RH5 4LU

Holmwoods & Beare Green · Mole Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Dorking
Local authority
Mole Valley
Constituency
Dorking and Horley
Postcode district
RH5
Postcode sector
RH5 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RH5 4NB 109 m
RH5 4LT 141 m
RH5 4LY 147 m
RH5 4LX 176 m
RH5 4LH 312 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RH5 4LU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RH
Postcode district
RH5
Postcode sector
RH5 4
Latitude
51.187575
Longitude
-0.321396
British National Grid easting
517,406
British National Grid northing
144,489

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Mole Valley · E07000210
Parish or community
E04009571
Westminster constituency
Dorking and Horley · E14001201
Output area
E00155799
Lower layer super output area
Mole Valley 011A · E01030544
Middle layer super output area
Mole Valley 011 · E02006372

Postcode source versions

Explore RH5

30 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Spring Cottages, 8, Horsham Road, Holmwood, Dorking, RH5 4LU 21 March 2025 £385,000
Spring Cottages, 11, Horsham Road, Holmwood, Dorking, RH5 4LU 27 September 2024 £320,000
Spring Cottages, 3, Horsham Road, Holmwood, Dorking, RH5 4LU 19 December 2022 £376,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. The Weald CofE Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.5 km
  2. St John's Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    3.3 km
  3. Newdigate CofE Endowed Aided Infant School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
106
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 36
  • Anti social behaviour 30
  • Public order 9
  • Criminal damage and arson 9
  • Other crime 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
38

19 female, 19 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
2.4
RH5 4 residents
6,873

Age bands in RH5 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.7%

1,057 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

609 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.6%

1,459 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.2%

2,106 residents

Age 65 and over
22.5%

1,520 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RH5 4 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+
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

3

within 5 km

  • LEITH HILL PRACTICE

    168 THE STREET, CAPEL, DORKING, RH5 5EN

    ODS code H81113

    4.1 km

  • BROCKWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    TANNERS MEADOW, BROCKHAM, BETCHWORTH, RH3 7NJ

    ODS code H81068

    4.6 km

  • DORKING MEDICAL PRACTICE

    NEW HOUSE SURGERY, 142A SOUTH STREET, DORKING, RH4 2QR

    ODS code H81028

    4.7 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

  • Old School Place

    BCT · South Holmwood

    0.0 miles
  • Old School Place

    BCT · South Holmwood

    0.1 miles
  • Moorhurst Lane

    BCT · Holmwood

    0.3 miles
  • Moorhurst Lane

    BCT · Holmwood

    0.3 miles
  • War Memorial

    BCT · South Holmwood

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mole Valley 011A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,412 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 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
1
Medium risk addresses
3
Low risk addresses
7
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 £350,000 from 7 recorded sales in RH5 4LU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Mole Valley is £540,160 in June 2026, up 0.7% year on year.

Schools

11 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. The Weald CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

106 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 36 events.

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