RH18 5JY

Hartfield · Wealden · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Forest Row
Local authority
Wealden
Constituency
Sussex Weald
Postcode district
RH18
Postcode sector
RH18 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RH18 5JZ 191 m
RH18 5JU 705 m
RH18 5JX 841 m
RH18 5FU 894 m
TN7 4HT 1.0 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RH18 5JY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 2025
Postcode area
RH
Postcode district
RH18
Postcode sector
RH18 5
Latitude
51.102703
Longitude
0.062881
British National Grid easting
544,524
British National Grid northing
135,735

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Wealden · E07000065
Electoral ward
Hartfield · E05011645
Parish or community
E04003841
Westminster constituency
Sussex Weald · E14001533
Output area
E00107542
Lower layer super output area
Wealden 001C · E01021169
Middle layer super output area
Wealden 001 · E02004403

Postcode source versions

Explore RH18

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Ashdown House School, Forest Row, RH18 5JY 4 October 2021 £5,995,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
4
Secondary
1
  1. Forest Row Church of England Primary School and Nursery

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.0 km
  2. Ashurst Wood Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.4 km
  3. Michael Hall School

    Other independent school

    3.0 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 25
  • Anti social behaviour 17
  • Criminal damage and arson 8
  • Burglary 7
  • Other theft 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

2 female, 0 male

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

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RH18 5 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+
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

    2.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Forest Road

    BCT · Forest Row

    0.7 miles
  • Forest Road

    BCT · Forest Row

    0.7 miles
  • Post Horn Lane

    BCT · Forest Row

    0.9 miles
  • Post Horn Lane

    BCT · Forest Row

    0.9 miles
  • Parrock Lane

    BCT · Quabrook

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wealden 001C, 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

23,625 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
2 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

Property market

The five-year median is £5,995,000 from 1 recorded sale in RH18 5JY. 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.

Schools

8 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 1.2 miles.

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 25 events.

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