Blackboys

18°CLight drizzle

• Today: 20° / 16° · 84% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:20

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

343 reported road collisions (2024)

122 killed or seriously injured · 517 casualties · 21.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

12 food businesses within 2 miles

• 12 rated 4–5 ★ (10 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Tinkers Lane (3.7 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£386,787 average▼ 0.7% YoY

Across Wealden · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,266 average monthly rent▲ 2% YoY

• 1 bed £900
• 2 bed £1,147
• 3 bed £1,432

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

10.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.8 times median annual pay (10.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (5.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (5.1 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: InstaVolt Bell Walk House (5.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Open day success at Wealden Crematorium· 11 Sept 2026
• Wealden Community Sports Hub provides opportunities for women, girls and grassroots sport· 9 Sept 2026
• Unsafe farm buildings at Knights Farm West to be demolished· 9 Sept 2026
• Reaction to Local Government Reorganisation pause· 8 Sept 2026
• Home Office to seek planning permission for continued use of Crowborough Army Camp· 2 Sept 2026

Source: Wealden Council

160,151 residents in Wealden · 192/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 27%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 254 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,728 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 75,220)

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

71 schools · 21,298 pupils

51 primary · 5 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 17 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

61inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wealden

703 CQC-registered services

• Care homes298
• GP practices80
• Dentists142
• Homecare agencies108
• Hospitals & hospices24

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

Source: Care Quality Commission · East Sussex

• Not in the Green Belt
• 26 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

296 applications decided

84.5% granted · 250 granted, 46 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Ms Nusrat Ghani

Conservative

Sussex Weald

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

• Lab 2
• Con 9
• LD 11
• Grn 11
• Ref 2
• Oth 10

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,520 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Graphic Design Tutor in Blackboys – Flexible & Remote, Online Graphic Design Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£866 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,270 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 · 75,732 certificates

10.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

12% low-carbon electricity

Imports 73% · Gas 14% · Wind 12% · Hydro 1%

125 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sussex Weald:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership417 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office410 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership382 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s264 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test251 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Holy Cross Priory, Cross-in-Hand · 2.3 km

  Holy Cross Priory, Cross-in-Hand, is a priory of the Benedictine Sisters of Grace and Compassion which provides homes for the elderly. It was established in 1964 at a large country house in Cross-in-Hand, East Sussex…

• Etchingwood · 2.5 km

  Etchingwood is a small cluster of mostly detached properties and farms within the civil parish of Buxted in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. Its nearest town is Uckfield, which lies approximately 2.3 mile…

• Roser's Cross · 2.6 km

  Roser's Cross is a village in the Wealden district of East Sussex.

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  Selwyns Wood · 2.7 km

  Selwyns Wood is a 11-hectare (27-acre) nature reserve west of Heathfield in Sussex. It is managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust.

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  Framfield · 2.8 km

  Framfield is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. The village is located two miles (3 km) east of Uckfield; the settlements of Blackboys and Palehouse form part of the parish are…

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  Waldron Cutting · 3.4 km

  Waldron Cutting is a 0.2-hectare (0.49-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)