Hookwood
Hookwood is covered by postcode districts RH6 and RH11. It is mostly in the Crawley council area: 44 of its 71 postcodes. The others are in Mole Valley. 44 are in West Sussex and 27 in Surrey.
Every postcode in Hookwood, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 2
- In use before 2020: 69
Of the 71 postcodes in Hookwood that ONS places, 2 are new since 2020 and 69 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. 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 51.1594, longitude -0.1790. 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 2 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Hookwood?
Homes sold for a typical £422,975 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 13.7% on the 12 months before. At 15 of the 65 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 220 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 46 of its 71 postcodes. The nearest school is Manorfield Primary and Nursery School, 1.6 km from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Leacroft Medical Practice, 3.8 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Gatwick Airport, 1.3 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 Hookwood?
Homes in Hookwood sold for a typical £422,975 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 13 sales, down 13.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached 3 sales, too few to price
- Semi-detached £422,975 7 sales
- Terraced 3 sales, too few to price
Across the whole RH6 district, Hookwood's main postcode district: a typical £426,750.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Hookwood: 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 Hookwood?
2 of the 71 postcodes now in use in Hookwood came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 13 homes sold in Hookwood were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RH6 district, 6%.
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 Hookwood | Across the RH6 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 13 (0%) | 0 of 420 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 13 (0%) | 35 of 632 (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 Hookwood?
Ofcom reports on 65 of the 71 postcodes in Hookwood. At 15 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 Hookwood at risk of flooding?
46 of the 71 postcodes in Hookwood 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 220 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 Hookwood?
There is no primary school at the postcodes in Hookwood; 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
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 Hookwood?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Hookwood is Gatwick Airport Rail Station, 1.3 km away in a straight line.
- Gatwick Airport Rail Station Railway station 1.3 kmCycle
- Horley Rail Station Railway station 1.6 kmCycle
- Salfords (Surrey) Rail Station Railway station 4.8 kmCycle
- Gatwick North Terminal Shuttle Station Underground, metro or tram 250 mWalk
- Gatwick South Terminal Shuttle Station Underground, metro or tram 1.2 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 Hookwood?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Hookwood. 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.
- Leacroft Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01293 574747 3.8 kmCycle
- Langley Corner Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01293 514340 4.4 kmCycle
- Modality East Surrey Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01342 843822 4.4 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Hookwood safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 2,591 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Hookwood 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
- 230 September 2025
- 255 October 2025
- 156 November 2025
- 207 December 2025
- 216 January 2026
- 157 February 2026
- 207 March 2026
- 203 April 2026
- 228 May 2026
- 245 June 2026
- 241 July 2026
- 246 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: theft from the person 57, drugs 52, other crime 42, burglary 20, bicycle theft 6, robbery 6.
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 Hookwood?
- Councils
- Crawley (44) and Mole Valley (27)
- County councils
- West Sussex (44) and Surrey (27)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Crawley (44) and Dorking and Horley (27)
- Police force areas
- Sussex (44) and Surrey (27)
- 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 Hookwood
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Hookwood is in Crawley; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Crawley about council tax Council tax, on crawley.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
Hookwood postcodes
71 postcodes in use in Hookwood, by district:
Those districts are all in the RH postcode area.
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Places near Hookwood
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Hookwood's £422,975. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Hookwood
- What is it like to live in Hookwood?
- Homes sold for a typical £422,975 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 13.7% on the 12 months before. At 15 of the 65 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 220 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 46 of its 71 postcodes. The nearest school is Manorfield Primary and Nursery School, 1.6 km from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Leacroft Medical Practice, 3.8 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Gatwick Airport, 1.3 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 Hookwood?
- Hookwood is covered by postcode districts RH6 and RH11, across 71 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Hookwood?
- Homes in Hookwood sold for a typical £422,975 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 13 sales, down 13.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Hookwood?
- In Hookwood, the nearest primary school to the middle of its postcodes is Manorfield Primary and Nursery School, 1.6 km away in a straight line; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Emerald Place Clinic School (EPCS), 1.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Hookwood have a railway station?
- Yes: Gatwick Airport is 1.3 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Hookwood, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Hookwood?
- Ofcom reports on 65 of the 71 postcodes in Hookwood. At 15 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 Hookwood at risk of flooding?
- 46 of the 71 postcodes in Hookwood 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 220 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 Hookwood?
- 2 of the 71 postcodes now in use in Hookwood came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 13 homes sold in Hookwood were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RH6 district, 6%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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