Dorking
Dorking is covered by postcode districts RH3, RH4 and RH5. It is in the Mole Valley council area, Surrey.
Every postcode in Dorking, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 28
- In use before 2020: 654
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 682 postcodes in Dorking that ONS places, 28 are new since 2020 and 654 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 51.2291, longitude -0.3293. 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
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RH4 9NZ, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Dorking?
Homes sold for a typical £450,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. At 484 of the 591 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 139 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 45 of its 682 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Dorking West, 1.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
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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 Dorking?
Homes in Dorking sold for a typical £450,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 196 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £450,000 from 285 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £903,919 28 sales
- Semi-detached £570,000 47 sales
- Terraced £440,000 63 sales
- Flat or maisonette £271,500 58 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole RH4 district, Dorking's main postcode district: a typical £450,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Dorking: 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 Dorking?
28 of the 682 postcodes now in use in Dorking came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 285 homes sold in Dorking were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RH4 district, 0%.
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 Dorking | Across the RH4 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 196 (0%) | 0 of 174 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 285 (0%) | 0 of 253 (0%) |
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 Dorking?
Ofcom reports on 591 of the 682 postcodes in Dorking. At 484 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 Dorking at risk of flooding?
45 of the 682 postcodes in Dorking 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 139 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 Dorking?
The open schools at the postcodes in Dorking. 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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.
Primary
An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).
Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UKSource: 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 Dorking?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Dorking is Dorking West Rail Station, 1.1 km away in a straight line.
- Dorking West Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
- Dorking Deepdene Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
- Dorking Rail Station Railway station 1.4 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 Dorking?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Dorking. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Dorking Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01306 881313 450 mWalk
- Medwyn Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report November 2025 · Phone 01306 882422 700 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Dorking safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,270 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Dorking 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
- 86 September 2025
- 114 October 2025
- 95 November 2025
- 102 December 2025
- 86 January 2026
- 112 February 2026
- 88 March 2026
- 143 April 2026
- 120 May 2026
- 121 June 2026
- 111 July 2026
- 92 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 40, other crime 30, robbery 9, possession of weapons 8, theft from the person 6, bicycle theft 5.
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 Dorking?
- District, borough or city council
- Mole Valley
- County council
- Surrey
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dorking and Horley
- Police force area
- Surrey
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- MP
- Chris Coghlan (Liberal Democrat)
All 682 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, read 14 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Dorking
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Mole Valley about council tax Council tax, on molevalley.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Dorking
- 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
Dorking postcodes
682 postcodes in use in Dorking, by district:
Those districts are all in the RH postcode area.
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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 Dorking
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Dorking's £450,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Dorking
- What is the postcode for Dorking?
- Postcode districts RH3, RH4 and RH5, with 682 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Dorking in?
- Mole Valley, with Surrey as its county council. Source: ONS.
- Who is the MP for Dorking?
- Chris Coghlan (Liberal Democrat), for Dorking and Horley. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
- How much are houses in Dorking?
- A typical £450,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, from 196 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Dorking?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include St Paul's CofE Primary School, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and Powell Corderoy Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Priory Church of England School and The Ashcombe School. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Dorking have a railway station?
- Yes: Dorking West station, 1.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Dorking?
- Ofcom reports on 591 of the 682 postcodes in Dorking. At 484 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
- Is Dorking at risk of flooding?
- 45 of the 682 postcodes in Dorking 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 139 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Dorking?
- 28 of the 682 postcodes now in use in Dorking came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 285 homes sold in Dorking were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RH4 district, 0%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
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