Furnace Wood

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 8° · 53% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:31

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Merton - Merton Road, United Kingdom

• 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

18 reported · August 2026▲ 80% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Drugs3
• Criminal damage & arson2

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

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

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

270 reported road collisions (2025)

68 killed or seriously injured · 351 casualties · 17.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

59 food businesses within 2 miles

• 49 rated 4–5 ★ (43 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£431,904 average▼ 0.8% YoY

Across Mid Sussex · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,423 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,009
• 2 bed £1,291
• 3 bed £1,621

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

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

2,258 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: 156.9p · Esso (4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (4 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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

• Swimming pools9
• Sports pitches14
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,533
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,796
• Net moves+1,737

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 286 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

65 schools · 26,533 pupils

41 primary · 7 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 19 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

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

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

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
• 17 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

291 applications decided

90.7% granted · 264 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mims Davies

Conservative

East Grinstead and Uckfield

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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,340 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£842 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% 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

41% low-carbon electricity

Imports 31% · Gas 29% · Wind 29% · Solar 8%

141 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

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

1 GP surgery · 4 pharmacies in RH19

• Moatfield Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Grinstead and Uckfield:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death535 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks377 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND237 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills217 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately185 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

• Crawley Down Monastery · 0.6 km

  The Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Crawley Down is an Anglican monastery located at Crawley Down in West Sussex, England.

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  A264 road · 0.7 km

  The A264 is an east–west road in southern England that runs from Pembury in west Kent to Five Oaks in West Sussex.

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  Imberdown (electoral division) · 1.0 km

  Imberdown 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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  Hedgecourt · 1.0 km

  Hedgecourt is a 33.6-hectare (83-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) north of Felbridge in Surrey. An area of 5 ha is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.

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  Crawley Down Gatwick F.C. · 1.3 km

  Crawley Down Gatwick Football Club is a football club based in Crawley Down, West Sussex, England. They are currently members of the Southern Combination Premier Division and play at the Haven Sportsfield.

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  London to Brighton Way · 1.8 km

  The London to Brighton Way, also called the London to Portslade Way, is a Roman road between Stane Street at Kennington Park and Brighton in Sussex. The road passes through Streatham and Croydon, then through the Cate…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)