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Hilltop Drive

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91 recorded sales · median £109,950 · Rother

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Rother Council · Independent / Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition 27/38 seats · 71% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

63/100

Mixed

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£110k

median price

7.3

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£110k

median sold price

11 yrs

of local pay to buy

68 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

7.3

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

217

Violence — most

6.1

NO₂ · WHO 10

6.6%

in a flood zone

282

green spaces

6.1

PM2.5 · WHO 5

311

eat & drink

shops

61.3%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£75,000 in 2001 → £295,000 in 2026

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Rother, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-06

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £109,950. That's about 11× local earnings — around the 12.2× five-year average.

Sold price history

2026 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 91 sales£109,950

Full history since 1995

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay11× · five-year average 12.2×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership73%

Owned outright

48%

With a mortgage

24%

Private rented

16%

Social rented

10%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,594

Your band:

Rother District Council£234

East Sussex County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,960

Police & Crime Commissioner£282

Fire & Rescue£117

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,729

Band B£2,017

Band C£2,306

Band D (baseline)£2,594

Band E£3,170

Band F£3,747

Band G£4,323

Band H£5,188

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Rother how Hilltop Drive compares · from Rother

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Pebsham +17%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Pebsham	£305,000	+17%	218
Bexhill-on-Sea	£185,000	+16.4%	144
White Hill	£415,000	+15.9%	122
The Highlands	£337,000	+14.4%	66
Sidley	£260,000	+14.4%	108
Old Town	£285,000	+12.8%	180
Collington	£345,000	+9%	138
Cooden	£505,000	+8.7%	80
Glenleigh Park	£397,475	+7%	104
Central	£185,000	+6.6%	178

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Hilltop Drive — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
25 HILLTOP DRIVE	Semi-detached	—	—	£325,000	Feb 2026
29, Hilltop Drive	Terraced	—	—	£265,000	Feb 2026
32 Hilltop Drive	Terraced	—	—	£220,000	Apr 2025
19 Hilltop Drive	Other	—	—	£425,000	Jan 2025
19 Hilltop Drive	Terraced	—	—	£425,000	Jan 2025
FLAT 3 HIGHFIELDS HILLTOP DRIVE	Flat	—	—	£248,000	Jun 2024
WYLIE, 3 HILLTOP DRIVE	Detached	—	—	£395,000	May 2024
14 Hilltop Drive	Flat	—	—	£240,000	Apr 2024
12 Hilltop Drive	Flat	—	—	£250,000	Apr 2024
11 Hilltop Drive	Flat	—	—	£240,000	Apr 2024
10 Hilltop Drive	Flat	—	—	£265,000	Apr 2024
5 Hilltop Drive	Semi-detached	—	—	£425,000	Nov 2023
5 Hilltop Drive	Semi-detached	—	—	£425,000	Nov 2023
21, Hilltop Drive	Terraced	—	—	£249,999	Jun 2022
30, Hilltop Drive	Terraced	—	—	£260,000	Mar 2022
25 HILLTOP DRIVE	Semi-detached	—	—	£320,000	Sep 2021
Flat 1 Highfields Hilltop Drive	Flat	—	—	£212,500	Jul 2021
29, Hilltop Drive	Terraced	—	—	£265,000	Jun 2021
21, Hilltop Drive	Terraced	—	—	£230,000	Dec 2020
28, Hilltop Drive	Semi-detached	—	—	£277,500	Nov 2020
20 Hilltop Drive	Other	—	—	£2,025,000	Jun 2020
19 Hilltop Drive	Other	—	—	£120,000	Jun 2020
18 Hilltop Drive	Terraced	—	—	£185,000	Jun 2020
17 Hilltop Drive	Terraced	—	—	£175,000	Jun 2020

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24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Rother

Crime runs at 7.3 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month7.3

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Rother

Violence & sexual offences

217

Anti-social behaviour

153

Shoplifting

Public order

Criminal damage & arson

Other theft

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Rother district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from Rother

Population93,108

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 5/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 45% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 5/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 5/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 45% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 5 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

