Estate agents in Haywards Heath
Haywards Heath is a town in the South East with about 40,186 residents. HM Land Registry records 622 homes sold there in the 12 months August 2025 to July 2026, with a median price paid of £425,000.
How estate agents in Haywards Heath compare
Haywards Heath at a glance
HM Land Registry recorded 625 sales in Haywards Heath from September 2025 to August 2026, at a median price of £427,500.
44.9% of these homes had also sold since January 2016. Their sellers had owned them for a median of 5.6 years and sold for a median of 13.2% more than they paid.
The median price was £358,000 in 2016 and £428,000 in 2025.
Figures checked 3 November 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales.
House prices in Haywards Heath
Median sale price in Haywards Heath: £427,500
| All homes | 625 sales, median £427,500 |
|---|---|
| Detached | 166 sales, median £707,500 |
| Semi-detached | 164 sales, median £460,000 |
| Terraced | 121 sales, median £400,000 |
| Flats and maisonettes | 174 sales, median £245,500 |
Across Mid Sussex the average price was £427,423 in June 2026, down 0.7% on a year earlier.
| 2016 | £358,000 (887 sales) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | £360,000 (835 sales) |
| 2018 | £373,250 (820 sales) |
| 2019 | £390,000 (873 sales) |
| 2020 | £379,000 (803 sales) |
| 2021 | £400,000 (1,057 sales) |
| 2022 | £420,125 (832 sales) |
| 2023 | £416,000 (586 sales) |
| 2024 | £415,000 (622 sales) |
| 2025 | £428,000 (726 sales) |
Checked 3 November 2026; Price Paid figures are refreshed weekly.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data and the UK House Price Index. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Transport links
Haywards Heath station is about 0.6 miles from the centre of town. Wivelsfield station is about 3 miles away, Burgess Hill about 4 miles and Balcombe about 4 miles. The A272 and A273 pass through or beside the area. The nearest motorway access is M23 junction 11 at Pease Pottage, about 7 miles away, while M25 junction 6 at Godstone is about 18 miles away. London Gatwick Airport is about 11 miles from the town and London City Airport is about 35 miles away. Central London lies about 35 miles to the north, measured in a straight line.
Schools in and near Haywards Heath
Haywards Heath has 8 primary schools within about 1.8 miles of the centre. The nearest are Warden Park Primary Academy at about 0.2 miles, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Roman Catholic, academy) at about 0.3 miles and St Wilfrid's CofE Primary School (Church of England, academy) at about 0.4 miles. For secondary education, Oathall Community College is about 0.4 miles away, with Warden Park Secondary Academy at about 1.7 miles and St Paul's Catholic College (Roman Catholic, sixth form, academy) at about 3.5 miles. Independent options include Great Walstead School (Christian) at about 1.8 miles, Ardingly College (Church of England) at about 2.8 miles and Burgess Hill Girls (girls only) at about 3.7 miles. Central Education Ltd, a special school, is about 2.7 miles away. Plumpton College is about 6.7 miles from the centre and the University of Sussex is about 9.4 miles away.
Living in Haywards Heath
Haywards Heath is an urban town in Mid Sussex with just over 40,000 residents, where homes are split fairly evenly between flats, detached houses and semi-detached houses and about 69% of households own their home. Within about 1.6 miles of the centre there are more than 190 shops, including four supermarkets, with Waitrose about 0.5 miles away and Sainsbury's about 0.7 miles. There are at least 11 convenience stores, 11 pubs, 15 cafés and 20 restaurants, as well as a number of takeaways. There is no doctors' surgery in the area and the nearest is Cuckfield Medical Practice about 1.9 miles away. Five pharmacies and three dentists are mapped and Princess Royal Hospital, with an emergency department, is about 0.7 miles from the centre. The library is about 0.6 miles away and Sydney Road Post Office about 0.5 miles. Priory Park is about 0.3 miles from the centre and nine named parks are mapped, with several local nature reserves within about 3 miles.
