RH6 8RS

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 8SP 13 m
RH6 8FU 48 m
RH6 8RT 90 m
RH6 8RR 100 m
RH6 8HD 125 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RH6 8RS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 May 2011
Postcode area
RH
Postcode district
RH6
Postcode sector
RH6 8
Latitude
51.176223
Longitude
-0.180974
British National Grid easting
527,250
British National Grid northing
143,460

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
E00155983
Lower layer super output area
Reigate and Banstead 016C · E01030586
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
1
  1. Manorfield Primary and Nursery School

    Community school

    554 m
  2. Meath Green Junior School

    Community school

    819 m
  3. Meath Green Infant School

    Community school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,709
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 619
  • Anti social behaviour 244
  • Shoplifting 224
  • Public order 164
  • Other theft 124

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

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Horley Leisure Centre

    BCT · Meath Green

    0.0 miles
  • Horley Leisure Centre

    BCT · Meath Green

    0.1 miles
  • Whitmore Way

    BCT · Meath Green

    0.1 miles
  • Court Lodge Road

    BCT · Meath Green

    0.1 miles
  • Whitmore Way

    BCT · Meath Green

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,289 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
9 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 1 secondary schools. Manorfield Primary and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 554 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,709 published events cover 12 months, averaging 142.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 619 events.

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