Westfield (Rother)

8°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 7° · 11% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:54Sunset 16:27

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

29US 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

12 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Public order2
• Other crime2

Neighbourhood team: Brede Valley · 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)

33 food businesses within 2 miles

• 33 rated 4–5 ★ (31 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Doleham (2.5 km)
• 0 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 (5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.7p · Asda (5 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Conquerors March (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• 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
• 24 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)

• Schools2
• Parks & greens1

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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Wind 42% · Nuclear 7% · Biomass 4%

185 gCO₂/kWh · high 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

1 GP surgery · 4 pharmacies in TN35

• The Hill Surgery

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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  Westfield, East Sussex · 0.3 km

  Westfield is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex. It is one of the largest villages in the area with a population of 2,819. The village lies five miles (8 km) north of Hastings. It was kno…

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  Doleham · 2.2 km

  Doleham is a small hamlet in East Sussex, England. The hamlet consists of only a handful of houses, and takes its name from Doleham Farm. The area is popular with walkers at weekends.

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  Maplehurst Wood · 2.2 km

  Maplehurst Wood is a 31.6-hectare (78-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the northern outskirts of Hastings in East Sussex.

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  Brede Waterworks · 2.3 km

  Brede Waterworks is a waterworks at Brede, East Sussex, England. It was built to supply Hastings with drinking water. The waterworks still houses two of the three stationary steam engines that were used to pump water…

• Baldslow · 2.5 km

  Baldslow is a suburb in the north of St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, England. It is sometimes considered part of Conquest as Bohemia and Silverhill.

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  Doleham railway station · 2.6 km

  Doleham railway station is a small, single-platform wayside halt in Doleham, East Sussex, England. It is on the Marshlink line, and train services are provided by Southern. The station is very isolated and serves only…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)