East Grinstead

9°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 6° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:29

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

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

• 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

110 reported · August 2026▲ 5% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour36
• Violence & sexual offences34
• Public order10
• Criminal damage & arson6

Neighbourhood team: East Grinstead Town · Sussex

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

261 reported road collisions (2025)

61 killed or seriously injured · 362 casualties · 29.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

177 food businesses within 2 miles

• 150 rated 4–5 ★ (128 top)
• 9 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

£506,774 average▼ 1.1% YoY

Across Tandridge · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,637 average monthly rent▲ 4.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,159
• 2 bed £1,467
• 3 bed £1,833

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

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

1,079 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: 156.9p · Esso (0.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (0.8 km)

4 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,599
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,180
• Net moves+419

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 236 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tandridge

1,403 CQC-registered services

• Care homes393
• GP practices201
• Dentists359
• Homecare agencies299
• Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 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)

202 applications decided

80.7% granted · 163 granted, 39 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

5,460 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

294 jobs advertised · £36,822 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Care Assistant, Private Client Consultant – Wills, Trusts & Probate

Source: Adzuna

£837 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% 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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 45% · Wind 38% · Nuclear 10% · Biomass 6%

184 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.6 yrs women · 81.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Surrey): 66.4 women · 65.1 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

1 GP surgery · 4 pharmacies in RH19

• Moatfield Surgery

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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  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)