Toddington
Village · 1,870 residents
49Fair
Fair · among the lowest-scoring villages
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Property market scores 81, well above the typical 60
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 29% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Food & drink scores 17, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Toddington a good place to live?
Toddington scores 49/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as fair — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for property market (81).
It scores lowest on food & drink (17) and health (27).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Toddington in South East, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Toddington
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.