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Bolney

Bolney is a village in West Sussex, England, with a population of around 591. It has around 1 restaurant or café, 8 bus stops, and Beech Hurst Miniature Railway Station is 5.8 km away. There were around 10 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bolney area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Mid Sussex area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 152,566 residents at roughly 457 people per km².

Council
Mid Sussex
County
West Sussex
Constituency
Mid Sussex
Police force
Sussex
63/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 60th of 294 English council areas — better than 80% of them.

Low crime88
Home affordability20
Affordable rents27
Good schools29
Life expectancy89
Low deprivation98
Employment92
Low council tax39

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

14°COvercast

  • Today: 21° / 13° · 14% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:24

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

14 reported · July 2026 100% YoY

  • Criminal damage & arson6
  • Violence & sexual offences4
  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Other crime1

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

Local policing priorities

  • Antisocial Driving - Speeding
  • Antisocial Behaviour (ASB) - Youth Related

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

Road safety

268 reported road collisions (2024)

75 killed or seriously injured · 353 casualties · 17.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

18 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

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

Live trains from Wivelsfield (6.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£426,441 average 0.9% YoY

Across Mid Sussex · to 2026-06

Detached£724,219
Semi-detached£447,171
Terraced£363,789
Flat£216,584

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,420 average monthly rent 3.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,008
  • 2 bed £1,288
  • 3 bed £1,617

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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (11.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Esso (6.1 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

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

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools12
  • Sports pitches36
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

152,566 residents in Mid Sussex · 457/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 311 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,474 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,650
B £1,924
C £2,199
D £2,474
E £3,024
F £3,574
G £4,124
H £4,949

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

Schools

66 schools · 26,547 pupils

42 primary · 7 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 19 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • St Paul's Catholic CollegeOutstanding
  • Downlands Community SchoolGood
  • Imberhorne School
  • Oathall Community College
  • Sackville School
  • The Burgess Hill Academy
  • Warden Park Secondary Academy

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

253 applications decided

92.9% granted · 235 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Alison Bennett

Liberal Democrat

Mid Sussex

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens132
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,180 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

17 jobs advertised · £33,504 avg

e.g. Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Online Chemistry Tutoring Job in Bolney – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£842 median full-time weekly pay

2% 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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

25% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Imports 25% · Nuclear 10% · Wind 8%

218 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Sussex:

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

Notable places nearby

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Bolney?
Bolney is a town in West Sussex, England, in the Mid Sussex local authority.
What is the population of Bolney?
Bolney has an approximate settlement population of 591.
How deprived is Bolney?
The Mid Sussex local authority, which includes Bolney, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.