Detached houses behind low brick walls, cars parked on gravel drives, the kind of quiet that comes from a place with under three hundred people in it. Small Dole doesn't have a high street to speak of, and it doesn't try to — this is a village you drive through slowly, not one you window-shop in. The numbers back up what you'd guess from the streetscape: a median age pushing 59 against a national figure closer to 40, which tells you this is a settled, older population rather than a young-family churn. Housing here is dominated by detached freehold homes, and the local median for a detached sale sits well above the national detached average — this is a place where a For Sale board means a proper family house on its own plot, not a new-build estate. Prices run a little above the wider Horsham district itself, which is itself one of the more comfortable corners of the South East, and the village sits in the eighth income and deprivation decile nationally, so this is solidly among the better-off end of things rather than the very top. Green space is tight rather than expansive — three plots totalling just over two hectares, so this isn't a village built around sprawling parkland, more the kind of place where gardens do the work that public space might elsewhere. Eating out and entertainment aren't really the story here, and the grades reflect that quietly rather than loudly: connectivity and health both land at a solid, unremarkable "above average," while transport and safety are graded higher — an A for transport despite there being no rail station listed for the village itself, which suggests road links and bus stops carry the weight rather than trains. That A for safety sits oddly against a crime trend marked as worsening, and against violence and sexual offences making up close to a third of the reported incidents over the past year, albeit off a small base of twenty crimes total. That's the one grade worth sitting with: a village that reads as safe in character but where the direction of travel on crime has been heading the wrong way, so it's worth watching rather than dismissing. Broadband is decent without being exceptional — three-quarters of properties have full fibre, enough for remote work without any drama. Council tax bands sit close to the national average, and the overall grade of B+ across the piece reads as consistently comfortable rather than exceptional in any one direction, bar that safety trend. This suits someone who wants space, quiet, and a settled community more than convenience or nightlife — an older couple downsizing within the area, or a family who's decided that a short drive for amenities is a fair trade for a large freehold house and very little passing traffic. It won't suit anyone who wants to walk to a station, a decent choice of restaurants, or much happening after dark.