Polegate

18°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 18° · 76% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 18° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:20

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

54 reported · July 2026▼ 11% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences20
• Anti-social behaviour14
• Public order7
• Criminal damage & arson6

Neighbourhood team: Polegate · Sussex

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

343 reported road collisions (2024)

122 killed or seriously injured · 517 casualties · 21.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

84 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Polegate (0.3 km)
• 21 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£386,787 average▼ 0.7% YoY

Across Wealden · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,266 average monthly rent▲ 2% YoY

• 1 bed £900
• 2 bed £1,147
• 3 bed £1,432

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

10.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.8 times median annual pay (10.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (4.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (11.8 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

25 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 80 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Metro-Eastbourne Hampden Park (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches12
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Open day success at Wealden Crematorium· 11 Sept 2026
• Wealden Community Sports Hub provides opportunities for women, girls and grassroots sport· 9 Sept 2026
• Unsafe farm buildings at Knights Farm West to be demolished· 9 Sept 2026
• Reaction to Local Government Reorganisation pause· 8 Sept 2026
• Home Office to seek planning permission for continued use of Crowborough Army Camp· 2 Sept 2026

Source: Wealden Council

160,151 residents in Wealden · 192/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 27%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 254 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,728 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 75,220)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

71 schools · 21,298 pupils

51 primary · 5 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 17 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

61inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wealden

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
• 6 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

296 applications decided

84.5% granted · 250 granted, 46 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

James MacCleary

Liberal Democrat

Lewes

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

• Lab 2
• Con 9
• LD 11
• Grn 11
• Ref 2
• Oth 10

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,520 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

141 jobs advertised · £39,517 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Paid per Shift Car Required, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Assistant Restaurant Manager - Stylish & Elegant Fine-Dining

Source: Adzuna

£866 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,270 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 · 75,732 certificates

10.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

12% low-carbon electricity

Imports 73% · Gas 14% · Wind 12% · Hydro 1%

125 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lewes:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership596 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks349 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership340 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases319 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office316 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Polegate · 0.2 km

  Polegate is a town and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England, United Kingdom. It is part of the greater area of Eastbourne, which is located around four miles (7 km) south. The 2011 census put t…

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  Polegate railway station · 0.3 km

  Polegate railway station serves Polegate in East Sussex, England. It is on the East Coastway Line, 61 miles 39 chains (99.0 km) from London Bridge, and train services are provided by Southern.

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  St George's Church, Polegate · 0.5 km

  St George's Church is a Roman Catholic church of the parish of Hailsham and Polegate serving the town of Polegate in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England.

• Otham Abbey · 0.9 km

  Otham Abbey was a medieval monastic house in Polegate, East Sussex, England.

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  Ovenden's Mill, Polegate · 0.9 km

  Ovenden's Mill or Mockett's Mill is a grade II* listed tower mill at Polegate, East Sussex, England which has been restored but is now in a poor state and the tower is not open to the public. The impressive milling mu…

• Cuckoo Line · 1.0 km

  The Cuckoo Line is an informal name for the now defunct railway service which linked Polegate and Eridge in East Sussex, England, from 1880 to 1968. It was nicknamed the Cuckoo Line by drivers, from a tradition observ…

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