Brooks Green

20°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 24° / 17° · 54% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 12° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:20

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

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)

13 food businesses within 2 miles

• 10 rated 4–5 ★ (9 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Billingshurst (3.8 km)
• 3 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 (3.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 190.9p · ESSO (11.5 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: 150 kW
• Nearest: Jake's Cars (3.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools18
• Sports pitches20

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
• 14 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

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 12
• LD 26
• Grn 9
• Ref 1

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

• Parks & greens19

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

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

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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  Brooks Green · 0.1 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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  Parson's Brook · 1.4 km

  Parson's Brook is a minor river (brook) located in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is a tributary to the River Adur.

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  Newbuildings Place · 1.5 km

  Newbuildings Place is a 17th-century Artisan Mannerist house near Shipley, West Sussex. The house was a home of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, who was buried in the grounds of the house. The building is currently owned by John…

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  Billingshurst (electoral division) · 1.5 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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  Barns Green · 2.1 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…

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  Coolham · 2.4 km

  Coolham is a small village in the civil parish of Shipley and the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is at the crossroads of the A272 and B2139 roads 2.8 miles (4.6 km) south-east of Billingshurst.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)