Thorndean Drive Warninglid, Mid Sussex
17 addresses across 1 postcode (RH17), about 140 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 25602305.
- Sales: 40 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £945,000 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: 11 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 7, E: 3).
- 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.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A23, carries 3,923 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- 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 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Balcombe, about 6.1 km (3.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Staplefield Common, is about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 97 to 104 m above sea level.
- Noise: 13 of its 17 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Cuckfield Medical Centre, about 4.2 km (2.6 miles) away.
- People: About 410 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 84% of households owned their home and 41% 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.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £945,000 | £945,000 | £945,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | £1,250,000 | £1,250,000 | £1,250,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £640,000 | £640,000 | £640,000 |
| 2016 | 3 | £677,000 | £580,000 | £750,000 |
| 2015 | 3 | £600,000 | £550,000 | £625,000 |
| 2014 | 2 | £587,500 | £499,999 | £675,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | £598,500 | £554,000 | £643,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | £594,500 | £549,000 | £640,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £499,995 | £499,995 | £499,995 |
| 2006 | 1 | £495,000 | £495,000 | £495,000 |
| 2005 | 3 | £460,000 | £457,000 | £545,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £470,000 | £470,000 | £470,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 2001 | 1 RH17 5SX | Detached | £370,000 | |
| 14 Jul 1998 | 1 RH17 5SX | Detached | £240,000 | New build. |
| 10 Aug 2015 | THE CHINGYS, 1 RH17 5SX | Detached | £625,000 | |
| 16 Mar 2017 | 2 RH17 5SX | Detached | £640,000 | |
| 23 Aug 2013 | 2 RH17 5SX | Detached | £554,000 | |
| 24 Jan 2003 | 2 RH17 5SX | Detached | £424,000 | |
| 3 Jul 1998 | 2 RH17 5SX | Detached | £240,000 | New build. |
| 29 Jun 2006 | 3 RH17 5SX | Detached | £495,000 | |
| 9 Jun 1998 | 3 RH17 5SX | Detached | £225,000 | New build. |
| 27 Feb 2026 | 4 RH17 5SX | Detached | £945,000 | |
| 22 Jan 2016 | 4 RH17 5SX | Detached | £677,000 | |
| 29 Feb 2012 | 4 RH17 5SX | Detached | £549,000 | |
| 22 Feb 2007 | 4 RH17 5SX | Detached | £499,995 | |
| 2 Dec 2002 | 4 RH17 5SX | Detached | £460,000 | |
| 20 Nov 1998 | 4 RH17 5SX | Detached | £255,000 | New build. |
| 24 Apr 2015 | 5 RH17 5SX | Detached | £550,000 | |
| 4 Nov 2005 | 5 RH17 5SX | Detached | £457,000 | |
| 30 Jun 1998 | 5 RH17 5SX | Detached | £249,000 | New build. |
| 13 Feb 2015 | 6 RH17 5SX | Detached | £600,000 | |
| 23 Nov 2000 | 6 RH17 5SX | Detached | £420,000 | |
| 14 Apr 1998 | 6 RH17 5SX | Detached | £235,000 | New build. |
| 28 Oct 2016 | 7 RH17 5SX | Detached | £750,000 | |
| 30 Jun 1998 | 7 RH17 5SX | Detached | £305,000 | New build. |
| 30 Jun 2005 | 8 RH17 5SX | Detached | £545,000 | |
| 1 Jul 1998 | 8 RH17 5SX | Detached | £305,000 | New build. |
| 4 Jun 1998 | 9 RH17 5SX | Detached | £270,000 | New build. |
| 20 Aug 2012 | 10 RH17 5SX | Detached | £640,000 | |
| 28 Nov 1997 | 10 RH17 5SX | Detached | £300,000 | New build. |
| 31 Jul 2025 | 11 RH17 5SX | Detached | £1,250,000 | |
| 9 May 2014 | 11 RH17 5SX | Detached | £675,000 | |
| 12 Dec 1997 | 11 RH17 5SX | Detached | £280,000 | New build. |
| 2 Dec 2013 | 12 RH17 5SX | Detached | £643,000 | |
| 26 Jun 1998 | 12 RH17 5SX | Detached | £299,000 | New build. |
| 6 May 2004 | 14 RH17 5SX | Detached | £470,000 | |
| 30 Apr 1998 | 14 RH17 5SX | Detached | £275,000 | New build. |
| 4 Mar 2016 | 15 RH17 5SX | Detached | £580,000 | |
| 4 Apr 2014 | 15 RH17 5SX | Detached | £499,999 | |
| 16 Dec 2005 | 15 RH17 5SX | Detached | £460,000 | |
| 14 Aug 2003 | 15 RH17 5SX | Detached | £423,000 | |
| 8 Sep 1998 | 15 RH17 5SX | Detached | £239,000 |
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
11 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 236 m². Most common: House, detached (11). Built: 1996-2002 (7); 1991-1995 (3); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6).
Each home's certificates and sales (11 addresses)
- 1, Thorndean Drive, Warninglid
- 2, Thorndean Drive, Warninglid
- 4 Thorndean Drive, Warninglid
- 5 Thorndean Drive, Warninglid
- 6, Thorndean Drive, Warninglid
- 7, Thorndean Drive, Warninglid
- 8, Thorndean Drive, Warninglid
- 10, Thorndean Drive, Warninglid
- 11 Thorndean Drive, Warninglid
- 12, Thorndean Drive, Warninglid
- 15, Thorndean Drive, Warninglid
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the postcode, against 13 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel.
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 G (29% of about 750 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.
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
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 17 addresses are between 97 m and 104 m above sea level (102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RH17 5SX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Balcombe 213,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) |
| Haywards Heath 4.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.4 km (4 miles) | |
| Wivelsfield 467,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Five Cross Warninglid | 370 m |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 14.9 km (9.3 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Cuckfield Medical Centre Good May 2019 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Cuckfield Chemist | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Cuckfield Dental Practice | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Ashdown Nuffield Hospital Good Mar 2017 | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Aniska Lodge Good Dec 2025 | 80 m |
| Police station | Haywards Heath Police Station | 6 km (3.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | Antsy Cross Service Station Cashzone | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Staplefield Common 3.4 ha | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 470 m² | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.6 ha | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,530 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Slaugham Place, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 2.5 km (1.5 miles) north. 11 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Slaugham Place | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Seven Acre Hanger | Wood | 550 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| North Gravelies Wood | Wood | 670 m (0.4 miles) west |
| The Hanger | Wood | 700 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Ragget's Hill | Hill | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) south-east |
| The Glen | Valley | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) west |
| Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 2 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 7 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 17 |
13 of the street's 17 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
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Nurseries and childcare
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aniska Lodge RH17 5SU | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 80 m | 5 Very good | 2 Jun 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Orchard Way (4); On or near Thorndean Drive (1).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. Most were on roads with a 70 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Dec 2023 12:05 | Slight | 1 person | A23, 70 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
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A23 between A23 and B2115 Slough Green Lane, with 3,923 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 460 m (0.3 miles) from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A23 | A23 to B2115 Slough Green Lane | 3,923 estimated; counted 2020 | 3% | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 37% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 50% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 41% | 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) | 45% | 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) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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 5SX: 17 addresses of 18 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Hazeldean Lane · A23 · Orchard Way · A23 · Slough Green Lane · A23
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.