RH12 postcode district: Horsham and around

RH12 is a postcode district mostly in West Sussex, with 1,389 postcodes in use in 8 sectors. It has postcodes in Horsham, Broadbridge Heath, Rudgwick and 1 more place. It is split between 3 councils: Horsham (1,365 postcodes), Waverley (20) and Mole Valley (4). 1,365 are in West Sussex and 24 in Surrey.

Postcodes in use: 1,389
Sectors: 8
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 RH12, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 111
In use before 2020: 1,278
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 1,389 postcodes in RH12 that ONS places, 111 are new since 2020 and 1,278 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 150 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 51.0779, longitude -0.3307. 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

RH12 0EAJuly 2026 RH12 0EBJuly 2026 RH12 0EJJuly 2026 RH12 0ELJuly 2026 RH12 0ESJuly 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

31 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RH12 9AL, is the newest of them.
21 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RH12 6BD, is the newest of them.
16 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RH12 0EA, is the newest of them.
8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RH12 0DR, is the newest of them.
7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RH12 1RF, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in RH12?

Ofcom reports on 1,297 of the 1,389 postcodes in RH12. At 873 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 9 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit873 of 1,297

Postcodes where every home can get superfast1,188 of 1,297

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband9 of 1,297

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 RH12 at risk of flooding?

31 of the 1,389 postcodes in RH12 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 12 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 31 of 1,389 postcodes High: 11Medium: 1Low: 90Very low: 1

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

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 RH12?

Homes in RH12 sold for a typical £405,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 678 sales, down 0.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£405,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£407,000 12 months to August 2025

▼ down 0.4% on the 12 months before

Detached £646,000 147 sales
Semi-detached £450,000 193 sales
Terraced £375,000 157 sales
Flat or maisonette £240,000 181 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