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On Church Close, in Billingshurst
What it's like at RH13 8PJ: every home that has sold on Church Close since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
Sales and extensions on Church Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 21 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 5, Church CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2018 | £345,000 | 64 m² | £5,391/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7, Church CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2008 | £350,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 9, Church CloseSemi-detached | Oct 2023 | £580,000 | 134 m² | £4,328/m² | 3 |
| 10, Church CloseDetached | Jul 2000 | £130,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Church CloseSemi-detached | Jun 1997 | £70,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Church CloseSemi-detached | Feb 2007 | £250,000 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Billingshurst, a drive away (6.6 km), with 447k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 49 minutes away by public transport (20 by car).
Central London is 59 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Shipley CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 50% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest supermarket is Co-Operative, 4.6 km away, with Knepp Wild Range Meat closer still (1.1 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Village Surgery (4.5 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (4.7 km).
For a haircut, Southwater Barbers is 4.5 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Worthing Hospital, 23 km away, rated outstanding by the CQC.
At its trust, 57% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 53% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 17 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 19 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
The Easy Lunch Company at Shipley C of E Primary School is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and The Countryman Inn the nearest pub (1.1 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 56 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 156 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 14% flats and 35% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1993-1999.
It's growing: about 267 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Dial Post Village Green, 2.5 km away; for exercise, Southwater Leisure Centre & Gym (4.8 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.4 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Gatwick is 24 km away.
Most households own their home, 14% rent privately.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
3 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| the Parish Church of St Mary | I | 90 m |
| Andrew Cottage Andrew Hall | II | 130 m |
| Church Gate | II | 130 m |
| Telephone Kiosk | II | 150 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Horsham constituency: John Milne MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 2,517 (4.5%), turnout 70%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 39%, Conservative 34%, Reform UK 11%, Labour 11%.
0 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near RH13 8PJ →
On this street: 2 of 14 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 14 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.7% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.2% | 1.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 78.9% | 80.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 9.9% | 8.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.5% | 8.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.3% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 21 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.