Wire Mill Lane Newchapel, Tandridge
39 addresses across 2 postcodes (RH7), about 480 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 39501208.
- Sales: 9 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £580,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 9 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 1, D: 1, E: 2, F: 2, G: 2).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band G; Band D in Tandridge costs £2,595 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Dormans, about 3.2 km (2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 56 to 65 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 39 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Lingfield Surgery, about 2.8 km (1.7 miles) away.
- People: About 370 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 75% of households owned their home and 32% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 5 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often public order.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | £580,000 | £580,000 | £580,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £550,000 | £550,000 | £550,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £485,000 | £485,000 | £485,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £550,000 | £550,000 | £550,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £550,000 | £550,000 | £550,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £140,000 | £140,000 | £140,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Dec 2025 | THE ORCHARDS RH7 6HJ | Other | £875,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 10 Aug 2023 | WIRE MILL INN RH7 6HJ | Other | £4,455,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 30 May 2023 | POOL COTTAGE RH7 6HJ | Detached | £580,000 | |
| 20 Jul 2016 | EDEN BROOK COTTAGE RH7 6HJ | Detached | £610,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 8 Mar 2013 | THE SPINNEY RH7 6HJ | Detached | £550,000 | |
| 13 Jun 2007 | 2 RH7 6HJ | Semi-detached | £485,000 | |
| 24 Nov 2006 | PIPPINS RH7 6HJ | Semi-detached | £550,000 | |
| 6 Dec 2001 | MILL END HOUSE RH7 6HJ | Detached | £550,000 | |
| 28 Oct 1996 | 4 RH7 6HJ | Detached | £140,000 |
Energy performance certificates
9 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 175 m². Most common: House, detached (6); Bungalow, detached (2); House, semi-detached (1). Built: 1900-1929 (3); 1930-1949 (2); 1976-1982 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Tandridge in 2026-27: Band D £2,595 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,730 | £2,018 | £2,307 | £2,595 | £3,171 | £3,748 | £4,325 | £5,190 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band G (40% of about 950 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Land East Of A22 And South Of / Redhill Tonbridge Railway..
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: yes, Tandridge.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Edenbrook, Wire Mill Lane, Newchapel RH7 6HJ, permissioned (540 m (0.3 miles))
- Lowlands Barn, Lowlands Farmhouse, Eastbourne Road, Newchapel RH7 6LF: up to 1 home, permissioned (660 m (0.4 miles))
- Cherry Tree Farm, West Park Road, Newchapel RH7 6HP: up to 1 home, permissioned (700 m (0.4 miles))
- Lowlands Barn, Eastbourne Road, Newchapel, Surrey, RH7 6LF: up to 1 home, permissioned (720 m (0.4 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 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: of the 39 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 2 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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| RH7 6HJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
| RH7 6HL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 40 addresses are between 56 m and 65 m above sea level (62 m on average); the ground rises about 9 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RH7 6HJ | 61% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| RH7 6HL | 89% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Dormans 123,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Lingfield 415,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) | |
| East Grinstead 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.3 km (2.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Wire Mill Lane Newchapel | 110 m |
| Car parks | Avps Park & Ride | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 9.6 km (5.9 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Lingfield Surgery | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Day Lewis Pharmacy | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Harvestfield (Dental Surgery) | 3.1 km (2 miles) |
| Hospital | Queen Victoria Hospital Cdc | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Police station | East Grinstead Police Station | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | BP - North End SF Connect, North End Cashzone | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 4,600 m² | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 170 m² | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 8,400 m² | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Lowlands Farm House, a listed building (Grade II*), 660 m (0.4 miles) north. 8 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Lowlands Farm House | Listed building, Grade II* | 660 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Goldhard Wood | Wood | 170 m south-west |
| Wire Mill Lake | Lake or reservoir | 280 m east |
| Wire Mill Wood | Wood | 640 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Cooper's Moors | Wood | 860 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Devil's Den | Valley | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Margaret's Hill | Hill | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.5 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 37 | 39 | 39 |
2 of the street's 39 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Tandridge: see them on the Tandridge page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Wiremill RH7 6HJ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 4 Aug 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Public order | 2 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Wire Mill Lane (5).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 75% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 9% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 22% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 42% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 45% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 61% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 32% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 8 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
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What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.