Haywards Heath

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 5° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:28

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

44US 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

142 reported · August 2026▼ 11% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences51
• Anti-social behaviour35
• Public order16
• Criminal damage & arson9

8 stop & searches · mostly goods on which duty has not been paid etc.

Neighbourhood team: Ashenground and Heath Haywards Heath · 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)

223 food businesses within 2 miles

• 189 rated 4–5 ★ (154 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Haywards Heath (0.8 km)
• 59 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: 194.9p · BP (11.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 219.9p · BP (11.7 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

23 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Hazelgrove Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms6
• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches26
• Playgrounds25

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 47 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)

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés49

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,845 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

513 jobs advertised · £40,409 avg

e.g. SEN / SEND Tutor, West Sussex, Golang Developer, Teaching Assistant

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

53% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Wind 38% · Nuclear 9% · Biomass 6%

188 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

9 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in RH16

• Lindfield Medical Centre
• Dolphins Practice
• Newtons Practice

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 Wilfrid's Church, Haywards Heath · 0.2 km

  St Wilfrid's Church is an Anglican church in the town of Haywards Heath in the district of Mid Sussex, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. It is Haywards Heath's parish church…

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  Haywards Heath Town (electoral division) · 0.2 km

  Haywards Heath Town is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.

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  Battle of Muster Green · 0.5 km

  The Battle of Muster Green was a minor battle of major significance that took place during the first week of December 1642 on and around the then much larger Muster Green in Haywards Heath during the first year of the…

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  Haywards Heath Town Hall · 0.5 km

  Haywards Heath Town Hall is a municipal building in Boltro Road in Haywards Heath, a town in West Sussex, in England. The building accommodates the offices and meeting place of Haywards Heath Town Council.

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  Jireh Chapel, Haywards Heath · 0.5 km

  The Jireh Chapel is a Strict Baptist place of worship in the town of Haywards Heath in the English county of West Sussex. The chapel was built in 1879.

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  Haywards Heath railway station · 0.8 km

  Haywards Heath railway station is on the Brighton Main Line in England, serving the town of Haywards Heath, West Sussex. It is 37 miles 59 chains down the line from London Bridge via Redhill and is situated between Ba…

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