Pevensey Bay

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• Today: 11° / 8° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 8° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:28

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

• 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

16 reported · August 2026▲ 78% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Shoplifting3
• Drugs2

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Pevensey and Westham · Sussex

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

166 reported road collisions (2025)

48 killed or seriously injured · 195 casualties · 16.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

89 food businesses within 2 miles

• 64 rated 4–5 ★ (54 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

£255,642 average▼ 0.7% YoY

Across Eastbourne · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,169 average monthly rent▲ 1.1% YoY

• 1 bed £819
• 2 bed £1,079
• 3 bed £1,306

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

1,430 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (6.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (5.6 km)

5 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,721
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,792
• Net moves−71

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 96 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

13% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

28 inspected 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 homes301
• GP practices81
• Dentists140
• Homecare agencies107
• 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)

117 applications decided

91.5% granted · 107 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

3,805 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£727 median full-time weekly pay

4.8% 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

41% low-carbon electricity

Gas 58% · Wind 31% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 3%

233 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (East Sussex): 59.9 women · 59.2 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

1 GP surgery · 3 pharmacies in BN24

• Stone Cross Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bexhill and Battle:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks290 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND218 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately193 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills170 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK157 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)