Pevensey Bay

19°CSunny

• Today: 20° / 15° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 18° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:21

12h 54m 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

21 reported · July 2026▲ 17% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour5
• Violence & sexual offences5
• Shoplifting3
• Drugs2

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Pevensey and Westham · Sussex

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)

95 food businesses within 2 miles

• 67 rated 4–5 ★ (56 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Pevensey Bay (0.7 km)
• 1 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 (6.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (5.6 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 80 kW
• Nearest: Castle Inn (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches3
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

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
• 33 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

Dr Kieran Mullan

Conservative

Bexhill and Battle

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 8
• LD 19

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés12

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

47% low-carbon electricity

Imports 42% · Solar 23% · Wind 21% · Gas 11%

66 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 Bexhill and Battle:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership449 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office364 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership347 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test226 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s209 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Bill Gut · 0.6 km

  Bill Gut is a minor, 1.2-kilometre (0.75 mi) long river (brook) and drainage ditch in the Pevensey Levels in Pevensey, Wealden District, East Sussex, England. Forming multiple distributaries, it rises from Langley Sew…

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  Salt Haven · 0.7 km

  Salt Haven is a minor river (brook) in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. Rising from Pevensey Haven in Westham, Salt Haven drains into Pevensey Bay at the English Channel in Pevensey. The Pevensey Bridge G…

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  Pevensey Bay railway station · 0.7 km

  Pevensey Bay railway station serves Pevensey Bay in East Sussex, England. It is on the East Coastway Line, and train services are provided by Southern.

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  Pevensey Haven · 0.9 km

  Pevensey Haven is a 6.1-kilometre (3.8 mi) long river in the Pevensey Levels in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England, that is a tributary to Salt Haven in the civil parish of Westham.

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  St Nicolas Church, Pevensey · 1.2 km

  St Nicolas' Church is the Anglican parish church of the village of Pevensey in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. The church is a Grade I Listed building.

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  Pevensey · 1.2 km

  Pevensey is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. The main village is located five miles (8 km) north-east of Eastbourne, one mile (1.6 km) inland from Pevensey Bay. The settlemen…

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