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

Smithy's Close 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.

Homes rated A to C for energy

60%

  • Smithy's Close60%
  • Conquest59%
  • Hastings52%

Of the 5 homes here with a current certificate.

The figures as a table
HereBeside itBeside it
Homes rated A to C for energy60%Conquest: 59%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 Smithy's Close 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 Smithy's Close or stands beside its line. Every listed building in Hastings

Tree preservation orders near Smithy's Close

Orders with a protected tree, group or woodland within about 40 m of the street’s line, from the council’s map data.

  • TPO 38: made 2 September 1970, confirmed 2 September 1970; 16 trees, 13 groups of trees, 19 areas of trees, 17 woodlands in the order. The order (PDF) ↗

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 Smithy's Close’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 Smithy's Close’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

Adopted highway: yes. Smithy's Close is on East Sussex County Council’s map of adopted roads, so the county looks after it: report a problem to East Sussex Highways.

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 3 standard sales of homes on Smithy's Close since 2017, and 26 since 1995. Newest first, by month and price; house numbers and flat names are left out. Flats include maisonettes.

MonthHomePrice
Dec 2025Semi, freehold£350,000
Aug 2018Semi, freehold£364,950
Oct 2017Semi, freehold£260,000
Sales and median price by year, 1995 to 2025
YearSalesMedian price
20251£350,000
20181£364,950
20171£260,000
20161£278,000
20151£174,000
20112£157,500
20101£185,000
20092£157,500
20071£172,500
20061£249,950
20051£180,000
20043£141,000
19984£70,500
19972£57,450
19963£59,450
19951£66,000

Every sale, with the address, is in the Land Registry's own search: Smithys Close. 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

5 homes on Smithy's Close have a current energy performance certificate, registered 2018 to 2026. Each home counts once, by its newest certificate; homes without one aren't counted.

BandHomesShare
A00%
B00%
C360%
D240%
E00%
F00%
G00%
All5

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 Smithy's Close

  • Hollinghurst Road (opp)

    94 to Bexhill The Harp; 94A to Bexhill The Harp; 100 to Rye station; 101 to Rye station; 321 to Ore Crowborough Road, Hastings station; 359 to Bexhill Penland Road

    Weekdays: 48 buses, 06:27–21:51 · Saturday: 46 buses, 06:27–21:51 · Sunday: 22 buses, 06:57–19:56

    335 m away
  • Towerscroft Avenue (adj)

    94 to Bexhill The Harp; 94A to Bexhill The Harp; 100 to Rye station; 101 to Rye station; 321 to Ore Crowborough Road, Hastings station; 359 to Bexhill Penland Road

    Weekdays: 48 buses, 06:26–21:50 · Saturday: 46 buses, 06:26–21:50 · Sunday: 22 buses, 06:56–19:55

    338 m away
  • Hollinghurst Road (adj)

    94 to Conquest Hospital; 94A to Conquest Hospital; 100 to Conquest Hospital; 101 to Conquest Hospital; 321 to Conquest Hospital; 323B to Conquest Hospital

    Weekdays: 47 buses, 06:39–22:27 · Saturday: 46 buses, 06:39–22:37 · Sunday: 23 buses, 06:39–20:43

    348 m away
  • Towerscroft Avenue (opp)

    94 to Conquest Hospital; 94A to Conquest Hospital; 100 to Conquest Hospital; 101 to Conquest Hospital; 321 to Conquest Hospital; 323B to Conquest Hospital

    Weekdays: 47 buses, 06:40–22:27 · Saturday: 46 buses, 06:40–22:37 · Sunday: 23 buses, 06:40–20:43

    371 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 Conquest ward

Smithy's Close's middle is in Conquest 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 54 crimes and 6 incidents of anti-social behaviour in Conquest ward. In the 12 months to August 2026: 488 crimes and 83 incidents of anti-social behaviour. The ward's figures by category.

Its police team is Conquest. The team's next meeting listed on data.police.uk: Community Meeting - Conquest Ward, Wednesday 18 November 2026, 10am, Hastings Centre Car Park (opposite the Conquest), The Ridge.

The team's priorities, as the police word them: Drug-Related Harm; Public Place Violent Crime.

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.

Charging an electric car

The nearest public charger mapped on OpenStreetMap is GeniePoint near John Macadam Way, about 1,020 m from the middle of this street (no details mapped).

Volunteers map chargers, so there may be a nearer one. Every mapped site, and how many the DfT counts. © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

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 Smithy's Close, newest first.

On the record

Nothing on our record names Smithy's Close 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.