Barns Green

16°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 22° / 13° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 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

10 reported · July 2026▲ 67% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Rudgwick, Itchingfield and Slinfold · Sussex

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

282 reported road collisions (2024)

75 killed or seriously injured · 395 casualties · 19.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

22 food businesses within 2 miles

• 17 rated 4–5 ★ (16 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Christ's Hospital (3.0 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£436,940 average▼ 0.2% YoY

Across Horsham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,465 average monthly rent▲ 3.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,017
• 2 bed £1,344
• 3 bed £1,689

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

11.5× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.5 times median annual pay (11.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Shell (3.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · ESSO (7.5 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

17 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Harwoods Five Oaks Accident Repair Centre (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools18
• Sports pitches28
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

146,778 residents in Horsham · 277/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 290 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,441 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (22% of 66,760)

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

65 schools · 21,370 pupils

43 primary · 5 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 18 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (78%)

53inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Horsham

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
• 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

343 applications decided

93% granted · 319 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

John Milne

Liberal Democrat

Horsham

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 12
• LD 26
• Grn 9
• Ref 1

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens18
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£871 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£34,400 disposable income per head (2024)

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

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 66,536 certificates

8.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

61% low-carbon electricity

Wind 39% · Imports 31% · Solar 14% · Gas 8%

50 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 82 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

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

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in RH13

• Cowfold Surgery
• Village Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Horsham:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership478 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s399 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test345 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership311 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office310 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Barns Green · 0.1 km

  Barns Green is a village in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Billingshurst to Itchingfield road 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) north of Billingshurst. The village falls within the parish of Itchingfi…

• Itchingfield · 1.8 km

  Itchingfield is a small village and civil parish in the Horsham district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Barns Green to Broadbridge Heath road 2.7 miles (4.3 km) southwest of Horsham.

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  Brooks Green · 2.0 km

  Brooks Green is a hamlet in the Shipley civil parish of the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is in the north-west of the parish, approximately 2 miles (3 km) from the parish village of Shipley, and 4.5 mil…

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  Billingshurst (electoral division) · 2.2 km

  Billingshurst is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.

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  Holy Innocents Church, Southwater · 2.6 km

  Holy Innocents Church is the Anglican parish church of Southwater, a village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. Built in 1849, the church has a cruciform footprint. Inside there are many stained glass wi…

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  Christ's Hospital · 2.6 km

  Christ's Hospital is a public school with a royal charter, located to the south of Horsham in West Sussex.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)