Cuckfield

16°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 13° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:23

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

18 reported · July 2026▼ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Public order3
• Possession of weapons2

Neighbourhood team: Balcombe, Handcross, Pease Pottage, Ansty, Staplefield and Cuckfield · Sussex

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

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)

138 food businesses within 2 miles

• 111 rated 4–5 ★ (92 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Beech Hurst Miniature Railway Station (2.3 km)
• 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£426,441 average▼ 0.9% YoY

Across Mid Sussex · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (10.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Esso (5.9 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

23 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: EVC Ockenden Manor (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools19
• Sports pitches48
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

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)

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

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
• 114 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

253 applications decided

92.9% granted · 235 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,180 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

115 jobs advertised · £38,694 avg

e.g. Commissioning Home Manager, Senior Vehicle Technician, Sales Administrator

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

69% low-carbon electricity

Wind 50% · Gas 17% · Imports 14% · Nuclear 8%

83 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.1 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Sussex:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership408 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s387 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership385 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases296 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test289 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Cuckfield · 0.1 km

  Cuckfield is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England, on the southern slopes of the Weald. It lies 34 miles (55 km) south of London, 13 miles (21 km) north of Brighton, and 31 mil…

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  Whitemans Green · 0.5 km

  Whiteman's Green is a place in the north of the large village and civil parish of Cuckfield in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It is located on the southern slopes of the Weald, two miles (3.2 km) wes…

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  Ockenden Manor · 0.6 km

  Ockenden Manor is an Elizabethan manor house located in Cuckfield, West Sussex, England. The building is now operated as a hotel and restaurant by the Historic Sussex Hotels group.

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  Holy Trinity Church, Cuckfield · 0.7 km

  Holy Trinity Church is an Anglican church in the village of Cuckfield in the district of Mid Sussex; one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. It was founded in the 11th century and…

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  Cuckfield & Lucastes (electoral division) · 0.9 km

  Cuckfield & Lucastes is an electoral division of West Sussex in England, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.

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  Warden Park Secondary Academy · 0.9 km

  Warden Park Secondary Academy is a coeducational secondary school in Cuckfield, West Sussex, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)