Gates Close Keymer, Mid Sussex
11 addresses across 1 postcode (BN6), about 60 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 25603635.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (A: 1, B: 9).
- Flood: No postcode centre on the street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Mid Sussex costs £2,474 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Hassocks, about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 100 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 39 to 41 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Silverdale Practice, about 2.3 km (1.4 miles) away.
- People: About 190 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 95% of households owned their home and 53% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Aug 2023 | 5 BN6 8GJ | Other | £728,041 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 5 Jun 2023 | 10 BN6 8GJ | Other | £3,563,093 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 95 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (4); House, detached (3); House, end-terrace (2). Built: 2023 (10).
Council tax
What each band costs in Mid Sussex in 2026-27: Band D £2,474 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,650 | £1,924 | £2,199 | £2,474 | £3,024 | £3,574 | £4,124 | £4,949 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (31% of about 1,080 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.
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
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this street's postcodes yet.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 11 addresses are between 39 m and 41 m above sea level (40 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN6 8GJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Hassocks 1.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Burgess Hill 1.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) | |
| Wivelsfield 467,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Ockley Manor Farm Keymer | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Sussex House University of Sussex | 8.5 km (5.3 miles) |
| Car parks | Apcoa | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | 5 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest 3 Ockley Way | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 24.1 km (15 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Silverdale Practice | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Princess Royal Hospital | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) |
| Police station | Burgess Hill Police Station | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | Morrisons Daily - Hassocks | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,200 m² | 100 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 1.5 ha | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 560 m² | 250 m |
| Playing field | Adastra Park 5.9 ha | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 5,840 m² | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 1.6 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Ockley Manor, a listed building (Grade II*), 510 m (0.3 miles) south-east. 9 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ockley Manor | Listed building, Grade II* | 510 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ockley Wood | Wood | 750 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Reed Pond | Lake or reservoir | 930 m (0.6 miles) west |
| Reed Pond Shaw | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Holmesdale Wood | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north |
| Lodge Hill | Hill | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Coombe Bottom | Valley | 3.2 km (2 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 11 | 11 |
None of the street's 11 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 Mid Sussex: see them on the Mid Sussex page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hassocks Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Downlands Community School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Report card (Jul 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| The Windmills Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Nov 2021, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| London Meed Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| The Burgess Hill Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
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 | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 95% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 56% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 5% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 52% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 51% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 33% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 6% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 44% | 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) | 53% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 6% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 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 10 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
- BN6 8GJ: 11 addresses of 13 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Davies Place · Walter Close · Glossop Avenue · Jack Slaughter Lane · Fitzalan Mead · Martin Gardens · Gargett Way · Lenthall Place · Price Grove · Granville Drive · Langridge Vale · Mowbray Gardens
All the streets in BN6 and across Mid Sussex.
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.