Maynard's Green

16°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 13° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:22

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

7 reported · July 2026▼ 46% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour3
• Violence & sexual offences3
• Other crime1

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Horam · Sussex

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

343 reported road collisions (2024)

122 killed or seriously injured · 517 casualties · 21.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

50 food businesses within 2 miles

• 47 rated 4–5 ★ (38 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hadlow Down (6.7 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£386,787 average▼ 0.7% YoY

Across Wealden · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,266 average monthly rent▲ 2% YoY

• 1 bed £900
• 2 bed £1,147
• 3 bed £1,432

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 138.8p · AppleGreen (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (10.9 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: May Garland Inn (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Open day success at Wealden Crematorium· 11 Sept 2026
• Wealden Community Sports Hub provides opportunities for women, girls and grassroots sport· 9 Sept 2026
• Unsafe farm buildings at Knights Farm West to be demolished· 9 Sept 2026
• Reaction to Local Government Reorganisation pause· 8 Sept 2026
• Home Office to seek planning permission for continued use of Crowborough Army Camp· 2 Sept 2026

Source: Wealden Council

160,151 residents in Wealden · 192/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 254 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,728 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

71 schools · 21,298 pupils

51 primary · 5 secondary · 15 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wealden

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
• 27 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

296 applications decided

84.5% granted · 250 granted, 46 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

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

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

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,520 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£866 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% 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

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

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sussex Weald:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership417 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office410 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership382 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s264 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test251 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• Maynard's Green · 0.1 km

  Maynard's Green is a village in the Wealden district of East Sussex.

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  Sapperton Meadows · 0.9 km

  Sapperton Meadows is a 14.7-hectare (36-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Heathfield in East Sussex.

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  Horam railway station · 1.4 km

  Horam railway station was on the Cuckoo Line between Hellingly and Heathfield, serving the village of Horam.

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  Horam · 2.0 km

  Horam is a village, electoral ward and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, situated three miles (4.8 km) south of Heathfield. Included in the parish are the settlements of Vines Cross and Burlow.

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  All Saints Church, Heathfield · 2.3 km

  All Saints Church is a Church of England parish church in Heathfield, East Sussex, England. It was constructed in the 14th century and is a Grade II* listed building.

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  Heathfield Park SSSI · 2.5 km

  Heathfield Park SSSI is a 41-hectare (100-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Heathfield in East Sussex. It is part of Heathfield Park, a Grade II* listed building and park.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)