Peacehaven is well connected by the standards of the internet age and less well connected by the standards of the railway one. About one in a hundred residents catches a train to work. About one in ten takes the bus. Roughly 86 percent of premises can get gigabit broadband. The town is a fibre town rather than a rail town.
Public transport is not the town's strong suit. About one percent of the working population commutes by train, which is what a coastal town without its own station tends to post. The nearest rail options are Newhaven Town and Newhaven Harbour to the east, along with Bishopstone, Seaford, Southease and Glynde further into the district. All of them mean a bus, a bike, a taxi or a car ride before you get anywhere near a platform, and the round-trip from a house in the middle of Peacehaven to a train seat is what puts most people off. About one in ten residents relies on the bus, and there are around 44 bus stops within the town's bounding area, which is decent coverage for a place this size. About half the working population drives to work, and that figure tells you most about how the town actually gets around.
Broadband is where the connectivity story goes from awkward to excellent. Around 86 percent of premises can get gigabit fibre, which is well above the national average and well above what most coastal towns can offer. Around 99 percent can get superfast broadband as a minimum floor. Roughly one in four residents now works from home, which is high for a town this size and is what the good broadband makes possible. When the nearest train is a car ride away and the fibre is essentially universal, the balance tilts one way for a certain kind of buyer.
For the typical commute, the town works if you drive to a station or if you do not need to leave the house. It works less well if you want a walkable turn-up-and-catch-a-train life. The main road connections east and west along the coast are the practical arteries, and the ones towards Brighton in particular are what makes the town liveable for anyone whose office is over there. The rest of the connectivity picture is what your fibre provider gives you.
Overall, Peacehaven scores three out of five on connectivity. That is what you get when you average a pair of two-out-of-fives for rail and buses against a five-out-of-five for broadband: something in the middle that describes neither reality on its own.