Barnham (Arun)

18°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 15° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:25

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

46 reported · July 2026▼ 8% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences15
• Public order7
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Criminal damage & arson5

Neighbourhood team: Barnham · Sussex

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

293 reported road collisions (2024)

99 killed or seriously injured · 406 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

72 food businesses within 2 miles

• 60 rated 4–5 ★ (55 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Barnham (0.8 km)
• 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£321,927 average▲ 3.1% YoY

Across Arun · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,227 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY

• 1 bed £847
• 2 bed £1,137
• 3 bed £1,391

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

10.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.9 times median annual pay (10.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · BP (7.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (5.3 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Barnham Railway Station (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

164,889 residents in Arun · 746/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 56%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 149 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,487 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 79,740)

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

46 schools · 18,474 pupils

35 primary · 6 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 16 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

43inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Arun

988 CQC-registered services

• Care homes343
• GP practices106
• Dentists219
• Homecare agencies210
• Hospitals & hospices37

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Sussex

• Not in the Green Belt
• 36 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

178 applications decided

88.2% granted · 157 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Andrew Griffith

Conservative

Arundel and South Downs

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green / Independent coalition

• Lab 8
• Con 19
• LD 14
• Grn 5
• Ref 2
• Oth 6

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,340 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£706 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,424 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 85,840 certificates

9.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 28% · Wind 28% · Imports 23% · Biomass 16%

140 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 79.2 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

7 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in PO22

• Bersted Green Surgery
• Flansham Park Health Centre
• Bognor Hospital Minor Injuries Unit

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Arundel and South Downs:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership456 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership402 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office320 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases316 local signatures · 104,741 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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  St Philip Howard Catholic High School · 0.4 km

  St Philip Howard Catholic School is an Ofsted rated "outstanding' secondary school for 11-18 year olds located between Chichester and Arundel, in the village of Barnham, West Sussex, England. It supports a strong Cath…

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  Barnham railway station · 0.7 km

  Barnham railway station is in Barnham, West Sussex, England around 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Bognor Regis.

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  Barnham, West Sussex · 0.8 km

  Barnham is a village, Anglican parish and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Barnham and Eastergate, in the Arun district of West Sussex, England, centred about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Bognor Regis. On…

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  St George's Church, Eastergate · 0.9 km

  St George's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Eastergate in West Sussex, England. It is the ancient parish church of Eastergate, although since 1992 it has been administered as part of a joint ecclesiasti…

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  Eastergate · 1.0 km

  Eastergate is a village, ecclesiastical parish and former civil parish, now in the parish of Barnham and Eastergate, in the Arun district of West Sussex, England. It is located five miles (8 km) east of Chichester. In…

• Ormiston Six Villages Academy · 1.4 km

  Ormiston Six Villages Academy is a coeducational secondary school for 11 to 16-year-old students (Y7-11) with academy status, located in Westergate, West Sussex, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)