TN12 postcode district: Paddock Wood and around, Kent

TN12 is a postcode district in Kent, with 1,262 postcodes in use in 6 sectors. It has postcodes in Paddock Wood, Staplehurst, Marden and 3 more places. It is split between 3 councils: Tunbridge Wells (582 postcodes), Maidstone (531) and Tonbridge and Malling (149).

Postcodes in use: 1,262
Sectors: 6
Councils: 3 councils
Places: 6 places

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

Every postcode in TN12, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 90
In use before 2020: 1,172
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 1,262 postcodes in TN12 that ONS places, 90 are new since 2020 and 1,172 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 170 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 51.1725, longitude 0.4438. 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

TN12 6LZJuly 2026 TN12 6UXJune 2026 TN12 8DFJune 2026 TN12 8DHMay 2026 TN12 9GZMarch 2026

Where the new postcodes lie together

21 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. TN12 6LZ, is the newest of them.
13 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. TN12 0GB, is the newest of them.
13 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. TN12 6QA, is the newest of them.
11 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. TN12 6GY, is the newest of them.
5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. TN12 0HW, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in TN12?

Ofcom reports on 1,234 of the 1,262 postcodes in TN12. At 678 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 13 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit678 of 1,234

Postcodes where every home can get superfast1,029 of 1,234

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband13 of 1,234

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 TN12 at risk of flooding?

415 of the 1,262 postcodes in TN12 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 2,669 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 415 of 1,262 postcodes High: 2,171Medium: 498Low: 2,022Very low: 293

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 TN12?

Homes in TN12 sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 337 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£425,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£425,000 12 months to August 2025

■ no change on the 12 months before

Detached £619,998 112 sales
Semi-detached £415,000 125 sales
Terraced £315,000 81 sales
Flat or maisonette £189,500 19 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