Staplecross

10°CSunny

• Today: 10° / 6° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:27

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

36US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

• 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2 reported · August 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Public order1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Sedlescombe, Ewhurst, Staplecross, Cripps Corner and Bodiam · Sussex

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

204 reported road collisions (2025)

65 killed or seriously injured · 285 casualties · 21.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

15 food businesses within 2 miles

• 15 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bodiam (2.5 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£335,680 average▼ 1.9% YoY

Across Rother · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,165 average monthly rent▲ 0.7% YoY

• 1 bed £804
• 2 bed £1,031
• 3 bed £1,295

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

11.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.0 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,282 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: 167.7p · Asda (11.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (11.8 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 13 kW
• Nearest: New House Farm (Bodiam) LTD-Knowle Hill Stables (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• From the leader – Friday, October 30· 30 Oct 2026
• Cabinet Decisions – 26 October 2026· 29 Oct 2026
• Could you be the next Rother District Councillor?· 28 Oct 2026
• Nurdle Appeal for Information Following Theft of Beach Cleaning Equipment· 27 Oct 2026
• Bexhill seafront fountain replacement moves a step closer· 27 Oct 2026

Source: Rother Council

93,113 residents in Rother · 183/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 53%
• 65+: 32%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,370
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,385
• Net moves+985

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 93 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,701 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (22% of 46,950)

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

52 schools · 12,933 pupils

32 primary · 5 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 13 of 14 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rother

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
• 39 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

184 applications decided

92.4% granted · 170 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Dr Kieran Mullan

Conservative

Bexhill and Battle

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition

• Lab 6
• Con 12
• LD 9
• Grn 3
• Ref 1
• Oth 7

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

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£691 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,615 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

37% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 50,798 certificates

12.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

35% low-carbon electricity

Gas 33% · Imports 32% · Wind 26% · Solar 5%

168 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

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

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

2 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in TN32

• Oldwood Surgery
• Rural Rother Pcn Hub

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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  Staplecross · 0.2 km

  Staplecross is a village in the civil parish of Ewhurst and the Rother district of East Sussex, England. Staplecross is the largest settlement in Ewhurst parish, and is on a southern ridge of the valley of the River R…

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  Ewhurst, East Sussex · 0.5 km

  Ewhurst is a civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. The parish is on the southern ridge of the River Rother valley, and much of the northern boundary of the parish follows the river. The centre o…

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  Cripps Corner · 1.4 km

  Cripps Corner is a village in the civil parish of Ewhurst and the Rother district of East Sussex, England. It is in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and on a southern ridge of the valley of the River…

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  Sedlescombe vineyard · 1.7 km

  Sedlescombe Organic Vineyard is an English vineyard located in Robertsbridge, just outside Sedlescombe in East Sussex.

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  Junction Road Halt railway station · 2.2 km

  Junction Road Halt, also known as Junction Road (for Hawkhurst), was a halt station on the Kent and East Sussex Railway. It was located on the eastern side of the level crossing across the B2244 Junction Road near the…

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  Ewhurst Green · 2.4 km

  Ewhurst Green is a village and the main settlement of the civil parish Ewhurst, in the Rother district, in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located 10 miles (16 km) north of Hastings in the valley of the Rive…

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