Horsted Keynes

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 24° / 16° · 50% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 12° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:19

12h 47m 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 · Eastbourne, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▼ 75% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Lindfield, Ardingly and High Weald · 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)

17 food businesses within 2 miles

• 13 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Horsted Keynes (1.7 km)
• 3 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: 138.8p · AppleGreen (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (11.6 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Jockey lane car park TN17 3JN (2.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches13
• 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)

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

• In a conservation area (Horsted Keynes)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 38 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

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 & greens5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,180 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats

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

21% low-carbon electricity

Gas 73% · Wind 9% · Nuclear 8% · Imports 6%

295 gCO₂/kWh · very high 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 East Grinstead and Uckfield:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership445 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership418 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office357 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s310 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test275 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Horsted Keynes · 0.2 km

  Horsted Keynes KAYNZ is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. The village is about 5 miles (8 km) north east of Haywards Heath, in the Weald. The civil parish is largely rural,…

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  St Giles' Church, Horsted Keynes · 0.5 km

  St Giles' Church is an Anglican church in the village of Horsted Keynes in Mid Sussex, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. Serving an extensive rural parish in the Sussex Weal…

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  Lindfield & High Weald (electoral division) · 1.1 km

  Lindfield & High Weald 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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  Bluebell Railway · 1.3 km

  The Bluebell Railway is an 11-mile (17.7 km) standard-gauge heritage railway spanning the border of East Sussex and West Sussex, England. Running between Sheffield Park and East Grinstead, the line is notable as the w…

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  Horsted Keynes railway station · 1.6 km

  Horsted Keynes railway station is a preserved railway station on the Bluebell Railway in Sussex. The station has been used as a shooting location in several film and TV productions.

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  Freshfield Lane · 1.6 km

  Freshfield Lane is a 17-hectare (42-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Haywards Heath in West Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)