A short history of Haywards Heath
The name comes from Old English words for a hedged enclosure, with a word for heath added later. It is recorded as Heyworth in 1261 and Haywards Hoth in 1544, while a local legend names a highwayman called Jack Hayward. The area lay in the ancient parish of Cuckfield. In early December 1642 Parliamentarians under Herbert Morley defeated Edward Ford's Royalists on Muster Green after about an hour of hand-to-hand fighting. The station opened on 12 July 1841 and growth followed from around 200 people in the early 1850s. An asylum and a cattle market opened in 1859 and the Priory of Our Lady of Good Counsel (Grade II) was built in 1886. A separate civil parish and urban district formed in 1894. The town passed to West Sussex in 1974. It has 86 listed buildings including Grade II* entries such as Wincote, Lucas's, the Church of St Wilfrid, Malling Priory, Hospital Farmhouse and Barnlands.
Sport and leisure
The Dolphin is a sports centre with swimming and multi-sport use and Saint Francis Swimming Pool is a sports centre for swimming. For football, Hanbury Stadium and The Colwell Ground are both named and the area also has pitches for cricket, tennis, bowls and rugby among other sports. Haywards Heath Golf Course lies within the area. Open space includes Barn Cottage Recreation Ground, Haywards Heath Recreation Ground, Hickmans Lane Recreation Ground, Lindfield Common, Priory Park, Sunte Park, Victoria Park and Muster Green, along with Ashenground & Bolnore Woods Local Nature Reserve and Blunts Wood and Paiges Wood and Meadows Local Nature Reserve. Children's playgrounds are mapped in a number of locations and a few fitness centres are also listed.
Common questions
- What is the median price paid for a home in Haywards Heath?
- The median price paid in Haywards Heath over the 12 months August 2025 to July 2026 was £425,000. By property type, the median price paid over the same period was £705,000 for detached houses, £460,000 for semi-detached houses, £400,000 for terraced houses and £250,000 for flats.
- How many homes were sold in Haywards Heath over the last year?
- HM Land Registry recorded 622 standard sales in Haywards Heath in the 12 months August 2025 to July 2026. These comprised 167 detached houses, 158 semi-detached houses, 120 terraced houses and 177 flats.
- How far is Haywards Heath railway station from the town centre?
- Haywards Heath station is about 0.6 miles from the centre. The next nearest stations are Wivelsfield at about 2.8 miles and Burgess Hill at about 3.6 miles. Central London is about 35 miles away in a straight line.
- What schools are there near Haywards Heath?
- There are 8 primary schools within about 1.8 miles of the centre, the nearest being Warden Park Primary Academy at about 0.2 miles. The nearest secondary school is Oathall Community College at about 0.4 miles.
- How many estate agents have an office in Haywards Heath?
- There are 24 estate agent sales branches with an office in Haywards Heath.
Areas near Haywards Heath
- Cuckfield
- Scayne's Hill
- Wivelsfield
- Wivelsfield Green
- Ansty
- Burgess Hill
- Ardingly
- Horsted Keynes
Haywards Heath is in Mid Sussex.
Estate agents near Haywards Heath
- MeyrickHaywards Heath RH16 3BN0.4 miles
- Belvoir Haywards Heath Estate Agents and Letting AgentsHaywards Heath RH16 4LT0.5 miles
- Mahadeo & Co Haywards Heath, Estate Agents, Sales and LettingsHaywards Heath RH16 4LT0.5 miles
- Fox and Sons Estate AgentsHaywards Heath RH16 4LR0.5 miles
- SavillsHaywards Heath RH16 3BN0.5 miles
- Brock TaylorHaywards Heath RH16 3AL0.5 miles
- Hamptons Estate and Letting AgentsHaywards Heath RH16 3AL0.5 miles
- Leaders Letting & Estate Agents Haywards HeathHaywards Heath RH16 3AL0.5 miles
- Duffy & CompanyHaywards Heath RH16 3AS0.5 miles
- Henry AdamsHaywards Heath RH16 4LX0.5 miles
Nearest agents first. Distances are in a straight line from the centre of Haywards Heath.