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Icklesham

Icklesham is a village in East Sussex, England, with a population of around 941. The nearest railway station is Winchelsea, 3.3 km away. There were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly public order. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Icklesham 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
Hastings and Rye
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° / 13° · 13% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:20

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

Crime

3 reported · July 2026 50% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Eastern Rother · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social behaviour

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

13 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 13 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Winchelsea (3.2 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Winchelsea (3.1 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: 164.7p · Asda (9.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (8.6 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

5 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: Covehurst Bay Holiday Cottages (5.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches2

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
  • 28 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

Helena Dollimore

Labour (Co-op)

Hastings and Rye

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft 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
  • Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,705 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

5 jobs advertised

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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

33% low-carbon electricity

Imports 52% · Wind 28% · Gas 14% · Nuclear 4%

98 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 Hastings and Rye:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Icklesham · 0.5 km

    Icklesham is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. The village is located about six miles (10 km) east of Hastings, on the main A259 Hastings to Rye road. The surrounding countrysi…

  • Hogg Hill Mill · 1.2 km

    Hogg Hill Mill is a post mill at Icklesham in East Sussex, England. It houses the private recording studio of Paul McCartney.

  • Snailham Halt railway station · 2.1 km

    Snailham Halt railway station was on the South Eastern Railway's route between Ashford and Hastings, nowadays known as the Marshlink Line. It opened in 1907 and closed in 1959.

  • Hastings and Rye · 2.3 km

    Hastings and Rye is a constituency in East Sussex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Helena Dollimore of the Labour and Co-operative Party.

  • Winchelsea Cutting · 2.7 km

    Winchelsea Cutting is a 0.15-hectare (0.37-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern outskirts of Winchelsea in East Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

  • Udimore · 2.7 km

    Udimore is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. It is located five miles (8 km) west of Rye on the B2089 road to Brede.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Icklesham?
Icklesham is a town in East Sussex, England, in the Rother local authority.
What is the population of Icklesham?
Icklesham has an approximate settlement population of 941.
How deprived is Icklesham?
The Rother local authority, which includes Icklesham, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.