CR6 postcode district: Warlingham and around

CR6 is a postcode district mostly in Surrey, with 257 postcodes in use in 2 sectors. It has postcodes in Warlingham, Croydon, Caterham and 1 more place. It is split between 3 councils: Tandridge (248 postcodes), Croydon (7) and Bromley (2). 248 are in Surrey. ONS lists no county for the other 9.

Postcodes in use: 257
Sectors: 2
Councils: 3 councils
Places: 4 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in CR6, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 14
In use before 2020: 243
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 257 postcodes in CR6 that ONS places, 14 are new since 2020 and 243 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 190 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.3095, longitude -0.0529. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

CR6 9FWNovember 2025 CR6 9FQJuly 2025 CR6 9FRMay 2025 CR6 9FSApril 2025 CR6 9FPMarch 2025

Where the new postcodes lie together

6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. CR6 9FW, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in CR6?

Ofcom reports on 249 of the 257 postcodes in CR6. At 139 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 3 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit139 of 249

Postcodes where every home can get superfast214 of 249

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband3 of 249

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is CR6 at risk of flooding?

None of the 257 postcodes in CR6 is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in CR6?

Homes in CR6 sold for a typical £512,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 101 sales, down 5.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£512,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£541,750 12 months to August 2025

▼ down 5.4% on the 12 months before

Detached £745,000 33 sales
Semi-detached £516,250 32 sales
Terraced £450,000 11 sales
Flat or maisonette £302,500 25 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it