Caterham
Caterham is covered by postcode districts CR3, CR6, CR8 and RH1. It is in the Tandridge council area, Surrey.
Every postcode in Caterham, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 26
- In use before 2020: 524
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 550 postcodes in Caterham that ONS places, 26 are new since 2020 and 524 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 51.2859, longitude -0.0878. 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
What is it like to live in Caterham?
Homes sold for a typical £450,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 357 of the 528 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 550 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Old Coulsdon Medical Practice, 3.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Caterham, 800 metres 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 Caterham?
Homes in Caterham sold for a typical £450,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 271 sales, up 1.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £795,000 61 sales
- Semi-detached £468,125 92 sales
- Terraced £450,000 44 sales
- Flat or maisonette £275,000 74 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole CR3 district, Caterham's main postcode district: a typical £450,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Caterham: 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 Caterham?
26 of the 550 postcodes now in use in Caterham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 14 of the 358 homes sold in Caterham were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CR3 district, 3%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Caterham | Across the CR3 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 271 (0%) | 0 of 356 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 14 of 358 (4%) | 14 of 465 (3%) |
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 Caterham?
Ofcom reports on 528 of the 550 postcodes in Caterham. At 357 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Caterham at risk of flooding?
None of the 550 postcodes in Caterham 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
Which schools are in Caterham?
The open schools at the postcodes in Caterham (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Essendene Lodge School200 m 108 pupils, 163 places
- Hillcroft Primary School & Nursery350 m 462 pupils, 420 places
- Audley Primary School1.2 km 211 pupils, 218 places
- St Francis Catholic Primary School1.2 km 398 pupils, 420 places
- OneSchool Global Kenley Campus1.5 km 99 pupils, 230 places
- Marden Lodge Primary School and Nursery1.6 km 215 pupils, 219 places
- Caterham Prep1.7 km 291 pupils, 300 places
- Oakhyrst Grange School1.7 km 139 pupils, 160 places
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 Caterham?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Caterham is Caterham Rail Station, 800 m away in a straight line.
- Caterham Rail Station Railway station 800 mWalk
- Whyteleafe South Rail Station Railway station 2.1 kmCycle
- Woldingham Rail Station Railway station 2.5 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 Caterham?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Caterham. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Old Coulsdon Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01737 558288 3.1 kmCycle
- Elizabeth House Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01883 625262 3.6 kmCycle
- Warlingham Green Med Prac Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01883 625532 3.6 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Caterham safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,740 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Caterham 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
- 155 September 2025
- 128 October 2025
- 135 November 2025
- 117 December 2025
- 150 January 2026
- 136 February 2026
- 135 March 2026
- 154 April 2026
- 192 May 2026
- 149 June 2026
- 159 July 2026
- 130 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 35, other crime 31, possession of weapons 17, theft from the person 11, robbery 9, bicycle theft 4.
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 postcodeSource: 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 Caterham?
- District, borough or city council
- Tandridge
- County council
- Surrey
- Parliamentary constituency
- East Surrey
- Police force area
- Surrey
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- MP
- Claire Coutinho (Conservative)
All 550 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 Caterham
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Tandridge about council tax Council tax, on tandridge.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Caterham postcodes
550 postcodes in use in Caterham, by district:
Those districts are in the CR postcode area and RH postcode area.
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Places near Caterham
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Caterham's £450,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Caterham
- What is it like to live in Caterham?
- Homes sold for a typical £450,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 357 of the 528 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 550 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Old Coulsdon Medical Practice, 3.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Caterham, 800 metres 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 Caterham?
- Caterham is covered by postcode districts CR3, CR6, CR8 and RH1, across 550 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Caterham in?
- Caterham is in the Tandridge council area, and Surrey is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Caterham?
- Caterham is in the East Surrey parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Claire Coutinho (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Caterham?
- Homes in Caterham sold for a typical £450,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 271 sales, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Caterham?
- In Caterham, primary schools at its postcodes include Essendene Lodge School, Hillcroft Primary School & Nursery and Audley Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include de Stafford School, Clifton Hill School and Sunnydown School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Caterham have a railway station?
- Yes: Caterham is 800 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Caterham, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Caterham?
- Ofcom reports on 528 of the 550 postcodes in Caterham. At 357 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Caterham at risk of flooding?
- None of the 550 postcodes in Caterham 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. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Caterham?
- 26 of the 550 postcodes now in use in Caterham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 14 of the 358 homes sold in Caterham were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CR3 district, 3%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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