Blackwater

Blackwater is covered by postcode district GU17. It is in the Hart council area, Hampshire.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Blackwater (Hart).

Typical price £425,000 Homes sold in Blackwater, last 12 months. 0% on the year before Gigabit broadband 150 of 155 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 41 of 155 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 167 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Blackwater, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Blackwater, by flood risk Of the 155 postcodes in Blackwater that ONS places, 30 have a home or business at high risk, 11 are at low risk at worst and 114 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 20 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Blackwater. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A321A30 GU17 0AA: not on the flood risk listGU17 0AE: not on the flood risk listGU17 0AF: not on the flood risk listGU17 0AH: not on the flood risk listGU17 0AJ: not on the flood risk listGU17 0AL: not on the flood risk listGU17 0AN: not on the flood risk listGU17 0AU: not on the flood risk listGU17 0AX: not on the flood risk listGU17 0BH: not on the flood risk listGU17 0BN: not on the flood risk listGU17 0BP: not on the flood risk listGU17 0BQ: not on the flood risk listGU17 0BZ: not on the flood risk listGU17 0DD: not on the flood risk listGU17 0DG: not on the flood risk listGU17 0DH: not on the flood risk listGU17 0DN: not on the flood risk listGU17 0DU: not on the flood risk listGU17 0DW: not on the flood risk listGU17 0DX: not on the flood risk listGU17 0DZ: not on the flood risk listGU17 0EB: not on the flood risk listGU17 0ED: not on the flood risk listGU17 0EE: not on the flood risk listGU17 0EF: not on the flood risk listGU17 0EG: not on the flood risk listGU17 0EH: not on the flood risk listGU17 0EJ: not on the flood risk listGU17 0EL: not on the flood risk listGU17 0EN: not on the flood risk listGU17 0EP: not on the flood risk listGU17 0EQ: not on the flood risk listGU17 0ER: not on the flood risk listGU17 0ES: not on the flood risk listGU17 0ET: not on the flood risk listGU17 0EU: not on the flood risk listGU17 0EW: not on the flood risk listGU17 0EX: not on the flood risk listGU17 0EY: not on the flood risk listGU17 0EZ: not on the flood risk listGU17 0HA: not on the flood risk listGU17 0HB: not on the flood risk listGU17 0HD: not on the flood risk listGU17 0HE: not on the flood risk listGU17 0HF: not on the flood risk listGU17 0HG: not on the flood risk listGU17 0HH: not on the flood risk listGU17 0HJ: not on the flood risk listGU17 0HL: not on the flood risk listGU17 0HN: not on the flood risk listGU17 0HP: not on the flood risk listGU17 0HQ: not on the flood risk listGU17 0HY: not on the flood risk listGU17 0HZ: not on the flood risk listGU17 0JA: not on the flood risk listGU17 0JE: not on the flood risk listGU17 0JF: not on the flood risk listGU17 0JH: not on the flood risk listGU17 0JL: not on the flood risk listGU17 0JN: not on the flood risk listGU17 0JP: not on the flood risk listGU17 0JS: not on the flood risk listGU17 0JT: not on the flood risk listGU17 0JU: not on the flood risk listGU17 0JW: not on the flood risk listGU17 0JX: not on the flood risk listGU17 0JY: not on the flood risk listGU17 0JZ: not on the flood risk listGU17 0LA: not on the flood risk listGU17 0LB: not on the flood risk listGU17 0LD: not on the flood risk listGU17 0LE: not on the flood risk listGU17 0LF: not on the flood risk listGU17 0LG: not on the flood risk listGU17 0LH: not on the flood risk listGU17 0LJ: not on the flood risk listGU17 0LL: not on the flood risk listGU17 0LP: not on the flood risk listGU17 0LQ: not on the flood risk listGU17 0LS: not on the flood risk listGU17 0LT: not on the flood risk listGU17 0LU: not on the flood risk listGU17 0LX: not on the flood risk listGU17 0LY: not on the flood risk listGU17 0LZ: not on the flood risk listGU17 0NA: not on the flood risk listGU17 0NB: not on the flood risk listGU17 0NF: not on the flood risk listGU17 0NG: not on the flood risk listGU17 0NH: not on the flood risk listGU17 0NJ: not on the flood risk listGU17 0NQ: not on the flood risk listGU17 0NR: not on the flood risk listGU17 0NW: not on the flood risk listGU17 0PD: not on the flood risk listGU17 0PG: not on the flood risk listGU17 0PH: not on the flood risk listGU17 0PJ: not on the flood risk listGU17 0PL: not on the flood risk listGU17 0PN: not on the flood risk listGU17 0PP: not on the flood risk listGU17 0PQ: not on the flood risk listGU17 0PR: not on the flood risk listGU17 0PT: not on the flood risk listGU17 0PW: not on the flood risk listGU17 0SA: not on the flood risk listGU17 0SB: not on the flood risk listGU17 0SD: not on the flood risk listGU17 0SE: not on the flood risk listGU17 0SF: not on the flood risk listGU17 9AA: not on the flood risk listGU17 9AB: not on the flood risk listGU17 9AD: not on the flood risk listGU17 0AP: low flood risk at worstGU17 0BT: low flood risk at worstGU17 0DF: low flood risk at worstGU17 0EA: low flood risk at worstGU17 0HW: low flood risk at worstGU17 0JG: low flood risk at worstGU17 0JQ: low flood risk at worstGU17 0NN: low flood risk at worstGU17 0PS: low flood risk at worstGU17 0PX: low flood risk at worstGU17 9AE: low flood risk at worstGU17 0AR: high flood riskGU17 0AT: high flood riskGU17 0AY: high flood riskGU17 0AZ: high flood riskGU17 0BA: high flood riskGU17 0BD: high flood riskGU17 0BS: high flood riskGU17 0BU: high flood riskGU17 0BY: high flood riskGU17 0DB: high flood riskGU17 0DE: high flood riskGU17 0DJ: high flood riskGU17 0DL: high flood riskGU17 0DQ: high flood riskGU17 0DT: high flood riskGU17 0DY: high flood riskGU17 0JB: high flood riskGU17 0JD: high flood riskGU17 0JJ: high flood riskGU17 0NE: high flood riskGU17 0NL: high flood riskGU17 0NP: high flood riskGU17 0NS: high flood riskGU17 0NT: high flood riskGU17 0NU: high flood riskGU17 0NX: high flood riskGU17 0NY: high flood riskGU17 0NZ: high flood riskGU17 0PU: high flood risk Blackwater 20 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to GU17 0BS, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk20 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Blackwater, by flood risk Of the 155 postcodes in Blackwater that ONS places, 30 have a home or business at high risk, 11 are at low risk at worst and 114 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 20 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Blackwater. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Blackwater
  • A home or business at high risk: 30
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 11
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 114
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 155 postcodes in Blackwater that ONS places, 30 have a home or business at high risk, 11 are at low risk at worst and 114 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. 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 51.3345, longitude -0.7914. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk

