Wivelsfield Green
Village · 751 residents
71Very good
Very good · better than 8 in 10 villages
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
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What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 36 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- Property market scores 71, well above the typical 60
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- Health scores 37, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Wivelsfield Green
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Wivelsfield Green a good place to live?
Wivelsfield Green scores 71/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as very good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (80) and property market (71).
It scores lowest on health (37).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Wivelsfield Green in South East, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Wivelsfield Green
Wivelsfield Green reads as detached houses behind hedges, gravel drives, and not much passing traffic — the kind of place you'd only find if you were already headed there. At 175 people and a population density a fraction of the national average, this is scattered village living rather than anything resembling a high street scene, and the houses on offer make that plain: ten of the two dozen recent sales were detached, the tenure is overwhelmingly freehold, and the local median for a detached home sits at £645,000 against £420,000 nationally. A For Sale board here is generally advertising space and privacy, not proximity to anything.
That price tag needs context. Against Lewes district as a whole, homes here run about 24% higher, and the wider affluence picture backs that up — this sits in the ninth income and deprivation decile nationally, comfortably among the better-off pockets of the South East. Wivelsfield Primary School is the one school actually in the village, a community primary with 255 pupils; anyone with older children will be looking beyond the village boundary. The area doesn't lean on a rail station of its own in this dataset, so anyone commuting will want to check what's realistic from neighbouring villages before assuming a quick run to Brighton or London. Median age of just under 40 suggests settled households rather than a young renters' market, which tallies with the freehold-heavy, family-house profile.