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Furnace Wood

Furnace Wood is a village in West Sussex, England, with a population of around 1,500. There are around 1 restaurants and cafés, eight bus stops, and the nearest railway station is East Grinstead (Bluebell), 3.8 km away. There were around 16 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 Furnace Wood 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
Horsham
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

19°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 25° / 16° · 61% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:19

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Lambeth - Streatham Green, United Kingdom

Crime

7 reported · July 2026 61% YoY

  • Public order3
  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Copthorne, Worth, Crawley Down and Turners Hill · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Antisocial Driving and Speeding
  • Antisocial Behaviour - Youth Related including Graffiti

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

54 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 47 rated 4–5 ★ (41 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: East Grinstead (Bluebell) (3.8 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from East Grinstead (3.9 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 (4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (8.1 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

38 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: ROLLS_ROYCE U29 EV 2 (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools9
  • Sports pitches14
  • Golf courses1
  • 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

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 17 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

Mims Davies

Conservative

East Grinstead and Uckfield

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

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

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,180 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

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

9% low-carbon electricity

Imports 59% · Gas 32% · Solar 5% · Wind 3%

178 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 East Grinstead and Uckfield:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Copthorne Preparatory School · 2.0 km

    Copthorne Preparatory School is an independent preparatory school for children aged between two and eleven near Copthorne in West Sussex, but just over the county boundary in Surrey.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Furnace Wood?
Furnace Wood is a town in West Sussex, England, in the Mid Sussex local authority.
How deprived is Furnace Wood?
The Mid Sussex local authority, which includes Furnace Wood, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.