Dittons Road Stone Cross, Wealden
1 address across 1 postcode (BN24), about 70 m long, classed as a a road. USRN 42702220.
- Sales: 4 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £362,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Wealden cost £380,679 in August 2026 (-1.6% on a year); private rents averaged £1,266 a month.
- 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.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D, which costs £2,728 a year in Wealden in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Hampden Park (Sussex), about 2.4 km (1.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 350 m away, and Shinewater Park (71 hectares) is about 750 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 22 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Stone Cross Surgery, about 70 m away.
- People: About 420 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 64% of households owned their home and 26% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Water: Supplied by South East Water.
- Policing: Sussex Police: 9.5% of the crimes it recorded in 2025/26 had led to a charge or summons (England and Wales 9.3%); it answered 97.3% of 999 calls within 10 seconds (target 90%).
- MP: James MacCleary, Liberal Democrat, MP for Lewes.
- Council: Stone Cross ward, Wealden: Conservative won its latest election, on 4 May 2023.
- Crime: 48 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 5 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 2 of them fatal or serious; 1 involved a pedestrian.
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House sales on this street
See any home on its own: in the list of sales below, tap an underlined house number to open that home's page, with every energy certificate lodged for it and every sale matched to it.
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | £362,000 | £362,000 | £362,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £260,000 | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £324,950 | £324,950 | £324,950 |
| 2013 | 1 | £193,000 | £193,000 | £193,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Jun 2021 | BELGRAVE HOUSE BN24 5EL | Semi-detached | £362,000 | |
| 31 Mar 2016 | BELGRAVE HOUSE BN24 5EL | Semi-detached | £324,950 | New build. |
| 2 Aug 2013 | 1, BOYLES COTTAGES BN24 5EL | Terraced | £193,000 | |
| 29 Sep 2017 | 3, BOYLES COTTAGES BN24 5EL | Terraced | £260,000 |
House prices and rents in Wealden
A typical home in Wealden cost £380,679 in August 2026, 1.6% less than a year before. That is 3% more than five years earlier and 17% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £575,010 |
| Semi-detached | £341,952 |
| Terraced | £285,348 |
| Flat or maisonette | £180,919 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £289,839 |
Private renters in Wealden paid £1,266 a month on average in September 2026, 1.8% more than a year before. That is 21% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £898 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,147 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,433 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,091 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
The postcode does not have the 5 or more domestic meters needed for figures to be published.
Council tax
What each band costs in Wealden in 2026-27: Band D £2,728 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,819 | £2,122 | £2,425 | £2,728 | £3,335 | £3,941 | £4,547 | £5,457 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (35% of about 1,230 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Blackness Yard, Hailsham Road, Stone Cross, permissioned (350 m)
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shepham Lane Wealden WD/2013/0346/MEA | Wind 3 turbines | 7.5 MW | Operational Jan 2017 | 1.9 km (1.2 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre 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 here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square 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
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's address is about 22 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN24 5EL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Water
This street's water is supplied by South East Water. The company gives the hardness and quality of the water at an address on its website.
South East Water does not publish the hardness of its tap samples as open data; only Yorkshire Water, Wessex Water and Southern Water do.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Hampden Park (Sussex) 861,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Pevensey and Westham 166,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) | |
| Polegate 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 9 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 24 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Crossways Stone Cross | 60 m |
| Car parks | Mobit Airport Parking | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 49.7 km (31 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Stone Cross Surgery Good May 2016 | 70 m |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Kamsons Pharmacy | 70 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Colosseum Dental (Stone Cross) | 70 m |
| Hospital | Eastbourne District General Hospital Good Jan 2023 | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Care homes | 4 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Sycamore Grove Care Home Good Jul 2026 | 940 m (0.6 miles) |
| Police station | Hammonds Drive Police Station | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Shinewater, North Langney | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,910 m² | 350 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Shinewater Park 71 ha | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 460 m² | 280 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Ador Park 4.3 ha | 210 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 8,560 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 73 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Stone Cross Windmill, a listed building (Grade II*), 630 m (0.4 miles) east. 7 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Stone Cross Windmill | Listed building, Grade II* | 630 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Shinewater Bronze Age settlement | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Pickens Wood | Wood | 280 m east |
| Shinewater Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Mill Hill | Hill | 1.7 km (1 mile) east |
| Tas Combe | Valley | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) south-west |
| Langney Point | Wetland | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) south-east |
| Eastbourne Beach | Beach | 4.9 km (3 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 1 |
1 of the street's 1 addresses is 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 Wealden: see them on the Wealden page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Cross School | Primary | 4–11 | 190 m | No published inspection | 53% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8% at the higher standard (2025; 61% in 2024 and 45% in 2023) |
| Shinewater Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 53% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5% at the higher standard (2025; 50% in 2024 and 40% in 2023) |
| The Turing School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 31.7 (34.6 in 2025 and 30.0 in 2024); 18.8% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Hankham Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Apr 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 52% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 68% in 2024 and 48% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
6 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 190 m from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Cross Independent Pre-School BN24 5EF | Sessional day care | 25 | Outstanding (Jan 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 190 m |
| Fireflies Childcare Limited BN24 5EF | Out-of-school day care | 30 | Not inspected yet | 190 m |
| Bluebell Barn Children's Nursery BN24 5ES | Full day care | 83 | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| Meadows Nursery School BN23 8JZ | Sessional day care | 100 | Outstanding (Sep 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
| Stone Cross Pre-School Playgroup BN24 5ET | Sessional day care | 23 | Good (Oct 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Busy Bees Day Nursery at Eastbourne BN23 8BS | Full day care | 100 | Good (Jan 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 km (0.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windmill Chinese Take-Away BN24 5DZ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 70 m | 4 Good | 20 May 2026 |
| Maya Cacao BN24 5EG | Other catering premises | 230 m | 5 Very good | 20 Jan 2026 |
| Tesco Express BN24 5DZ | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 360 m | 5 Very good | 14 Jul 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 14 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 12 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 5 |
| Public order | 5 |
| Shoplifting | 4 |
| Other theft | 3 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Mimram Road (15); On or near Adur Drive (9); On or near Tillingham Way (6); On or near Woolf Way (5); On or near St Michaels Close (5).