5.9/10

Employment

4.9/10

Education & skills

5.0/10

Health & disability

5.2/10

Crime

6.3/10

Housing & services

2.7/10

Living environment

5.0/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Rother — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+48%

Unemployment · economically active residents5%

Degree-level (Level 4+)30%

Good or very good health78%

Own their home73%

Median age53.5

Born outside the UK8%

See the full Rother report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

80% of the 5 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

4 of 5 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 5 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Battle Abbey School	All-through	—	2.1 km
Countryways Nursery	Nursery	Good ('21)	2.2 km
Caterpillar Pre-School of Battle Baptist Church	Nursery	Good ('24)	2.3 km
Battle and Langton Church of England Primary School	Primary	—	2.6 km
Sedlescombe Church of England Primary School	Primary	—	2.8 km
Sedlescombe Pre-School Ltd.	Nursery	Requires improvement ('25)	3.0 km
Battle Pre-School Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('25)	3.0 km
Claremont School	All-through	—	3.2 km
Claremont Nursery	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	3.2 km
Crowhurst CofE Primary School	Primary	—	3.5 km
Claverham Community College	Secondary	—	3.5 km
Claverham Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	3.5 km
Westfield Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('23)	3.8 km
Crowhurst Preschool	Nursery	Good ('21)	4.1 km
Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy	Primary	Outstanding ('23)	4.2 km
Westfield School	Primary	Good ('23)	4.2 km
Westfield Playgroup	Nursery	—	4.2 km
Churchwood Primary Academy	Primary	Good ('22)	4.4 km
Hollington Primary School	Primary	Inadequate ('22)	4.6 km
Artemis Hollington	Nursery	Good ('23)	4.6 km
First Steps Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	4.7 km
Carousel Nursery School	Nursery	Outstanding ('24)	4.8 km
Catsfield Church of England Primary School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	4.9 km
Catsfield Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('24)	4.9 km
Robsack Wood Primary Academy	Primary	Good ('22)	4.9 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 2.4 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 2.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 2.2 km
NHS ODS

5 of 5 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Mr Rc Scott	Dentist	—	2.3 km
The Mount Street Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.3 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Martins Oak Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	2.4 km
High Street (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Sedlescombe & Westfield Surgeries	GP	Good ('16)	2.8 km
Toad Hall Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.1 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.2 km
Laycock Chemists	Pharmacy	—	4.2 km
Harrow Lane Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.3 km
High Glades Medical Centre	GP	Good ('22)	4.5 km
Arthur Blackman Clinic	Dentist	—	4.7 km
Hollington Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.7 km
South Saxon House Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	4.9 km
Battle Road Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.0 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.3 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.5 km
Flint House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.7 km
Sedlescombe House	GP	Good ('18)	5.7 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	6.1 km
Blooms Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	6.6 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	7.0 km
J Andersen'S Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	7.1 km
Lyndhurst Dental Practice	Dentist	—	7.1 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	7.4 km
Morrisons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	7.5 km
Priory Road Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	7.6 km
Hillview Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	7.6 km
Priory Road Surgery	GP	—	7.7 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Rother

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 68 min from Battle Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Battle Rail Station	0.9 mi	London Bridge	68 min
Crowhurst Rail Station	1.8 mi	London Bridge	85 min
Doleham Rail Station	4.1 mi	—	no direct train
West St Leonards Rail Station	4.2 mi	London Bridge	86 min
Three Oaks Rail Station	4.3 mi	—	no direct train

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Battle Rail Station (68 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

54%

Work from home

32%

Walk or cycle

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging5 points

Per 10,000 residents0.5

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Rother

Air quality

NO₂

6.1

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.1

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1000.9%

Flood zone6.6% of postcodes

Radonup to <1% of homes

Historic landfill175 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings2,147

Conservation areas10

Green belt0%

Green spaces282

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Rother

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	311	96% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	68	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	41	—
Green spaces & parks	282	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

61.3%

Superfast

94.2%

Ultrafast

61.3%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Rother

Figures for the wider Rother — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate5%

In work (employment rate)47.7%

Companies registered here7,999

New incorporations (12m)860

Property companies (SPVs)1,075

See the full Rother report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district