Lewes
RH15 house prices in Lewes
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Lewes, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£409,250
Range £239,500–£605,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Dec 2025 and 25 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in RH15: the typical (median) sold price is £409,250, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). RH15 is an active market, with about 31 recorded sales a month. By property type, 35% were semi-detached homes (typically £420,000) and 26% were detached homes (typically £565,000).
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 RH15: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
250 sales since December 2025 make RH15 a steady market, which suits pricing from the latest sold homes better than from any single average or trend.
When selling here, £409,250 is the middle of a £239,500 to £605,000 range, so narrow down to sold homes that match yours before you pick a price; roughly 31 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.
Sell houseFor buyers, typical prices in RH15 sit well above the UK average, so a premium over the average needs a reason you can see in the sold homes of the same type.
Do your own homework first: planning history nearby (1,317 applications on record within 500 m), whether the home is at risk of flooding and council tax (Band D is £2,756 a year), then hand the title to your conveyancer.
Next step: the free RH15 OfferCheck, which sets flood, crime, planning, council tax and schools next to these prices, with every source named.
Get OfferCheckOur opinion, drawn from the figures on this page: not advice and not a forecast. We earn from OfferCheck reports and from introducing sellers to cash buyers, so weigh it with that in mind (see our disclosure). We are not authorised or regulated by the FCA.
At a glance
RH15 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£409,250
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
31.1
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,756
A year
On the map
Where RH15 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 RH15
48, PINEHURST, BURGESS HILL
Detached · Freehold · 25 Aug 2026
£650,000
53, ORCHARD ROAD, BURGESS HILL
Detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£420,000
33, CHURCH CLOSE, BURGESS HILL
Terraced · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£332,500
25, GROVE ROAD, BURGESS HILL
Semi-detached · Freehold · 19 Aug 2026
£415,000
118, ICARUS AVENUE, BURGESS HILL
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 17 Aug 2026
£260,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). RH15 includes the Burgess Hill Dunstall ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in RH15
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in RH15 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £565,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £225,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 65 | £565,000 | £402,000–£846,800 |
| Semi-detached | 87 | £420,000 | £342,000–£516,000 |
| Terraced | 59 | £335,000 | £269,500–£447,200 |
| Flat / maisonette | 39 | £225,000 | £148,900–£445,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Dec 2025 and 25 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in RH15
The quarterly typical price fell 25.0%, from £560,000 in Q4 2025 (1 sale) to £420,000 in Q3 2026 (41 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £560,000 | 1 |
| Q1 2026 | £402,500 | 100 |
| Q2 2026 | £395,000 | 108 |
| Q3 2026 | £420,000 | 41 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Dec 2025 and 25 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of RH15 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most RH15 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £239,500 and £605,000, around a typical £409,250.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Dec 2025 and 25 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in RH15
Semi-detached homes were 35% of recorded sales (87 of 250). 85% of sales were freehold and 15% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached26%
- Semi-detached35%
- Terraced24%
- Flat / maisonette16%
Tenure
- Freehold85%
- Leasehold15%
See the figures
212 freehold (85%) and 38 leasehold (15%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in RH15. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 23 Dec 2025 and 25 Aug 2026.
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 (RH15) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £565,000 against £225,000 for flats: about 2.5 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- This is an active district: about 31 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 23 December 2025 and 25 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 RH15
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 RH15
£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 RH15 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 RH15
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Hambrook School.
All schools
Hambrook School
Special schools · RH15 8HY
476 m
Not graded
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academies · RH15 9RJ
566 m
Not graded
Sheddingdean Community Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · RH15 8JT
599 m
Requires improvement · 2024
The Burgess Hill Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · RH15 9EA
691 m
Good · 2019
Woodlands Meed
Special schools · RH15 9EY
710 m
Good · 2014
Burgess Hill Girls
Independent schools · RH15 0EG
835 m
Not graded
London Meed Community Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · RH15 9YQ
956 m
Good · 2023
Oak Tree Primary School
Primary · Academies · RH15 0PZ
1.1 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 RH15 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 4 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near RH15
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 RH15
1,317
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
MidSussex/DM/26/1732Undecided
160 m
Proposed change of use of first floor commercial units (Use Class E) to 2no. self-contained flats (Use Class C3).
Received 2026-07-15
MidSussex/DM/26/1564Undecided
330 m
Variation of Condition 2 of planning permission 11/00860/FUL to allow operation of a Pilates studio between 07:00 and 20:30 Monday to Saturday and 08:00 to 15:00 on Sundays and Bank Holidays.
Received 2026-06-24
MidSussex/DM/26/0812Permitted
202 m
T1 Scots Pine - Fell.
Received 2026-03-30 · decided 2026-04-24
MidSussex/DM/26/0771Undecided
450 m
Installation of play equipment and timber framed summer house to the rear of the garden (Tree Survey received 30.04.2026 and Tree protection Plan and Arb Method Statement received 06.05.2026)
Received 2026-03-25
MidSussex/DM/26/0747Permitted
185 m
T1 Lawson's Cypress - Crown raise by 2m from ground. T2 Thuja Plicata 'Zebrina' - crown raise to 2m from ground. T3 Willow - fell.
