Henfield

18°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 17° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 19° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:24

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

28 reported · July 2026▼ 30% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Other crime5
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Possession of weapons3

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

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

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

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)

45 food businesses within 2 miles

• 40 rated 4–5 ★ (33 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 15 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: 163.9p · Esso (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Esso (9.7 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Henfield Leisure Centre (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools9
• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds10

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
• 94 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

Andrew Griffith

Conservative

Arundel and South Downs

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 12
• LD 26
• Grn 9
• Ref 1

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens22
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

80 jobs advertised · £33,707 avg

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Care Assistant - Care Home, Delivery Driver

Source: Adzuna

£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

27% low-carbon electricity

Gas 67% · Nuclear 10% · Wind 9% · Biomass 7%

276 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

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 Arundel and South Downs:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership456 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership402 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office320 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases316 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s256 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  St Peter's Church, Henfield · 0.5 km

  St Peter's Church is a Church of England parish church in the large village of Henfield, West Sussex. Placed on the site of an 8th-century Saxon church also dedicated to St Peter, it was built in the 13th, 14th and 15…

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  Henfield · 0.6 km

  Henfield is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies 41 miles (66 km) south of London, 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Brighton, and 30 miles (48 km) east northeast of th…

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  Henfield railway station · 1.0 km

  Henfield railway station was a railway station on the Steyning Line which served the village of Henfield. It was equipped with a siding which received coal to serve the Steam Mill and Gas Works.

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  Woods Mill · 2.2 km

  Woods Mill is a 19-hectare (47-acre) nature reserve south of Henfield in West Sussex. It is managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust.

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  Woodmancote, Horsham District · 2.2 km

  Woodmancote is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. The village is 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of Henfield on the A281 road. It should not be confused with the other West Sussex v…

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  Betley Bridge · 2.3 km

  Betley Bridge is a disused railway bridge, now a rail trail bridge, which crosses the confluence of the East and West Adur rivers North of Henfield in West Sussex. The Steyning Line from Shoreham to Guildford passed o…

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