Property market
The five-year median is £485,000 from 311 recorded sales in RH18. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Wealden is £386,787 in June 2026, down 0.7% year on year.
RH18
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 233
- Current units
- 141
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 4
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- South East
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 92
Postcode sectors in RH18
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
2,459 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 16, Ashdown Close, Forest Row, RH18 5DF | 6 July 2026 | £545,000 |
| 29, Medway Drive, Forest Row, RH18 5NU | 29 June 2026 | £560,000 |
| Woodlands Lodge, Ashdown Place, Forest Row, RH18 5LP | 26 June 2026 | £635,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 3
- Primary
- 1
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 502
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Shoplifting 190
- Violence and sexual offences 113
- Anti social behaviour 73
- Criminal damage and arson 34
- Other theft 28
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- RH18 usual residents
- 4,476
- Age-profile population
- 4,466
Age bands in RH18
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16.5%
- 739 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10%
- 445 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 18.3%
- 816 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 30.5%
- 1,364 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 24.7%
- 1,102 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 140 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 130 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 75 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 1 postcode unit had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
1
in this district
ASHDOWN FOREST HEALTH CENTRE
LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5AQ
ODS code G81024
Evidence in context
Schools
3 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
502 published events cover 12 months, averaging 42 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 190 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.