RH6 8LJ

Horley West & Sidlow · Reigate and Banstead · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Reigate and Banstead
Constituency
Dorking and Horley
Postcode district
RH6
Postcode sector
RH6 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RH6 8LQ 82 m
RH6 8AE 83 m
RH6 8LH 85 m
RH6 8BN 91 m
RH6 8JX 95 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RH6 8LJ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
1 December 1996
Postcode area
RH
Postcode district
RH6
Postcode sector
RH6 8
Latitude
51.184504
Longitude
-0.169916
British National Grid easting
528,000
British National Grid northing
144,400

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Reigate and Banstead · E07000211
Parish or community
E04009577
Westminster constituency
Dorking and Horley · E14001201
Output area
E00155985
Lower layer super output area
Reigate and Banstead 016B · E01030585
Middle layer super output area
Reigate and Banstead 016 · E02006390

Postcode source versions

Explore RH6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
13
Secondary
2
  1. Meath Green Infant School

    Community school

    155 m
  2. Meath Green Junior School

    Community school

    453 m
  3. Yattendon School

    Academy converter

    920 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,302
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 553
  • Anti social behaviour 185
  • Public order 133
  • Criminal damage and arson 90
  • Other theft 81

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
RH6 8 residents
11,697

Age bands in RH6 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.2%

2,480 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

1,020 residents

Age 25 to 44
30.9%

3,614 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.6%

2,755 residents

Age 65 and over
15.6%

1,826 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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • MODALITY EAST SURREY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WHEELERS LANE, SMALLFIELD, HORLEY, RH6 9PT

    ODS code H81638

    3.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Avondale Close

    BCT · Meath Green

    0.0 miles
  • Bolters Road

    BCT · Meath Green

    0.2 miles
  • Kingsley Road

    BCT · Meath Green

    0.2 miles
  • Benhams Drive

    BCT · Horley

    0.2 miles
  • Skylane Hotel

    BCT · Horley

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Reigate and Banstead 016B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,764 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
6 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

19 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools. Meath Green Infant School is the nearest published school at 155 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,302 published events cover 12 months, averaging 108.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 553 events.

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