BN20 8BY
Last sold £193,000 in May 1997
40, Compton Drive, Eastbourne
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 46m — higher than about 90% of homes in Eastbourne
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Price history in context
- May 1997 — £193,000
What this home might be worth today
£912,000
Estimate range £867,000–£958,000
+372.6% since May 1997 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 71 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- St Thomas A Becket Catholic Primary School 2.1km
- Gildredge House 16-min walk
- Eastbourne station 1.7km
- Beachy Brow Wood 735m
- The coast (coastline) 1.9km
- Lake 2.6km
- Pond 723m
- Papermill Cut 21.4km
- Lottbridge Sewer 2.2km
- Public Park 359m
- Eastbourne College War Memorial Field 423m
- Hudson Groceries & Provisions 1.9km
- Cherry Garden Road (Opp) 397m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Eastbourne, 1.7km away
- 42 min Brighton
- 92 min London
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,870 hours a year — sunnier than 90% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on a gentle north-east-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 10% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 41 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 44, Compton Drive, Eastbourne £220,000 · 2000
- 42, Compton Drive, Eastbourne £928,000 · 2022
- 38, Compton Drive, Eastbourne £418,000 · 2005
- 36, Compton Drive, Eastbourne £615,000 · 2018
- 1, Foredown Close, Eastbourne £635,000 · 2018
- 37, Compton Drive, Eastbourne £740,000 · 2018
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Erection of hip to gable roof extension to front elevation, single storey rear extension,… Jan 2025 source
- Permitted Application for variation of condition 2 (Approved Plans) in relationto planning… Feb 2026 source
- Permitted Application for approval of details reserved by Condition 3(external materials), 4… Jul 2025 source
- Permitted Installation of above ground swimming pool May 2026 source
- Permitted Application for variation of a condition 2 (approved plans)to extend existing garage to… Jun 2025 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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