Cross in Hand

Cross in Hand is covered by postcode district TN21. It is in the Wealden council area, East Sussex.

Typical price £567,500 Homes sold in Cross in Hand, last 12 months. ▼ 18.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 10 of 63 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Nearest school Cross-in-Hand Church of England Primary School 2.0 km from the middle, in a straight line

Every postcode in Cross in Hand, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Cross in Hand, by flood risk Of the 63 postcodes in Cross in Hand that ONS places, 63 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Cross in Hand. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. TN21 0DZ: not on the flood risk listTN21 0EP: not on the flood risk listTN21 0FE: not on the flood risk listTN21 0FS: not on the flood risk listTN21 0FT: not on the flood risk listTN21 0FW: not on the flood risk listTN21 0GN: not on the flood risk listTN21 0LY: not on the flood risk listTN21 0NA: not on the flood risk listTN21 0NB: not on the flood risk listTN21 0ND: not on the flood risk listTN21 0NE: not on the flood risk listTN21 0NG: not on the flood risk listTN21 0NH: not on the flood risk listTN21 0NJ: not on the flood risk listTN21 0NL: not on the flood risk listTN21 0NP: not on the flood risk listTN21 0NR: not on the flood risk listTN21 0QA: not on the flood risk listTN21 0QB: not on the flood risk listTN21 0QD: not on the flood risk listTN21 0QE: not on the flood risk listTN21 0QG: not on the flood risk listTN21 0QH: not on the flood risk listTN21 0QJ: not on the flood risk listTN21 0QL: not on the flood risk listTN21 0QN: not on the flood risk listTN21 0QW: not on the flood risk listTN21 0QZ: not on the flood risk listTN21 0RE: not on the flood risk listTN21 0RG: not on the flood risk listTN21 0RH: not on the flood risk listTN21 0RJ: not on the flood risk listTN21 0RL: not on the flood risk listTN21 0RN: not on the flood risk listTN21 0RP: not on the flood risk listTN21 0SH: not on the flood risk listTN21 0SJ: not on the flood risk listTN21 0SL: not on the flood risk listTN21 0SN: not on the flood risk listTN21 0SP: not on the flood risk listTN21 0SR: not on the flood risk listTN21 0SS: not on the flood risk listTN21 0ST: not on the flood risk listTN21 0SU: not on the flood risk listTN21 0SX: not on the flood risk listTN21 0SY: not on the flood risk listTN21 0TA: not on the flood risk listTN21 0TB: not on the flood risk listTN21 0TD: not on the flood risk listTN21 0TE: not on the flood risk listTN21 0TF: not on the flood risk listTN21 0TG: not on the flood risk listTN21 0TJ: not on the flood risk listTN21 0TL: not on the flood risk listTN21 0TN: not on the flood risk listTN21 0TP: not on the flood risk listTN21 0TS: not on the flood risk listTN21 0TT: not on the flood risk listTN21 0UB: not on the flood risk listTN21 0UD: not on the flood risk listTN21 0UE: not on the flood risk list Cross in Hand Map of every postcode in Cross in Hand, by flood risk Of the 63 postcodes in Cross in Hand that ONS places, 63 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Cross in Hand. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Cross in Hand
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 63

Of the 63 postcodes in Cross in Hand that ONS places, 63 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. 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 50.9670, longitude 0.2143. 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

What is it like to live in Cross in Hand?

Homes sold for a typical £567,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 18.9% on the 12 months before. At 10 of the 63 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 63 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The nearest school is Cross-in-Hand Church of England Primary School, 2.0 km from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Buxted Medical Centre, 6.3 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Buxted, 6.3 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 Cross in Hand?

Homes in Cross in Hand sold for a typical £567,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 12 sales, down 18.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£567,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£700,000
12 months to August 2026
£567,500

▼ down 18.9% on the 12 months before

Detached£575,000 9 sales
Semi-detached 2 sales, too few to price
Terraced 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole TN21 district, Cross in Hand's main postcode district: a typical £390,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Cross in Hand: 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 Cross in Hand?

