Earlsdown Earl's Down, Rother
1 address across 1 postcode (TN21), about 300 m long. USRN 32501122.
- Sales: 6 recorded sales since 1995; in 2017 the median was £785,000 across 1 sale.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 E; Band D in Rother costs £2,701 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Stonegate, about 7.8 km away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 117 m above sea level.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Fairfield Surgery, about 5.9 km away.
- People: About 310 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 85% of households owned their home and 45% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | £785,000 | £785,000 | £785,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £525,000 | £525,000 | £525,000 |
| 2007 | 2 | £462,475 | £425,000 | £499,950 |
| 1997 | 1 | £198,000 | £198,000 | £198,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Aug 2019 | LITTLE WYATTS FARM TN21 9LY | Other | £625,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 3 Mar 2017 | WARREN HOUSE TN21 9LY | Detached | £785,000 | |
| 18 Jun 2013 | SUN SPOT COTTAGE TN21 9LY | Detached | £525,000 | |
| 19 Oct 2007 | SUN SPOT COTTAGE TN21 9LY | Detached | £499,950 | |
| 21 Sep 2007 | BEECHMEAD TN21 9LY | Detached | £425,000 | |
| 7 Mar 1997 | LITTLE WYATTS BUNGALOW TN21 9LY | Detached | £198,000 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
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 E (23% of about 770 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Town and Country Planning (County of East Sussex) Direction, 1959.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- WYATT'S FARMHOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 11 September 2026: EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, priority working, on the carriageway (immediate - emergency works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's address is about 117 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TN21 9LY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Stonegate 124,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.8 km |
| Etchingham 209,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.8 km | |
| Robertsbridge 274,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.8 km | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m | |
| EV charging points | Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 6.9 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 42.9 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Fairfield Surgery | 5.9 km |
| Pharmacies | Procter Health Care Pharmacy | 6.7 km |
| NHS dentists | Oak Lodge Dental Practice | 6.2 km |
| Hospital | Amberstone Hospital | 8.9 km |
| Police station | Battle Police station | 10.6 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 280 m² | 2.7 km |
| Playing field | Dallington Recreation Ground 8,400 m² | 2.4 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,110 m² | 2.5 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Holy Trinity Priory, a scheduled monument, 1.4 km south. 9 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Holy Trinity Priory | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Northfleet Shaw | Wood | 200 m south |
| Alms Wood | Wood | 280 m south-east |
| Collier's Wood | Wood | 720 m south-west |
| Olivers Hill | Hill | 2.9 km south-east |
| Blackhurst Gill | Valley | 3.8 km south-west |
| Pond Bay | Lake or reservoir | 4.3 km south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.2 | 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
Noise figures are still being loaded.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallington Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
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 | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 36% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 85% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 53% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 48% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 34% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 7% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 51% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 46% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 0% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 29% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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
- TN21 9LY: 1 address of 10 in the postcode
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.