Staplefield Road Slaugham, Mid Sussex
28 addresses across 4 postcodes (RH17), about 1.6 km (1 mile) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 25600229.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (E: 1, F: 4).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 G; Band D in Mid Sussex costs £2,474 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Balcombe, about 5.2 km (3.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 65 to 92 m above sea level.
- Noise: 10 of its 28 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Ouse Valley Practice, about 2.5 km (1.5 miles) away.
- People: About 920 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 72% of households owned their home and 45% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 252 m². Most common: House, detached (5). Built: before 1900 (4); Pre-1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band G (20% of about 2,010 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Slaugham (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 5.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- THE PARISH OF ST MARY, grade II*
- 6, THE GREEN, grade II
- BOSWORTHS, grade II
- NAYLANDS, grade II
- ROCK 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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 19 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 low and 0 very low.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RH17 6AG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| RH17 6AL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
| RH17 6AP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| RH17 6AQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 28 addresses are between 65 m and 92 m above sea level (80 m on average); the ground rises about 27 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RH17 6AG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| RH17 6AL | 100% | 85% | 85% | 0% |
| RH17 6AP | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| RH17 6AQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Balcombe 213,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.2 km (3.3 miles) |
| Faygate 9,480 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.5 km (4.7 miles) | |
| Haywards Heath 4.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 8 km (5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Church Slaugham | 140 m |
| Bus or coach station | Littlehaven - Lambs Farm Road | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp Pulse | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 12.4 km (7.7 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Ouse Valley Practice | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Cuckfield Chemist | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dumbledore Primary Care Centre | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Ashdown Nuffield Hospital | 7.8 km (4.8 miles) |
| Police station | Haywards Heath Police Station | 7.9 km (4.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 13 ha | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 280 m² | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.0 ha | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 6,610 m² | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Parish of St Mary, a listed building (Grade II*), 110 m west. 18 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 Parish of St Mary | Listed building, Grade II* | 110 m west |
| The Ruins of Old Slaugham Place in the Grounds of Slaugham Manor | Listed building, Grade II* | 290 m south-east |
| Slaugham Place (remains of) | Scheduled monument | 290 m south-east |
| Slaugham Place | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 290 m south-east |
| Nymans | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Holes Wood | Wood | 450 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Mill Hill | Hill | 530 m (0.3 miles) south |
| Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 550 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Slaugham Common | Wood | 700 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Homestead Wood | Wood | 830 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Canadian Valley | Valley | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 18 | 28 |
10 of the street's 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mark's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (sussex).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 72% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 37% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 24% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 22% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 51% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 39% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 32% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 19% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 3 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 6 to 8 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 6AG: 24 addresses of 27 in the postcode
- RH17 6AL: 2 addresses of 28 in the postcode
- RH17 6AP: 1 address of 27 in the postcode
- RH17 6AQ: 1 address of 40 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Park Road · The Green · Park Road · Slaugham Manor
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.
- 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.