Hickstead Lane Twineham, Mid Sussex
34 addresses across 4 postcodes (RH17), about 1.2 km (0.7 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 25600242.
- Sales: 22 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £687,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Mid Sussex cost £431,904 in August 2026 (-0.8% on a year); private rents averaged £1,436 a month.
- Energy: 11 homes have an energy certificate (B: 2, D: 3, E: 6).
- Flood: 5 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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, Berrylands Farm, is 100 m away.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 6 times (47 hours) in 2025.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- Energy projects: 3 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Libra Energy Stability Project - Battery Energy Storage, is 770 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A23, carries 55,518 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band G; Band D in Mid Sussex costs £2,474 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 44% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Burgess Hill, about 5.9 km (3.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 11 to 28 m above sea level.
- Noise: 8 of its 34 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Meadows Surgery, about 4 km (2.5 miles) away.
- People: About 350 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 83% of households owned their home and 34% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: 2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 1 of them fatal or serious.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £687,000 | £687,000 | £687,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £675,000 | £675,000 | £675,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £725,000 | £725,000 | £725,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £915,000 | £915,000 | £915,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £990,000 | £990,000 | £990,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | £714,500 | £709,000 | £720,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £467,500 | £467,500 | £467,500 |
| 2012 | 3 | £410,000 | £404,000 | £555,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £430,000 | £430,000 | £430,000 |
| 2004 | 2 | £337,500 | £275,000 | £400,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £205,000 | £205,000 | £205,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £145,000 | £145,000 | £145,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Mar 2023 | 1, CASTLE COTTAGES RH17 5NT | Semi-detached | £675,000 | |
| 13 Aug 2012 | 1, CASTLE COTTAGES RH17 5NT | Semi-detached | £404,000 | |
| 28 Sep 2012 | EAST COTTAGE RH17 5NT | Semi-detached | £410,000 | |
| 30 Aug 1996 | EAST COTTAGE RH17 5NT | Semi-detached | £84,950 | |
| 29 Sep 2023 | HICKSTEAD COTTAGE RH17 5NT | Other | £1,240,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 6 Sep 2012 | HICKSTEAD COTTAGE RH17 5NT | Detached | £555,000 | |
| 2 Feb 2000 | HICKSTEAD COTTAGE RH17 5NT | Detached | £145,000 | |
| 18 Nov 1997 | HICKSTEAD COTTAGE RH17 5NT | Detached | £105,000 | |
| 1 Jul 1996 | LITTLE HICKSTEAD FARM RH17 5NT | Detached | £45,000 | |
| 28 Feb 2019 | LITTLE HICKSTEAD PLACE RH17 5NT | Detached | £990,000 | |
| 1 Jun 2018 | 1, THE GRANGE RH17 5NT | Detached | £720,000 | |
| 16 Jan 2017 | 1, THE GRANGE RH17 5NT | Other | £610,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 20 Aug 2021 | 2, THE GRANGE RH17 5NT | Detached | £915,000 | |
| 31 May 2018 | 2, THE GRANGE RH17 5NT | Detached | £709,000 | |
| 23 Jan 2004 | THE OLD POST OFFICE RH17 5NT | Detached | £400,000 | |
| 24 Nov 1998 | THE OLD POST OFFICE RH17 5NT | Detached | £205,000 | |
| 28 Mar 2025 | WEST COTTAGE RH17 5NT | Semi-detached | £687,000 | |
| 8 Dec 2022 | WEST COTTAGE RH17 5NT | Semi-detached | £725,000 | |
| 27 Jun 2014 | WEST COTTAGE RH17 5NT | Semi-detached | £467,500 | |
| 19 Aug 2005 | WEST COTTAGE RH17 5NT | Detached | £430,000 | |
| 15 Oct 2004 | WEST COTTAGE RH17 5NT | Detached | £275,000 | |
| 28 Jul 2003 | WEST COTTAGE RH17 5NT | Detached | £205,000 |
House prices and rents in Mid Sussex
A typical home in Mid Sussex cost £431,904 in August 2026, 0.8% less than a year before. That is 13% more than five years earlier and 19% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £732,644 |
| Semi-detached | £452,210 |
| Terraced | £370,194 |
| Flat or maisonette | £219,137 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £327,144 |
Private renters in Mid Sussex paid £1,436 a month on average in September 2026, 4.3% more than a year before. That is 32% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £1,018 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,302 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,636 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,229 |
Energy performance certificates
11 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 167 m². Most common: House, detached (8); House, semi-detached (3). Built: 1900-1929 (3); 2003-2006 (2); 2017 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (8).
Each home's certificates and sales (11 addresses)
- 1 Castle Cottages, Hickstead Lane, Hickstead
- 1 The Grange, Hickstead Lane, Hickstead
- 2 Castle Cottages, Hickstead Lane
- 2 The Grange, Hickstead Lane, Hickstead
- East Cottage, Hickstead Lane, Hickstead
- Garage Flat, Little Hickstead Farm, Hickstead Lane
- Gatehouse, Hickstead Lane, Hickstead
- Little Hickstead Farm, Hickstead Lane, Hickstead
- Little Hickstead Place, Hickstead Lane, Hickstead
- The Cottage, Little Hickstead Farm, Hickstead Lane, Hickstead
- West Cottage, Hickstead Lane, Hickstead
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 54 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel (7 meters are on Economy 7, the off-peak tariff for storage heaters).
