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Speckled Wood
What’s near Speckled Wood on the full map. Green dots are trees under a tree preservation order (indicative only).

Speckled Wood at a glance

The street beside its ward and the town. Each figure is from the section further down that says where it comes from.

Homes rated A to C for energy

75%

  • Speckled Wood75%
  • Tressell56%
  • Hastings52%

Of the 16 homes here with a current certificate.

The figures as a table
HereBeside itBeside it
Homes rated A to C for energy75%Tressell: 56%Hastings: 52%

Planning and building here

Closing dates you can still act on, applications and decisions on the street, appeals, the protections that cover it, and the council's land and licensing papers.

Planning on this street

We have no planning applications or decisions for this street. That doesn’t mean nothing has happened here, only that the council’s weekly planning lists haven’t named it since our record starts on 21 April 2026.

Conservation, listed buildings and protected trees

None of the town’s 18 conservation areas reaches Speckled Wood as mapped.

Measured along the street’s line against the council’s boundaries. Whether a particular building is inside depends on where the boundary runs: each area’s page on the council’s site has its map. All 18 conservation areas

The council’s Article 4 direction on houses in multiple occupation covers the whole town (in force since 2 July 2012): turning a house into a shared house for three to six people needs planning permission. The council’s page ↗

Listed buildings (1)

From Historic England’s list: 1 whose list entry names Speckled Wood. The list entry says what is protected, which can include attached walls and railings.

Tree preservation orders near Speckled Wood

Orders with a protected tree, group or woodland within about 40 m of the street’s line, from the council’s map data.

  • TPO 157: made 11 March 1994, confirmed 28 June 1994; 34 trees, 1 area of trees, 1 woodland in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
  • TPO 244: made 17 March 2006, confirmed 10 May 2006; 1 tree in the order. The order (PDF) ↗

Indicative only — the council’s order is what counts. The council says of its tree order map data: “This dataset is under review and subject to change. Always refer to the Original Tree Preservation Order and associated plan for confirmation.” The council’s tree preservation orders page ↗

Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders: Hastings Borough Council, Open Government Licence v3.0. Street lines © OpenStreetMap contributors. Listed buildings: © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Flood zones, the coast and protected nature

Flood zones

None of Speckled Wood’s line is in Flood Zone 2 or 3 on the Environment Agency’s flood map for planning. In the Agency’s words: “This means a site in flood zone 1 could still flood now or in the future.”

A street’s line is not an address. For a particular address, use the Environment Agency’s Check your long term flood risk ↗; for a planning site, its Flood map for planning ↗. Flood warnings in force now are on Live now.

Protected nature

No Site of Special Scientific Interest, Special Area of Conservation, Local Nature Reserve, ancient woodland or country park is within about 100 m of Speckled Wood’s line, and it is outside the High Weald National Landscape. Protected nature in Hastings

Flood zones: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0. Fetched 2026-10-12.

Coastal erosion and the Shoreline Management Plan: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. Open Government Licence v3.0. Fetched 2026-10-12.

Protected sites: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Fetched 2026-10-12.

Street lines © OpenStreetMap contributors.

On the street now

Problems reported, roadworks, how long reports take to close, and who looks after the road.

Who looks after this street

Not adopted. East Sussex County Council’s map names Speckled Wood but shows none of it as adopted, so the county doesn’t maintain it. It may be a private road or a private street (an unadopted highway): “Private streets are also known as unadopted public highways and are different to private roads. Private streets are also maintained by the owners rather than the County Council but are open to the public.” (the council’s page)

The county’s Highway Land Information Team answers questions about road adoption (highwaysearches@eastsussex.gov.uk, 01273 482 316).

From East Sussex County Council’s map of adopted roads, read 12 October 2026. © East Sussex County Council 2026. Only the street’s name and whether it is adopted are used: the county’s map is the record, and its Highway Land Information Team confirms a road’s status. Who looks after what

Homes and premises

What homes sold for, their energy ratings, broadband, and business rates.

Homes sold on this street

HM Land Registry records 5 standard sales of homes on Speckled Wood since 2017, and 53 since 1995. Newest first, by month and price; house numbers and flat names are left out. Flats include maisonettes.

MonthHomePrice
May 2022Terraced, freehold£270,000
Mar 2022Terraced, freehold£400,000
Dec 2021Terraced, freehold£339,950
Jan 2020Terraced, freehold£260,000
Oct 2018Semi, freehold£292,400
Sales and median price by year, 2001 to 2022
YearSalesMedian price
20222£335,000
20211£339,950
20201£260,000
20181£292,400
20162£192,500
20151£185,000
20121£112,000
20102£179,500
20091£170,000
20083£220,000
20074£190,250
20061£132,000
20054£165,525
200411£180,000
200317£150,000
20011£150,000

Every sale, with the address, is in the Land Registry's own search: Speckled Wood. House prices in Hastings, by year, kind of home and ward.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Standard sales only: the Land Registry's category A, "single residential property sold for value". Repossessions, buy-to-let purchases with a mortgage and sales to companies (its category B) aren't included. A sale reaches the register weeks or months after it completes, so the last few months to August 2026 are incomplete.

