Wivelsfield

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• Today: 10° / 6° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:30

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

35US 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

9 reported · August 2026▲ 50% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour4
• Violence & sexual offences3
• Other theft1
• Public order1

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)

148 food businesses within 2 miles

• 133 rated 4–5 ★ (112 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wivelsfield (2.2 km)
• 1 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: 170.9p · Asda (11.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · Asda (11.5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

26 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Nissan Barnard & Brough Haywards Heath (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches16
• Playgrounds3

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
• 26 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

Green / Labour coalition

• Lab 8
• LD 14
• Grn 18
• Oth 1

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens189
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,845 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

17 jobs advertised · £76,112 avg

e.g. Gas Engineer - Domestic, Communications Operative, CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist - COAST (Enhanced £45k RRP)

Source: Adzuna

£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

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 · 1 pharmacy in RH17

• Cuckfield Medical Centre
• Ouse Valley Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Grinstead and Uckfield:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death535 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks377 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND237 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills217 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately185 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Wivelsfield · 0.1 km

  Wivelsfield village and the larger adjacent village of Wivelsfield Green are the core of the civil parish of Wivelsfield in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The villages are 9.3 miles (15.0 km) north of the…

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  Bethel Strict Baptist Chapel, Wivelsfield · 0.8 km

  Bethel Baptist Chapel is a Strict Baptist place of worship in the village of Wivelsfield in East Sussex, England. The cause was founded in 1763 by members of a chapel at nearby Ditchling; Henry Booker and other worshi…

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  Jacob's Post · 0.8 km

  Jacob's Post is a post outside the old Royal Oak pub just inside the north of Ditchling Common to the east of Burgess Hill, in Lewes district, East Sussex, England. The pub abutted the turnpike Toll Gate which was sti…

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  Haywards Heath Tunnel · 1.4 km

  Haywards Heath Tunnel is a railway tunnel on the Brighton Main Line between Haywards Heath and Wivelsfield. It is 264 yards long and is one of the shortest tunnels on the line.

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  World's End, West Sussex · 2.0 km

  World's End is a neighbourhood of Burgess Hill, West Sussex, England. It is thought that the name arrived with the railway in the 19th century – it was here that the 'up' line met the 'down' line during construction o…

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  ASC Brighton Rangers F.C. · 2.1 km

  ASC Brighton Rangers F.C. is a football club based in Lancing, England. They are currently members of the Southern Combination Division Two and play at Culver Road, Lancing.

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