Winchelsea Beach

18°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 17° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 19° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:20

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

10 reported · July 2026▲ 25% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour3
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Eastern Rother · 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)

15 food businesses within 2 miles

• 14 rated 4–5 ★ (14 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Winchelsea (2.3 km)
• 1 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: 164.9p · Morrisons (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (11.6 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Rye Harbour Holiday Park (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools9
• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds2

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
• 102 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

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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés1

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

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 Hastings and Rye:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership741 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership452 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office329 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test257 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s256 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  River Brede · 0.3 km

  The River Brede is an English river in East Sussex. It flows into the Rock Channel and then onto the River Rother at Rye, Sussex. It takes its name from the village of Brede, which lies between Hastings and Tenterden.

• Winchelsea Beach · 0.4 km

  Winchelsea Beach is a seaside village in the parish of Icklesham in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. The village is located about ten miles (16 km) east of Hastings, and about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south east…

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  Greyfriars, Winchelsea · 1.0 km

  Greyfriars is a country estate in Winchelsea, East Sussex, England. It contains a ruined medieval monastery and church and a 19th-century house.

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  Strand House, Winchelsea · 1.1 km

  Strand House was the Parish Workhouse of the Sussex town of Winchelsea known as the "Old Poor Houses". It was located on The Strand.

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  The Armoury, Winchelsea · 1.2 km

  The Armoury is a Grade II* listed building in Winchelsea, East Sussex England.

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  Winchelsea Cutting · 1.2 km

  Winchelsea Cutting is a 0.15-hectare (0.37-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern outskirts of Winchelsea in East Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)