30 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

GU17 0JD23 at high riskGU17 0BS17 at high riskGU17 0DE12 at high riskGU17 0DY11 at high riskGU17 0JB10 at high riskGU17 0NP9 at high riskGU17 0NL8 at high riskGU17 0NU8 at high riskGU17 0NE7 at high riskGU17 0NT6 at high riskGU17 0NY5 at high riskGU17 0DL4 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 20 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. GU17 0BS, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Blackwater?

Homes sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 150 of the 155 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 167 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 41 of its 155 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Blackwater, 1.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Blackwater?

Homes in Blackwater sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 65 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 £575,000 17 sales
  • Semi-detached £425,000 22 sales
  • Terraced £400,000 21 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £199,950 5 sales

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

Across the whole GU17 district, Blackwater's main postcode district: a typical £420,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Blackwater: 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

Are new homes being built in Blackwater?

None of the 155 postcodes now in use in Blackwater came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 84 homes sold in Blackwater were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GU17 district, 1%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn BlackwaterAcross the GU17 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 65 (0%) 0 of 115 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 84 (0%) 2 of 156 (1%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Blackwater?

Ofcom reports on 155 of the 155 postcodes in Blackwater. At 150 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit150 of 155
Postcodes where every home can get superfast154 of 155

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 Blackwater at risk of flooding?

41 of the 155 postcodes in Blackwater 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 167 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 41 of 155 postcodes High: 159Medium: 8Low: 133

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

Which schools are in Blackwater?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Blackwater. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Blackwater?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Blackwater is Blackwater Rail Station, 1.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Blackwater Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
  • Sandhurst Rail Station Railway station 1.7 kmCycle
  • Camberley Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Blackwater?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Blackwater. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Blackwater safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 759 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Blackwater over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 64 September 2025
  2. 72 October 2025
  3. 56 November 2025
  4. 47 December 2025
  5. 52 January 2026
  6. 49 February 2026
  7. 69 March 2026
  8. 59 April 2026
  9. 89 May 2026
  10. 67 June 2026
  11. 72 July 2026
  12. 63 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences269 reports
Anti-social behaviour142 reports
Criminal damage and arson72 reports
Public order65 reports
Other theft55 reports
Shoplifting47 reports
Other crime30 reports
Vehicle crime29 reports

Also: burglary 14, possession of weapons 14, theft from the person 8, drugs 6, robbery 5, bicycle theft 3.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Blackwater?

District, borough or city council
Hart
County council
Hampshire
Parliamentary constituency
Aldershot
Police force area
Hampshire
Region
South East
Country
England
MP
Alex Baker (Labour)

All 155 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

Moving to Blackwater

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Blackwater postcodes

155 postcodes in use in Blackwater, by district:

GU17 postcode district,155 postcodes

That district is in the GU postcode area.

Check a Blackwater postcode

Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Blackwater

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Blackwater's £425,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Hawley1.1 km, £357,500Sandhurst1.6 km, £450,000Yateley2.9 km, £447,500Camberley3.9 km, £427,000Crowthorne4.2 km, £490,000Frimley4.8 km, £470,000Farnborough4.9 km, £375,000Elvetham Heath6.4 km, £464,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Blackwater

What is it like to live in Blackwater?
Homes sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 150 of the 155 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 167 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 41 of its 155 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Blackwater, 1.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Blackwater?
Blackwater is covered by postcode district GU17, across 155 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Blackwater in?
Blackwater is in the Hart council area, and Hampshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Blackwater?
Blackwater is in the Aldershot parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Alex Baker (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Blackwater?
Homes in Blackwater sold for a typical £425,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 65 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Blackwater?
In Blackwater, primary schools at its postcodes include Frogmore Infant School and Frogmore Junior School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Frogmore Community College, 1.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Blackwater have a railway station?
Yes: Blackwater is 1.1 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Blackwater, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Blackwater?
Ofcom reports on 155 of the 155 postcodes in Blackwater. At 150 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Blackwater at risk of flooding?
41 of the 155 postcodes in Blackwater 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 167 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Blackwater?
None of the 155 postcodes now in use in Blackwater came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 84 homes sold in Blackwater were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GU17 district, 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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