Forest Row

Forest Row is covered by postcode districts RH18 and TN7. It is in the Wealden council area, East Sussex.

Typical price £530,500 Homes sold in Forest Row, last 12 months. ▲ 22% on the year before Gigabit broadband 63 of 117 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 28 of 117 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 74 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Forest Row, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Forest Row, by flood risk Of the 117 postcodes in Forest Row that ONS places, 10 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst and 89 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Forest Row. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. RH18 5AA: not on the flood risk listRH18 5AD: not on the flood risk listRH18 5AF: not on the flood risk listRH18 5AH: not on the flood risk listRH18 5AJ: not on the flood risk listRH18 5AN: not on the flood risk listRH18 5AP: not on the flood risk listRH18 5AQ: not on the flood risk listRH18 5AR: not on the flood risk listRH18 5AS: not on the flood risk listRH18 5AT: not on the flood risk listRH18 5AX: not on the flood risk listRH18 5AY: not on the flood risk listRH18 5AZ: not on the flood risk listRH18 5BA: not on the flood risk listRH18 5BD: not on the flood risk listRH18 5BE: not on the flood risk listRH18 5BF: not on the flood risk listRH18 5BG: not on the flood risk listRH18 5BH: not on the flood risk listRH18 5BJ: not on the flood risk listRH18 5BN: not on the flood risk listRH18 5BP: not on the flood risk listRH18 5BQ: not on the flood risk listRH18 5BS: not on the flood risk listRH18 5BT: not on the flood risk listRH18 5BU: not on the flood risk listRH18 5BW: not on the flood risk listRH18 5BX: not on the flood risk listRH18 5BZ: not on the flood risk listRH18 5DA: not on the flood risk listRH18 5DB: not on the flood risk listRH18 5DF: not on the flood risk listRH18 5DG: not on the flood risk listRH18 5DJ: not on the flood risk listRH18 5DL: not on the flood risk listRH18 5DN: not on the flood risk listRH18 5DQ: not on the flood risk listRH18 5DR: not on the flood risk listRH18 5DS: not on the flood risk listRH18 5DT: not on the flood risk listRH18 5DU: not on the flood risk listRH18 5DX: not on the flood risk listRH18 5DZ: not on the flood risk listRH18 5EB: not on the flood risk listRH18 5ED: not on the flood risk listRH18 5EN: not on the flood risk listRH18 5EP: not on the flood risk listRH18 5ER: not on the flood risk listRH18 5ES: not on the flood risk listRH18 5FX: not on the flood risk listRH18 5GD: not on the flood risk listRH18 5GE: not on the flood risk listRH18 5GS: not on the flood risk listRH18 5GT: not on the flood risk listRH18 5HG: not on the flood risk listRH18 5HH: not on the flood risk listRH18 5HJ: not on the flood risk listRH18 5HL: not on the flood risk listRH18 5HN: not on the flood risk listRH18 5HQ: not on the flood risk listRH18 5HR: not on the flood risk listRH18 5HS: not on the flood risk listRH18 5HW: not on the flood risk listRH18 5HX: not on the flood risk listRH18 5HZ: not on the flood risk listRH18 5JA: not on the flood risk listRH18 5JT: not on the flood risk listRH18 5LA: not on the flood risk listRH18 5LG: not on the flood risk listRH18 5LH: not on the flood risk listRH18 5LJ: not on the flood risk listRH18 5LL: not on the flood risk listRH18 5LN: not on the flood risk listRH18 5LS: not on the flood risk listRH18 5LT: not on the flood risk listRH18 5LU: not on the flood risk listRH18 5LZ: not on the flood risk listRH18 5NA: not on the flood risk listRH18 5NB: not on the flood risk listRH18 5NE: not on the flood risk listRH18 5NF: not on the flood risk listRH18 5NG: not on the flood risk listRH18 5NS: not on the flood risk listTN7 4HG: not on the flood risk listTN7 4HP: not on the flood risk listTN7 4HS: not on the flood risk listRH18 5BY: low flood risk at worstRH18 5DP: low flood risk at worstRH18 5DY: low flood risk at worstRH18 5EA: low flood risk at worstRH18 5EW: low flood risk at worstRH18 5HD: low flood risk at worstRH18 5NN: low flood risk at worstRH18 5NT: low flood risk at worstRH18 5NU: low flood risk at worstRH18 5NX: low flood risk at worstTN7 4HR: low flood risk at worstTN7 4HT: low flood risk at worstRH18 5FW: medium flood risk at worstRH18 5HB: medium flood risk at worstRH18 5HP: medium flood risk at worstRH18 5LX: medium flood risk at worstRH18 5LY: medium flood risk at worstRH18 5PA: medium flood risk at worstRH18 5DD: high flood riskRH18 5DE: high flood riskRH18 5DW: high flood riskRH18 5EL: high flood riskRH18 5EU: high flood riskRH18 5EZ: high flood riskRH18 5FS: high flood riskRH18 5FY: high flood riskRH18 5HE: high flood riskRH18 5HF: high flood risk Forest Row 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to RH18 5HF, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Forest Row, by flood risk Of the 117 postcodes in Forest Row that ONS places, 10 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst and 89 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Forest Row. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Forest Row
  • A home or business at high risk: 10
  • At medium risk at worst: 6
  • At low risk at worst: 12
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 89
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 117 postcodes in Forest Row that ONS places, 10 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst and 89 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 160 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 51.0941, longitude 0.0389. 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

