Westfield (Rother)

18°CLight rain shower

• Today: 21° / 16° · 88% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:18

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

23 reported · July 2026▲ 92% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour10
• Violence & sexual offences8
• Public order4
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Brede Valley · Sussex

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

222 reported road collisions (2024)

79 killed or seriously injured · 293 casualties · 23.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

34 food businesses within 2 miles

• 31 rated 4–5 ★ (30 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

£343,870 average▲ 2.4% YoY

Across Rother · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,166 average monthly rent▲ 0.8% YoY

• 1 bed £804
• 2 bed £1,032
• 3 bed £1,296

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 164.7p · Asda (5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (5 km)

7 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)

• Community orchard boost for Bexhill· 10 Sept 2026
• New round of community grants gets underway· 9 Sept 2026
• Government puts Local Government Reorganisation on hold – Rother reaction· 7 Sept 2026
• Bexhill Town Centre hosts family summer art trail· 14 Aug 2026
• Don’t lose your vote: residents urged to check voter details· 11 Aug 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)

Around the average in England

Ranked 135 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

40inspected 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 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
• 24 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

172 applications decided

91.9% granted · 158 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dr Kieran Mullan

Conservative

Bexhill and Battle

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition

• Lab 6
• Con 10
• LD 9
• Grn 3
• Ref 1
• Oth 9

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,705 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

11% low-carbon electricity

Imports 78% · Gas 11% · Wind 10% · Hydro 0%

121 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.3 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bexhill and Battle:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership449 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office364 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership347 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test226 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s209 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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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)