Brightling Road, Polegate

House prices, sold prices and local information for BN26 5AX, BN26 5DB, BN26 5AU.

Average price (last 12 months)
£380,000
1 sale
Average price (since 2016)
£313,749
46 sales
Price range
£213k – £542k
lowest to highest sale
Last sale
26 Jun 2026
BN26 5AX

At a glance

House prices£314k averageSince 2016 (few recent sales) CrimeAbout averageLower crime than about 60% of neighbourhoods in England DeprivationLess deprived than mostDecile 8 of 10 (10 = least deprived) Flood riskIn a flood warning areaCheck the GOV.UK long-term risk Nearest station6 min walkPolegate station Schools3 rated Good or betterWithin 1.5 miles, 1 Outstanding Ultrafast broadband91% of homesNational average 80%

46 property sales on Brightling Road, Polegate have been recorded by HM Land Registry since 2016. In the last 12 months 1 home sold here for an average of £380,000. Most sales here are semi-detached homes, which have sold for an average of £305,545. 9 homes here have sold more than once since 2016; 8 of them sold for more the second time.

House prices on Brightling Road compared

BN26 postcode area£338,785
Polegate£338,785
England & Wales£356,718

Average sale price over the last 12 months. Brightling Road has had fewer than two sales in that time, so it is left out. See all BN26 house prices.

Average sale price by year

2016: £290,833 (3 sales)2016£291k2017: £271,661 (9 sales)2017£272k2018: £258,938 (4 sales)2018£259k2019: £277,472 (9 sales)2019£277k2020: £250,000 (1 sales)2020£250k2021: £322,600 (5 sales)2021£323k2022: £530,000 (1 sales)2022£530k2023: £342,929 (7 sales)2023£343k2024: £373,400 (5 sales)2024£373k2025: £541,500 (1 sales)2025£542k2026: £380,000 (1 sales)2026£380k

Prices by property type

TypeSalesAverage priceLast sold
Semi-detached32£305,54514 Mar 2025
Detached13£336,92326 Jun 2026
Terraced1£275,0007 Jul 2017

Sold prices on Brightling Road

AddressDatePriceTypeTenure
78, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 26 Jun 2026£380,000 DetachedFreehold
7, Brightling Road BN26 5DB 14 Mar 2025£541,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
34, Brightling Road BN26 5AU 11 Sep 2024£412,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
77, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 23 Aug 2024£345,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
14, Brightling Road BN26 5DB 20 May 2024£335,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
75, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 8 May 2024£327,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
101, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 23 Jan 2024£447,000 DetachedFreehold
67, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 28 Sep 2023£290,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
78, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 15 Sep 2023£380,000 DetachedFreehold
21, Brightling Road BN26 5DB 25 Aug 2023£360,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
42, Brightling Road BN26 5AU 22 Jun 2023£440,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
2, Brightling Road BN26 5DB 14 Jun 2023£297,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
67, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 28 Apr 2023£278,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
29, Brightling Road BN26 5DB 9 Jan 2023£355,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
92, Brightling Road BN26 5AY 18 Nov 2022£327,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
41, Brightling Road BN26 5AU 25 Feb 2022£530,000 DetachedFreehold
90, Brightling Road BN26 5AY 17 Dec 2021£350,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
69, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 28 May 2021£325,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
81, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 12 May 2021£315,000 DetachedFreehold
99, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 22 Feb 2021£308,000 DetachedFreehold
95, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 19 Feb 2021£315,000 DetachedFreehold
29, Brightling Road BN26 5DB 7 Feb 2020£250,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
54, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 5 Dec 2019£310,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
7, Brightling Road BN26 5DB 24 Oct 2019£213,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
77, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 3 Oct 2019£250,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
62, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 6 Sep 2019£290,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
107, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 30 Aug 2019£290,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
76, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 19 Jul 2019£273,750 Semi-detachedFreehold
16, Brightling Road BN26 5DB 10 Jul 2019£350,000 DetachedFreehold
89, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 29 Jan 2019£250,500 DetachedFreehold
57, Brightling Road BN26 5AU 18 Jan 2019£270,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
2, Heron Ridge Cottages, Brightling Road BN26 5AY 11 Dec 2018£253,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
54, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 10 Oct 2018£241,250 Semi-detachedFreehold
28, Brightling Road BN26 5AU 11 Sep 2018£273,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
50, Brightling Road BN26 5AU 2 May 2018£268,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
13, Brightling Road BN26 5DB 8 Dec 2017£262,000 DetachedFreehold
69, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 9 Nov 2017£297,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
105, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 6 Sep 2017£275,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
2, Heron Ridge Cottages, Brightling Road BN26 5AY 25 Aug 2017£243,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
52, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 7 Aug 2017£239,950 Semi-detachedFreehold
83, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 7 Jul 2017£275,000 TerracedFreehold
58, Brightling Road BN26 5AX 29 Jun 2017£261,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
10, Brightling Road BN26 5DB 9 Jun 2017£306,500 Semi-detachedFreehold
3, Brightling Road BN26 5DB 28 Apr 2017£285,000 DetachedFreehold
5, Brightling Road BN26 5DB 2 Aug 2016£315,000 Semi-detachedFreehold
24, Brightling Road BN26 5DB 29 Jul 2016£250,000 DetachedFreehold
16, Brightling Road BN26 5DB 21 Jan 2016£307,500 DetachedFreehold

Sale prices are as recorded by HM Land Registry. Some sales (for example repossessions and company purchases) are listed but left out of the averages.

