Cuckfield

Cuckfield is covered by postcode districts RH16 and RH17. It is in the Mid Sussex council area, West Sussex.

Typical price £571,500 Homes sold in Cuckfield, last 12 months. ▲ 2.1% on the year before Gigabit broadband 74 of 109 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 Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Cuckfield, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Cuckfield, by flood risk Of the 109 postcodes in Cuckfield that ONS places, 109 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Cuckfield. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A272 RH16 4BP: not on the flood risk listRH16 4BT: not on the flood risk listRH16 4BW: not on the flood risk listRH17 5AA: not on the flood risk listRH17 5AD: not on the flood risk listRH17 5AQ: not on the flood risk listRH17 5AT: not on the flood risk listRH17 5AX: not on the flood risk listRH17 5AY: not on the flood risk listRH17 5AZ: not on the flood risk listRH17 5BA: not on the flood risk listRH17 5BB: not on the flood risk listRH17 5BD: not on the flood risk listRH17 5BE: not on the flood risk listRH17 5BF: not on the flood risk listRH17 5BG: not on the flood risk listRH17 5BH: not on the flood risk listRH17 5BJ: not on the flood risk listRH17 5BL: not on the flood risk listRH17 5BN: not on the flood risk listRH17 5BP: not on the flood risk listRH17 5BQ: not on the flood risk listRH17 5BS: not on the flood risk listRH17 5BT: not on the flood risk listRH17 5BU: not on the flood risk listRH17 5BX: not on the flood risk listRH17 5BY: not on the flood risk listRH17 5BZ: not on the flood risk listRH17 5DA: not on the flood risk listRH17 5DB: not on the flood risk listRH17 5DD: not on the flood risk listRH17 5DE: not on the flood risk listRH17 5DF: not on the flood risk listRH17 5DG: not on the flood risk listRH17 5DH: not on the flood risk listRH17 5DJ: not on the flood risk listRH17 5DL: not on the flood risk listRH17 5DN: not on the flood risk listRH17 5DP: not on the flood risk listRH17 5DQ: not on the flood risk listRH17 5DR: not on the flood risk listRH17 5DS: not on the flood risk listRH17 5DT: not on the flood risk listRH17 5DU: not on the flood risk listRH17 5DW: not on the flood risk listRH17 5DX: not on the flood risk listRH17 5DY: not on the flood risk listRH17 5DZ: not on the flood risk listRH17 5EA: not on the flood risk listRH17 5EB: not on the flood risk listRH17 5EE: not on the flood risk listRH17 5EG: not on the flood risk listRH17 5EH: not on the flood risk listRH17 5EJ: not on the flood risk listRH17 5EL: not on the flood risk listRH17 5EN: not on the flood risk listRH17 5EP: not on the flood risk listRH17 5EQ: not on the flood risk listRH17 5ER: not on the flood risk listRH17 5ES: not on the flood risk listRH17 5ET: not on the flood risk listRH17 5EU: not on the flood risk listRH17 5EW: not on the flood risk listRH17 5EX: not on the flood risk listRH17 5EY: not on the flood risk listRH17 5EZ: not on the flood risk listRH17 5GG: not on the flood risk listRH17 5GL: not on the flood risk listRH17 5GN: not on the flood risk listRH17 5GP: not on the flood risk listRH17 5GQ: not on the flood risk listRH17 5GR: not on the flood risk listRH17 5GS: not on the flood risk listRH17 5GT: not on the flood risk listRH17 5GX: not on the flood risk listRH17 5HA: not on the flood risk listRH17 5HB: not on the flood risk listRH17 5HD: not on the flood risk listRH17 5HE: not on the flood risk listRH17 5HF: not on the flood risk listRH17 5HG: not on the flood risk listRH17 5HH: not on the flood risk listRH17 5HJ: not on the flood risk listRH17 5HL: not on the flood risk listRH17 5HS: not on the flood risk listRH17 5HT: not on the flood risk listRH17 5HU: not on the flood risk listRH17 5HW: not on the flood risk listRH17 5HX: not on the flood risk listRH17 5JQ: not on the flood risk listRH17 5JR: not on the flood risk listRH17 5JU: not on the flood risk listRH17 5JX: not on the flood risk listRH17 5JY: not on the flood risk listRH17 5JZ: not on the flood risk listRH17 5LA: not on the flood risk listRH17 5LB: not on the flood risk listRH17 5LD: not on the flood risk listRH17 5LJ: not on the flood risk listRH17 5LL: not on the flood risk listRH17 5LN: not on the flood risk listRH17 5LP: not on the flood risk listRH17 5LR: not on the flood risk listRH17 5LS: not on the flood risk listRH17 5LW: not on the flood risk listRH17 5QH: not on the flood risk listRH17 5QJ: not on the flood risk listRH17 5TZ: not on the flood risk list Cuckfield Map of every postcode in Cuckfield, by flood risk Of the 109 postcodes in Cuckfield that ONS places, 109 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Cuckfield. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A272 Cuckfield
  • 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: 109

Of the 109 postcodes in Cuckfield that ONS places, 109 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 51.0095, longitude -0.1382. 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 Cuckfield?

