Westmeston

11°CSunny

• Today: 12° / 10° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:31

9h 36m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

• 6.3 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

4 reported · August 2026▲ 33% YoY

• Vehicle crime2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Violence & sexual offences1

2 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Ditchling, Wivelsfield, Westmeston and Streat · Sussex

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

206 reported road collisions (2025)

61 killed or seriously injured · 282 casualties · 20.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

24 food businesses within 2 miles

• 22 rated 4–5 ★ (18 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Plumpton (3.6 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£374,305 average▲ 1.5% YoY

Across Lewes · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,333 average monthly rent▲ 5.9% YoY

• 1 bed £924
• 2 bed £1,217
• 3 bed £1,506

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

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

1,450 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: 157.9p · Esso (6.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

74 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: The Bull (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools18
• Sports pitches27
• Playgrounds2

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,856
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,018
• Net moves+838

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 170 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

34 inspected 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 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
• 13 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

112 applications decided

91.1% granted · 102 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

James MacCleary

Liberal Democrat

Lewes

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Labour coalition

• Lab 8
• LD 14
• Grn 18
• Oth 1

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,845 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£829 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% 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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 45% · Wind 41% · Nuclear 8% · Biomass 5%

183 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85 yrs women · 81 yrs men

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

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in BN6

• Mid Sussex Health Care
• Com Nursing Burgess Hill & Villages

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lewes:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks842 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death442 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases319 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND296 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers203 local signatures · 13,821 nationwide

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

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  Westmeston · 0.1 km

  Westmeston is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England heavily dependent in amenities on larger Ditchling to the near-immediate northwest. It is four miles (6 km) south-southeast of Bur…

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  Ditchling Beacon · 0.8 km

  Ditchling Beacon is the highest point in East Sussex, England, with an elevation of 248 m (814 ft). It is south of Ditchling and to the north-east of Brighton. It is a large chalk hill with a particularly steep northe…

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  Ditchling · 1.6 km

  Ditchling is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is contained within the boundaries of the South Downs National Park; the order confirming the establishment of the par…

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  Ditchling Unitarian Chapel · 1.9 km

  Ditchling Unitarian Chapel is a Unitarian chapel in Ditchling, a village in the English county of East Sussex. A congregation of General Baptists began to meet in the 17th century in the village, which was a local cen…

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  Streat · 2.0 km

  Streat is a village and parish in the Lewes district of East Sussex, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Burgess Hill and 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Lewes, within the South Downs National Park.

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  Wings Place · 2.0 km

  Wings Place, formerly Ditchling Garden Manor, also known as Anne of Cleves House, is a Grade I country house in Ditchling, East Sussex, England. It is a Tudor house, said to be one of the best examples in the country.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)