East Grinstead

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 16° · 88% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 14° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:21

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Greenwich - Fiveways Sidcup Rd A20, United Kingdom

122 reported · July 2026▼ 2% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour46
• Violence & sexual offences32
• Criminal damage & arson9
• Public order9

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: East Grinstead Town · Sussex

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

234 reported road collisions (2024)

79 killed or seriously injured · 339 casualties · 26.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

177 food businesses within 2 miles

• 145 rated 4–5 ★ (125 top)
• 10 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: East Grinstead (0.9 km)
• 44 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£475,344 average▼ 5.6% YoY

Across Tandridge · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,634 average monthly rent▲ 3.9% YoY

• 1 bed £1,156
• 2 bed £1,464
• 3 bed £1,828

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

13.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 13.2 times median annual pay (15.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (0.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (6.5 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: Chequer Mead Car Park, East Grinstead (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches41
• Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

87,874 residents in Tandridge · 354/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 258 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,595 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 38,200)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

47 schools · 15,578 pupils

24 primary · 3 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 13 of 13 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

32inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tandridge

1,391 CQC-registered services

• Care homes390
• GP practices202
• Dentists356
• Homecare agencies296
• Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Surrey

• In a conservation area (East Grinstead)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 65 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

147 applications decided

83.7% granted · 123 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mims Davies

Conservative

East Grinstead and Uckfield

Source: UK Parliament

Independent (minority)

• Con 5
• LD 12
• Ref 1
• Oth 25

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics6
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens28
• Restaurants & cafés53

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,320 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

455 jobs advertised · £35,099 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Store Leader - East Grinstead, Chef - East Grinstead

Source: Adzuna

£837 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£35,590 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 39,414 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

12% low-carbon electricity

Imports 68% · Gas 20% · Wind 7% · Solar 5%

141 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.6 yrs women · 81.9 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

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

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership445 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership418 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office357 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s310 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test275 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  St Swithun's Church, East Grinstead · 0.0 km

  St Swithun's is a Church of England church in East Grinstead, West Sussex, England, which is a Grade II* listed building.

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  East Grinstead Museum · 0.1 km

  East Grinstead Museum is located at Cantelupe Road in East Grinstead, West Sussex, England.

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  Sackville College · 0.2 km

  Sackville College is a Jacobean almshouse in the town of East Grinstead, West Sussex, England.

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  West Street Baptist Church, East Grinstead · 0.2 km

  West Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church in East Grinstead, a town in the district of Mid Sussex, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. Founded in 1810 as a chapel linked…

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  Sackville School, East Grinstead · 0.7 km

  Sackville School is a maintained coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in East Grinstead, England. In 2020, the number of students was approximately 1670. Sackville is one of two state-funded secondary…

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  East Grinstead · 0.8 km

  East Grinstead is a town in West Sussex, England, near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders, 27 miles (43 km) south of London, 21 miles (34 km) north of Brighton, and 38 miles (61 km) northeast of the county town…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)