Ridleys West Hoathly, Mid Sussex
25 addresses across 2 postcodes (RH19), about 190 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 25601221.
- Sales: 13 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £640,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 2, D: 1, E: 4, F: 2).
- Flood: 12 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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 Mid Sussex costs £2,474 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is East Grinstead, about 5.9 km (3.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.3 km (1.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 185 to 187 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 25 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Modality Mid Sussex, about 5 km (3.1 miles) away.
- People: About 350 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 71% of households owned their home and 42% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £640,000 | £640,000 | £640,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £460,000 | £460,000 | £460,000 |
| 2020 | 2 | £447,500 | £445,000 | £450,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | £522,500 | £460,000 | £585,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £495,000 | £495,000 | £495,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £467,500 | £467,500 | £467,500 |
| 2010 | 1 | £540,000 | £540,000 | £540,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £500,000 | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| 1999 | 2 | £231,500 | £168,000 | £295,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £114,000 | £114,000 | £114,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jan 2026 | 18 RH19 4HN | Detached | £640,000 | |
| 6 May 2022 | 9 RH19 4HN | Detached | £460,000 | |
| 30 Jun 2020 | 10 RH19 4HN | Detached | £450,000 | |
| 24 Jun 2020 | 25 RH19 4HN | Detached | £445,000 | |
| 24 Sep 2019 | 11 RH19 4HN | Detached | £585,000 | |
| 28 Feb 2019 | 19 RH19 4HN | Detached | £460,000 | |
| 23 Aug 2013 | 23 RH19 4HN | Detached | £495,000 | |
| 21 Jan 2011 | 20 RH19 4HN | Detached | £467,500 | |
| 30 Jul 2010 | 24 RH19 4HN | Detached | £540,000 | |
| 7 Apr 2008 | 11 RH19 4HN | Detached | £500,000 | |
| 10 Aug 1999 | 24 RH19 4HN | Detached | £295,000 | |
| 2 Jun 1999 | 4 RH19 4HN | Detached | £168,000 | |
| 26 Nov 1996 | 22 RH19 4HN | Detached | £114,000 |
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 146 m². Most common: House, detached (10). Built: 1967-1975 (4); 1950-1966 (3); 1976-1982 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7).
Each home's certificates and sales (7 addresses)
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 (23% of about 910 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
Finished in the last three months
- 14 September 2026 to 17 September 2026: SOUTH EAST WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, no carriageway incursion, on the footway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 6 addresses are in areas at high risk, 6 at medium risk and 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RH19 4HN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| RH19 4QR | not in 2 or 3 | 6 / 6 / 8 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 25 addresses are between 185 m and 187 m above sea level (186 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RH19 4HN | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| RH19 4QR | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | East Grinstead 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.9 km (3.6 miles) |
| Balcombe 213,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.2 km (3.9 miles) | |
| Three Bridges 3.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Broadfield West Hoathly | 240 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Crawley | 9.9 km (6.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | Withypitts East | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 11.9 km (7.4 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Modality Mid Sussex | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Crawley Down Pharmacy | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Elm House Dental Surgery | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Hospital | Queen Victoria Hospital Cdc | 7.2 km (4.5 miles) |
| Police station | East Grinstead Police Station | 6.8 km (4.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | Morrisons Daily - Crawley Down Station Roa Cashzone | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 108 ha | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,240 m² | 180 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.7 ha | 170 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,540 m² | 380 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Manor House, a listed building (Grade II*), 350 m south. 26 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 |
|---|---|---|
| The Manor House | Listed building, Grade II* | 350 m south |
| The Parish Church of St Margaret | Listed building, Grade I | 360 m south |
| Priest House | Listed building, Grade II* | 420 m (0.3 miles) south |
| Gravetye Manor | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Philpots Camp: a promontory fort and Mesolithic rock shelters 500m north west of Philpots Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Stonehurst | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Whitestone Wood | Wood | 440 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Shagswell Wood | Wood | 500 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Jarret's Shaw | Wood | 640 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Lower Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Hawk's Den | Valley | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Stone Hill | Hill | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 24 | 25 |
1 of the street's 25 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 Mid Sussex: see them on the Mid Sussex page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Hoathly CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 190 m | Requires improvement (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Hoathly Community Pre School RH19 4QG | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 260 m | 5 Very good | 7 Oct 2021 |
| The Cat Inn RH19 4PP | Pub/bar/nightclub | 320 m | 5 Very good | 13 Nov 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 8 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 7 |
| Public order | 4 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 4 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Hilltop Road (7); On or near Broadfield (6); On or near Sports/Recreation Area (6); On or near North Lane (4); On or near Ridleys (3).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 71% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 37% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 18% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 41% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 49% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 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 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
Nearby streets
Melchbourne Villas · West View Villas · North Lane · Broadfield · The Beacon · Garden Mead · Hilltop Road · Chapel Row · Garden Mead · The Hollow
All the streets in RH19 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.