Toddington in South East has a Check Local Score of 54/100 (fair), drawn from official data on safety, schools, transport, housing, amenities and the local environment, each measured against the national average — a score of 60 is typical for the country.
Toddington's streets are mostly semi-detached, mostly owned outright rather than rented, and mostly quiet in the way that villages built around one main road tend to be — this is not a place with a strip of bars or a market square doing a roaring trade, it's a place where a family saloon on the drive and a hedge that needs trimming is the norm. At a median age of 32.9, well below the regional average, you're looking at a younger population than the South East typically holds — this reads as a village that's turned over its housing stock to families and younger buyers rather than settling into retirement.
The property picture backs that up plainly. Semi-detached houses dominate the sales here, freehold ownership is the default — 24 of the last 27 sales — and the median price of £310,000 sits below both the Arun district figure and the regional South East median, though it's above the national typical price. That combination, a discount to its own district of around 6%, tells you this is one of the more affordable corners of Arun rather than a bargain against the country as a whole. On schools, the sample is thin, but Lyminster Primary School carries a Good rating and a community-school feel that suits the family-aged profile living here. Transport is the trade-off: there's a single recorded stop and no rail station showing in the picture, so this reads as a driving village rather than a commuter one — full fibre broadband reaching 74% of properties matters more here than any train timetable.
Green space is present but modest — six pockets of it, adding up to well under a hectare, which is a garden-and-park rhythm rather than a countryside-ramble one. There's no named restaurant or pub scene in what's recorded, and the nightlife and health grades sit at C+, a notch below the solid B's and A elsewhere in the profile — that's the one grade worth pausing on, since everything else here (housing at A, safety at B+, connectivity at B+) points to a comfortable, well-connected village, while eating out and healthcare access look more ordinary. Crime is dominated by violence and sexual offences and shoplifting, together well over half of recorded incidents, and the trend is flat rather than worsening — not alarming, but not a village where nothing happens either.
Put together, this suits someone who wants a family-sized freehold house at a price a step below the regional norm, who's happy driving rather than relying on trains, and who doesn't need a night-out scene on the doorstep. It would suit you less if healthcare access or evening entertainment options are non-negotiable, or if you were hoping for a walkable rail commute — those aren't really what Toddington is offering.
Data last updated: 15 August 2026
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