Telscombe Cliffs

15°CClear

• Today: 18° / 14° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:30

13h 5m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

83 reported · July 2026▼ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences33
• Anti-social behaviour20
• Public order9
• Other theft7

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Telscombe Cliffs and East Saltdean · Sussex

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

172 reported road collisions (2024)

57 killed or seriously injured · 227 casualties · 17.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

127 food businesses within 2 miles

• 114 rated 4–5 ★ (97 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Newhaven Town (5.0 km)
• 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£367,918 average▲ 1.7% YoY

Across Lewes · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,325 average monthly rent▲ 6.1% YoY

• 1 bed £919
• 2 bed £1,209
• 3 bed £1,497

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.9p · Morrisons (8.3 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

27 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: BP Peacehaven (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools20
• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds6

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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 194 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

34inspected 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 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
• 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

80 applications decided

80% granted · 64 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Chris Ward

Labour

Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Labour coalition

• Lab 8
• LD 14
• Grn 18
• Oth 1

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,860 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

50 jobs advertised · £32,001 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Paid per Shift Car Required, Become a Psychology Tutor in Telscombe Cliffs – Flexible & Remote, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Telscombe Cliffs – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£829 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% 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

82% low-carbon electricity

Wind 65% · Gas 17% · Nuclear 9% · Biomass 7%

77 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership521 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership458 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases290 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office261 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s230 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Telscombe · 1.1 km

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  Grand Ocean, Saltdean · 1.7 km

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  Saltdean Lido · 2.0 km

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