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Southwater Road
What’s near Southwater Road on the full map. The shaded area inside the dashed line is a conservation area and green dots are trees under a tree preservation order (indicative only).

Southwater Road 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, 2025

£168k

  • Southwater Road£168k
  • Gensing£235k
  • Hastings£280k

From 6 sales on the street that year, so one sale moves it.

Homes rated A to C for energy

33%

  • Southwater Road33%
  • Gensing48%
  • Hastings52%

Of the 105 homes here with a current certificate.

The figures as a table
HereBeside itBeside it
Median price of a home sold, 2025£168kGensing: £235kHastings: £280k
Homes rated A to C for energy33%Gensing: 48%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

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 Southwater Road or stands beside its line. Every listed building in Hastings

Tree preservation orders near Southwater Road

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

  • TPO 8: made 16 May 1949, confirmed 3 March 1950; 2 trees, 15 groups of trees, 1 area of trees, 2 woodlands in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
  • TPO 162: made 10 January 1995, confirmed 23 February 1995; 7 trees, 2 areas of trees 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 Southwater Road’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 Southwater Road’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. Southwater Road 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

Roadworks here

Who has dug up this street or plans to, and why, from their permits.

Roadworks across town

In the last 13 months

From the permits utilities and East Sussex County Council apply for in DfT Street Manager, read from its open archive (September 2025 to September 2026; newest entry 30 September 2026). The archive is published monthly, so works booked since then, and emergencies, aren't here yet, and planned dates can change. Contains public sector information from the Department for Transport's Street Manager, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Homes and premises

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

Homes sold on this street

HM Land Registry records 54 standard sales of homes on Southwater Road since 2017, and 240 since 1995. Newest first, by month and price; house numbers and flat names are left out. Flats include maisonettes.

MonthHomePrice
Jul 2026Terraced, freehold£230,000
Oct 2025Flat, leasehold£240,000
Sep 2025Flat, leasehold£152,500
Aug 2025Flat, leasehold£165,000
Aug 2025Flat, leasehold£80,000
Jun 2025Flat, leasehold£170,000
Jan 2025Flat, leasehold£400,000
May 2024Terraced, freehold£386,000
Feb 2024Flat, leasehold£155,000
Aug 2023Flat, leasehold£140,250
Apr 2023Terraced, freehold£520,000
Apr 2023Flat, leasehold£170,000
All 54 sales since 2017
MonthHomePrice
Mar 2023Flat, leasehold£265,000
Jan 2023Terraced, freehold£530,000
Jan 2023Flat, leasehold£170,000
Dec 2022Terraced, freehold£523,000
Dec 2022Terraced, freehold£505,000
Dec 2022Terraced, freehold£470,000
Dec 2022Flat, leasehold£145,000
Nov 2022Flat, leasehold£268,000
Oct 2022Terraced, freehold£450,000
Sep 2022Flat, leasehold£125,000
Jun 2022Flat, leasehold£210,000
Dec 2021Flat, leasehold£181,000
Dec 2021Flat, leasehold£161,000
Nov 2021Flat, leasehold£152,000
Nov 2021Flat, leasehold£133,000
Oct 2021Terraced, freehold£240,000
Sep 2021Flat, leasehold£365,000
Aug 2021Flat, leasehold£115,000
Jun 2021Terraced, freehold£415,000
Mar 2021Flat, leasehold£110,000
Jan 2021Flat, leasehold£152,500
Dec 2020Flat, leasehold£330,000
Nov 2020Flat, leasehold£95,000
Oct 2020Flat, leasehold£85,000
May 2020Flat, leasehold£122,500
Nov 2019Terraced, freehold£407,000
Aug 2019Flat, leasehold£110,000
Jul 2019Terraced, freehold£392,000
May 2019Terraced, freehold£346,000
Feb 2019Terraced, freehold£215,000
Nov 2018Flat, leasehold£132,500
Sep 2018Flat, leasehold£101,250
Jul 2018Flat, leasehold£103,500
Jun 2018Flat, leasehold£224,950
Apr 2018Flat, leasehold£225,000
Jan 2018Flat, leasehold£160,000
Jan 2018Flat, leasehold£88,500
Dec 2017Flat, leasehold£79,000
Sep 2017Flat, leasehold£120,000
Apr 2017Terraced, freehold£289,000
Apr 2017Flat, leasehold£85,000
Jan 2017Flat, leasehold£66,500
Sales and median price by year, 1995 to 2026
YearSalesMedian price
2026 (to August)1£230,000
20256£167,500
20242£270,500
20236£217,500
20228£359,000
202110£156,750
20204£108,750
20195£346,000
20187£132,500
20175£85,000
20162£214,000
20157£74,000
20149£134,000
201310£130,500
20128£147,500
20114£103,675
20106£96,225
20093£134,000
20088£126,750
200711£85,000
20066£94,000
20056£94,750
200411£76,950
20038£58,975
200214£33,500
200112£24,000
200013£35,000
199913£21,000
19987£13,500
199711£14,000
19965£15,500
199512£15,750

