Schools
18 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools. Ardingly College is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
RH16 2QZ
Lindfield Rural & High Weald · Mid Sussex · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Haywards Heath
- Local authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield
- Postcode district
- RH16
- Postcode sector
- RH16 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- RH16 2QZ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1993
- Terminated
- 1 February 2022
- Postcode area
- RH
- Postcode district
- RH16
- Postcode sector
- RH16 2
- Latitude
- 51.028169
- Longitude
- -0.073216
- British National Grid easting
- 535,213
- British National Grid northing
- 127,189
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Mid Sussex · E07000228
- Electoral ward
- Lindfield Rural & High Weald · E05014734
- Parish or community
- E04009992
- Westminster constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield · E14001212
- Output area
- E00161976
- Lower layer super output area
- Mid Sussex 006C · E01031765
- Middle layer super output area
- Mid Sussex 006 · E02006609
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
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Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Buxshalls Rest Home, Ardingly Road, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, RH16 2QZ | 23 December 2020 | £3,750,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 18
- Primary
- 11
- Secondary
- 2
- 2.0 km
Ardingly College
Other independent school
- 2.2 km
Lindfield Primary Academy
Academy converter
- 2.4 km
Blackthorns Community Primary School
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Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 29
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 9
- Other theft 8
- Anti social behaviour 6
- Public order 3
- Other crime 2
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- RH16 2 residents
- 8,314
Age bands in RH16 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 20.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 7.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 25.3%
1,679 residents
596 residents
1,801 residents
2,004 residents
2,054 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
5
within 5 km straight-line
LINDFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
57 HIGH STREET, LINDFIELD, HAYWARDS HEATH, RH16 2HX
ODS code H82035
1.8 km
NORTHLANDS WOOD SURGERY
7 WALNUT PARK, HAYWARDS HEATH, RH16 3TG
ODS code H82100
3.6 km
NEWTONS PRACTICE
THE HEALTH CNTRE, HEATH ROAD, HAYWARDS HEATH, RH16 3BB
ODS code H82056
3.7 km
DOLPHINS PRACTICE
NIGHTINGALE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, BUTLERS GREEN ROAD, HAYWARDS HEATH, RH16 4BN
ODS code H82044
4.3 km
CUCKFIELD MEDICAL CENTRE
GLEBE ROAD, CUCKFIELD, HAYWARDS HEATH, RH17 5BQ
ODS code H82005
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Buxshalls
BCT · Haywards Heath
- 0.2 miles
Buxshalls
BCT · Haywards Heath
- 0.3 miles
Hollyrood
BCT · Haywards Heath
- 0.3 miles
Hollyrood
BCT · Haywards Heath
- 0.8 miles
Great Lywood Farm
BCT · Ardingly
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Sussex 006C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
8 of 10
Overall England rank
26,600 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 2 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
29 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 9 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.