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On Lewes Road, in Forest Row & Coleman's Hatch
What it's like at RH18 5AN: every home that has sold on Lewes Road 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Lewes Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
11 of the 85 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| 1, County House, Lewes RoadFlat | Apr 2019 | £232,000 | 144 m² | £1,611/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1, Highfields Cottages, Lewes RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £342,500 | 88 m² | £3,892/m² | 4 |
| 2, County House, Lewes RoadFlat | Dec 2025 | £250,000 | 69 m² | £3,623/m² | 2 |
| 2, Highfields Cottages, Lewes RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £350,000 | 86 m² | £4,070/m² | 3 |
| Brown House, Lewes RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2019 | £557,500 | 153 m² | £3,644/m² | 1 |
| Highgate End, Lewes RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2023 | £870,000 | 186 m² | £4,677/m² | 2 |
| Martlett House, Lewes RoadDetached | Dec 2021 | £720,000 | 136 m² | £5,294/m² | 1 |
| Merrymead, Lewes RoadDetached | Aug 2022 | £440,000 | 83 m² | £5,301/m² | 3 |
| Oak Apple Cottage, Lewes RoadDetached | Dec 2009 | £410,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Pavilion, Lewes RoadDetached | Nov 1998 | £50,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Russet Cottage, Lewes RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2002 | £300,000 | 139 m² | £2,158/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 47% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is East Grinstead, a drive away (5.0 km), with 1.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Evelyn Clark Square, 50 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (routes 270, 500); 6 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 54 minutes away by public transport (30 by car).
Central London is 47 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Forest Row Church of England Primary School and Nursery, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 50% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Sackville School, 3.9 km away; Attainment 8: 46.1 · 10.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is The Coop, 300 m away; Forest Biltong (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ashdown Forest Health Centre (300 m), with Ashdown Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, The Finishing Touch is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Princess Royal Hospital, 16 km away, rated good 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: 24 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Forest Row Community Centre is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Swan Hotel the nearest pub (450 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 89 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 116 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 45% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is East Court, 4.4 km away; for exercise, Unite Fitness (4.5 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.8 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Gatwick is 17 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
29 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kidbrooke Lodge | II | 190 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.
East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency: Mims Davies MP (Conservative), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 8,480 (16.8%), turnout 67%. Vote shares: Conservative 38%, Liberal Democrat 22%, Labour 21%, Green Party 11%.
3 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 RH18 5AN →
It's highly educated: 45% of adults have a degree.
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.
On this street: 0 of 60 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 20 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 3.3% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 2.7% | 2.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 75.7% | 77.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 15.0% | 11.6% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.4% | 8.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.6% | 0.4% | 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.
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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 85 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Birling Gap · about 42 min
Nearest: The Pells Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 35 min
Nearest: Tilgate Nature Centre · about 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.