Cowfold

9°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 6° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

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

• 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

5 reported · August 2026▼ 29% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Other theft1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Cowfold, Shermanbury, West Grinstead and Henfield · Sussex

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

291 reported road collisions (2025)

95 killed or seriously injured · 410 casualties · 19.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

12 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£441,491 average▼ 0.5% YoY

Across Horsham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,474 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £1,023
• 2 bed £1,352
• 3 bed £1,700

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

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

2,105 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: 172.9p · Asda (5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (5 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: South Lodge Hotel (3.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools11
• Sports pitches20
• Golf courses1
• 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,413
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,208
• Net moves+1,205

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 279 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Horsham

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

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

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

337 applications decided

87.2% granted · 294 granted, 43 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

John Milne

Liberal Democrat

Horsham

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 12
• LD 25
• Grn 9
• Ref 1
• Oth 1

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens145
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,420 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£871 median full-time weekly pay

2% 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

42% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Wind 32% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 4%

225 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 82 yrs men

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

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death1,485 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks338 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth252 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND251 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills230 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Cowfold · 0.3 km

  Cowfold is a village and civil parish between Billingshurst and Haywards Heath in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. The village is at the intersection of the A272 and A281 roads. The parish has a land area…

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  St Peter's Church, Cowfold · 0.4 km

  St Peter's Church, Cowfold is a Church of England parish church in the village of Cowfold, West Sussex. First recorded in 1232 as a chapelry of St Peter's, Henfield, it still retains some features of the Early English…

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  St Hugh's Charterhouse · 1.8 km

  St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, is the only post-Reformation Carthusian monastery in the United Kingdom. It is located in the parish of Cowfold, West Sussex, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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  Littleworth, West Sussex · 3.0 km

  Littleworth is a hamlet in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Partridge Green to Maplehurst road 2.9 miles (4.7 km) north of Henfield.

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  West Grinstead railway station · 3.1 km

  West Grinstead railway station was a railway station on the Steyning Line which served the village of West Grinstead. It had a goods yard with a cattle loading bay and facilities for handling horse boxes. With the hun…

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  Crabtree, West Sussex · 3.1 km

  Crabtree is a hamlet in the parish of Lower Beeding and in Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the A281 road 4.4 miles (7.1 km) southeast of Horsham.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)