RH1 2BD Reigate and Banstead
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Redhill West & Wray Common. Region: South East.
Streets
Council tax
What each band costs in Reigate and Banstead in 2026-27: Band D £2,567 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,711 | £1,996 | £2,281 | £2,567 | £3,137 | £3,707 | £4,278 | £5,133 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (42% of about 640 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Land at Gloucester Road, Redhill: up to 60 homes, not permissioned (780 m)
- Prospect Housing Association, 5 Gloucester Road, Redhill, permissioned (820 m)
- 55 - 57 Gatton Park Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 2DZ: up to 6 homes, permissioned (840 m)
- 126 London Road, 2-10 Claremont Road and 1-11 Ranmore Close, Redhill, permissioned (900 m)
- Abbey House, 25 Clarendon Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1QZ: up to 23 homes, not permissioned (910 m)
- Redhill Family Centre, 134-138 Station Road, Redhi: up to 10 homes, not permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 33 addresses are between 94 m and 99 m above sea level (98 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Redhill 3.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.2 km |
| Reigate 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.0 km | |
| Earlswood (Surrey) 352,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.4 km | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m, 21 within 800 m; nearest Timperley Gardens Redhill | 180 m |
| Bus or coach station | Redhill Bus Station | 1.1 km |
| Car parks | Parking Space on St. Annes Rise, RH1 | 1.3 km |
| EV charging points | 15 within 1.6 km; nearest 72-66 Woodcrest Walk | 390 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 11.1 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Hawthorns Surgery | 840 m |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Th Dolman | 1.0 km |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 1.4 km |
| Hospital | Shrewsbury Court Hospital | 1.3 km |
| Police station | Reigate Police Station | 1.5 km |
| Cash machines | MFG - Gatton Point Cashzone | 1.0 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Wray Common 9.7 ha | 630 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 310 m² | 260 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,720 m² | 260 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 6,520 m² | 320 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 9.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Wray Common Windmill, a listed building (Grade II*), 610 m south-west. 6 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Wray Common Windmill | Listed building, Grade II* | 610 m south-west |
| Lower Gatton Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.0 km north |
| Reigate Fort: a London mobilisation centre | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km west |
| Reigate Priory | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.9 km south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Greenclump Hill | Hill | 560 m north |
| Ridge Wood | Wood | 600 m west |
| Nut Wood | Wood | 810 m north-west |
| The Serpentine | Lake or reservoir | 890 m north |
| Gatton Bottom | Valley | 2.0 km north |
| Nutfield Marsh | Wetland | 2.7 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 32 | 33 |
1 of the postcode's 33 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 38 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 20% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 11% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 57% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 19% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 4% | 1% |
| Social rented | 27% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 66% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 11% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 48% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 12% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 65% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 4 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.