Plumpton Green

11°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 15° / 7° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:50Sunset 16:37

9h 46m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

• 6.3 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

2 reported · August 2026▼ 60% YoY

• Other theft1
• Violence & sexual offences1

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

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

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

206 reported road collisions (2025)

61 killed or seriously injured · 282 casualties · 20.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

18 food businesses within 2 miles

• 17 rated 4–5 ★ (17 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Plumpton (0.6 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£374,305 average▲ 1.5% YoY

Across Lewes · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,333 average monthly rent▲ 5.9% YoY

• 1 bed £924
• 2 bed £1,217
• 3 bed £1,506

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

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

1,450 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: 138.8p · AppleGreen (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (11.6 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

23 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: The Bull (4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches26
• Golf courses1
• 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,856
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,018
• Net moves+838

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 170 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

34 inspected 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 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
• 23 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

112 applications decided

91.1% granted · 102 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

James MacCleary

Liberal Democrat

Lewes

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Labour coalition

• Lab 8
• LD 14
• Grn 18
• Oth 1

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,845 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£829 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% 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

23% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Imports 22% · Solar 9% · Wind 6%

230 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81 yrs men

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

7 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in BN7

• Foundry Healthcare Lewes
• Community Dermatology Service Nhs H&R
• East Sussex Dermatology Service

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lewes:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks842 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death442 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases319 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND296 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers203 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide

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

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  Plumpton railway station · 0.5 km

  Plumpton railway station serves the village of Plumpton in East Sussex, England. It is 44 miles 42 chains (71.7 km) from London Bridge via Redhill.

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  Plumpton Racecourse · 1.0 km

  Plumpton Racecourse is a National Hunt racecourse in the village of Plumpton, East Sussex near Lewes and Brighton. Racing first took place at Plumpton in 1884.

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  East Chiltington · 1.6 km

  East Chiltington is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. It is centred four miles (5.9 km) south-east of Burgess Hill and five miles (8 km) north-west of Lewes. It is a strip paris…

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  Streat · 2.0 km

  Streat is a village and parish in the Lewes district of East Sussex, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Burgess Hill and 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Lewes, within the South Downs National Park.

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  RAF Chailey · 2.4 km

  Royal Air Force Chailey or more simply RAF Chailey is a former Royal Air Force advanced landing ground close to the village of Chailey near Burgess Hill in East Sussex during the Second World War. It was an example of…

• Chailey School · 2.5 km

  Chailey Secondary School is a comprehensive secondary school located in the village of South Chailey, Chailey, just outside Lewes in East Sussex, UK. It opened in April 1958. Chailey School was awarded specialist Lang…

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