BN8 house prices
161 homes changed hands in the BN8 postcode district in the 12 months to June 2026, at a median of £470,000. BN8 is the postcode district covering Lewes. That is down 7.8% on the £509,500 median of the twelve months before. Floor space runs at about £4,718/m², with the middle half of sales between £4,136 and £5,370 per square metre — measured on 580 sales matched to an EPC floor area. The detached house is the commonest sale — 252 of the last 605 (42%), median £657,500. New builds account for 13% of the last three years.
Medians over the June 2026 extract. Price per square metre is what stops a big three-bedroom home and a small one reading as the same comparable.
The map
Every sale drawn on the freehold parcel it happened on, shaded by £/m².
The interactive sold-price and £/m² map for BN8 is in build. Everything it will show for this area is on this page already, in tables: the medians, the price by property type, the floor areas and the individual sales.
Price by property type
Medians over the three years to June 2026. Types with fewer than five sales are left out; £/m² needs at least 12 sales matched to an EPC floor area before we quote it.
| Type | Sales, 3y | Median, 3y | Median, 12m | Typical size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 252 | £657,500 | £720,000 | 137 m² | £4,806/m² |
| Semi-detached | 193 | £440,000 | £445,000 | 94 m² | £4,804/m² |
| Terraced | 109 | £360,000 | £357,500 | 78 m² | £4,616/m² |
| Flat or maisonette | 51 | £232,000 | £220,000 | 65 m² | £3,871/m² |
Median by year
Calendar-year median sale price in BN8. Years with fewer than twelve sales are omitted. Bars start at zero, so the percentages above them — measured against 2023 — are the quickest way to read the movement.
Percentages are against the 2023 median of £485,000.
The current year is still filling in. Registration follows completion by months, so its bar will keep rising after this build — read it as a partial count, not a fall.
This extract covers 3 Jan 2023 to 29 Jun 2026. A longer Price Paid history — enough for a ten-year trend, and for what a house sold for a decade ago — is a later ingest, not a gap in what is published here.
What your budget buys in BN8
Sales between 20% below and 10% above a budget, over the three years to June 2026. The headline is floor area, because the price is the part you already fixed — what changes between towns is the space it buys. Sold prices as recorded, never indexed or adjusted.
206 homes in BN8 sold between £400,000 and £550,000 in the last three years. The median one measured 98 m² at £4,727/m².
Type mix: Semi-detached 48% · Detached 34% · Terraced 12% · Flat or maisonette 6%.
Matching sales only. Habitable rooms come from the Energy Performance Certificate and are not bedroom counts — neither register records those.
Latest recorded sales
The twenty most recent sales in BN8 as registered by HM Land Registry. Floor area comes from the property's Energy Performance Certificate where the address could be matched. Addresses with a matched certificate link to that property's sale history.
A sale appears here once the buyer's title is registered with HM Land Registry, which routinely takes months. The most recent weeks are always thinner than they will end up.
