-06-15
Lewes/LW/26/0179Rejected
402 m
Conversion of existing Chapel into between 5-7 dwellings
Received 2026-03-31 · decided 2026-06-03
Applications are matched within 500 m of the BN9 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 BN9 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 648 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for BN9
Decile 3 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 BN9 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 3 to decile 7, with a median of decile 3 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
BN9 0PH, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 3 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 BN9 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in BN9: 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 BN9, band by band
Lewes's council tax for 2026-27 set against the BN9 median sold price of £294,975 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÷ £294,975 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,837 | £153 | 0.62% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,144 | £179 | 0.73% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,450 | £204 | 0.83% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,756 | £230 | 0.93% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,369 | £281 | 1.14% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,981 | £332 | 1.35% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,594 | £383 | 1.56% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,512 | £459 | 1.87% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the BN9 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 BN9 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 241 distinct addresses in the records we hold for BN9. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
21, POWELL GARDENS, NEWHAVEN
BN9 0PS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£292,000
2026-08-07
31, ST MARTINS CRESCENT, NEWHAVEN
BN9 0PH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£310,000
2026-08-06
19, RECTORY CLOSE, NEWHAVEN
BN9 9HL · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£200,000
2026-08-04
OUSE COTTAGE, NEWHAVEN
BN9 9AY · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£600,000
2026-07-27
UNIT N, QUARRY ROAD, NEWHAVEN
BN9 9DG · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£195,000
2026-07-24
20, NORMAN ROAD, NEWHAVEN
BN9 9LJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-07-22
89, BRIGHTON ROAD, NEWHAVEN
BN9 9NP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-07-22
5, TIDE MILLS VIEW, NEWHAVEN
BN9 0EP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£385,000
2026-07-20
190, GIBBON ROAD, NEWHAVEN
BN9 9ET · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£285,000
2026-07-16
66, GIBBON ROAD, NEWHAVEN
BN9 9EP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-07-06
96, VALLEY ROAD, NEWHAVEN
BN9 9XD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£275,000
2026-06-26
31, WEST QUAY, NEWHAVEN
BN9 9DQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£350,000
2026-06-26
6, WESTERN ROAD, NEWHAVEN
BN9 9JS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£390,000
2026-06-26
16, STATION ROAD, NEWHAVEN
BN9 0NH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£490,000
2026-06-19
12B, DENTON ROAD, NEWHAVEN
BN9 0PX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£367,500
2026-06-19
66, FORT ROAD, NEWHAVEN
BN9 9EJ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£402,000
2026-06-16
7, WILLOW WALK, NEWHAVEN
BN9 9SS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£315,000
2026-06-12
12, FORT GATE, NEWHAVEN
BN9 9DR · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£213,000
2026-06-12
5, COURTLANDS MEWS, NEWHAVEN
BN9 9LU · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£220,000
2026-06-12
2, FIRLE TERRACE, NEWHAVEN
BN9 0HQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£280,000
2026-06-11
72, WELLINGTON ROAD, NEWHAVEN
BN9 0RJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£360,000
2026-06-10
45, NORTHDOWN ROAD, NEWHAVEN
BN9 9JD · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£294,950
2026-06-09
VILLANDRY, FORT ROAD, NEWHAVEN
BN9 9GD · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£175,000
2026-06-09
6, MAPLE LEAF CLOSE, NEWHAVEN
BN9 9YA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£350,000
2026-05-29
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 BN9
The closest districts to BN9 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in BN10 (Peacehaven) 2.1 miles
- House prices in BN25 (Seaford) 2.9 miles
- House prices in BN7 (Lewes) 6.1 miles
- House prices in BN2 (Brighton) 6.9 miles
- House prices in BN26 (Polegate) 7.8 miles
- House prices in BN8 (Lewes) 8.4 miles
- House prices in BN1 (Brighton) 8.9 miles
- House prices in BN20 (Eastbourne) 8.9 miles
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Data sources
Every BN9 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.