Hurstfield Close Haywards Heath, Mid Sussex
12 addresses across 1 postcode (RH17), about 70 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 25601018.
- Sales: 13 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £586,000 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: 7 homes have an energy certificate (C: 4, D: 2, F: 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.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band F; 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 Haywards Heath, about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 280 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 84 to 89 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 12 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Northlands Wood Surgery, about 780 m (0.5 miles) away.
- People: About 380 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 97% of households owned their home and 54% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 70 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, and it was serious; 1 involved a pedestrian.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £586,000 | £586,000 | £586,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £512,500 | £512,500 | £512,500 |
| 2012 | 1 | £447,500 | £447,500 | £447,500 |
| 2010 | 1 | £380,000 | £380,000 | £380,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £325,000 | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| 2004 | 2 | £367,000 | £354,000 | £380,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £255,000 | £255,000 | £255,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £215,000 | £215,000 | £215,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £200,000 | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £141,500 | £141,500 | £141,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Jul 1998 | 1 RH17 7BQ | Detached | £200,000 | |
| 11 Jul 2014 | 3 RH17 7BQ | Detached | £512,500 | |
| 29 Jan 2018 | 4 RH17 7BQ | Other | £5,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 17 Nov 2000 | 4 RH17 7BQ | Detached | £255,000 | |
| 23 Apr 2010 | 5 RH17 7BQ | Detached | £380,000 | |
| 24 Sep 2004 | 6 RH17 7BQ | Detached | £354,000 | |
| 9 Aug 1996 | 6 RH17 7BQ | Detached | £141,500 | |
| 18 Dec 2012 | 7 RH17 7BQ | Detached | £447,500 | |
| 7 May 2004 | 8 RH17 7BQ | Detached | £380,000 | |
| 3 Sep 2025 | 9 RH17 7BQ | Detached | £586,000 | |
| 29 Nov 1999 | 11 RH17 7BQ | Detached | £215,000 | |
| 22 Sep 2005 | 12 RH17 7BQ | Detached | £325,000 | |
| 20 Dec 2001 | 12 RH17 7BQ | Detached | £250,000 |
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
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 136 m². Most common: House, detached (7). Built: 1967-1975 (3); 1976-1982 (3); 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6).
Each home's certificates and sales (7 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 18,976 kWh of it on average in 2024, 33% more than the district's 14,283 kWh, and 4,043 kWh of electricity, 24% less than the district's 5,349 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
These are all the homes on the 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 F (33% of about 700 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Land north of 99 Reed Pond Walk, Franklands Village, Haywards Heath: up to 24 homes, permissioned (600 m (0.4 miles))
- Linden House Southdowns Park Haywards Heath: up to 17 homes, not permissioned (730 m (0.5 miles))
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land At Chiddinglye Farm Mid Sussex DM/15/2460 | Solar farm | 5 MW | Operational Mar 2016 | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
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
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre 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
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square 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
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 12 addresses are between 84 m and 89 m above sea level (86 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RH17 7BQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Haywards Heath 4.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Wivelsfield 467,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) | |
| Burgess Hill 1.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5 km (3.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 17 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Woodridge Close Haywards Heath | 260 m |
| Car parks | 4 Franklynn Road Parking | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | 6 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 18.9 km (12 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Northlands Wood Surgery Good Mar 2019 | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Kamsons Pharmacy | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Newlands Dental Surgery | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Princess Royal Hospital Requires improvement Jul 2026 | 230 m |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Magnolia House Good Aug 2018 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Police station | Haywards Heath Police Station | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Southern Co-operative Haywards Heath Franklynn Road | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 950 m² | 280 m |
| Play area | 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 100 m² | 280 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.2 ha | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 7,980 m² | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Hospital Farmhouse, a listed building (Grade II*), 590 m (0.4 miles) south-west. 10 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hospital Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 590 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Asylum Wood | Wood | 320 m south-east |
| Hurst Wood | Wood | 800 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Anscombe Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Fox Hill | Hill | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Scrase Valley | Valley | 1.6 km (1 mile) north |
| Town Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.3 km (1.5 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.7 | 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 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 8 | 12 |
4 of the street's 12 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 650 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection | 63% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 12% at the higher standard (2025; 58% in 2024 and 60% in 2023) |
| Northlands Wood Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 710 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection | 67% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5% at the higher standard (2025; 63% in 2024 and 64% in 2023) |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 67% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 12% at the higher standard (2025; 68% in 2024 and 70% in 2023) |
| Warden Park Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection | 60% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9% at the higher standard (2025; 41% in 2024 and 52% in 2023) |
| Oathall Community College | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 51.3 (51.6 in 2025 and 50.6 in 2024); 52.9% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Blackthorns Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 77% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13% at the higher standard (2025; 67% in 2024 and 79% 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
The ten nearest nurseries, pre-schools and clubs are all within 1.2 km (0.7 miles); the nearest is 230 m from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendy House Nursery RH16 4EX | Full day care | 51 | Good (Jan 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 230 m |
| Snowdrop House Montessori Nursery RH16 3RS | Full day care | 120 | Not inspected yet | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
| Treetops Day Nursery RH16 3RS | Full day care | 60 | Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
| Busy Bees Day Nursery at Haywards Heath RH16 4SL | Full day care | 75 | Outstanding (Sep 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| Holiday Heroes RH16 3NL | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 690 m (0.4 miles) | |
| Stagecoach Haywards Heath RH16 3NL | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 690 m (0.4 miles) | |
| Primrose House Montessori RH16 4DJ | Full day care | 44 | Not inspected yet | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Sussex Tuition Centre RH16 4EA | Full day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 1 km (0.6 miles) | |
| Mayflower Playgroup RH16 3LE | Full day care | 45 | Good (Jun 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| St Paul's Pre-School RH16 3PQ | Full day care | 44 | Good (Sep 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
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
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shell Birch RH17 7SE | Retailers - other | 210 m | 5 Very good | 3 Feb 2025 |
| Birch Hotel RH17 7SF | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 220 m | 4 Good | 9 Sep 2026 |
| RVS Shop RH16 4EX | Retailers - other | 240 m | 4 Good | 26 Sep 2025 |
| Chalkhill RH16 4NQ | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 240 m | 4 Good | 25 Nov 2024 |
| Wendy House Nursery RH16 4EX | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 240 m | 5 Very good | 25 Nov 2024 |
| Princess Royal Hospital & Bluebells Restaurant RH16 4EX | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 240 m | 5 Very good | 18 Sep 2026 |
| Sussex Orthopaedic NHS Treatment Centre RH16 4EX | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 240 m | 5 Very good | 24 Mar 2026 |
| Five A Day Greengrocers RH16 4EX | Retailers - other | 240 m | 5 Very good | 7 Apr 2026 |
| Franklands Village Store RH16 3RA | Retailers - other | 450 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 2 Jun 2026 |
| Snowdrop House Montessori Nursery RH16 3RS | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 7 Jan 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 43 |
| Other theft | 7 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 7 |
| Public order | 5 |
| Possession of weapons | 2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Shoplifting | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Hospital (60); On or near Frankton Avenue (5); On or near Carmelstead Close (4); On or near Birch Avenue (1).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. 1 involved a pedestrian. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec 2022 10:00 | Serious | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | A272, 30 mph | Wet road |
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 | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 21% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 97% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 53% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 4% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 58% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 32% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 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 | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 54% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 4% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 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 7BQ: 12 addresses of 14 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Lewes Road · Birch Avenue · Greenhill Park · Birch Way · Greenhill Way · B2272 · The Ridings · Frankton Avenue · Carmelstead Close · Woodridge Close · The Nightingales · High Point
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.