| Date | Address | Type | Size | £/m² | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jun 2026 | 5 Rushey Close, RingmerLewes BN8 5JJ | Semi-detachedFreehold | 94 m² | £5,319/m² | £500,000 |
| 4 Jun 2026 | 42 New Heritage Way, North ChaileyLewes BN8 4GD | DetachedFreehold | 136 m² | £3,971/m² | £540,000 |
| 3 Jun 2026 | 3 Broyle Paddock, RingmerLewes BN8 5NT | Semi-detachedFreehold | 90 m² | £4,444/m² | £400,000 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 7 Mill Road, RingmerLewes BN8 5HY | TerracedFreehold | 108 m² | £4,537/m² | £490,000 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 20 Whitegates Close, South ChaileyLewes BN8 4AE | TerracedFreehold | 49 m² | £5,306/m² | £260,000 |
| 22 May 2026 | Laburnum House Lewes Road, RingmerLewes BN8 5QD | TerracedFreehold | 123 m² | £3,821/m² | £470,000 |
| 21 May 2026 | 24 Oakmede Way, RingmerLewes BN8 5JL | Semi-detachedFreehold | 108 m² | £3,981/m² | £430,000 |
| 21 May 2026 | 19 Elphick Road, RingmerLewes BN8 5PR | Semi-detachedFreehold | 66 m² | £4,470/m² | £295,000 |
| 20 May 2026 | Millfield Cottage South Rough, NewickLewes BN8 4NW | DetachedFreehold | 140 m² | £4,464/m² | £625,000 |
| 20 May 2026 | 25 Chatfield Close, CooksbridgeLewes BN8 4FF | TerracedFreehold | 60 m² | £4,688/m² | £281,250 |
| 18 May 2026 | 8 Woodland View, South ChaileyLewes BN8 4FS | DetachedFreehold | 102 m² | £4,608/m² | £470,000 |
| 15 May 2026 | Birch Hollow Lower Station Road, NewickLewes BN8 4HU | DetachedFreehold | 208 m² | £4,736/m² | £985,000 |
| 15 May 2026 | Paygate Cottage Cow Lane, LaughtonLewes BN8 6DU | DetachedFreehold | 78 m² | £10,256/m² | £800,000 |
| 14 May 2026 | 9 the Elms, RingmerLewes BN8 5EZ | DetachedFreehold | 150 m² | £4,800/m² | £720,000 |
| 12 May 2026 | Church Farm Cottage Church Lane, LaughtonLewes BN8 6AH | DetachedFreehold | 227 m² | £5,639/m² | £1,280,000 |
| 1 May 2026 | 2 High Street, BarcombeLewes BN8 5DH | TerracedFreehold | 76 m² | £5,724/m² | £435,000 |
| 1 May 2026 | 53 Bevernbridge Cottages, South ChaileyLewes BN8 4QB | TerracedFreehold | 81 m² | £4,012/m² | £325,000 |
| 1 May 2026 | Flat B, 1 Gladstone Buildings, BarcombeLewes BN8 5AX | Flat or maisonetteLeasehold | 42 m² | £6,190/m² | £260,000 |
| 24 Apr 2026 | The Gate House, HamseyLewes BN8 5TA | DetachedFreehold | 83 m² | £4,819/m² | £400,000 |
| 23 Apr 2026 | 20 High Street, East HoathlyLewes BN8 6EB | DetachedFreehold | 153 m² | £5,098/m² | £780,000 |
Busiest streets in BN8
The 30 streets with the most recorded sales in the three years to June 2026, and what those sales worked out at. £/m² needs 12 sales matched to a floor area before it is quoted, so most streets show a dash. Street-level lookup for every address is a later build.
| Street | Sales, 3y | Median, 3y | Typical size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haywards Heath RoadNorth Chailey | 16 | £492,500 | 97 m² | £4,806/m² |
| Dressage DriveEast Hoathly | 15 | £595,000 | 121 m² | £4,595/m² |
| Springett AvenueRingmer | 15 | £407,000 | 80 m² | £4,938/m² |
| Holly LaneNewick | 14 | £657,500 | 120 m² | £5,715/m² |
| Delves CloseRingmer | 13 | £160,000 | 53 m² | £3,167/m² |
| Gradwell EndSouth Chailey | 13 | £480,000 | 100 m² | £4,793/m² |
| Lewes RoadRingmer | 10 | £762,500 | — | — |
| New Heritage WayNorth Chailey | 9 | £540,000 | — | — |
| Oldaker RoadNewick | 9 | £450,000 | — | — |
| Stirrup ChaseEast Hoathly | 9 | £462,000 | — | — |
| Allington RoadNewick | 8 | £780,000 | — | — |
| Western RoadNewick | 8 | £1,029,250 | — | — |
| Oakmede WayRingmer | 7 | £367,000 | — | — |
| Sycamore WayNewick | 7 | £550,000 | — | — |
| Bellamy GardensRingmer | 6 | £675,000 | — | — |
| Bevern CloseSouth Chailey | 6 | £438,750 | — | — |
