Mill Lane Rother
8 addresses across 2 postcodes (TN35), about 440 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 32500487.
- Sales: 9 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £1,085,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 1, E: 1, F: 2).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 D; Band D in Rother costs £2,701 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 88% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Doleham, about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 43 to 51 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 8 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Sedlescombe & Westfield Surgeries, about 3.7 km (2.3 miles) away.
- People: About 320 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 81% of households owned their home and 29% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 5 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | £1,085,000 | £1,085,000 | £1,085,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £400,000 | £400,000 | £400,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £340,000 | £340,000 | £340,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £376,500 | £376,500 | £376,500 |
| 2003 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £220,000 | £220,000 | £220,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £132,000 | £132,000 | £132,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £138,000 | £138,000 | £138,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Dec 2023 | CORNERWAYS TN35 4SU | Detached | £875,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 3 Jul 2023 | THALA FARM TN35 4SU | Detached | £1,085,000 | |
| 31 Jul 2017 | MARDEN ASH TN35 4SU | Detached | £400,000 | |
| 13 Feb 2015 | HIGHLANDS TN35 4SU | Detached | £340,000 | |
| 17 Sep 2014 | JILDA TN35 4SU | Detached | £376,500 | |
| 17 Dec 2003 | HIGHLANDS TN35 4SU | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 6 Sep 2001 | JILDA TN35 4SU | Detached | £220,000 | |
| 28 May 1998 | HIGHLANDS TN35 4SU | Detached | £132,000 | |
| 5 Jan 1996 | MILL HOUSE TN35 4SU | Detached | £138,000 |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 238 m². Most common: House, detached (3); Bungalow, detached (2). Built: 1976-1982 (2); 1967-1975 (1); 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
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 D (31% of about 740 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)
- Former Care Home, Moorhurst, A28, Westfield: up to 10 homes, pending decision (150 m)
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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 8 addresses are between 43 m and 51 m above sea level (49 m on average); the ground rises about 8 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TN35 4RU | 100% | 88% | 88% | 0% |
| TN35 4SU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Doleham 1,710 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Three Oaks 15,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) | |
| Ore 272,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m (0.2 miles), 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cottage Lane Westfield | 340 m |
| Bus or coach station | Three Oaks - Lane Bridge | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 59.6 km (37 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Sedlescombe & Westfield Surgeries | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Laycock Chemists | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Harrow Lane Dental Practice | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Uckfield Hospital | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Police station | Hastings Police Station | 6.5 km (4 miles) |
| Cash machines | Ridgeway Service Station | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 180 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.8 ha | 360 m |
Landmarks
8 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Forge Wood | Wood | 710 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Horseman's Wood | Wood | 750 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Pudding Cake Shaw | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Swan Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3 km (1.9 miles) south-west |
| Blackhorse Hill | Hill | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) south-west |
| Old Roar Gill | Valley | 4.8 km (3 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.2 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 5 | 8 |
3 of the street's 8 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 Rother: see them on the Rother page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westfield School | Primary | 4–11 | 610 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Baker TN35 4SL | Farmers/growers | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 30 Apr 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Mill Lane (4); On or near Fernlea Close (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 39% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 81% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 59% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 4% | 1% |
| Social rented | 8% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 45% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 39% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 55% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 63% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 16% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 3 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
- Energy certificates New energy certificate: band C, house, detached (lodged 30 October 2026) found 2 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Nursery Field · Main Road · Westfield Down Road · Fernlea Close · Mill Close · Coppice Drive · Stablefield · Westbrook Lane · Park View Road
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.