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RH17 6GB

Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill · Mid Sussex · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill
Local authority
Mid Sussex
Constituency
East Grinstead and Uckfield
Postcode district
RH17
Postcode sector
RH17 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RH17 6FN 259 m
RH17 6JT 524 m
RH17 6JU 660 m
RH17 6JR 774 m
RH17 6PP 883 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RH17 6GB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RH
Postcode district
RH17
Postcode sector
RH17 6
Latitude
51.058281
Longitude
-0.161569
British National Grid easting
528,934
British National Grid northing
130,379

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Mid Sussex · E07000228
Electoral ward
Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill · E05014708
Parish or community
E04009981
Westminster constituency
East Grinstead and Uckfield · E14001212
Output area
E00161614
Lower layer super output area
Mid Sussex 007B · E01031693
Middle layer super output area
Mid Sussex 007 · E02006610

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
5
Secondary
1

  1. Balcombe Cofe Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km

  2. St. Mark's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.4 km

  3. Brighton College Prep Handcross

    Other independent school

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other crime 2
  • Other theft 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
RH17 6 residents
5,923

Age bands in RH17 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.9%

1,047 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.9%

604 residents

Age 25 to 44
21%

1,161 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

1,598 residents

Age 65 and over
20.3%

1,123 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
0%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • OUSE VALLEY PRACTICE

    LONDON ROAD, HANDCROSS, HAYWARDS HEATH, RH17 6HB

    ODS code H82615

    2.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Handcross Road

    BCT · Balcombe

    0.5 miles

  • Handcross Road

    BCT · Balcombe

    0.5 miles

  • Cherry Tree Kennels

    BCT · Balcombe

    0.6 miles

  • Brantridge Lane

    BCT · Handcross

    0.6 miles

  • Brantridge Lane

    BCT · Handcross

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Sussex 007B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,138 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
4 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

Schools

10 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Balcombe Cofe Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other crime with 2 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.