Policing
This street is policed by Sussex Police. Of the 130,160 crimes it recorded in 2025/26 (April to March), 9.5% had led to someone being charged or summonsed to court, against 9.3% across England and Wales.
In the 12 months November 2025 to October 2026 it answered 97.3% of its 295,670 999 calls within 10 seconds, against a national target of 90% and 89.6% across England and Wales.
| Outcome | Sussex Police | England and Wales |
|---|---|---|
| Charged or summonsed | 9.5% | 9.3% |
| Dealt with out of court (caution, community resolution, penalty notice) | 5.1% | 4.4% |
| Closed with no suspect identified | 47.2% | 37.8% |
| Closed: the victim did not support further action | 22.0% | 25.4% |
| Closed: suspect identified, but not enough evidence | 10.1% | 15.1% |
| Other outcomes (not in the public interest, transferred elsewhere) | 3.2% | 3.9% |
| No outcome yet (still under investigation) | 2.8% | 4.0% |
Each crime is counted under the outcome it had been given when the figures were taken, a few months after the year ended, so some recorded late in the year were still being investigated. Forces differ in the crimes they deal with (a city force has more shoplifting and fewer rural thefts), which changes these shares, so a difference from England and Wales is not by itself a measure of how well a force investigates. Fraud is not included: it is recorded nationally.
Road safety
5 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 2 serious and 3 slight, in which 2 people were seriously hurt. 1 involved a pedestrian; 1 involved a cyclist; 2 involved a motorcyclist. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jun 2025 17:30 | Slight | 1 person | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 26 Feb 2025 16:55 | Slight | 1 person: 1 cyclist | B2247, 60 mph | Daylight |
| 11 Aug 2024 18:45 | Serious | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 23 Aug 2023 11:30 | Slight | 2 people | B2247, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 28 Apr 2022 17:25 | Serious | 2 people: 1 pedestrian, 1 motorcyclist | B2247, 40 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 | 36 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 24% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 13% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 64% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 22% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 26% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 16% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 28% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 64% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 64% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 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.
Politics
This street is in the Lewes constituency. Its MP is James MacCleary, Liberal Democrat.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James MacCleary (elected) | Liberal Democrat | 26,895 | 50.6% | +9.5 |
| Maria Caulfield | Conservative | 14,271 | 26.8% | -21.7 |
| Bernard Brown | Reform UK | 6,335 | 11.9% | +11.7 |
| Danny Sweeney | Labour | 3,574 | 6.7% | -0.4 |
| Paul Keene | Green Party | 1,869 | 3.5% | +0.7 |
| Rowena Easton | Social Democratic Party | 229 | 0.4% |
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative, with a majority of 12,624 votes (23.7%). 53,173 valid votes from an electorate of 76,166, a turnout of 70.0%.
Change is in percentage points of the vote on 2019, recalculated for the 2024 boundaries (the notional result), so it compares like with like where the constituency changed shape; it is blank where the party or candidate did not stand in 2019.
Council: Stone Cross ward, Wealden
This street is in this ward. Its latest election was on 4 May 2023.
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Oliver Upton (elected) | Conservative | 335 |
| Carolina Rosena Adcock | Liberal Democrat | 244 |
| Nick Mawdsley | Green Party | 141 |
Turnout 24%.
County council: Pevensey & Stone Cross division, East Sussex
This street is in this division. Its latest election was on 7 May 2026.
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Roger David Lincoln (elected) | Reform UK | 1,490 |
| Mark Fairweather | Liberal Democrat | 941 |
| Tom Liddiard | Conservative | 658 |
| Xander Gottlieb | Green Party | 278 |
| Lee Stephen Comfort | Labour | 118 |
| Mike Pursglove | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 84 |
Turnout 45.5%.
Councils elect all their members every four years or a third of them in three years out of four, so the members for a ward can come from more than one election; a councillor may have changed party since being elected.
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
- BN24 5EL: 1 address of 13 in the postcode
Nearby streets
St Michaels Close · Mimram Road · Barn Close · The Crossways · Beaulieu Drive · Woolf Way · Meon Close · Shelley Grove · Orwell Close · Austen Avenue · Cuckmere Drive · Eden Close
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.