Float Lane Udimore, Rother
33 addresses across 7 postcodes (TN31,TN36), about 3.2 km long, classed as a minor road. USRN 32500251.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (E: 4, F: 2).
- Flood: 7 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 E; Band D in Rother costs £2,701 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Winchelsea, about 2.1 km away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 1 to 49 m above sea level.
- Noise: 9 of its 33 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Ferry Road Health Centre, about 4.4 km away.
- People: About 350 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 71% of households owned their home and 43% 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
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 157 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (2); House, detached (2); House, end-terrace (1). Built: 1900-1929 (2); before 1900 (2); 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3); rented (private) (1).
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 840 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 6.
- 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
- KNELLSTONE, grade II*
- BEAUCHAMPS, grade II
- FLOAT FARMHOUSE, grade II
- OASTHOUSES AND GRANARY AT FLOAT FARM TO NORTH EAST OF THE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- ROADEND, grade II
- TIBBS FARMHOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 6 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 9 homes the Environment Agency counts, 6 are in areas at high risk, 2 medium, 1 low and 0 very low.
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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| TN31 6BY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TN31 6AS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TN36 4JX | zone 3 | 6 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
| TN31 6AD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TN31 6AR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TN31 6AT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| TN31 6AU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 33 addresses are between 1 m and 49 m above sea level (19 m on average); the ground rises about 48 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TN31 6AD | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| TN31 6AR | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| TN31 6AS | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| TN31 6AT | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| TN31 6AU | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| TN31 6BY | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| TN36 4JX | 13% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Winchelsea 19,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km |
| Rye (Sussex) 480,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km | |
| Doleham 1,710 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m, 2 within 800 m; nearest The Plough Cock Marling | 570 m |
| Bus or coach station | Winchelsea - New Inn | 3.1 km |
| EV charging points | Roam EV Charging Station | 4.7 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 64.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Ferry Road Health Centre | 4.4 km |
| Pharmacies | Day Lewis Pharmacy | 4.5 km |
| NHS dentists | 3 The Warehouse | 4.4 km |
| Hospital | Rye Memorial Hospital | 5.1 km |
| Police station | Rye Police Station | 4.6 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Winchelsea, Winchelsea Beach Cashzone | 4.2 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 530 m² | 2.1 km |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 1.7 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,370 m² | 2.2 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Knellstone, a listed building (Grade II*), 210 m north. 12 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Knellstone | Listed building, Grade II* | 210 m north |
| Moat at Old Place | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hillwell Shaw | Wood | 380 m north |
| Hog Hill | Hill | 2.6 km south |
| Dew Gill | Valley | 2.6 km north |
| Pewis Marsh | Wetland | 2.7 km south-east |
| Groaning Lake | Lake or reservoir | 4.4 km west |
| Rock Channel | Tidal water | 4.8 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.6 | 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 |
| 55 to 59 | 8 | 4 |
| Under 55 | 24 | 29 |
9 of the street's 33 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 4 at 55 dB or more from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2.0 km.
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 | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 33% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 71% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 23% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 52% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 34% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 42% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 46% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 43% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 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.
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
- TN31 6BY: 20 addresses
- TN31 6AS: 7 addresses
- TN36 4JX: 2 addresses of 18 in the postcode
- TN31 6AD: 1 address of 17 in the postcode
- TN31 6AR: 1 address of 18 in the postcode
- TN31 6AT: 1 address of 17 in the postcode
- TN31 6AU: 1 address of 4 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.