RH2 7EL

Meadvale & St John's · Reigate and Banstead · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Reigate and Banstead
Constituency
Reigate
Postcode district
RH2
Postcode sector
RH2 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RH2 7ET 179 m
RH2 7EN 195 m
RH2 7ES 226 m
RH1 6RG 236 m
RH1 6JP 245 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RH2 7EL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RH
Postcode district
RH2
Postcode sector
RH2 7
Latitude
51.231011
Longitude
-0.184029
British National Grid easting
526,886
British National Grid northing
149,547

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Reigate and Banstead · E07000211
Parish or community
E43000140
Westminster constituency
Reigate · E14001442
Output area
E00156034
Lower layer super output area
Reigate and Banstead 012A · E01030593
Middle layer super output area
Reigate and Banstead 012 · E02006386

Postcode source versions

Explore RH2

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
18
Secondary
4
  1. Dunottar School

    Other independent school

    47 m
  2. St John's Primary School

    Academy converter

    404 m
  3. Reigate Parish Church Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    761 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,117
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 781
  • Anti social behaviour 234
  • Public order 218
  • Criminal damage and arson 170
  • Shoplifting 167

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
RH2 7 residents
8,322

Age bands in RH2 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
22.8%

1,898 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

845 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.6%

2,053 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.1%

2,261 residents

Age 65 and over
15.4%

1,280 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
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

5

within 5 km

  • WOODLANDS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    5 WOODLANDS ROAD, REDHILL, RH1 6EY

    ODS code H81058

    867 m

  • THE HOUSE PARTNERSHIP

    99 STATION ROAD, REDHILL, RH1 1EB

    ODS code H81030

    1.2 km

  • HAWTHORNS SURGERY

    1 OXFORD ROAD, REDHILL, RH1 1DT

    ODS code H81055

    1.3 km

  • THE WALL HOUSE SURGERY

    YORKE ROAD, REIGATE, RH2 9HG

    ODS code H81089

    2.0 km

  • HOLMHURST MEDICAL CENTRE

    12 THORNTON SIDE, WATERCOLOUR, REDHILL, RH1 2NP

    ODS code H81048

    3.2 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

  • High Trees Road

    BCT · Reigate

    0.3 miles
  • The Old Oak

    BCT · Mead Vale

    0.3 miles
  • Copse Road

    BCT · Mead Vale

    0.3 miles
  • The Old Oak

    BCT · Mead Vale

    0.3 miles
  • Abinger Drive

    BCT · Mead Vale

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Reigate and Banstead 012A, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,238 of 33,755

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

33 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 4 secondary schools. Dunottar School is the nearest published school at 47 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,117 published events cover 12 months, averaging 176.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 781 events.

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