RH2 8EY Reigate and Banstead
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: South Park & Woodhatch. 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 D (53% of about 590 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
- Hartswood Nursery, Dovers Green Road, Reigate: up to 5 homes, not permissioned (610 m)
- Former Garage Block, Atherfield Road, Reigate: up to 6 homes, not permissioned (730 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 3 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 32 addresses are between 59 m and 64 m above sea level (62 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 | Reigate 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km |
| Earlswood (Surrey) 352,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.5 km | |
| Redhill 3.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km | |
| Bus stops | 10 stops within 400 m, 34 within 800 m; nearest Sandcross Church Woodhatch | 70 m |
| Bus or coach station | Redhill Bus Station | 3.4 km |
| Car parks | Cophall Farm Parking | 1.4 km |
| EV charging points | 7 within 1.6 km; nearest 31A Kingsley Grove | 150 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 8.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Wall House Surgery | 2.2 km |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Townsend Pharmacy | 460 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 220 m |
| Hospital | Shrewsbury Court Hospital | 2.5 km |
| Police station | Reigate Police Station | 2.1 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest The Cooperative Food Reigate, Woodhatch | 660 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Woodhatch Park 8,620 m² | 510 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Hartswood Playground 2,130 m² | 200 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 4.1 ha | 720 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.9 ha | 230 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.9 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Hartswood Manor, a listed building (Grade II*), 900 m south-west. 16 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hartswood Manor | Listed building, Grade II* | 900 m south-west |
| Bowl barrow on Earlswood Common 20m south of Pendleton Road | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km east |
| Reigate Priory | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km north |
| The Priory, Reigate | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km north |
| Reigate Castle | Scheduled monument | 2.0 km north |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| L Plantation | Wood | 450 m south-west |
| Withy Wood | Wood | 780 m south-west |
| Slipshatch Wood | Wood | 940 m south-west |
| Park Plantation | Wood | 1.0 km south |
| Park Hill | Hill | 1.1 km north-west |
| Priory Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.5 km north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 7 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 24 | 32 |
8 of the postcode's 32 addresses are 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 | 42 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 24% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 17% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 100% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 41% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 0% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 70% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 23% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 44% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 62% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 39% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 7% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 10 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.