North Chailey

18°CLight rain shower

• Today: 20° / 16° · 84% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:21

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

3 reported · July 2026▼ 40% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Chailey, East Chiltington, Plumpton and St John · 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)

33 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Sheffield Park (2.3 km)
• 9 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 (7.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (7.8 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Wowo Campsite (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools10
• Sports pitches21
• Playgrounds1

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
• 15 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
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,860 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

13% low-carbon electricity

Imports 74% · Gas 14% · Wind 12% · Hydro 1%

123 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 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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  Chailey Common · 0.4 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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  Newick and Chailey railway station · 0.7 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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  Heritage Mill, North Chailey · 0.9 km

  Heritage Mill, or Beard's Mill is a grade II listed smock mill at North Chailey, Sussex, England, which is maintained as a landmark and open to the public.

• Chailey Heritage School · 1.2 km

  Chailey Heritage School is a special school located in North Chailey, East Sussex, England. It is owned and operated by the Chailey Heritage Foundation. The school is for children and young adults, aged between 3 and…

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  Scaynes Hill SSSI · 1.2 km

  Scaynes Hill is a 0.04-hectare (0.099-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Newick in East Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

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  Zion Chapel, Newick · 1.6 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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)