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Worthing
West SussexWorthing completes the West Sussex 10 on coastal buyer demand and improving broadband with Victoria in 80 minutes.
53.9 / 100
£310,000 median price
+6.2% price growth
We ranked every town in West Sussex by nine data-driven factors. Here are the best places to live for buyers, movers, and homeowners in 2026.
Worthing completes the West Sussex 10 on coastal buyer demand and improving broadband with Victoria in 80 minutes.
Steyning sits within the South Downs National Park with low crime and strong green space scores for its compact market town.
Crawley rounds out West Sussex's mid-tier on broadband and buyer demand, with Gatwick access underpinning employment.
Billingshurst offers West Sussex countryside character at an affordable price with good school catchments.
Haywards Heath scores well on broadband and school quality with Victoria in 46 minutes as a key commuter hub.
Arundel delivers castle town character with top green space scores and strong buyer demand from coastal Sussex.
Petworth scores highly on green space and buyer demand as a premium West Sussex market town with National Trust park.
Midhurst delivers South Downs market town character with outstanding green space and low crime scores.
Chichester tops the West Sussex coast on school quality and green space within the South Downs National Park.
Horsham leads West Sussex on school quality and broadband with Gatwick under 20 minutes and Victoria in 55 minutes.
Rankings use nine publicly sourced factors. Data vintage: Land Registry to December 2024, Ofsted 2023/24, Ofcom 2024. No location pays to appear.
Based on open for offer's composite scorecard — which weighs house price growth, affordability, school quality, crime rates, broadband, and buyer demand — Horsham ranks first in West Sussex for 2026. The full ranking and scorecard breakdown is available at openforoffer.com/best-places.
open for offer's ranking uses nine scored factors: house price growth (25%), affordability (20%), school quality (15%), crime rate (10%), EPC quality (10%), buyer demand (5%), broadband (5%), green space (5%), and transport (5%). All data is sourced from Land Registry, Ofsted, ONS, Ofcom, and the EPC Register. See the full methodology at openforoffer.com/best-places/scorecard.
The fastest house price growth in West Sussex is in Horsham, Chichester, Midhurst. Data is sourced from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data for the 12 months to December 2024.
Affordability in open for offer's index is measured as the median house price divided by median gross earnings (ONS FYE 2024). Lower ratios score higher. The full breakdown is available on each location's scorecard entry.
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