RH2 7PS Reigate and Banstead
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: South Park & Woodhatch. Region: South East.
Streets
- Atherfield Road, Reigate: 46 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 (57% of about 610 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
- Former Garage Block, Atherfield Road, Reigate: up to 6 homes, not permissioned (160 m)
- Garages Arbutus Road, Redhill, permissioned (510 m)
- Redhill And Reigate Golf Club, Clarence Lodge, Pendleton Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 6LB: up to 9 homes, permissioned (530 m)
- New Pond Farm, Woodhatch Road, Reigate: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (660 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 11 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.
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 | Earlswood (Surrey) 352,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km |
| Reigate 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km | |
| Redhill 3.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.8 km | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m, 28 within 800 m; nearest Tiler's Way Woodhatch | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Redhill Bus Station | 2.7 km |
| Car parks | Cophall Farm Parking | 1.4 km |
| EV charging points | 8 within 1.6 km; nearest Trehaven Parade | 430 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 8.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Woodlands Road Medical Centre | 1.8 km |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Townsend Pharmacy | 530 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 690 m |
| Hospital | Shrewsbury Court Hospital | 1.9 km |
| Police station | Reigate Police Station | 1.7 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest The Cooperative Food Reigate, Woodhatch | 530 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.2 ha | 220 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 350 m² | 410 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.5 ha | 1.3 km |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 4.2 ha | 550 m |
Within 800 m: 4 parks and gardens, 3.1 hectares in all.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 24% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 8% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 50% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 17% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 42% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 66% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 10% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 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 | 4% | 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 | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 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.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Atherfield Road.