Worth Abbey

9°CCloudy

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:28

9h 28m 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 · 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

1 reported · August 2026

• Drugs1

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)

40 food businesses within 2 miles

• 37 rated 4–5 ★ (36 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Three Bridges (3.9 km)
• 0 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 (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (8.3 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

40 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Frogshole Farm Pub Car-Park (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches10
• 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
• 8 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

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 1
• Con 18
• LD 19
• Grn 4
• Oth 6

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés1

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

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

15 GP surgeries · 14 pharmacies in RH10

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

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

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  Worth School · 0.1 km

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  Worth Abbey · 0.2 km

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  Worth Forest (electoral division) · 1.3 km

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  Tulleys Farm · 1.9 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…

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  Maidenbower · 2.3 km

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