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RH18 5AQ

Forest Row · Wealden · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Forest Row
Local authority
Wealden
Constituency
East Grinstead and Uckfield
Postcode district
RH18
Postcode sector
RH18 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RH18 5GA 25 m
RH18 5AF 53 m
RH18 5HX 59 m
RH18 5AA 67 m
RH18 5AH 81 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RH18 5AQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RH
Postcode district
RH18
Postcode sector
RH18 5
Latitude
51.097032
Longitude
0.032893
British National Grid easting
542,442
British National Grid northing
135,046

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Wealden · E07000065
Electoral ward
Forest Row · E05011635
Parish or community
E04003841
Westminster constituency
East Grinstead and Uckfield · E14001212
Output area
E00107544
Lower layer super output area
Wealden 001A · E01021167
Middle layer super output area
Wealden 001 · E02004403

Postcode source versions

Explore RH18

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
4
Secondary
1

  1. Forest Row Church of England Primary School and Nursery

    Voluntary controlled school

    488 m

  2. Michael Hall School

    Other independent school

    842 m

  3. Greenfields School

    Other independent school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
446
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Shoplifting 190
  • Violence and sexual offences 92
  • Anti social behaviour 61
  • Criminal damage and arson 27
  • Other theft 22

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
RH18 5 residents
4,476

Age bands in RH18 5

Wider postcode sector
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

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+
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%

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

  • ASHDOWN FOREST HEALTH CENTRE

    LEWES ROAD, FOREST ROW, RH18 5AQ

    ODS code G81024

    0 m

Nearby transport

  • Upper Close

    BCT · Forest Row

    0.1 miles

  • Upper Close

    BCT · Forest Row

    0.1 miles

  • The Brambletye

    BCT · Forest Row

    0.1 miles

  • The Brambletye

    BCT · Forest Row

    0.2 miles

  • Evelyn Clark Square

    BCT · Forest Row

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wealden 001A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,664 of 33,755

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

9 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Forest Row Church of England Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 488 m.

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

Recorded crime

446 published events cover 12 months, averaging 37.167 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.