Winchelsea Beach

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 11° · 69% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:52Sunset 16:28

9h 36m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

2 reported · August 2026▼ 80% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Eastern Rother · 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)

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

£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

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)

• 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
• 102 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

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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised · £36,500 avg

e.g. Electrician

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hastings and Rye:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks483 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND234 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases228 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately208 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth181 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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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)