| Broyle LaneRingmer | 6 | £435,000 | — | — |
| CricketfieldNewick | 6 | £407,500 | — | — |
| Grantham BankBarcombe | 6 | £515,075 | — | — |
| Harmers HillNewick | 6 | £678,750 | — | — |
| Kings MeadowNorth Chailey | 6 | £349,000 | — | — |
| Lewes RoadLaughton | 6 | £690,000 | — | — |
| Lower Station RoadNewick | 6 | £955,000 | — | — |
| Newick DriveNewick | 6 | £509,500 | — | — |
| Old Hartfield MewsHalland | 6 | £447,500 | — | — |
| Shepherds WaySouth Chailey | 6 | £332,500 | — | — |
| Buttsfield LaneEast Hoathly | 5 | £460,000 | — | — |
| Cinder HillNorth Chailey | 5 | £780,000 | — | — |
| High StreetBarcombe | 5 | £435,000 | — | — |
| Old Brickworks LaneSouth Chailey | 5 | £490,000 | — | — |
Post towns in BN8
Sales in the district split by post town. Medians over the 3 years to june 2026. Towns with their own page are linked.
Nearby
Postcode district pages covering the same corner of East Sussex.
Medians over the 3 years to june 2026.
BN7 £480,000·BN2 £404,000·BN1 £425,000·BN20 £375,000·BN21 £231,000·BN22 £285,000
Up a level: East Sussex house prices·how these numbers are made
BN8 house prices: the questions
What is the average house price in BN8?
The median sale price in the BN8 postcode district was £470,000 over the 12 months to June 2026, across 161 recorded sales — half sold for less, half for more. Over the full three years the median is £475,000 from 605 sales, ranging from £104,000 to £4,400,000. These are HM Land Registry sold prices, not asking prices or estimates.
How much is a square metre in BN8?
Sold homes in the BN8 postcode district work out at a median of £4,718/m², with the middle half between £4,136 and £5,370 per square metre. The figure comes from 580 sales over three years whose address matched an Energy Performance Certificate carrying a total floor area; the median home in that set measures 100 m².
Where is the BN8 postcode district?
BN8 is the postcode district covering Lewes by post town. Every BN8 sale in this extract carries a Lewes address. Named places inside it include Ringmer, Newick, South Chailey and North Chailey. It falls in Lewes and Wealden.
Are house prices in BN8 going up or down?
The 12-month median to June 2026 is £470,000, −7.8% against the £509,500 of the twelve months before. Calendar-year medians: 2023 £485,000, 2024 £480,000, 2025 £500,000, 2026 £432,500. Note that 2026 is a part year — the Land Registry publishes monthly and the extract ends 29 Jun 2026 — and that a median tracks what sold, so a change in the mix of homes coming to market moves it as much as prices do.
Which type of home is cheapest in BN8?
Of the types with at least 12 sales to compare, flat or maisonette homes are the cheapest — median £232,000 across 51 sales in three years (£3,871/m²). Detached homes sit at the top on £657,500 from 252 sales (£4,806/m²). Per square metre the order often differs from the headline price, because the cheaper types are also the smaller ones.
How much does a detached house cost in BN8?
The median detached house in the BN8 postcode district sold for £657,500 over three years, from 252 sales, or £720,000 over the last twelve months from 65 sales. The typical one measures 137 m², which is £4,806/m².
How many homes sell in BN8 each year?
2023: 163, 2024: 245, 2025: 205. The current year is still filling in — HM Land Registry publishes monthly and records can arrive months after completion, so the most recent months always look thinner than they will end up.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to June 2026, joined to the MHCLG Energy Performance Certificate register for floor areas. Category B and deleted records excluded. Local authority: Lewes (81.8% of sales) · Wealden (18.2% of sales).