Burgess Hill

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 17° · 50% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 12° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:19

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

229 reported · July 2026▲ 6% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour70
• Violence & sexual offences57
• Public order22
• Shoplifting16

7 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Meeds and Franklands · Sussex

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

172 reported road collisions (2024)

57 killed or seriously injured · 227 casualties · 17.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

203 food businesses within 2 miles

• 164 rated 4–5 ★ (141 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Burgess Hill (0.7 km)
• 77 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£367,918 average▲ 1.7% YoY

Across Lewes · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,325 average monthly rent▲ 6.1% YoY

• 1 bed £919
• 2 bed £1,209
• 3 bed £1,497

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 163.9p · Asda (10.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (10.1 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

25 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Cyprus Road Car Park, Burgess Hill (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches29
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds44

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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 194 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

34inspected 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 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

• In a conservation area (St John's)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 14 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

80 applications decided

80% granted · 64 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Alison Bennett

Liberal Democrat

Mid Sussex

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Labour coalition

• Lab 8
• LD 14
• Grn 18
• Oth 1

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

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics6
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens47
• Restaurants & cafés54

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,860 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

256 jobs advertised · £43,976 avg

e.g. SEN Teaching Assistant, Sous Chef, Care Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£829 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% 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

9% low-carbon electricity

Imports 61% · Gas 30% · Solar 6% · Wind 3%

171 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Sussex:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership408 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s387 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership385 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases296 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test289 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  St John the Evangelist's Church, Burgess Hill · 0.1 km

  St John the Evangelist's Church is the Church of England parish church of Burgess Hill, West Sussex, England. It is a Gothic Revival church built of local bricks. It was consecrated in 1863 and was the town's first Ch…

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  Providence Strict Baptist Chapel, Burgess Hill · 0.2 km

  Providence Strict Baptist Chapel is a former Strict Baptist place of worship in the town of Burgess Hill in Mid Sussex, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. Founded in 1875 by…

• More Radio Mid-Sussex · 0.4 km

  More Radio Mid-Sussex, formerly Bright FM, is an Independent Local Radio station serving Mid Sussex, West Sussex and East Sussex and surrounding areas, on FM and DAB. It broadcasts from studios in Hickstead, as part o…

• Abbotsford, West Sussex · 0.5 km

  Abbotsford is a settlement in West Sussex, England. Although once of a distinct identity, the name is now rarely used to describe the area and it would more likely be described as the northern outskirts of Burgess Hil…

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  St Wilfrid's Church, Burgess Hill · 0.5 km

  St Wilfrid's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Burgess Hill, West Sussex.

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  Burgess Hill railway station · 0.7 km

  Burgess Hill railway station is on the Brighton Main Line, serving the town of Burgess Hill, West Sussex. It is 41 miles 39 chains (66.8 km) down the line from London Bridge via Redhill and is situated between Wivelsf…

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