Sale history: homes sold more than once

AddressSalesChange
78, Brightling Road £380,000 (Sep 2023) → £380,000 (Jun 2026) +0%
over 3 yrs
7, Brightling Road £213,000 (Oct 2019) → £541,500 (Mar 2025) +154%
over 5 yrs
77, Brightling Road £250,000 (Oct 2019) → £345,000 (Aug 2024) +38%
over 5 yrs
67, Brightling Road £278,000 (Apr 2023) → £290,000 (Sep 2023) +4%
over under a year
29, Brightling Road £250,000 (Feb 2020) → £355,000 (Jan 2023) +42%
over 3 yrs
69, Brightling Road £297,500 (Nov 2017) → £325,000 (May 2021) +9%
over 4 yrs
54, Brightling Road £241,250 (Oct 2018) → £310,000 (Dec 2019) +28%
over 1 yr
16, Brightling Road £307,500 (Jan 2016) → £350,000 (Jul 2019) +14%
over 3 yrs
2, Heron Ridge Cottages, Brightling Road £243,000 (Aug 2017) → £253,000 (Dec 2018) +4%
over 1 yr

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Crime and flood risk near Brightling Road

Crime

99 crimes were reported within about a mile of Brightling Road in August 2026.

Crime level compared with the rest of England (10 = lowest crime):

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Lower crime than about 60% of neighbourhoods in England, based on recorded crime rates (English Indices of Deprivation 2025).

Anti-social behaviour35
Violence & sexual offences19
Criminal damage & arson15
Other theft7
Public order7
Shoplifting7

Source: data.police.uk. Locations are approximate and cover the surrounding area, not just this street.

Flood risk

Brightling Road is in or near 5 Environment Agency flood areas:

  • Polegate and Wannock Streams Flood warning area
  • Polegate and Wannock Flood alert area
  • Cuckmere River Flood alert area
  • Langney Haven at Langney, Willingdon and Eastbourne Flood warning area
  • Langney Haven Flood alert area

Flood warning areas cover places at risk from rivers and the sea. Surface water risk isn't included. Check the long-term flood risk for a postcode on GOV.UK.

Schools near Brightling Road

SchoolTypeAgesOfstedDistance
Polegate Primary School 689 pupils Primary 2–11 Outstanding Report 0.5 mi
Willingdon Community School 1,117 pupils Secondary 11–16 Report 0.6 mi
Willingdon Primary School 421 pupils Primary 4–11 Good Report 0.8 mi
Oakwood Primary Academy 300 pupils Primary 3–11 Good Report 1.3 mi
The Lindfield School 123 pupils Academy special converter 11–16 Report 1.4 mi
The Eastbourne Academy 776 pupils Secondary 11–16 Report 1.4 mi
Parkland Infant School 178 pupils Primary 5–7 Report 1.7 mi
Parkland Junior School 243 pupils Primary 7–11 Good Report 1.7 mi

Source: Department for Education (Get Information about Schools) and Ofsted. Grades are from each school's last graded inspection; newer inspections use report cards without a single overall grade, so check the full report. Distances are straight-line. Check catchment areas with the local council.

Getting around and local GPs

Train stations

  • Polegate station 0.3 mi · 6 min walk
  • Hampden Park (Sussex) station 2.0 mi · 40 min walk
  • Pevensey & Westham station 3.3 mi · 1 hr 5 min walk

Nearest bus stops

  • Porters Way (adj, Station Road) 4 min walk
  • Porters Way (opp, Station Road) 4 min walk
  • Walnut Walk (adj, St John's Road) 4 min walk
  • Walnut Walk (opp, St John's Road) 5 min walk

GP surgeries

  • Manor Park Medical Centre
    High Street, Polegate · 0.3 mi
  • Downlands Medical Centre
    77 High Street, Polegate · 0.4 mi
  • Stone Cross Surgery
    Mimram Road, Stone Cross, Pevensey · 1.7 mi
  • Park Practice
    Broadwater Way, Eastbourne · 2.0 mi

Sources: Department for Transport (NaPTAN) and NHS England practice data. Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance.

Area profile

Deprivation

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This neighbourhood is in decile 8 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of areas in England and 10 the least deprived.

Income: decile 7 of 10 · Crime: decile 7 of 10.

Homes

HereEng & Wales
Owned82.1%62.5%
Private rented9.5%20.3%
Social rented8.4%17.1%
Households631

People

HereEng & Wales
Under 1511.6%17.4%
Aged 15–6448.8%64.1%
Aged 65+39.6%18.6%
Residents1,340

Broadband

HereUK
Superfast (30Mbit+)100%95%
Ultrafast (300Mbit+)91%80%
Gigabit-capable91%80%

Share of homes on this street's postcodes that can get each speed. UK figure is the average across all postcodes. Source: Ofcom Connected Nations.

Neighbourhood figures cover the surrounding Lower Layer Super Output Area (about 1,500 residents). Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) and the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.

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