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Birchway
What’s near Birchway on the full map. Green dots are trees under a tree preservation order (indicative only).

Birchway at a glance

The street beside its ward and the town. Each figure is from the section further down that says where it comes from.

Median price of a home sold, 2022

£352k

  • Birchway£352k
  • St Helens£412k
  • Hastings£290k

From 4 sales on the street that year, so one sale moves it.

Homes rated A to C for energy

14%

  • Birchway14%
  • St Helens39%
  • Hastings52%

Of the 21 homes here with a current certificate.

The figures as a table
HereBeside itBeside it
Median price of a home sold, 2022£352kSt Helens: £412kHastings: £290k
Homes rated A to C for energy14%St Helens: 39%Hastings: 52%

Planning and building here

Closing dates you can still act on, applications and decisions on the street, appeals, the protections that cover it, and the council's land and licensing papers.

Planning on this street

We have no planning applications or decisions for this street. That doesn’t mean nothing has happened here, only that the council’s weekly planning lists haven’t named it since our record starts on 21 April 2026.

Conservation, listed buildings and protected trees

None of the town’s 18 conservation areas reaches Birchway as mapped.

Measured along the street’s line against the council’s boundaries. Whether a particular building is inside depends on where the boundary runs: each area’s page on the council’s site has its map. All 18 conservation areas

The council’s Article 4 direction on houses in multiple occupation covers the whole town (in force since 2 July 2012): turning a house into a shared house for three to six people needs planning permission. The council’s page ↗

Listed buildings

Historic England’s list has no entry that names Birchway or stands beside its line. Every listed building in Hastings

Tree preservation orders

The council’s map data has no tree preservation order within about 40 m of Birchway’s line.

Indicative only — the council’s order is what counts. The council says of its tree order map data: “This dataset is under review and subject to change. Always refer to the Original Tree Preservation Order and associated plan for confirmation.” The council’s tree preservation orders page ↗

Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders: Hastings Borough Council, Open Government Licence v3.0. Street lines © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Flood zones, the coast and protected nature

Flood zones

None of Birchway’s line is in Flood Zone 2 or 3 on the Environment Agency’s flood map for planning. In the Agency’s words: “This means a site in flood zone 1 could still flood now or in the future.”

A street’s line is not an address. For a particular address, use the Environment Agency’s Check your long term flood risk ↗; for a planning site, its Flood map for planning ↗. Flood warnings in force now are on Live now.

Protected nature

No Site of Special Scientific Interest, Special Area of Conservation, Local Nature Reserve, ancient woodland or country park is within about 100 m of Birchway’s line, and it is outside the High Weald National Landscape. Protected nature in Hastings

Flood zones: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0. Fetched 2026-10-12.

Coastal erosion and the Shoreline Management Plan: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. Open Government Licence v3.0. Fetched 2026-10-12.

Protected sites: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Fetched 2026-10-12.

Street lines © OpenStreetMap contributors.

On the street now

Problems reported, roadworks, how long reports take to close, and who looks after the road.

Who looks after this street

Not on the county’s list of adopted roads. Birchway isn’t named on East Sussex County Council’s map of adopted roads. It may be private or unadopted, it may be named differently there, or it may be a footpath, steps or a twitten rather than a road.

The county’s Highway Land Information Team answers questions about road adoption (highwaysearches@eastsussex.gov.uk, 01273 482 316). For a footpath or steps, the county’s rights of way map and Rights of Way Team (rightsofway@eastsussex.gov.uk).

From East Sussex County Council’s map of adopted roads, read 12 October 2026. © East Sussex County Council 2026. Only the street’s name and whether it is adopted are used: the county’s map is the record, and its Highway Land Information Team confirms a road’s status. Who looks after what

Homes and premises

What homes sold for, their energy ratings, broadband, and business rates.

Homes sold on this street

HM Land Registry records 28 standard sales of homes on Birchway since 2017, and 92 since 1995. Newest first, by month and price; house numbers and flat names are left out. Flats include maisonettes.

MonthHomePrice
Feb 2026Semi, freehold£364,000
Mar 2025Semi, freehold£327,250
Jun 2023Semi, freehold£350,000
Oct 2022Semi, freehold£355,000
Sep 2022Detached, freehold£420,000
Jul 2022Semi, freehold£297,000
Apr 2022Semi, freehold£350,000
Sep 2021Semi, freehold£305,000
Jul 2021Semi, freehold£269,000
Jun 2021Detached, freehold£320,000
Jun 2021Semi, freehold£300,000
Jun 2021Semi, freehold£294,000
All 28 sales since 2017
MonthHomePrice
Feb 2021Semi, freehold£287,500
Oct 2020Semi, freehold£265,000
Sep 2020Semi, freehold£310,000
Aug 2020Semi, freehold£260,000
Feb 2020Semi, freehold£265,000
Feb 2020Semi, freehold£235,000
Dec 2019Semi, freehold£305,000
Dec 2019Semi, freehold£255,000
Dec 2019Semi, freehold£235,000
Dec 2019Semi, freehold£234,950
Oct 2019Semi, freehold£240,000
Dec 2017Semi, freehold£260,000
Sep 2017Semi, freehold£241,000
Aug 2017Semi, freehold£262,500
Apr 2017Detached, freehold£330,000
Feb 2017Semi, freehold£252,000
Sales and median price by year, 1995 to 2026
YearSalesMedian price
2026 (to August)1£364,000
20251£327,250
20231£350,000
20224£352,500
20216£297,000
20205£265,000
20195£240,000
20175£260,000
20162£260,000
20152£214,950
20142£202,500
20132£181,500
20127£170,500
20114£170,000
20103£191,500
20091£149,000
20074£191,500
20066£173,250
20053£175,000
20046£166,750
20033£152,000
20024£121,500
20011£104,950
20002£91,450
19994£77,250
19981£16,000
19972£59,000
19964£55,000
19951£55,500

