East Dean and Friston

10°COvercast

• Today: 12° / 10° · 68% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:54Sunset 16:31

9h 37m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

32US 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

6 reported · August 2026▲ 500% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Drugs1
• Other theft1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Old Town · 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)

9 food businesses within 2 miles

• 8 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Eastbourne (4.7 km)
• 7 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 (4.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (4.5 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 80 kW
• Nearest: Waitrose Eastbourne (3.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds1

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
• 29 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

James MacCleary

Liberal Democrat

Lewes

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 8
• LD 19

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

• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Wind 42% · Nuclear 7% · Biomass 4%

185 gCO₂/kWh · 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 · 4 pharmacies in BN20

• Victoria Medical Centre
• The Chaseley Trust
• Victoria Eastbourne Pcn Hub

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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  East Dean and Friston · 1.2 km

  East Dean and Friston is a civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England.The two villages in the parish are in a dry valley on the South Downs – between Eastbourne three miles (4.8 km) to the east and S…

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  Seven Sisters Sheep Centre · 1.4 km

  The Seven Sisters Sheep Centre was a farm near East Dean, in the Seven Sisters Country Park of the South Downs in England. It held a large collection of about 50 sheep breeds, including rare breeds no longer raised by…

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  Seaford to Beachy Head · 2.4 km

  Seaford to Beachy Head is a 1,108.7-hectare (2,740-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches from Seaford to Eastbourne in East Sussex. It has several Geological Conservation…

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  SM UB-121 · 2.5 km

  SM UB-121 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy during World War I. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 10 February 1918 as SM UB-121.

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  Belle Tout Lighthouse · 2.8 km

  The Belle Tout Lighthouse is a decommissioned lighthouse at Beachy Head, East Sussex, England, near the town of Eastbourne. It is a Grade II listed building.

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  Action of 2 May 1707 · 3.3 km

  The action of 2 May 1707, also known as Beachy Head, was a naval battle of the War of the Spanish Succession in which a French squadron under Claude de Forbin intercepted a large British convoy escorted by three ships…

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