Received 2026-03-23 · decided 2026-04-16
MidSussex/DM/26/0274Permitted
489 m
Variation to condition 14 of BH.134.94 to extend the trading hours from 07:00- 23:00, seven days a week to 06:00-00:00, seven days a week.
Received 2026-02-03 · decided 2026-04-20
Applications are matched within 500 m of the RH15 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 RH15 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 1317 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for RH15
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 RH15 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 5 to decile 10, with a median of decile 9 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
RH15 9PH, 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 RH15 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in RH15: 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 RH15, band by band
Lewes's council tax for 2026-27 set against the RH15 median sold price of £409,250 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÷ £409,250 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,837 | £153 | 0.45% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,144 | £179 | 0.52% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,450 | £204 | 0.60% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,756 | £230 | 0.67% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,369 | £281 | 0.82% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,981 | £332 | 0.97% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,594 | £383 | 1.12% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,512 | £459 | 1.35% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the RH15 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 RH15 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 242 distinct addresses in the records we hold for RH15. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
48, PINEHURST, BURGESS HILL
RH15 0DQ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£650,000
2026-08-25
53, ORCHARD ROAD, BURGESS HILL
RH15 9PH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£420,000
2026-08-21
33, CHURCH CLOSE, BURGESS HILL
RH15 8EZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£332,500
2026-08-21
25, GROVE ROAD, BURGESS HILL
RH15 8LE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£415,000
2026-08-19
118, ICARUS AVENUE, BURGESS HILL
RH15 0XX · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-08-17
4, GLADSTONE ROAD, BURGESS HILL
RH15 0QQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£340,000
2026-08-14
10, COX GROVE, BURGESS HILL
RH15 8TH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-08-14
5, ST PETERS ROAD, BURGESS HILL
RH15 8JP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£475,500
2026-08-14
2, ST JOHNS AVENUE, BURGESS HILL
RH15 8HH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£615,000
2026-08-11
3, PERRYFIELDS, BURGESS HILL
RH15 8TU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£475,000
2026-08-07
25, WITHY BUSH, BURGESS HILL
RH15 8TT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£240,000
2026-08-07
ST LUKES COURT, CRESCENT WAY, BURGESS HILL
RH15 8EF · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£225,000
2026-08-07
92, ST ANDREWS ROAD, BURGESS HILL
RH15 0PH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£325,000
2026-08-06
75, LONDON ROAD, BURGESS HILL
RH15 8NE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£530,000
2026-08-05
40, HOLMESDALE ROAD, BURGESS HILL
RH15 9JR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-08-03
104, FOLDERS LANE, BURGESS HILL
RH15 0DX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,260,000
2026-08-03
14, DUNSTALL FARM ROAD, BURGESS HILL
RH15 8LG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£445,000
2026-08-03
34, POTTERS LANE, BURGESS HILL
RH15 9JS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£355,000
2026-07-31
4, MILLWOOD, BURGESS HILL
RH15 8EB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£430,000
2026-07-31
38, OAK HALL PARK, BURGESS HILL
RH15 0BX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£530,000
2026-07-29
135, MAPLE DRIVE, BURGESS HILL
RH15 8DE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£330,000
2026-07-28
5, WESTERN ROAD, BURGESS HILL
RH15 8QW · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£188,000
2026-07-28
21, THE BROOKS, BURGESS HILL
RH15 8TR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£245,000
2026-07-24
6, THE MALTINGS, BURGESS HILL
RH15 9XF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£475,000
2026-07-24
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.
Questions, answered
The RH15 report: your questions
What is the average house price in RH15?
What does each type of home cost in RH15?
How much is council tax in RH15?
Which schools are near RH15?
How up to date are the RH15 sold prices?
Is RH15 a deprived area?
Have there been planning applications near RH15?
Can I see what an individual address in RH15 sold for?
Does RH15 cover my exact street?
Preview of the paid report
What the report adds
The free page above is the district. The OfferCheck report goes to the home you are buying.
- Which flags matter for a home
- Flood risk detail
- Planning applications list
- Crime breakdown
- Questions to ask the seller
Placeholder rows only. Nothing is shown until you unlock it.
Nearby
Postcode districts near RH15
The closest districts to RH15 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in BN6 (Hassocks) 2.1 miles
- House prices in RH16 (Haywards Heath) 3.3 miles
- House prices in RH17 (Haywards Heath) 4.4 miles
- House prices in BN5 (Henfield) 6.4 miles
- House prices in BN7 (Lewes) 7.9 miles
- House prices in BN1 (Brighton) 8 miles
- House prices in BN8 (Lewes) 8.5 miles
- House prices in BN3 (Hove) 8.7 miles
Free tool
Council tax bands in RH15Free tool
Schools near RH15Free tool
Planning applications in RH15
Free checks
Check RH15 in detail
Each check runs on official open data, is free and needs no signup.
Want the full picture for RH15?
Every signal in one OfferCheck report
PropertyCheck IQ plus sold prices, crime, flood, council tax, planning, schools and EPC for RH15, every figure sourced, in one report.
Data sources
Every RH15 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.