1 of the 63 postcodes now in use in Cross in Hand came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 19 homes sold in Cross in Hand were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TN21 district, 6%.

The newest postcodes

TN21 0GNsince April 2024

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

PeriodIn Cross in HandAcross the TN21 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 12 (0%) 2 of 219 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 19 (0%) 18 of 293 (6%)

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 Cross in Hand?

Ofcom reports on 63 of the 63 postcodes in Cross in Hand. At 10 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit10 of 63
Postcodes where every home can get superfast55 of 63

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.

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

Is Cross in Hand at risk of flooding?

None of the 63 postcodes in Cross in Hand 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 Cross in Hand?

There is no primary school at the postcodes in Cross in Hand; these are the nearest to its middle. 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

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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 Cross in Hand?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Cross in Hand is Buxted Rail Station, 6.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Buxted Rail Station Railway station 6.3 kmDrive
  • Uckfield Rail Station Railway station 8.3 kmDrive
  • Crowborough Rail Station Railway station 9.0 kmDrive

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 Cross in Hand?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Cross in Hand. 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.

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

Is Cross in Hand safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 43 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Cross in Hand 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. 3 September 2025
  2. 2 October 2025
  3. 2 November 2025
  4. 2 December 2025
  5. 3 January 2026
  6. 4 February 2026
  7. 6 March 2026
  8. 2 April 2026
  9. 4 May 2026
  10. 5 June 2026
  11. 2 July 2026
  12. 8 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences20 reports
Anti-social behaviour9 reports
Other theft6 reports
Public order3 reports
Criminal damage and arson3 reports
Shoplifting1 report
Drugs1 report

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 Cross in Hand?

District, borough or city council
Wealden
County council
East Sussex
Parliamentary constituency
Sussex Weald
Police force area
Sussex
Region
South East
Country
England
MP
Ms Nusrat Ghani (Conservative)

All 63 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

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Cross in Hand postcodes

63 postcodes in use in Cross in Hand, by district:

TN21 postcode district,63 postcodes

That district is in the TN postcode area.

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Places near Cross in Hand

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Cross in Hand's £567,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Heathfield2.7 km, £325,740Horam4.4 km, £370,000Buxted5.8 km, £515,000Mayfield6.8 km, £395,000Uckfield8.1 km, £350,000Hellingly9.8 km, £342,000Crowborough10.1 km, £420,000Herstmonceux11.4 km, £305,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Cross in Hand

What is it like to live in Cross in Hand?
Homes sold for a typical £567,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 18.9% on the 12 months before. At 10 of the 63 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 63 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The nearest school is Cross-in-Hand Church of England Primary School, 2.0 km from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Buxted Medical Centre, 6.3 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Buxted, 6.3 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 Cross in Hand?
Cross in Hand is covered by postcode district TN21, across 63 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Cross in Hand in?
Cross in Hand is in the Wealden council area, and East Sussex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Cross in Hand?
Cross in Hand is in the Sussex Weald parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Ms Nusrat Ghani (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Cross in Hand?
Homes in Cross in Hand sold for a typical £567,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 12 sales, down 18.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Cross in Hand?
In Cross in Hand, the nearest primary school to the middle of its postcodes is Cross-in-Hand Church of England Primary School, 2.0 km away in a straight line; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is St Mary's School, 3.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Cross in Hand have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Cross in Hand is Buxted, 6.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Cross in Hand?
Ofcom reports on 63 of the 63 postcodes in Cross in Hand. At 10 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Cross in Hand at risk of flooding?
None of the 63 postcodes in Cross in Hand 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 Cross in Hand?
1 of the 63 postcodes now in use in Cross in Hand came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 19 homes sold in Cross in Hand were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TN21 district, 6%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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