Newick

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 14° · 47% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:25

12h 58m 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

3 reported · July 2026▼ 40% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Hamsey, Barcombe and Newick · 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)

36 food businesses within 2 miles

• 28 rated 4–5 ★ (25 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Sheffield Park (2.8 km)
• 7 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: 138.8p · AppleGreen (5.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (5.7 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Sheffield Park 1 (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches24
• Playgrounds2

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
• 49 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

Mims Davies

Conservative

East Grinstead and Uckfield

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Labour coalition

• Lab 8
• LD 14
• Grn 18
• Oth 1

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,860 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

7 jobs advertised · £33,800 avg

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Care Assistant – Newick

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

5% low-carbon electricity

Imports 59% · Gas 36% · Wind 3% · Biomass 1%

192 gCO₂/kWh · high 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 East Grinstead and Uckfield:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership445 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership418 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office357 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s310 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test275 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Zion Chapel, Newick · 0.5 km

  Zion Chapel is a former Strict Baptist place of worship in the village of Newick in Lewes District, one of six local government districts in the English county of East Sussex. The tiny building was opened for worship…

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  Newick · 0.9 km

  Newick is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. It is located on the A272 road six miles (9.7 km) east of Haywards Heath.

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  Newick and Chailey railway station · 1.5 km

  Newick and Chailey was a railway station located in North Chailey and located near the villages of Newick and Chailey in East Sussex, England. It was part of the East Grinstead to Lewes line, part of which now makes u…

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  Fletching, East Sussex · 2.2 km

  Fletching is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England. It is located three miles (4.8 km) to the north-west of Uckfield, near one of the entrances to Sheffield Park. The A272 road cro…

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  Chailey · 2.3 km

  Chailey is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. It is located 7 miles north of Lewes, on the A272 road from Winchester to Canterbury. The Prime Meridian passes just to the east of…

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  Chailey Common · 2.4 km

  Chailey Common is a 169 hectare (417.4 acre) biological site of Special Scientific Interest in the East Sussex. It is close to the village of North Chailey to the west of Newick. The site was notified in 1985 under th…

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