Battle Road John's Cross, Rother
15 addresses across 2 postcodes (TN32), about 310 m long. USRN 32500336.
- Sales: 25 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £350,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Rother cost £335,680 in August 2026 (-1.9% on a year); private rents averaged £1,164 a month.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, E: 3, G: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Landfill: 2 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Templewood, is 40 m away.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Park Pale House, Mountfield Lane - Solar Panel Array, is 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away.
- 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 0% to 83% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Robertsbridge, about 2.5 km (1.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 63 to 94 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 15 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Oldwood Surgery, about 2.5 km (1.6 miles) away.
- People: About 280 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 70% of households owned their home and 41% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 3 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often public order.
- Road safety: 2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 2 of them fatal or serious.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | £350,000 | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 2016 | 3 | £289,000 | £227,500 | £300,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | £283,750 | £230,000 | £337,500 |
| 2014 | 1 | £208,000 | £208,000 | £208,000 |
| 2011 | 2 | £184,500 | £184,000 | £185,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £166,000 | £166,000 | £166,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £344,000 | £344,000 | £344,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £186,000 | £186,000 | £186,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £175,000 | £175,000 | £175,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £185,000 | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| 2002 | 2 | £116,975 | £114,950 | £119,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £108,000 | £108,000 | £108,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jul 1998 | 1, BARRACK COTTAGES TN32 5JH | Semi-detached | £89,950 | |
| 14 Jul 2000 | 3, BARRACK COTTAGES TN32 5JH | Semi-detached | £87,000 | |
| 20 Dec 1996 | 3, BARRACK COTTAGES TN32 5JH | Semi-detached | £56,000 | |
| 18 Sep 2015 | 4, BARRACK COTTAGES TN32 5JH | Terraced | £230,000 | |
| 19 Oct 2022 | JASMINE COTTAGE, 4, BARRACK COTTAGES TN32 5JH | Terraced | £350,000 | |
| 19 Dec 2016 | JASMINE COTTAGE, 4, BARRACK COTTAGES TN32 5JH | Terraced | £289,000 | |
| 12 Jul 2016 | FOXGLOVE COTTAGE TN32 5JH | Terraced | £300,000 | |
| 26 Feb 2014 | FOXGLOVE COTTAGE TN32 5JH | Terraced | £208,000 | |
| 28 Jul 2016 | JOHNS CROSS INN TN32 5JH | Other | £400,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 18 Dec 2008 | JOHNS CROSS INN TN32 5JH | Detached | £344,000 | |
| 15 May 2015 | ROSEDALE TN32 5JH | Detached | £337,500 | |
| 14 Jan 2016 | THORN COTTAGE TN32 5JH | Terraced | £227,500 | |
| 28 Jul 2011 | THORN COTTAGE TN32 5JH | Terraced | £185,000 | |
| 9 Feb 2004 | THORN COTTAGE TN32 5JH | Terraced | £185,000 | |
| 24 Nov 2000 | THORN COTTAGE TN32 5JH | Terraced | £96,000 | |
| 29 Jun 2011 | 1, VICTORIA COTTAGES TN32 5JH | Terraced | £184,000 | |
| 8 Jan 2009 | 1, VICTORIA COTTAGES TN32 5JH | Terraced | £166,000 | |
| 20 Apr 2005 | 1, VICTORIA COTTAGES TN32 5JH | Semi-detached | £175,000 | |
| 26 May 2000 | 1, VICTORIA COTTAGES TN32 5JH | Semi-detached | £96,500 | |
| 13 Jun 1995 | 1, VICTORIA COTTAGES TN32 5JH | Semi-detached | £54,995 | |
| 4 May 2007 | 2, VICTORIA COTTAGES TN32 5JH | Terraced | £186,000 | |
| 20 Sep 2002 | 2, VICTORIA COTTAGES TN32 5JH | Terraced | £114,950 | |
| 8 Jul 1997 | 2, VICTORIA COTTAGES TN32 5JH | Terraced | £63,000 | |
| 5 Jun 2002 | 3, VICTORIA COTTAGES TN32 5JH | Semi-detached | £119,000 | |
| 8 Oct 2001 | 3, VICTORIA COTTAGES TN32 5JH | Semi-detached | £108,000 |
House prices and rents in Rother
A typical home in Rother cost £335,680 in August 2026, 1.9% less than a year before. That is 7% more than five years earlier and 33% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £562,175 |
| Semi-detached | £366,684 |
| Terraced | £290,456 |
| Flat or maisonette | £181,563 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £257,185 |
Private renters in Rother paid £1,164 a month on average in September 2026, 1.1% more than a year before. That is 25% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £802 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,029 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,294 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,910 |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 156 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (3); House, detached (1); Maisonette, semi-detached (1). Built: before 1900 (2); 1900-1929 (2); 1996-2002 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (3); owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 18 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel (8 meters are on Economy 7, the off-peak tariff for storage heaters).
