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Turners Hill

Turners Hill is a village in West Sussex, England, with a population of around 885. There are 12 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Kingscote, 2.5 km away. There were around 18 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Turners Hill area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Mid Sussex area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). 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
64/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 49th of 294 English council areas — better than 83% of them.

Low crime88
Home affordability20
Affordable rents27
Good schools40
Life expectancy89
Low deprivation97
Employment90
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

9°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 15% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:27

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

61US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Merton - Merton Road, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

11 reported · August 2026▲ 1000% YoY

  • Public order4
  • Drugs2
  • Other theft2
  • Violence & sexual offences2

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

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)

Food hygiene

37 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 35 rated 4–5 ★ (32 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Kingscote (2.5 km)
  • 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from East Grinstead (5.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£431,904 average▼ 0.8% YoY

Across Mid Sussex · to 2026-08

Detached£732,644
Semi-detached£452,210
Terraced£370,194
Flat£219,137

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (5.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (5.5 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

39 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Alexander House Hotel (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches10
  • 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)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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

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)

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

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Turners Hill)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 28 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

291 applications decided

90.7% granted · 264 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Mims Davies

Conservative

East Grinstead and Uckfield

Recent votes:

  • NoRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

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 & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,340 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised · £22,000 avg

e.g. Teaching Assistant (SEN), Learning Support Assistant

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

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

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Wind 35% · Nuclear 8% · Biomass 5%

210 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

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

Health services

15 GP surgeries · 14 pharmacies in RH10

  • Woodlands&Clerklands Partnership
  • Saxonbrook Medical Centre
  • Modality Mid Sussex

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

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

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

Notable places nearby

  • Turners Hill · 0.1 km

    Turners Hill is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. The civil parish covers an area of 1,390 hectares, and has a population of 1,849 increasing to 1,919 at the 2011 Census.

  • Turners Hill SSSI · 0.4 km

    Turners Hill SSSI is a 0.2-hectare (0.49-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Turners Hill in West Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

  • Tulleys Farm · 1.2 km

    Tulleys Farm is a family-run farm and visitor attraction near Turners Hill, West Sussex, England. The Beare family has farmed at Worth Hall Farm since 1937. Originally focused on agriculture and farm retail, the busin…

  • Worth Way · 1.4 km

    The Worth Way is a 7-mile (11 km) footpath and bridleway linking the West Sussex towns of Crawley and East Grinstead via the village of Crawley Down. Mostly following the trackbed of a disused railway the path is an i…

  • Grange Road railway station · 1.9 km

    Grange Road was a railway station on the Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells Central Line. The first station opened in 1860 and was sited on the east side of the level crossing. In 1876 a new enlarged station was opened…

  • Crawley Down · 2.0 km

    Crawley Down is a village in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. There is one church, one school, and a number of social groups. It lies 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Crawley and 7 miles (11 km) east of Gatwic…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Turners Hill?
Turners Hill is a town in West Sussex, England, in the Mid Sussex local authority.
What is the population of Turners Hill?
Turners Hill has an approximate settlement population of 885.
How deprived is Turners Hill?
The Mid Sussex local authority, which includes Turners Hill, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.