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RH17 5NT | 10 | 5,984 kWh | none recorded | |
| RH17 5NP | 24 7 Economy 7 | 9,776 kWh | none recorded | |
| RH17 5LZ | 12 | 5,096 kWh | none recorded | |
| RH17 5NN | 8 | 6,093 kWh | under 5 |
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 RH17.
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 G (25% of about 730 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
- LITTLE HICKSTEAD PLACE, grade II
- Twineham War Memorial, grade II
- WESTOVERS, grade II
Energy projects nearby
3 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 3 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libra Energy Stability Project - Battery Energy Storage Mid Sussex DM/23/1184 | Battery storage | 100 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Jan 2025 | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| Bolney Substation - Battery Storage Mid Sussex DM/23/0769 | Battery storage | 264 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Oct 2024 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Bolney - Battery Storage Horsham DM/21/2276 | Battery storage | 200 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Sep 2024 | 2 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
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 3 February 2027 to 11 February 2027: WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL, Diversionary works, road closure, on the carriageway (standard works)
- 11 February 2027 to 19 February 2027: WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL, Optional permit (no fee) e.g. for traffic management etc, road closure, on the carriageway (standard works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 5 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| RH17 5NT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| RH17 5NP | not in 2 or 3 | 3 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| RH17 5LZ | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 2 | unlikely |
| RH17 5NN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
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
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 6 times, for 47 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Freshwater River.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolney Sewage Pumping Station Southern Water | Freshwater River | 6 | 47 | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
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 100 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berrylands Farm Hickstead, Sussex | 1992 | Not recorded | 100 m |
| Little Reeds Farm Hickstead, Sussex | 1992 to 1993 | Not recorded | 160 m |
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 34 addresses are between 11 m and 28 m above sea level (22 m on average); the ground rises about 17 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RH17 5LZ | 65% | 65% | 65% | 26% |
| RH17 5NN | 92% | 92% | 92% | 0% |
| RH17 5NP | 84% | 44% | 44% | 16% |
| RH17 5NT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Burgess Hill 1.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.9 km (3.6 miles) |
| Wivelsfield 467,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.2 km (3.8 miles) | |
| Hassocks 1.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.4 km (4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| EV charging points | Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 4.3 km (2.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 20.3 km (13 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Meadows Surgery Good Aug 2017 | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Day Lewis Pharmacy | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Burgess Hill Dental Care Centre | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Ashdown Nuffield Hospital Good Mar 2017 | 8.5 km (5.3 miles) |
| Care homes | Eastridge Manor EMI Nursing and Residential Home Good Sep 2022 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Police station | Burgess Hill Police Station | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Hurstpierpoint, Hurstpierpoint | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 300 m² | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 6,450 m² | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Slipe, a listed building (Grade II*), 270 m south-west. 13 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Slipe | Listed building, Grade II* | 270 m south-west |
| The Parish Church of St Peter | Listed building, Grade I | 660 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Hickstead Place | Listed building, Grade II* | 900 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Tansy Wood | Wood | 650 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Ambroses Hill | Hill | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Mill Shaw | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north |
| Furze Field | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south |
| Toll Copse | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 6 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 26 | 34 |
8 of the street's 34 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 Mid Sussex: see them on the Mid Sussex page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Nurseries and childcare
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
Ofsted also registers 388 childminders and 67 home childcarers (nannies) in West 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
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).
Road safety
2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. 1 involved a cyclist. 50% happened in the dark. Most were on roads with a 60 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Apr 2025 17:40 | Serious | 1 person: 1 cyclist | A23, 40 mph | Daylight |
| 15 Oct 2023 21:00 | Slight | 2 people | Minor road, 60 mph | Dark, no street lights |
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
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A23 between A2300 slip and A2300 slip, with 55,518 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 130 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A23 | A2300 slip to A2300 slip | 55,518 counted 2025 | 4% | 130 m | |
| A2300 | Not recorded | 19,987 estimated | 4% | 140 m | |
| A2300 | Not recorded | 7,236 estimated | 6% | 170 m | |
| A23 | A23 to Hickstead Lane roundabout | 3,266 estimated; counted 2019 | 5% | 190 m | |
| A2300 | A23 to A2300 | 7,236 counted 2025 | 6% | 200 m | |
| A23 | Hickstead Lane roundabout to A23 | 5,862 estimated; counted 2019 | 6% | 270 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 20% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 16% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 45% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 20% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 60% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 35% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 46% | 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) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 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
- RH17 5NT: 25 addresses of 28 in the postcode
- RH17 5NP: 6 addresses of 82 in the postcode
- RH17 5LZ: 2 addresses of 60 in the postcode
- RH17 5NN: 1 address of 41 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in RH17 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; 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.