Burgess Hill

8°CClear

• Today: 12° / 7° · 38% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:54Sunset 16:33

9h 39m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, 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

193 reported · August 2026▲ 24% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour68
• Violence & sexual offences39
• Shoplifting26
• Criminal damage & arson15

16 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Meeds and Franklands · 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)

202 food businesses within 2 miles

• 164 rated 4–5 ★ (142 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

£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: 173.9p · Asda (10.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · Asda (10.1 km)

1 station 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)

• 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 (St John's)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 14 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

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 & greens48
• Restaurants & cafés54

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,845 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

237 jobs advertised · £38,057 avg

e.g. Restaurant Supervisor, Kitchen Assistant, Mobile Android & iOS Engineer

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

50% low-carbon electricity

Gas 49% · Wind 40% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 4%

199 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

4 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in RH15

• Meadows Surgery
• Silverdale Practice
• Brow Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Sussex:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death583 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks420 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases299 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND274 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth216 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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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…

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  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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