Lewes

9°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 5° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:28

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

44US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

• 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

143 reported · August 2026▼ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences48
• Anti-social behaviour27
• Shoplifting25
• Burglary8

20 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Lewes Town Centre, Lewes Castle and Lewes Priory · Sussex

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

206 reported road collisions (2025)

61 killed or seriously injured · 282 casualties · 20.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

158 food businesses within 2 miles

• 134 rated 4–5 ★ (115 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Lewes (0.4 km)
• 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£374,305 average▲ 1.5% YoY

Across Lewes · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,333 average monthly rent▲ 5.9% YoY

• 1 bed £924
• 2 bed £1,217
• 3 bed £1,506

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

9.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.7 times median annual pay (9.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,450 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (2.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10.3 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Lewes Station (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches23
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

99,907 residents in Lewes · 342/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,856
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,018
• Net moves+838

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 170 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,756 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (29% of 47,330)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

38 schools · 13,446 pupils

25 primary · 6 secondary · 7 other

Ofsted: 8 of 8 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

34 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Lewes

703 CQC-registered services

• Care homes301
• GP practices81
• Dentists140
• Homecare agencies107
• Hospitals & hospices24

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · East Sussex

• In a conservation area (Lewes)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 530 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

112 applications decided

91.1% granted · 102 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

James MacCleary

Liberal Democrat

Lewes

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Labour coalition

• Lab 8
• LD 14
• Grn 18
• Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens19
• Restaurants & cafés45

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,845 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

333 jobs advertised · £39,377 avg

e.g. Nurse Functional Assessor, Pharmacy Assistant, Floor Fitter (Self-Employed)

Source: Adzuna

£829 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,837 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 48,390 certificates

10.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 45% · Wind 37% · Nuclear 10% · Biomass 7%

184 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (East Sussex): 59.9 women · 59.2 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

7 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in BN7

• Foundry Healthcare Lewes
• Community Dermatology Service Nhs H&R
• East Sussex Dermatology Service

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lewes:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks842 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death442 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases319 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND296 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers203 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Southover Grange · 0.1 km

  Southover Grange in Lewes, Sussex is a house of historical significance and is Grade II* listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in 1572 by William Newton and owned by this family for the next three hund…

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  Lewes Old Grammar School · 0.1 km

  Lewes Old Grammar School (LOGS) in Lewes, East Sussex, is a private co-educational day school for ages three to eighteen years.

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  Barbican House · 0.2 km

  Barbican House is a sixteenth century house next to Lewes Castle. It is now used as a museum, and is the headquarters of the Sussex Archaeological Society. The house is a Grade II* listed building.

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  Lewes Castle · 0.2 km

  Lewes Castle is a medieval castle in the town of Lewes in East Sussex, England. Originally called Bray Castle, it occupies a commanding position guarding the gap in the South Downs cut by the River Ouse and occupied b…

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  Southover General Baptist Chapel · 0.2 km

  Southover General Baptist Chapel is a former Baptist place of worship in the ancient village of Southover, now part of the town and district of Lewes, one of six local government districts in the English county of Eas…

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  Pelham House · 0.2 km

  Pelham House is a large red-bricked building at St Andrews Lane in Lewes, East Sussex. The building which was the headquarters of East Sussex County Council from 1938 to 1968, is a Grade II listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)