Haywards Heath

17°CLight rain shower

• Today: 20° / 16° · 84% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:21

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

176 reported · July 2026▼ 2% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences50
• Anti-social behaviour42
• Public order23
• Criminal damage & arson17

14 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Ashenground and Heath Haywards Heath · Sussex

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

172 reported road collisions (2024)

57 killed or seriously injured · 227 casualties · 17.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

223 food businesses within 2 miles

• 185 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

£367,918 average▲ 1.7% YoY

Across Lewes · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,325 average monthly rent▲ 6.1% YoY

• 1 bed £919
• 2 bed £1,209
• 3 bed £1,497

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 164.9p · Esso (8.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Esso (5.1 km)

7 stations 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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 194 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

34inspected 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 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

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

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

80 applications decided

80% granted · 64 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

4,860 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

684 jobs advertised · £36,474 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Support Worker, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£829 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% 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

11% low-carbon electricity

Imports 68% · Gas 21% · Wind 10% · Hydro 1%

147 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Sussex:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership408 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s387 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership385 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases296 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test289 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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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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