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On High Cross, in Buxted, Framfield & Rotherfield
What it's like at TN6 3PX: every home that has sold on High Cross 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on High Cross; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 28 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Grub Reed Cottages, High CrossTerraced | Nov 2024 | £300,000 | 51 m² | £5,882/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Grub Reed Cottages, High CrossTerraced | Jan 2020 | £385,000 | 112 m² | £3,438/m² | 2 |
| Ashcroft, High CrossOther | Sept 2016 | £925,000 | 195 m² | £4,744/m² | 1 |
| Balintore, High CrossDetached | Aug 2020 | £780,000 | 183 m² | £4,262/m² | 2 |
| Hillview, High CrossDetached | Aug 2004 | £250,000 | 121 m² | £2,066/m² | 2 |
| Middle Unity Cottage, High CrossTerraced | Jul 2017 | £455,000 | 103 m² | £4,417/m² | 2 |
| The Glen, High CrossSemi-detached | Nov 1997 | £120,000 | – | – | 1 |
| The Spinney, High CrossSemi-detached | Dec 2016 | £560,000 | 169 m² | £3,314/m² | 2 |
| Unity Cottage, High CrossTerraced | Apr 2008 | £425,000 | 144 m² | £2,951/m² | 2 |
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: 46% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Crowborough, a short drive or bike ride (2.4 km), with 255k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Rotherhurst Lane, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 51, 251); 2 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 83 minutes away by public transport (31 by car).
Central London is 62 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 6% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Rotherfield Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (950 m); 55% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Beacon Academy, 3.8 km away; Attainment 8: 50.2 · 12.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Uckfield College (4.4 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 2.1 km away, with Katherine Jennings Fine Art closer still (800 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Rotherfield Surgery (800 m), with St Denys Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Forge Barbers And Hair Salon is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Princess Royal Hospital, 18 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: 5 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
Blossom and Bean is the closest café or restaurant (1.5 km), and Kings Arms the nearest pub (800 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 241 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 60% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is The Bull Track, 2.3 km away; for exercise, Isenhurst Health Club (2.5 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.0 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
1 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.
Sussex Weald constituency: Ms Nusrat Ghani MP (Conservative), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 6,842 (13.9%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Conservative 34%, Liberal Democrat 20%, Reform UK 18%, Labour 17%.
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 TN6 3PX →
For holidays, London Gatwick is 31 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 48% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 29% are 65 or over.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" High Cross in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 19 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 5.2% | 2.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 43.3% | 77.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 41.1% | 11.6% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.6% | 8.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.4% | 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.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.