Every sale, with the address, is in the Land Registry's own search: Birch Way. House prices in Hastings, by year, kind of home and ward.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Standard sales only: the Land Registry's category A, "single residential property sold for value". Repossessions, buy-to-let purchases with a mortgage and sales to companies (its category B) aren't included. A sale reaches the register weeks or months after it completes, so the last few months to August 2026 are incomplete.

Energy ratings on this street

21 homes on Birchway have a current energy performance certificate, registered 2016 to 2026. Each home counts once, by its newest certificate; homes without one aren't counted.

BandHomesShare
A00%
B210%
C15%
D1781%
E15%
F00%
G00%
All21

Find an energy certificate, the official register, has each home's certificate. What the bands mean.

Energy performance certificate data from the register kept for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Open Government Licence v3.0. Address data © Royal Mail and Ordnance Survey: used only to count each home on its street and in its ward, and not published here. Read from the register on 13 October 2026, with certificates to 12 October 2026.

Nearby

Buses and trains, health, schools, care, parks, food hygiene, air, crime and the sea.

Buses near Birchway

  • Ashford Road South (o/s 92)

    7 to Hastings Town Centre Priory Meadow

    Weekdays: 6 buses, 09:34–17:24 · Saturday: 5 buses, 09:34–17:24 · Sunday: none

    159 m away
  • Streamside Close (adj)

    7 to Hastings Town Centre Priory Meadow

    Weekdays: 6 buses, 09:32–17:22 · Saturday: 5 buses, 09:32–17:22 · Sunday: none

    188 m away
  • Benenden Rise (adj)

    7 to Hastings Town Centre Priory Meadow

    Weekdays: 6 buses, 09:32–17:22 · Saturday: 5 buses, 09:32–17:22 · Sunday: none

    207 m away
  • Canterbury Rise (adj)

    7 to Hastings Town Centre Priory Meadow

    Weekdays: 6 buses, 09:32–17:22 · Saturday: 5 buses, 09:32–17:22 · Sunday: none

    227 m away

From the operators' registered timetables (the Bus Open Data Service) for the week of 3 November 2026, and DfT's register of stops (NaPTAN). What is timetabled, not what ran; times are departures.

Crime and policing in St Helens ward

Birchway's middle is in St Helens ward. These are the ward's figures, not this street's: we don't publish crime street by street.

In August 2026, the police recorded 20 crimes and 3 incidents of anti-social behaviour in St Helens ward. In the 12 months to August 2026: 172 crimes and 43 incidents of anti-social behaviour. The ward's figures by category.

Its police team is St Helens. The team's next meeting listed on data.police.uk: Community Meeting - St Helens Ward, Thursday 17 December 2026, 4:30pm, Dunclutha Road junction with Langham Road.

The team's priorities, as the police word them: Road safety and ASB driving; Rogue Traders / Cold callers.

The team's contact details on data.police.uk: email hastings@sussex.pnn.police.uk. Sussex Police's telephone number on data.police.uk is 101, the police's number for anything that isn't an emergency; Sussex Police's website. In an emergency, call 999.

From data.police.uk (Open Government Licence): crimes reported to and recorded by the police, each counted in the ward that holds its anonymised map point. About these figures.

GP, pharmacy and dentist

The nearest of each on NHS England's register, measured from the middle of this street in a straight line. Nearest doesn't mean a practice takes patients from this street or is taking new ones; each name links to its NHS website page, with its opening hours.

Every GP practice, pharmacy and dentist in Hastings.

Schools nearby

Within a kilometre of the middle of this street, as the crow flies. Distance isn't how places are given: the county's admissions rules decide that. Every school in Hastings.

Care homes nearby

Within 800 m of the middle of this street. Ratings as CQC states them. This page uses Care Quality Commission information. Every care home, surgery and dentist in Hastings.

Parks and play areas

Measured in a straight line from the middle of this street. Plans to refurbish or replace play areas are in council papers and planning applications, not in these maps: search the papers for “play area” or “playground”, and see what developers pay towards them on Developer contributions. Green spaces: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace (April 2026 edition, read 12 October 2026). Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; OS OpenData, Open Government Licence v3.0. Playgrounds also from OpenStreetMap, read 12 October 2026: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

On the record

Council papers and other documents that name Birchway, newest first.

On the record

Nothing on our record names Birchway yet: no council paper or report, and no planning application. When something does, it will appear on this page and in its feed.

Street names and locations from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.