Sandy Lane Watersfield, Horsham
27 addresses across 3 postcodes (RH20), about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 17602100.
- Sales: 33 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £1,200,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 12 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 5, E: 4, 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.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in Horsham costs £2,441 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 46% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Pulborough, about 3.9 km (2.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 10 to 34 m above sea level.
- Noise: 8 of its 27 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Pulborough Medical Group, about 4.5 km (2.8 miles) away.
- People: About 330 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 77% of households owned their home and 41% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 8 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 | £1,200,000 | £1,200,000 | £1,200,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | £775,000 | £775,000 | £775,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | £869,250 | £750,000 | £988,500 |
| 2020 | 1 | £635,000 | £635,000 | £635,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £780,000 | £780,000 | £780,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £572,500 | £572,500 | £572,500 |
| 2013 | 1 | £380,000 | £380,000 | £380,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £575,000 | £575,000 | £575,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £575,000 | £575,000 | £575,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £565,000 | £565,000 | £565,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £600,000 | £600,000 | £600,000 |
| 2007 | 3 | £492,500 | £207,500 | £575,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jan 2026 | BALNALD RH20 1NE | Detached | £1,200,000 | |
| 19 Jul 2024 | WINTER WELL RH20 1NF | Detached | £775,000 | |
| 1 Nov 2021 | ENNISMORE RH20 1NE | Detached | £988,500 | |
| 31 Aug 2021 | AMBLESIDE RH20 1NF | Detached | £750,000 | |
| 2 Mar 2020 | THE COTTAGE RH20 1NE | Detached | £635,000 | |
| 10 May 2019 | BALNALD RH20 1NE | Detached | £780,000 | |
| 14 Jun 2016 | WILLOW COTTAGE RH20 1NE | Detached | £572,500 | |
| 20 Sep 2013 | AMBLESIDE RH20 1NF | Detached | £380,000 | |
| 10 Jan 2012 | QUINTINS RH20 1NE | Detached | £575,000 | |
| 21 Oct 2011 | SANDY LANE COTTAGE RH20 1NF | Detached | £575,000 | |
| 29 Oct 2010 | THE OLD CROWN HOUSE RH20 1NE | Detached | £565,000 | |
| 2 Oct 2009 | WHITE COTTAGE RH20 1NF | Detached | £600,000 | |
| 31 Jul 2007 | 1, ROSE COTTAGE RH20 1NE | Semi-detached | £207,500 | |
| 14 Mar 2007 | SANDY LANE COTTAGE RH20 1NF | Detached | £492,500 | |
| 26 Jan 2007 | PARK HILL RH20 1NF | Detached | £575,000 | |
| 15 Jun 2006 | OLD POST OFFICE COTTAGE RH20 1NE | Detached | £408,000 | |
| 28 May 2004 | THE OLD CHAPEL RH20 1NE | Detached | £290,000 | |
| 27 Apr 2004 | OLD POST OFFICE COTTAGE RH20 1NE | Detached | £335,000 | |
| 13 Nov 2002 | THE OLD CROWN HOUSE RH20 1NE | Detached | £364,000 | |
| 28 Feb 2002 | 1, ROSE COTTAGE RH20 1NE | Semi-detached | £135,000 | |
| 10 Jul 2001 | THE OLD CROWN HOUSE RH20 1NE | Detached | £290,000 | |
| 11 Apr 2001 | PARK HILL RH20 1NF | Detached | £345,000 | |
| 15 Feb 2001 | SANDMARTINS RH20 1NF | Detached | £650,000 | |
| 14 Apr 2000 | SHENTONS RH20 1NF | Detached | £143,000 | |
| 26 Aug 1999 | 1, ROSE COTTAGE RH20 1NE | Semi-detached | £75,000 | |
| 16 Jun 1999 | SHENTONS RH20 1NF | Detached | £112,500 | |
| 15 Jun 1999 | THE OLD CHAPEL RH20 1NE | Detached | £157,000 | |
| 14 Dec 1998 | SANDMARTINS RH20 1NF | Detached | £440,000 | |
| 2 Dec 1998 | WILLOW COTTAGE RH20 1NE | Detached | £230,000 | |
| 6 Mar 1998 | OAK COTTAGE RH20 1NF | Detached | £230,000 | |
| 11 Dec 1996 | STANE STREET COTTAGE RH20 1NE | Detached | £192,000 | |
| 22 Nov 1996 | 2, ROSE COTTAGE RH20 1NE | Semi-detached | £95,000 | |
| 1 Nov 1996 | OAK COTTAGE RH20 1NF | Detached | £205,000 |
Energy performance certificates
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 171 m². Most common: House, detached (9); Bungalow, detached (2); House, semi-detached (1). Built: before 1900 (6); 1976-1982 (1); 1967-1975 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (9).
Council tax
What each band costs in Horsham in 2026-27: Band D £2,441 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,627 | £1,899 | £2,170 | £2,441 | £2,983 | £3,526 | £4,068 | £4,882 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (25% of about 630 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 6.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 2 protected trees on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- CHERRY TREE COTTAGE, grade II
- COLDWALTHAM HOME FARMHOUSE, grade II
- FRIARLANDS, grade II
- QUINTINS, grade II
- THE OLD CROWN HOUSE, grade II
- WHITE COTTAGE, grade II
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 27 addresses are between 10 m and 34 m above sea level (13 m on average); the ground rises about 24 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RH20 1LY | 64% | 46% | 46% | 18% |
| RH20 1NE | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| RH20 1NF | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Pulborough 320,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Amberley 89,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) | |
| Arundel 309,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.7 km (6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest River Lane Watersfield | 120 m |
| EV charging points | BP | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 35.3 km (22 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Pulborough Medical Group | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Kamsons Pharmacy | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Vitality | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Arundel And District Hospital | 8.9 km (5.6 miles) |
| Police station | Pulborough Police Station | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 860 m² | 250 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.6 ha | 180 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,420 m² | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Greatham Bridge, a scheduled monument, 1.7 km (1.1 miles) east. 20 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Greatham Bridge | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Bignor Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) west |
| Cooke's House | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Watersfield Plantation | Wood | 520 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Champs Hill | Hill | 750 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Amberley Swamp | Wetland | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) south-east |
| Braziers Bottom | Valley | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) north-east |
| Burton Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 4 km (2.5 miles) north-west |
| Rookery Island | Island | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 6 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 19 | 27 |
8 of the street's 27 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 Horsham: see them on the Horsham page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St James' CofE Primary School, Coldwaltham Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 6 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Brockhurst Farm (7); On or near Sandy Lane (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 32% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 77% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 12% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 33% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 48% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 44% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 26% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 27% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 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
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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.