Worth Abbey

20°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 24° / 17° · 54% 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

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Merton - Merton Road, United Kingdom

5 reported · July 2026▲ 400% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: Copthorne, Worth, Crawley Down and Turners Hill · 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)

34 food businesses within 2 miles

• 33 rated 4–5 ★ (31 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

£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: 156.9p · Esso (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (9.2 km)

15 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)

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 8 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

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)

8,180 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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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  Worth School · 0.1 km

  Worth School is a private co-educational Catholic boarding and day school for pupils from 11 to 18 years of age near Worth, West Sussex, England. Until 2008, Worth was exclusively a boys' school. The school is located…

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  Worth Abbey · 0.2 km

  The Abbey of Our Lady, Help of Christians, commonly known as Worth Abbey, is a community of Roman Catholic monks who follow the Rule of St Benedict near Turners Hill village, in West Sussex, England. Founded in 1933,…

• Burgess Hill East (electoral division) · 0.4 km

  Burgess Hill East 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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  Worth Forest (electoral division) · 1.3 km

  Worth Forest 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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  Tulleys Farm · 1.9 km

  Tulleys Farm is a family farm, located in West Sussex. The farm was founded in 1937 by Bernard Beare. Tulleys is known for its seasonal attractions such as its annual Halloween event.

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  Maidenbower · 2.3 km

  Maidenbower is one of 14 neighbourhoods within the town of Crawley in West Sussex, England. Maidenbower is located in the south east corner of the town, bordering the M23 motorway. It is bordered by Pound Hill to the…

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