Energy ratings on this street

16 homes on Speckled Wood have a current energy performance certificate, registered 2017 to 2026. Each home counts once, by its newest certificate; homes without one aren't counted.

BandHomesShare
A00%
B00%
C1275%
D425%
E00%
F00%
G00%
All16

Find an energy certificate, the official register, has each home's certificate. What the bands mean.

Energy performance certificate data from the register kept for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Open Government Licence v3.0. Address data © Royal Mail and Ordnance Survey: used only to count each home on its street and in its ward, and not published here. Read from the register on 13 October 2026, with certificates to 12 October 2026.

Nearby

Buses and trains, health, schools, care, parks, food hygiene, air, crime and the sea.

Buses near Speckled Wood

  • Deepdene Gardens (opp)

    331 to Hastings station, Ore Post Office

    Weekdays: 17 buses, 06:55–22:47 · Saturday: 17 buses, 06:55–22:47 · Sunday: 10 buses, 09:27–18:27

    63 m away
  • Church Street (adj)

    331 to Hastings station, Ore Post Office

    Weekdays: 17 buses, 06:54–22:47 · Saturday: 17 buses, 06:54–22:47 · Sunday: 10 buses, 09:26–18:26

    79 m away
  • Ashburnham Road (opp)

    70 to Rye station; 73 to Old Town The Stade; 100 to Rye station; 101 to Rye station; 322 to Ore The Hastings Academy, Ore Montgomery Road; 322B to Ore The Hastings Academy, Ore Montgomery Road

    Weekdays: 111 buses, 05:57–22:49 · Saturday: 101 buses, 06:40–22:49 · Sunday: 60 buses, 07:13–22:25

    230 m away
  • Victoria Avenue (after)

    331 to Hastings station, Ore Post Office

    Weekdays: 17 buses, 06:54–22:46 · Saturday: 17 buses, 06:54–22:46 · Sunday: 10 buses, 09:25–18:25

    258 m away

From the operators' registered timetables (the Bus Open Data Service) for the week of 3 November 2026, and DfT's register of stops (NaPTAN). What is timetabled, not what ran; times are departures.

The nearest station is Ore, about 950 m away: next trains, step-free access and facilities. Step-free access: B3, step-free access only to some platforms.

Crime and policing in Tressell ward

Speckled Wood's middle is in Tressell ward. These are the ward's figures, not this street's: we don't publish crime street by street.

In August 2026, the police recorded 32 crimes and 11 incidents of anti-social behaviour in Tressell ward. In the 12 months to August 2026: 469 crimes and 133 incidents of anti-social behaviour. The ward's figures by category.

Its police team is Tressell. The team's next meeting listed on data.police.uk: Community Meeting - Tressell Ward, Tuesday 15 December 2026, 5:30pm, Starting from West Hill Community Centre.

The team's priorities, as the police word them: Drug Activity.

The team's contact details on data.police.uk: email hastings@sussex.pnn.police.uk; telephone 01273 404934. Sussex Police's telephone number on data.police.uk is 101, the police's number for anything that isn't an emergency; Sussex Police's website. In an emergency, call 999.

From data.police.uk (Open Government Licence): crimes reported to and recorded by the police, each counted in the ward that holds its anonymised map point. About these figures.

Air quality nearby

The council's nitrogen dioxide tube at Ore Church, about 380 m from the middle of this street: an annual mean of 18.3 µg/m³ in 2025.

Every year the report gives: 2021: 20.7, 2022: 20.0, 2023: 17.7, 2024: 17.7, 2025: 18.3 (µg/m³).

Each figure is for the kerbside spot where the tube or monitor sits, not for the whole street. The report compares each site “with the air quality objective of 40µg/m3”, an annual mean. From the borough council's 2026 Air Quality Annual Status Report (May 2026, read 12 October 2026). Every site

GP, pharmacy and dentist

The nearest of each on NHS England's register, measured from the middle of this street in a straight line. Nearest doesn't mean a practice takes patients from this street or is taking new ones; each name links to its NHS website page, with its opening hours.

Every GP practice, pharmacy and dentist in Hastings.

Schools nearby

Within a kilometre of the middle of this street, as the crow flies. Distance isn't how places are given: the county's admissions rules decide that. Every school in Hastings.

Care homes nearby

Within 800 m of the middle of this street. Ratings as CQC states them. This page uses Care Quality Commission information. Every care home, surgery and dentist in Hastings.

Parks and play areas

Measured in a straight line from the middle of this street. Plans to refurbish or replace play areas are in council papers and planning applications, not in these maps: search the papers for “play area” or “playground”, and see what developers pay towards them on Developer contributions. Green spaces: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace (April 2026 edition, read 12 October 2026). Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; OS OpenData, Open Government Licence v3.0. Playgrounds also from OpenStreetMap, read 12 October 2026: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

On the record

Council papers and other documents that name Speckled Wood, newest first.

On the record

Nothing on our record names Speckled Wood yet: no council paper or report, and no planning application. When something does, it will appear on this page and in its feed.

Street names and locations from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.