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Etchingham

Etchingham is a village in East Sussex, England, with a population of around 405. There is one restaurant or café, three bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Etchingham, 0.7 km away. The average sold house price is around £592,049, and there were around 5 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Etchingham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Rother area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 93,113 residents at roughly 183 people per km².

Council
Rother
County
East Sussex
Constituency
Bexhill and Battle
Police force
Sussex
50/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 154th of 294 English council areas — better than 48% of them.

Low crime68
Home affordability19
Affordable rents26
Good schools75
Life expectancy72
Low deprivation42
Employment52
Low council tax3

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

16°COvercast

  • Today: 22° / 14° · 13% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:21

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

Crime

1 reported · July 2026 83% YoY

  • Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: Ticehurst, Etchingham, Flimwell, and Stonegate · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social behaviour
  • Theft and Burglary

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

Road safety

222 reported road collisions (2024)

79 killed or seriously injured · 293 casualties · 23.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

15 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Etchingham (0.7 km)
  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Etchingham (0.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£343,870 average 2.4% YoY

Across Rother · to 2026-06

Detached£575,692
Semi-detached£375,440
Terraced£298,051
Flat£186,002

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,166 average monthly rent 0.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £804
  • 2 bed £1,032
  • 3 bed £1,296

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

Affordability

11.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.0 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 140.8p · AppleGreen (10.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 148.8p · AppleGreen (10.9 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

6 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Dale Hill Hotel & Golf Club (4.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches5
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

93,113 residents in Rother · 183/km²

  • Under 16: 15%
  • 16–64: 53%
  • 65+: 32%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 135 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,701 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (22% of 46,950)

A £1,801
B £2,101
C £2,401
D £2,701
E £3,301
F £3,901
G £4,502
H £5,402

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

Schools

52 schools · 12,933 pupils

32 primary · 5 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 13 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

40inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Rye CollegeGood
  • St Richard's Catholic CollegeGood
  • Robertsbridge Community CollegeInadequate
  • Bexhill High Academy
  • Claverham Community College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rother

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

172 applications decided

91.9% granted · 158 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dr Kieran Mullan

Conservative

Bexhill and Battle

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition

  • Lab 6
  • Con 10
  • LD 9
  • Grn 3
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 9

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,705 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

34 jobs advertised · £32,823 avg

e.g. Become a Maths Tutor in Etchingham – Flexible & Remote, Care Assistant - Care Home, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£691 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,615 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

37% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 50,798 certificates

12.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

36% low-carbon electricity

Imports 52% · Wind 30% · Gas 13% · Nuclear 4%

92 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bexhill and Battle:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Etchingham railway station · 0.7 km

    Etchingham railway station is on the Hastings line in the south of England and serves the village of Etchingham, East Sussex. It is 47 miles 34 chains (76.3 km) down the line from London Charing Cross. The station and…

  • Etchingham · 0.9 km

    Etchingham is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex in southern England. The village is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent and 13 miles (21 km)…

  • Haremere Hall · 1.5 km

    Haremere Hall is a Grade I listed Jacobean building near Etchingham, East Sussex.

  • Weald · 2.5 km

    The Weald is an area of South East England between the parallel chalk escarpments of the North and the South Downs. It crosses the counties of Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex, East Sussex, and Kent. It has three parts,…

  • Hurst Green, East Sussex · 2.9 km

    Hurst Green is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England, and is located south of the East Sussex / Kent border at Flimwell.

  • Robertsbridge Community College · 3.1 km

    Robertsbridge Community College is a coeducational secondary school located in Robertsbridge in the English county of East Sussex.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Etchingham?
Etchingham is a town in East Sussex, England, in the Rother local authority.
What is the population of Etchingham?
Etchingham has an approximate settlement population of 405.
How deprived is Etchingham?
The Rother local authority, which includes Etchingham, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.