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TN32 5JP | 6 | 8,270 kWh | under 5 | |
| TN32 5JH | 12 8 Economy 7 | 4,567 kWh | none recorded |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is TN32.
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: 3.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- BARRACKS COTTAGES CLEMATIS COTTAGE ROSEMARY COTTAGE, grade II
- JOHN'S CROSS FARMHOUSE, grade II
- JOHN'S CROSS PUBLIC HOUSE, grade II
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes, 1 of it not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Pale House, Mountfield Lane - Solar Panel Array Rother RR/2023/2467/O | Solar farm | 1.2 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Apr 2024 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
2 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 40 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Templewood Mountfield | 1970 to 1974 | Not recorded | 40 m |
| St John's Cross Battle Road Service Station, Johns Cross Road, Near Robertsbridge, East Sussex | 1989 to 1990 | Inert | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 15 addresses are between 63 m and 94 m above sea level (83 m on average); the ground rises about 32 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TN32 5JH | 82% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| TN32 5JP | 100% | 83% | 83% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Robertsbridge 274,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Battle 512,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) | |
| Etchingham 209,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Roundabout Johns Cross | 190 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Park Battle | 5.1 km (3.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest PoGo Charge | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 51 km (32 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Oldwood Surgery Good Jun 2016 | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Robertsbridge Pharmacy | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Trinity House | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Hawkhurst Hospital | 9.5 km (5.9 miles) |
| Care homes | Glottenham Manor Nursing Home Good Oct 2021 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Police station | Battle Police station | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 700 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest King Georges Field 1.0 ha | 390 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,430 m² | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Mountfield Court, a listed building (Grade II*), 720 m (0.4 miles) south-west. 13 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Mountfield Court | Listed building, Grade II* | 720 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Medieval moated site, Glottenham Castle | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Temple Wood | Wood | 290 m west |
| Oakey Wood | Wood | 590 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Walter's Wood | Wood | 650 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Darwell Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 3 km (1.9 miles) west |
| Hackwood Gill | Valley | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) north-west |
| Willard's Hill | Hill | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.9 | 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 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 13 | 15 |
2 of the street's 15 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
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Nurseries and childcare
1 nursery, pre-school or club within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1.1 km (0.7 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apex Activities TN32 5JL | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 147 childminders and 44 home childcarers (nannies) in East Sussex. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandhurst Service Station Ltd TN32 5JJ | Retailers - other | 230 m | 5 Very good | 3 Nov 2021 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Public order | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Drugs | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near John'S Cross Road (3).
Road safety
2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 2 fatal, 0 serious and 0 slight, in which 2 people died. 2 involved a motorcyclist. 50% happened in the dark, and 50% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Oct 2024 20:00 | Fatal | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | A21, 40 mph | Dark, no street lights, wet road |
| 16 Oct 2022 12:18 | Fatal | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | A21, 30 mph | Daylight |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 70% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 39% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 27% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 63% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 40% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 38% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 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
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.