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

105 homes on Southwater Road 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%
B00%
C3533%
D4745%
E2120%
F1under 1%
G1under 1%
All105

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 Southwater Road

  • Hatherley Road (adj)

    319 to Hastings station; 319C to Hastings station; 322 to Ore The Hastings Academy, Ore Montgomery Road; 322B to Ore The Hastings Academy, Ore Montgomery Road; 322E to Ore The Hastings Academy, Ore Montgomery Road; 1066 to Hastings station

    Weekdays: 83 buses, 06:08–23:13 · Saturday: 77 buses, 07:19–23:13 · Sunday: 47 buses, 08:54–21:59

    126 m away
  • Hatherley Road (opp)

    319 to Hollington Whatlington Way, Hollington Hartfield Meadow; 319C to Hollington Whatlington Way; 322 to Hollington Tesco; 322B to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy; 322E to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy; 1066 to Battle Claverham College

    Weekdays: 84 buses, 06:24–23:33 · Saturday: 79 buses, 07:20–23:34 · Sunday: 44 buses, 09:27–22:10

    147 m away
  • Warrior Square Station (adj)

    319 to Hastings station; 319C to Hastings station; 322 to Ore The Hastings Academy, Ore Montgomery Road; 322B to Ore The Hastings Academy, Ore Montgomery Road; 322E to Ore The Hastings Academy, Ore Montgomery Road; 1066 to Hastings station

    Weekdays: 83 buses, 06:09–23:14 · Saturday: 77 buses, 07:19–23:14 · Sunday: 47 buses, 08:55–22:00

    228 m away
  • Anglesea Terrace (adj)

    319 to Hollington Whatlington Way, Hollington Hartfield Meadow; 319C to Hollington Whatlington Way; 322 to Hollington Tesco; 322B to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy; 322E to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy; 1066 to Battle Claverham College

    Weekdays: 84 buses, 06:25–23:34 · Saturday: 79 buses, 07:20–23:35 · Sunday: 44 buses, 09:29–22:10

    241 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.

The nearest station is St Leonards Warrior Square, about 150 m away: next trains, step-free access and facilities. Step-free access: B2, (refer to quick reference guide).

Crime and policing in Gensing ward

Southwater Road's middle is in Gensing 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 100 crimes and 10 incidents of anti-social behaviour in Gensing ward. In the 12 months to August 2026: 1,179 crimes and 163 incidents of anti-social behaviour. The ward's figures by category.

Its police team is Gensing. The team's next meeting listed on data.police.uk: Community Meeting - Gensing, Sunday 24 January 2027, 5pm, St John Evangelist church, Pevensey Road St Leonards.

The team's priorities, as the police word them: Public Place Violence; Robbery and Public Order; Criminal damage.

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 Charge Your Car near Undercliff, about 990 m from the middle of this street (Charge Your Car · 3 charging points).

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 Southwater Road, newest first.

On the record

Nothing on our record names Southwater Road 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.