TN8 5PG

Cowden and Hever · Sevenoaks · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Edenbridge
Local authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Tonbridge
Postcode district
TN8
Postcode sector
TN8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TN8 5PE 366 m
TN8 7DS 436 m
TN8 7DR 457 m
TN8 5PB 671 m
TN8 5PA 696 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TN8 5PG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
TN
Postcode district
TN8
Postcode sector
TN8 5
Latitude
51.155493
Longitude
0.116274
British National Grid easting
548,093
British National Grid northing
141,711

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Sevenoaks · E07000111
Parish or community
E04004986
Westminster constituency
Tonbridge · E14001549
Output area
E00123959
Lower layer super output area
Sevenoaks 015A · E01024420
Middle layer super output area
Sevenoaks 015 · E02005101

Postcode source versions

Explore TN8

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Rickwoods Farm, Mark Beech, Edenbridge, TN8 5PG 17 September 1996 £135,478

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Hever Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.1 km
  2. Chiddingstone Church of England School

    Academy converter

    4.0 km
  3. Fordcombe Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
12
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Vehicle crime 3
  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

8 female, 7 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.5
TN8 5 residents
5,789

Age bands in TN8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.4%

1,079 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

511 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.1%

1,413 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.4%

1,546 residents

Age 65 and over
22.3%

1,304 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider TN8 5 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+
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.

Nearby transport

  • Railway Station

    BCT · Cowden

    0.2 miles
  • Railway Station

    BCT · Cowden

    0.2 miles
  • Cowden Rail Station

    RLY · Cowden

    0.3 miles
  • Cowden Rail Station

    RSE · Cowden

    0.3 miles
  • Cowden Cross

    BCT · Cowden

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sevenoaks 015A, 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

15,967 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Hever Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

12 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4 events.

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