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

RH18 5HF13 at high riskRH18 5FS12 at high riskRH18 5EZ8 at high riskRH18 5DD5 at high riskRH18 5EU2 at high riskRH18 5DW2 at high riskRH18 5HE1 at high riskRH18 5DE1 at high riskRH18 5EL1 at high riskRH18 5FY1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. RH18 5HF, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Forest Row?

Homes sold for a typical £530,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 22% on the 12 months before. At 63 of the 117 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 74 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 28 of its 117 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is East Grinstead, 5.3 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 Forest Row?

Homes in Forest Row sold for a typical £530,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 36 sales, up 22% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£530,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£435,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 22% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £949,000 18 sales
  • Semi-detached £460,000 13 sales
  • Terraced 2 sales, too few to price
  • Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole RH18 district, Forest Row's main postcode district: a typical £525,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Forest Row: 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 Forest Row?

None of the 117 postcodes now in use in Forest Row came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 59 homes sold in Forest Row were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RH18 district, 0%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn Forest RowAcross the RH18 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 36 (0%) 0 of 43 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 59 (0%) 0 of 60 (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 Forest Row?

Ofcom reports on 117 of the 117 postcodes in Forest Row. At 63 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit63 of 117
Postcodes where every home can get superfast116 of 117

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 Forest Row at risk of flooding?

28 of the 117 postcodes in Forest Row 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 74 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 28 of 117 postcodes High: 46Medium: 28Low: 134

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 Forest Row?

The open schools at the postcodes in Forest Row. 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

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 Forest Row?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Forest Row is East Grinstead Rail Station, 5.3 km away in a straight line.

  • East Grinstead Rail Station Railway station 5.3 kmDrive
  • Dormans Rail Station Railway station 7.5 kmDrive
  • Cowden Rail Station Railway station 8.5 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 Forest Row?

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

Police.uk records 441 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Forest Row 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. 36 September 2025
  2. 50 October 2025
  3. 37 November 2025
  4. 40 December 2025
  5. 30 January 2026
  6. 38 February 2026
  7. 32 March 2026
  8. 45 April 2026
  9. 35 May 2026
  10. 37 June 2026
  11. 39 July 2026
  12. 22 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Shoplifting179 reports
Violence and sexual offences88 reports
Anti-social behaviour75 reports
Criminal damage and arson26 reports
Other theft23 reports
Public order16 reports
Burglary12 reports
Vehicle crime8 reports

Also: drugs 6, robbery 3, bicycle theft 2, other crime 2, theft from the person 1.

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 Forest Row?

District, borough or city council
Wealden
County council
East Sussex
Parliamentary constituencies
East Grinstead and Uckfield (102) and Sussex Weald (15)
Police force area
Sussex
Region
South East
Country
England

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?

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

Moving to Forest Row

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

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Forest Row postcodes

117 postcodes in use in Forest Row, by district:

RH18 postcode district,112 postcodesTN7 postcode district,5 postcodes

Those districts are in the RH postcode area and TN 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 Forest Row

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Forest Row's £530,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

East Grinstead5.2 km, £400,000Felbridge7.9 km, £675,000Crawley Down8.5 km, £497,500Lingfield9.9 km, £540,000Crowborough10.1 km, £420,000Groombridge10.4 km, £517,500Copthorne11.8 km, £475,000Edenbridge11.9 km, £400,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Forest Row

What is it like to live in Forest Row?
Homes sold for a typical £530,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 22% on the 12 months before. At 63 of the 117 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 74 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 28 of its 117 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is East Grinstead, 5.3 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 Forest Row?
Forest Row is covered by postcode districts RH18 and TN7, across 117 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Forest Row in?
Forest Row is in the Wealden council area, and East Sussex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Forest Row?
Homes in Forest Row sold for a typical £530,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 36 sales, up 22% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Forest Row?
In Forest Row, primary schools at its postcodes include Forest Row Church of England Primary School and Nursery and Michael Hall School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Michael Hall School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Forest Row have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Forest Row is East Grinstead, 5.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Forest Row?
Ofcom reports on 117 of the 117 postcodes in Forest Row. At 63 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Forest Row at risk of flooding?
28 of the 117 postcodes in Forest Row 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 74 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 Forest Row?
None of the 117 postcodes now in use in Forest Row came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 59 homes sold in Forest Row were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RH18 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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