Bolney

8°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 5° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:30

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

61US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Merton - Merton Road, United Kingdom

• 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

4 reported · August 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Public order2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Bolney, Albourne, Warninglid, Pyecombe and Poynings · Sussex

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

270 reported road collisions (2025)

68 killed or seriously injured · 351 casualties · 17.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

19 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Beech Hurst Miniature Railway Station (6.1 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£431,904 average▼ 0.8% YoY

Across Mid Sussex · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,423 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,009
• 2 bed £1,291
• 3 bed £1,621

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

10.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.9 times median annual pay (11.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,258 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 (11.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.4 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

25 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Foxhole Lane (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools12
• Sports pitches36
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

152,566 residents in Mid Sussex · 457/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,533
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,796
• Net moves+1,737

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 286 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,474 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 70,350)

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

65 schools · 26,533 pupils

41 primary · 7 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 19 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mid Sussex

991 CQC-registered services

• Care homes342
• GP practices107
• Dentists220
• Homecare agencies210
• Hospitals & hospices37

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · West Sussex

• In a conservation area (Bolney)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 35 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

291 applications decided

90.7% granted · 264 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Alison Bennett

Liberal Democrat

Mid Sussex

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 1
• Con 18
• LD 19
• Grn 4
• Oth 6

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens132
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,340 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

3 jobs advertised · £31,775 avg

e.g. Security Officer, On-trade Sales & Brand Ambassador, Domestic Assistant - Eastridge Manor

Source: Adzuna

£842 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,691 disposable income per head (2024)

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

51% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 71,992 certificates

8.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

40% low-carbon electricity

Gas 59% · Wind 31% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 4%

238 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (West Sussex): 64.5 women · 63.1 men

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.1
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday8.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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 Mid Sussex:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death583 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks420 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases299 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND274 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth216 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  St Mary Magdalene's Church, Bolney · 0.6 km

  St Mary Magdalene's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Bolney in Mid Sussex, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. The parish church, which is dedicated to Jesus' co…

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  Bolney · 0.6 km

  Bolney is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. It lies 36 miles (58 km) south of London, 11 miles (18 km) north of Brighton, and 27 miles (43 km) east northeast of the county…

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  Wykehurst Place · 1.2 km

  Wykehurst Place is a Gothic Revival mansion in Bolney, West Sussex, England, resembling more the châteaux of the Loire than an English manor house. It was designed in 1871 by architect Edward Middleton Barry for the b…

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  Ansty and Staplefield · 1.9 km

  Ansty and Staplefield, previously Cuckfield Rural, is a civil parish in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England, covering an area from the north-west side of Burgess Hill, the whole lying around but mostly to…

• Colwood, West Sussex · 2.0 km

  Colwood is a village near Warninglid in West Sussex, England. It is the site of Colwood Manor.

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  Ansty, West Sussex · 2.9 km

  Ansty is a village in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A272 road 1.4 miles (2.2 km) southwest of Cuckfield. It is in the civil parish of Ansty and Staplefield.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)