Hurst Lane Windmill Hill, Wealden
14 addresses across 2 postcodes (BN27), about 110 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 42701368.
- Sales: 26 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £317,500 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.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 3, E: 3, F: 1, G: 1).
- 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.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Rock's Nurseries, is 280 m away.
- Storm overflows: 2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 11 times (65 hours) in 2025.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Wealden costs £2,728 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Normans Bay, about 7.5 km (4.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 46 to 51 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 14 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Herstmonceux Integrative Health Centre, about 1.7 km (1.1 miles) away.
- People: About 630 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 87% of households owned their home and 31% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 17 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £317,500 | £317,500 | £317,500 |
| 2024 | 2 | £302,500 | £260,000 | £345,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £275,000 | £275,000 | £275,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | £255,000 | £255,000 | £255,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £248,500 | £248,500 | £248,500 |
| 2014 | 1 | £229,950 | £229,950 | £229,950 |
| 2012 | 2 | £208,000 | £195,000 | £221,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £167,500 | £167,500 | £167,500 |
| 2008 | 2 | £242,475 | £220,000 | £264,950 |
| 2007 | 1 | £195,000 | £195,000 | £195,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £183,500 | £183,500 | £183,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jul 2000 | 1 BN27 4TS | Detached | £110,000 | |
| 4 Jun 1997 | 1 BN27 4TS | Detached | £69,000 | |
| 16 May 2008 | 2 BN27 4TS | Semi-detached | £264,950 | |
| 7 Mar 2001 | 2 BN27 4TS | Semi-detached | £138,000 | |
| 29 Aug 1997 | 2 BN27 4TS | Semi-detached | £73,000 | |
| 7 Mar 2007 | 3 BN27 4TS | Detached | £195,000 | |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 4 BN27 4TS | Semi-detached | £317,500 | |
| 15 Jun 2018 | 4 BN27 4TS | Semi-detached | £255,000 | |
| 28 Jan 1998 | 4 BN27 4TS | Semi-detached | £74,000 | |
| 16 Apr 1996 | 4 BN27 4TS | Semi-detached | £60,000 | |
| 2 Jul 2018 | 5 BN27 4TS | Detached | £255,000 | |
| 19 Jan 2001 | 5 BN27 4TS | Detached | £96,500 | |
| 18 Aug 1995 | 5 BN27 4TS | Detached | £54,250 | |
| 13 Sep 2024 | 7 BN27 4TS | Detached | £260,000 | |
| 14 Aug 2024 | 8 BN27 4TS | Semi-detached | £345,000 | |
| 8 Feb 2019 | 8 BN27 4TS | Semi-detached | £275,000 | |
| 20 Aug 2008 | 9 BN27 4TS | Semi-detached | £220,000 | |
| 18 Apr 2005 | 9 BN27 4TS | Semi-detached | £183,500 | |
| 1 Apr 2016 | 11 BN27 4TS | Semi-detached | £248,500 | |
| 18 Dec 2014 | 11 BN27 4TS | Semi-detached | £229,950 | |
| 17 Aug 2011 | 11 BN27 4TS | Semi-detached | £167,500 | |
| 21 May 2021 | 13 BN27 4TS | Semi-detached | £300,000 | |
| 18 Apr 2012 | 13 BN27 4TS | Semi-detached | £195,000 | |
| 15 Nov 2002 | 13 BN27 4TS | Detached | £159,950 | |
| 20 Sep 2012 | 15 BN27 4TS | Semi-detached | £221,000 | |
| 5 Jan 1996 | 15 BN27 4TS | Detached | £60,000 |
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
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 62 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (10). Built: 1950-1966 (5); 1967-1975 (4); 1976-1982 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (8); rented (social) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (10 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN27 4TS | 14 7 Economy 7 | 2,552 kWh | none recorded | |
| BN27 4TH | 10 | 3,411 kWh | none recorded |
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 BN27.
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (29% of about 1,430 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.
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 9 November 2026 to 20 November 2026: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, give and take, on the footway (standard works)
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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
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
2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 11 times, for 65 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Nunningham Stream, Trib of Nunningham Stream.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windmill Hill Herstmonceux Wwtw Southern Water | Nunningham Stream | 3 | 15 | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Gardner Street Sewage Works Southern Water | Trib of Nunningham Stream | 8 | 51 | 1 km (0.6 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
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 280 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock's Nurseries Joe's Lane, Herstmonceux, Sussex | Not recorded | Not recorded | 280 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 14 addresses are between 46 m and 51 m above sea level (48 m on average); the ground rises about 5 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN27 4TH | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| BN27 4TS | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Normans Bay 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.5 km (4.7 miles) |
| Pevensey Bay 5,850 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) | |
| Pevensey and Westham 166,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.9 km (4.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Victoria Road Windmill Hill | 220 m |
| EV charging points | Vicarage Lane Car Park | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 47.1 km (29 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Herstmonceux Integrative Health Centre Requires improvement Oct 2025 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Warwick And Radcliffe Pharmacy | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery (2 Town House Garden) | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Amberstone Hospital | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Care homes | Hailsham House Requires improvement Feb 2023 | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| Police station | Hailsham Police Station | 6.4 km (4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 280 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.5 ha | 910 m (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 9,150 m² | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Windmill, a listed building (Grade II*), 140 m south-west. 19 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Windmill | Listed building, Grade II* | 140 m south-west |
| Windmill Hill Place (Residential Tennis Centre) | Listed building, Grade II* | 820 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Herstmonceux Castle and Place | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Herstmonceux Castle | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Windmill Hill | Hill | 200 m south-west |
| Allfree Wood | Wood | 360 m south-west |
| Pocket Shaw | Wood | 670 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Fourteen Acre Wood | Wood | 850 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Smoky Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Lower Gill | Valley | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 13 | 14 |
1 of the street's 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herstmonceux Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection | 50% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 74% in 2024 and 71% 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
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 510 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PGL Windmill Hill BN27 4RZ | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 510 m (0.3 miles) | |
| Bright Sparks at Herstmonceux Primary School BN27 4LG | Out-of-school day care | 20 | Not inspected yet | 1.3 km (0.8 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 Hill post office and stores BN27 4RX | Retailers - other | 140 m | 4 Good | 12 Oct 2026 |
| The Fishing Lodge BN27 4RS | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 140 m | 5 Very good | 28 Oct 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 7 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 5 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Gardner Street (5); On or near Coombe Close (4); On or near Monkey Puzzle Close (3); On or near Victoria Road (2); On or near Highview Close (2).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
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 | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 34% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 87% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 61% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 38% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 25% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 70% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 30% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 11% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 31% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 6 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: BT: Utility repair and maintenance works, 9 November 2026 to 20 November 2026 (give and take) found 3 November 2026
- Food hygiene ratings Windmill Hill post office and stores (retailers - other, BN27 4RX) now 4 Good, was 3 Generally satisfactory (rated 12 October 2026) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Nursery Lane · Coombe Close · Dales Close · Highview Close · Middleway · Joe's Lane · Gardner Street · Monkey Puzzle Close · Cider Hollow · Horseshoe Place
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.