Lower Willingdon

16°CHeavy rain at times

• Today: 17° / 14° · 83% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:22Sunset 19:31

13h 9m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

78 reported · July 2026▲ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences28
• Anti-social behaviour24
• Criminal damage & arson9
• Vehicle crime6

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

179 reported road collisions (2024)

52 killed or seriously injured · 224 casualties · 17.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

189 food businesses within 2 miles

• 175 rated 4–5 ★ (157 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Polegate Oaks (2.0 km)
• 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£251,811 average▼ 3.7% YoY

Across Eastbourne · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,166 average monthly rent▲ 0.7% YoY

• 1 bed £818
• 2 bed £1,076
• 3 bed £1,303

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

7.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.4 times median annual pay (7.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (1.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.9p · Morrisons (11 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

23 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 80 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Metro-Eastbourne Hampden Park (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches4
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

101,686 residents in Eastbourne · 2,303/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 106 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,654 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 49,860)

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

33 schools · 14,294 pupils

18 primary · 4 secondary · 11 other

Ofsted: 9 of 12 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (75%)

28inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Eastbourne

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
• 36 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

86 applications decided

75.6% granted · 65 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Josh Babarinde

Liberal Democrat

Eastbourne

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 8
• LD 19

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

• Schools9
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,780 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£727 median full-time weekly pay

4.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,063 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 57,151 certificates

11.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

36% low-carbon electricity

Imports 50% · Wind 19% · Gas 14% · Solar 11%

82 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction6.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.2
• Happiness yesterday6.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.8

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Eastbourne:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership433 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office343 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s314 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership312 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test239 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  The Hoo, Willingdon and Jevington · 0.3 km

  The Hoo is a Neoclassical country house in Willingdon, in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. It was designed by Edwin Lutyens in 1902 for Alexander Wedderburn, a wealthy lawyer. Considered one of Lutyens' b…

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  Willingdon and Jevington · 0.7 km

  Willingdon and Jevington is a civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. The two villages lie one mile (1.6 km) south of Polegate. Willingdon is part of the built-up area which is Eastbourne, and li…

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  Willingdon Down · 1.0 km

  Willingdon Down is a 67.5-hectare (167-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Willingdon, a suburb of Eastbourne in East Sussex. Part of it is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure which is a Schedule…

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  More Radio Eastbourne · 1.1 km

  More Radio Eastbourne, formerly Sovereign FM, is an Independent Local Radio station serving Eastbourne, Hailsham, Polegate and surrounding areas. It is owned and operated by Nation Broadcasting and broadcasts from stu…

• Combe Hill, East Sussex · 1.2 km

  Combe Hill is a causewayed enclosure, near Eastbourne in East Sussex, on the northern edge of the South Downs. It consists of an inner circuit of ditches and banks, incomplete where it meets a steep slope on its north…

• Willingdon Community School · 1.4 km

  Willingdon Community School is an 11–16 coeducational secondary school located in the Lower Willingdon area of Eastbourne in the English county of East Sussex.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)