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12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 8° · 23% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 9° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:50Sunset 16:34

9h 44m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

45US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

• 6.4 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

83 reported · August 2026▼ 1% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences25
• Anti-social behaviour23
• Shoplifting11
• Vehicle crime7

1 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Sovereign Harbour · Sussex

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

166 reported road collisions (2025)

48 killed or seriously injured · 195 casualties · 16.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

175 food businesses within 2 miles

• 138 rated 4–5 ★ (123 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pevensey and Westham (2.1 km)
• 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£255,642 average▼ 0.7% YoY

Across Eastbourne · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,169 average monthly rent▲ 1.1% YoY

• 1 bed £819
• 2 bed £1,079
• 3 bed £1,306

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

7.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.4 times median annual pay (7.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,430 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: 154.9p · Esso (5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (7.4 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 80 kW
• Nearest: ASDA Eastbourne Superstore (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches7
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

101,686 residents in Eastbourne · 2,303/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,721
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,792
• Net moves−71

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 96 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,654 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 49,860)

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

33 schools · 14,294 pupils

18 primary · 4 secondary · 11 other

Ofsted: 9 of 12 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (75%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Eastbourne

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

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

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

117 applications decided

91.5% granted · 107 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Josh Babarinde

Liberal Democrat

Eastbourne

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 8
• LD 19

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,805 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£727 median full-time weekly pay

4.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,063 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 57,151 certificates

11.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

26% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Imports 20% · Wind 14% · Nuclear 6%

232 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

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

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction6.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.2
• Happiness yesterday6.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.8

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

4 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in BN23

• Harbour Medical Practice
• East Sussex Outpatients Services
• Eastbourne East Pcn Hub

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Eastbourne:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks269 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND202 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases185 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers166 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth161 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

• 
  Eastbourne Lifeboat Station · 0.9 km

  Eastbourne Lifeboat Station can be found at Sovereign Harbour Marina, off Pevensey Bay Rd, in Eastbourne, a seaside resort overlooking the English Channel, in the county of East Sussex, on the south coast of England.…

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  Sovereign Harbour · 0.9 km

  Sovereign Harbour is a residential and commercial development of the shingle beachland and marsh between Eastbourne and Pevensey Bay in the seaside town of Eastbourne, England.

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  Priory Lane · 1.2 km

  Priory Lane is an association football stadium located in Langney, an eastern suburb of Eastbourne, East Sussex, England. It is the home of Eastbourne Borough, who play in the National League South. Eastbourne Borough…

• St Catherine's College, Eastbourne · 1.3 km

  St Catherine's College is a coeducational Church of England secondary school situated on the south coast of England in Eastbourne. The school is part of the Diocese of Chichester Academy Trust.

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  Langney Priory · 1.5 km

  Langney Priory is the modern name for Langney Grange, which served as an agricultural manor of several hundred acres providing produce for Lewes Priory, a Cluniac monastery. It was established before 1121 in the villa…

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  Langney · 1.5 km

  Langney is a distinct area of Eastbourne, East Sussex, located on the eastern side of the popular seaside resort. The original village and priory have since been incorporated into the main town of Eastbourne, and Lang…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)