RH17 6HD

Handcross & Pease Pottage · Mid Sussex · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Haywards Heath
Local authority
Mid Sussex
Postcode district
RH17
Postcode sector
RH17 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RH17 6HG 364 m
RH17 6HA 462 m
RH11 9GG 488 m
RH17 6HB 497 m
RH17 6HF 502 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RH17 6HD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RH
Postcode district
RH17
Postcode sector
RH17 6
Latitude
51.064701
Longitude
-0.201391
British National Grid easting
526,126
British National Grid northing
131,024

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Mid Sussex · E07000228
Parish or community
E04009996
Output area
E00161620
Lower layer super output area
Mid Sussex 007E · E01035345
Middle layer super output area
Mid Sussex 007 · E02006610

Postcode source versions

Explore RH17

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Coopers Wood, 7, London Road, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6HD 2 March 2020 £372,000
Coopers Wood, 2, London Road, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6HD 1 September 2017 £317,950
Coopers Wood, 7, London Road, Handcross, Haywards Heath, RH17 6HD 1 April 2015 £305,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
13
Secondary
2
  1. Handcross Primary School

    Community school

    474 m
  2. Brighton College Prep Handcross

    Other independent school

    490 m
  3. Woodgate Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
68
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 24
  • Anti social behaviour 10
  • Public order 8
  • Other crime 6
  • Criminal damage and arson 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
34

16 female, 18 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
2.8
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

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RH17 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
100%
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
100%
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

6

within 5 km

  • OUSE VALLEY PRACTICE

    LONDON ROAD, HANDCROSS, HAYWARDS HEATH, RH17 6HB

    ODS code H82615

    497 m

  • COACHMANS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LANSBURY ROAD, CRAWLEY, RH11 9JA

    ODS code H82098

    3.5 km

  • SOUTHGATE MEDICAL GROUP

    137 BRIGHTON ROAD, CRAWLEY, RH10 6TE

    ODS code H82064

    4.2 km

  • WOODLANDS&CLERKLANDS PARTNERSHIP

    WOODLANDS SURGERY, TILGATE WAY, CRAWLEY, RH10 5BW

    ODS code H82025

    4.5 km

  • BEWBUSH MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE MEDICAL CENTRE, BEWBUSH PLACE, BEWBUSH, CRAWLEY, RH11 8XT

    ODS code H82088

    4.7 km

  • GOSSOPS GREEN MEDICAL CTR

    HURST CLOSE, GOSSOPS GREEN, CRAWLEY, RH11 8TY

    ODS code H82033

    4.8 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Brighton Road

    BCT · Handcross

    0.0 miles
  • Brighton Road

    BCT · Handcross

    0.0 miles
  • Primary School

    BCT · Handcross

    0.3 miles
  • Yewtree Cottages

    BCT · Tilgate Forest Row

    0.3 miles
  • Primary School

    BCT · Handcross

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mid Sussex 007E, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,773 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
9 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

19 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools. Handcross Primary School is the nearest published school at 474 m.

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

Recorded crime

68 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 24 events.

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