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Woodingdean is a beautiful area that offers all the benefits of country living just 3 miles outside of Brighton. It's rural-in-the-city, with free parking. And the deepest hand-dug well in the world.
The area has a real feeling of community – typified by the annual Christmas get-together for businesses on Warren Road. Many locals have spent the majority of their lives in the area.
Popular with Brightonians looking to settle down – without leaving the city completely behind - there's nothing quite like starting the day cresting the hill of Falmer Road, and coming home to vegetables from your own patch.
Only 20 minutes from Brighton city centre by bus, the area is popular with people who work at American Express and Royal Sussex County Hospital, as the route passes both directly.
Free street
parking is available, though excellent bus connections to Brighton and the
surrounding area mean a car often isn't necessary, despite the village feel of
the area.
Woodingdean is well served by two primary schools – Woodingdean Primary School and Rudyard Kipling Primary School, which also offers a nursery.
The Downs
View School provides specialist education to children and young people with
learning difficulties from 4 to 16 years old.
There are
no secondary schools in Woodingdean itself, but nearby schools – such as
Longhill High School in Rottingdean – are just a short bus or car journey away.
Although the village dates back to the 19th century, the majority of houses were built in the 1950s and '60s.
Properties often benefit from large 150-200ft
gardens, which people make ample use of, installing hot tubs, trampolines,
vegetable patches and bee hives. It's not uncommon to see chickens in the
back garden!
Woodingdean has a varied demographic. There are the locals who bought new builds in the '40s and '50s, and have stayed ever since.
There are Brighton metropolitans
looking to settle down in the country, but without cutting ties with the city.
And there
are first time buyers keen to get a house with a garden for £250,000, rather
than a modest flat in the centre of town, giving up the hustle and bustle and the
commute, for the good life instead.
Fiveways is a family area. Outside of central Brighton but close enough to make town easily accessible, there are good schools, big houses and great parks.It's a village in itself. There's a traditional greengrocer, butcher & deli, with plenty of green space nearby – Blakers Park, Preston Park and access to the South Downs via Ditchling Road.Fiveways is where people come to settle down in a family home, but still want everything Brighton has to offer.
Hove is often thought of as Brighton's older sibling. Where Brighton metropolitans go to grow up, without sacrificing the city.More genteel than Brighton, prettier and grander. Still within a stone's throw of the sea, but without so many tourists. It's much easier to find a quiet spot on the beach this far from the pier. Hove Park, just north of the station is a large and family friendly green space that gives a real feeling of being out of the city.And when you want the night-life, Brighton is just a bus ride away. Hove is where you can happily bring up a family but keep your specialist coffee habit.
Our Lewes Road office serves Lewes Road, Hanover, Queen's Park, Elm Grove and London Road. All are close to Brighton station – just 15 minutes walk in most cases – and not much further from the sea.Close to the town centre, Lewes Road and London Road are both up-and-coming areas in their own rights, with local businesses and amenities starting to rival the more famous Lanes and North Laine.Well served by green spaces, The Level, Queens Park and Preston Park are all within walking distance, and the 5,000 hectare Stanmer Park is just a 10 minute bus ride away.