RH1 3LD Reigate and Banstead
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Hooley, Merstham & Netherne. Region: South East.
Streets
- Subrosa Drive, South Merstham: 50 addresses
- Canalside, Redhill: 3 addresses
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 D (42% of about 730 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
- 23-27 Endsleigh Road, Merstham, permissioned (700 m)
- 126 London Road, 2-10 Claremont Road and 1-11 Ranmore Close, Redhill, permissioned (710 m)
- 55 - 57 Gatton Park Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 2DZ: up to 6 homes, permissioned (870 m)
- Merstham Library, Weldon Way, Merstham, RH1 3QB: up to 11 homes, permissioned (920 m)
- Moat House Surgery, Worstead Green, Merstham: up to 10 homes, not permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 33 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 9 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 47 homes the Environment Agency counts, 33 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 11 low and 0 very low.
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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 53 addresses are between 80 m and 85 m above sea level (83 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 83%, gigabit 83% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Merstham 744,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.3 km |
| Redhill 3.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.6 km | |
| Earlswood (Surrey) 352,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.1 km | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m, 31 within 800 m; nearest Fairhaven Road Merstham | 190 m |
| Bus or coach station | Redhill Bus Station | 1.5 km |
| Car parks | Parking Space on St. Annes Rise, RH1 | 1.3 km |
| EV charging points | 10 within 1.6 km; nearest Monson Road | 1.1 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 11.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Holmhurst Medical Centre | 170 m |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Kamsons Pharmacy | 170 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 690 m |
| Hospital | Shrewsbury Court Hospital | 2.5 km |
| Police station | Reigate Police Station | 2.9 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest MFG - Gatton Point Cashzone | 690 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Crossways Rest Garden 8,610 m² | 450 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Mercers Park 25 ha | 720 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 380 m² | 240 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 7.1 ha | 670 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.5 ha | 820 m |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 26 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Medieval moated site, Albury Farm, Merstham, a scheduled monument, 850 m north-east. 5 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Medieval moated site, Albury Farm, Merstham | Scheduled monument | 850 m north-east |
| Lower Gatton Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.5 km west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Temple Wood | Wood | 930 m west |
| The Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.0 km north-west |
| Nutfield Marsh | Wetland | 1.3 km south-east |
| The Serpentine | Lake or reservoir | 1.4 km west |
| Greenclump Hill | Hill | 1.5 km west |
| Gatton Bottom | Valley | 1.9 km north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 0 | 17 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 35 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 1 |
| Under 55 | 50 | 0 |
3 of the postcode's 53 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 53 from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 42 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 13% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 42% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 25% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 36% | 17% |
| Private rented | 21% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 14% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 8% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 26% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 55% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 66% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 93% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 5 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.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Subrosa Drive.