The Platt

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 7° · 47% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:51Sunset 16:33

9h 42m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

64US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

• 6.5 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

1 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Frant and Withyham · Sussex

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

317 reported road collisions (2025)

113 killed or seriously injured · 453 casualties · 19.8 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: Frant (2.8 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£380,679 average▼ 1.6% YoY

Across Wealden · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,262 average monthly rent▲ 1.6% YoY

• 1 bed £897
• 2 bed £1,143
• 3 bed £1,428

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

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

2,329 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: 140.8p · AppleGreen (3.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 148.8p · AppleGreen (3.6 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Sainsbury's Tunbridge Wells (4.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Thirteen towns and parishes in Wealden to receive funding from developments· 30 Oct 2026
• Wealden Crematorium earns another prestigious award· 28 Oct 2026
• Twelve affordable council homes in Buxted to be built for Wealden residents· 26 Oct 2026
• Work to prepare site for Polegate and Willingdon Medical Centre to begin· 20 Oct 2026
• Plans for proposed new medical centre in Hailsham move forward following Cabinet approval· 15 Oct 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,796
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,519
• Net moves+2,277

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 238 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

61 inspected 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 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
• 54 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

350 applications decided

85.7% granted · 300 granted, 50 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Ms Nusrat Ghani

Conservative

Sussex Weald

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)

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,540 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£866 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% 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

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Wind 27% · Nuclear 9% · Biomass 8%

216 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

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

3 GP surgeries · 0 pharmacies in TN3

• Groombridge And Hartfield Medical Group
• Lamberhurst
• Dermatology Pct

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sussex Weald:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks297 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Review discharge of mental health patients237 local signatures · 14,649 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death236 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND231 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK198 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  Frant · 1.2 km

  Frant is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England, on the Kentish border about three miles (5 km) south of Royal Tunbridge Wells.

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  St Alban's Church, Frant · 1.5 km

  St Alban's Church is a Church of England parish church in Frant, East Sussex, England. It was built in 1819–22 in a fifteenth-century Gothic Revival style and is a grade II listed building.

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  Eridge Park · 1.5 km

  Eridge Park is a village and historic park located north of the parish of Rotherfield, to the north-east of Crowborough in East Sussex, England. The adjoining home of the same name is the seat of the Marquess of Aberg…

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  Walter's Mill, Mark Cross · 2.7 km

  Walter's Mill is a tower mill at Mark Cross, Sussex, England which has been converted to residential accommodation.

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  Frant railway station · 2.8 km

  Frant railway station is on the Hastings line in East Sussex, England, and serves the civil parish of Frant. It is 36 miles 53 chains (59.0 km) down the line from London Charing Cross. The station and all trains servi…

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  Best Beech Hill · 3.0 km

  Best Beech Hill is a village in the civil parish of Wadhurst in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. Wadhurst lies approximately 1.6 miles (2.6 km) north-east on the B2100 road.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)