Slindon

11°CCloudy

• Today: 14° / 8° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 9° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:54Sunset 16:37

9h 43m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

61US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

• 6.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2 reported · August 2026▼ 78% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Walberton · Sussex

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

275 reported road collisions (2025)

78 killed or seriously injured · 330 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

33 food businesses within 2 miles

• 30 rated 4–5 ★ (28 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Barnham (3.9 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£320,505 average▼ 1.2% YoY

Across Arun · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,231 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY

• 1 bed £849
• 2 bed £1,140
• 3 bed £1,395

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 (10.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,618 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: 158.9p · BP (7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 191.9p · Esso (11.6 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: SHELL RECHARGE LITTLE WAITROSE FONTWELL (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

164,889 residents in Arun · 746/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 56%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,147
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,172
• Net moves+2,975

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 137 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,487 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 79,740)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

46 schools · 18,474 pupils

35 primary · 6 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 16 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Arun

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

• In a conservation area (Slindon)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 64 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

158 applications decided

86.1% granted · 136 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Andrew Griffith

Conservative

Arundel and South Downs

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green / Independent coalition

• Lab 8
• Con 19
• LD 14
• Grn 5
• Ref 2
• Oth 6

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

• Schools2
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£706 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,424 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 85,840 certificates

9.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

29% low-carbon electricity

Gas 60% · Wind 15% · Imports 11% · Biomass 7%

249 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 79.2 yrs men

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

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in BN18

• Arundel Surgery
• Avisford Medical Group
• Hmp Ford Prison

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Arundel and South Downs:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death1,230 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks545 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases317 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND212 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills200 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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