B2096 Rother
75 addresses across 3 postcodes (TN33), about 1.5 km (0.9 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 32500294.
- Energy: 19 homes have an energy certificate (C: 4, D: 7, E: 5, F: 2, G: 1).
- Flood: 3 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Rother costs £2,701 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 93% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Robertsbridge, about 5.7 km (3.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 78 to 155 m above sea level.
- Noise: 42 of its 75 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Martins Oak Surgery, about 5.5 km (3.4 miles) away.
- People: About 280 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 87% of households owned their home and 40% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
19 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 171 m². Most common: House, detached (12); Bungalow, detached (4); House, semi-detached (2). Built: before 1900 (8); 1900-1929 (3); 1996-2002 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (14); rented (private) (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (9 addresses)
- Darwell Hill, Darwell Hill, Netherfield
- Doctors Barn, Darwell Hill, Netherfield
- Doctors Cottage, Darwell Hill, Netherfield
- Oakhurst, Darwell Hill, Netherfield
- Seven Fields Farm, Netherfield
- The Musings, Darwell Hill, Netherfield
- Upper Homestead Farm, Darwell Hill, Netherfield
- West Ridge, Netherfield
- White House Poultry Farm, Netherfield
Council tax
What each band costs in Rother in 2026-27: Band D £2,701 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,801 | £2,101 | £2,401 | £2,701 | £3,301 | £3,901 | £4,502 | £5,402 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (32% of about 760 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 7.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 1 protected tree on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- DARWELL BEACH, grade II
- DARWELL HILL COTTAGES, grade II
- DOCTOR'S COTTAGE, grade II
- DOCTOR'S FARMHOUSE, grade II
- HOMESTEAD FARMHOUSE, grade II
- STABLES, GRANARY AND OASTHOUSE AT HOMESTEAD FARM ADJOINING THE FARMHOUSE TO THE SOUTH EAST, grade II
- THE GUN HOUSE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Swallow Barn off B2096, Netherfield: up to 10 homes, not permissioned (930 m (0.6 miles))
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 19 October 2026 to 22 October 2026: SOUTH EAST WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the carriageway, verge (immediate - urgent works)
- 23 September 2026 to 24 September 2026: SOUTH EAST WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the verge (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN33 9QH | not in 2 or 3 | 3 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| TN33 9QL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TN33 9QJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 75 addresses are between 78 m and 155 m above sea level (137 m on average); the ground rises about 77 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TN33 9QH | 100% | 93% | 93% | 0% |
| TN33 9QJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| TN33 9QL | 100% | 94% | 94% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Robertsbridge 274,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km (3.6 miles) |
| Battle 512,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.4 km (4 miles) | |
| Etchingham 209,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.5 km (4.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Park Battle | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | PoGo Charge | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 48.1 km (30 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Martins Oak Surgery | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Day Lewis Pharmacy | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | High Street (Dental Surgery) | 5.4 km (3.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Combe Valley Hospital | 11 km (6.8 miles) |
| Police station | Battle Police station | 5.2 km (3.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 680 m² | 910 m (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 4,720 m² | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Panningridge iron furnace site, a scheduled monument, 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-west. 11 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Panningridge iron furnace site | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Brightling Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Waste Wood | Wood | 170 m west |
| Callice Wood | Wood | 260 m north-west |
| Homestead Shaw | Wood | 790 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Prinkle Wood | Wood | 790 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Darwell Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) north-east |
| Tent Hill | Hill | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.5 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 12 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 16 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 13 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 33 | 75 |
42 of the street's 75 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Rother: see them on the Rother page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherfield CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 5–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (sussex).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 87% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 53% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 0% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 48% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 46% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 26% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 15% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 4 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
- Roadworks Street works permit: SOUTH EAST WATER: Utility repair and maintenance works, 19 October 2026 to 22 October 2026 (two-way signals) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.