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Hartfield

Hartfield is a village in East Sussex, England, with a population of around 1,000. There is 1 school, 1 restaurant and café, 2 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Ashurst, 4.1 km away. The average sold house price is around £835,750. In June 2026, there were around 7 recorded street crimes, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hartfield area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Wealden area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 160,151 residents at roughly 192 people per km².

Council
Wealden
County
East Sussex
Constituency
Wealden
Police force
Sussex
54/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 121st of 294 English council areas — better than 59% of them.

Low crime99
Home affordability21
Affordable rents26
Good schools21
Life expectancy73
Low deprivation80
Employment78
Low council tax2

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

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 7° · 19% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:28

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Greenwich - Fiveways Sidcup Rd A20, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.5 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

Crime

6 reported · August 2026▲ 20% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences4
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Hartfield · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Cross border criminal activity

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

Road safety

317 reported road collisions (2025)

113 killed or seriously injured · 453 casualties · 19.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

14 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Ashurst (4.1 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Ashurst Kent (4.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£380,679 average▼ 1.6% YoY

Across Wealden · to 2026-08

Detached£575,010
Semi-detached£341,952
Terraced£285,348
Flat£180,919

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,262 average monthly rent▲ 1.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £897
  • 2 bed £1,143
  • 3 bed £1,428

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

Affordability

10.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.8 times median annual pay (10.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,329 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (10.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Esso (10.1 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

5 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: Lidl-Crowborough (5.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools15
  • Sports pitches14
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

160,151 residents in Wealden · 192/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 57%
  • 65+: 27%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,796
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,519
  • Net moves+2,277

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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 238 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,728 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 75,220)

A £1,819
B £2,122
C £2,425
D £2,728
E £3,335
F £3,941
G £4,547
H £5,457

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

Schools

71 schools · 21,298 pupils

51 primary · 5 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 17 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Beacon AcademyOutstanding
  • Uckfield CollegeOutstanding
  • Heathfield Community CollegeGood
  • Uplands Academy
  • Willingdon Community School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wealden

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Hartfield Conservation Area)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 37 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

350 applications decided

85.7% granted · 300 granted, 50 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Ms Nusrat Ghani

Conservative

Sussex Weald

Recent votes:

  • AyeKing's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (h)
  • NoCriminal Justice Bill Report Stage: New Clause 91
  • NoCriminal Justice Bill Report Stage: New Clause 59
  • NoCriminal Justice Bill Report Stage: New Clause 44

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

  • Lab 2
  • Con 9
  • LD 11
  • Grn 11
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 10

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,540 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

3 jobs advertised · £38,667 avg

e.g. Senior/Principal Ecologist, RICS Commercial / Rural Property Manager, Consultant Ecologist

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£866 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,270 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 75,732 certificates

10.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

43% low-carbon electricity

Gas 57% · Wind 33% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 4%

228 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

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

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sussex Weald:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Hartfield · 0.1 km

    Hartfield is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. The parish also includes the settlements of Colemans Hatch, Hammerwood and Holtye, all lying on the northern edge of Ashdown For…

  • Hartfield railway station · 0.4 km

    Hartfield was a railway station serving Hartfield, England, on the Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells Central Line which closed in 1967, a casualty of the Beeching Axe.

  • Withyham Priory · 1.3 km

    Withyham Priory was a Benedictine monastic house in East Sussex, extant in 1086 and dissolved in 1413.

  • Cotchford Farm · 1.4 km

    Cotchford Farm is a farmhouse building to the southwest of the village of Hartfield, East Sussex, in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in southern England. Its owners have included author A. A. Milne,…

  • Mills Rocks · 1.4 km

    Mills Rocks is a 1.9-hectare (4.7-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of East Grinstead in West Sussex.

  • Withyham · 1.5 km

    Withyham is a village and large civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. The village is situated 7 miles south west of Royal Tunbridge Wells and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from Crowborough; the parish cov…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Hartfield?
Hartfield is a town in East Sussex, England, in the Wealden local authority.
How deprived is Hartfield?
The Wealden local authority, which includes Hartfield, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.