Homes sold for a typical £571,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.1% on the 12 months before. At 74 of the 109 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 109 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 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Haywards Heath, 2.4 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 Cuckfield?

Homes in Cuckfield sold for a typical £571,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 54 sales, up 2.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£571,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£560,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 2.1% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £775,000 21 sales
  • Semi-detached £670,000 11 sales
  • Terraced £427,500 16 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £261,250 6 sales

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

Across the whole RH17 district, Cuckfield's main postcode district: a typical £590,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Cuckfield: 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 Cuckfield?

None of the 109 postcodes now in use in Cuckfield came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 53 homes sold in Cuckfield were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RH17 district, 1%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn CuckfieldAcross the RH17 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 54 (0%) 6 of 235 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 53 (0%) 3 of 249 (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 Cuckfield?

Ofcom reports on 109 of the 109 postcodes in Cuckfield. At 74 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit74 of 109
Postcodes where every home can get superfast107 of 109
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 109

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 Cuckfield at risk of flooding?

None of the 109 postcodes in Cuckfield 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 Cuckfield?

The open schools at the postcodes in Cuckfield. 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

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 Cuckfield?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Cuckfield is Haywards Heath Rail Station, 2.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Haywards Heath Rail Station Railway station 2.4 kmCycle
  • Balcombe Rail Station Railway station 5.1 kmDrive
  • Wivelsfield Rail Station Railway station 5.2 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 Cuckfield?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Cuckfield. 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 Cuckfield safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 158 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Cuckfield 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. 11 September 2025
  2. 15 October 2025
  3. 6 November 2025
  4. 19 December 2025
  5. 15 January 2026
  6. 16 February 2026
  7. 7 March 2026
  8. 18 April 2026
  9. 8 May 2026
  10. 11 June 2026
  11. 21 July 2026
  12. 11 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences68 reports
Anti-social behaviour20 reports
Criminal damage and arson15 reports
Public order13 reports
Burglary9 reports
Other theft8 reports
Drugs8 reports
Vehicle crime7 reports

Also: possession of weapons 5, shoplifting 3, other crime 2.

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 Cuckfield?

District, borough or city council
Mid Sussex
County council
West Sussex
Parliamentary constituency
Mid Sussex
Police force area
Sussex
Region
South East
Country
England
MP
Alison Bennett (Liberal Democrat)

All 109 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 Cuckfield

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Cuckfield postcodes

109 postcodes in use in Cuckfield, by district:

RH17 postcode district,106 postcodesRH16 postcode district,3 postcodes

Those districts are all in the RH postcode area.

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Places near Cuckfield

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Cuckfield's £571,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Haywards Heath3.0 km, £425,000Balcombe5.4 km, £750,000Burgess Hill5.8 km, £397,500Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint8.9 km, £525,000Newick11.3 km, £555,500Crawley12.1 km, £355,000Henfield12.9 km, £487,500Partridge Green12.9 km, £383,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Cuckfield

What is it like to live in Cuckfield?
Homes sold for a typical £571,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.1% on the 12 months before. At 74 of the 109 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 109 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 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Haywards Heath, 2.4 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 Cuckfield?
Cuckfield is covered by postcode districts RH16 and RH17, across 109 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Cuckfield in?
Cuckfield is in the Mid Sussex council area, and West Sussex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Cuckfield?
Cuckfield is in the Mid Sussex parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Alison Bennett (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Cuckfield?
Homes in Cuckfield sold for a typical £571,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 54 sales, up 2.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Cuckfield?
In Cuckfield, primary schools at its postcodes include Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, Cuckfield; secondary schools at its postcodes include Warden Park Secondary Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Cuckfield have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Cuckfield is Haywards Heath, 2.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Cuckfield?
Ofcom reports on 109 of the 109 postcodes in Cuckfield. At 74 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Cuckfield at risk of flooding?
None of the 109 postcodes in Cuckfield 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 Cuckfield?
None of the 109 postcodes now in use in Cuckfield came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 53 homes sold in Cuckfield were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RH17 district, 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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