RH2 8RE

Capel, Leigh, Newdigate & Charlwood · Mole Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Mole Valley
Constituency
Dorking and Horley
Postcode district
RH2
Postcode sector
RH2 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RH2 8RD 573 m
RH2 8RB 844 m
RH2 8PR 1.0 km
RH2 8RQ 1.0 km
RH2 8RF 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RH2 8RE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RH
Postcode district
RH2
Postcode sector
RH2 8
Latitude
51.212065
Longitude
-0.232925
British National Grid easting
523,523
British National Grid northing
147,357

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Mole Valley · E07000210
Parish or community
E04009572
Westminster constituency
Dorking and Horley · E14001201
Output area
E00155707
Lower layer super output area
Mole Valley 013C · E01030530
Middle layer super output area
Mole Valley 013 · E02006374

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
11
Secondary
1
  1. Moon Hall School, Reigate

    Other independent special school

    20 m
  2. Sandcross Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.0 km
  3. Reigate Valley College

    Academy alternative provision converter

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 3
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Other crime 1
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
RH2 8 residents
7,133

Age bands in RH2 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.8%

1,402 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

678 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.4%

1,588 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.6%

2,024 residents

Age 65 and over
19.6%

1,385 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

3

within 5 km

  • THE WALL HOUSE SURGERY

    YORKE ROAD, REIGATE, RH2 9HG

    ODS code H81089

    3.7 km

  • BROCKWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    TANNERS MEADOW, BROCKHAM, BETCHWORTH, RH3 7NJ

    ODS code H81068

    3.7 km

  • WOODLANDS ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    5 WOODLANDS ROAD, REDHILL, RH1 6EY

    ODS code H81058

    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

  • The Plough

    BCT · Leigh

    0.8 miles
  • The Plough

    BCT · Leigh

    0.8 miles
  • Clayhill Road

    BCT · Leigh

    0.8 miles
  • Clayhill Road

    BCT · Leigh

    0.8 miles
  • North Downs Primary School

    BCT · Leigh

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mole Valley 013C, 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

22,196 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
5 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 11 primary and 1 secondary schools. Moon Hall School, Reigate is the nearest published school at 20 m.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 3 events.

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