Northiam
Northiam is covered by postcode district TN31. It is in the Rother council area, East Sussex.
Every postcode in Northiam, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 1
- In use before 2020: 76
Of the 77 postcodes in Northiam that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 76 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 50.9957, longitude 0.6026. 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 newest postcode
Further out, not drawn
This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.
What is it like to live in Northiam?
Homes sold for a typical £400,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. At 44 of the 77 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 77 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 at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Doleham, 8.6 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 Northiam?
Homes in Northiam sold for a typical £400,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 30 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £415,000 from 49 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £515,000 14 sales
- Semi-detached £350,000 9 sales
- Terraced £305,000 5 sales
- Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole TN31 district, Northiam's main postcode district: a typical £370,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Northiam: 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 Northiam?
1 of the 77 postcodes now in use in Northiam came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 15 of the 49 homes sold in Northiam were newly built (31%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TN31 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 Northiam | Across the TN31 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 4 of 30 (13%) | 4 of 167 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 15 of 49 (31%) | 15 of 241 (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 Northiam?
Ofcom reports on 77 of the 77 postcodes in Northiam. At 44 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 Northiam at risk of flooding?
None of the 77 postcodes in Northiam 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 Northiam?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Northiam. 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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.
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 Northiam?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Northiam is Doleham Rail Station, 8.6 km away in a straight line.
- Doleham Rail Station Railway station 8.6 kmDrive
- Robertsbridge Rail Station Railway station 9.4 kmDrive
- Winchelsea Rail Station Railway station 9.8 kmDrive
- Northiam (Kent & East Sussex Railway) Underground, metro or tram 1.7 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 Northiam?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Northiam. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Northiam Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01797 252140 750 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Northiam safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 105 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Northiam 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
- 12 September 2025
- 9 October 2025
- 5 November 2025
- 4 December 2025
- 6 January 2026
- 10 February 2026
- 7 March 2026
- 12 April 2026
- 15 May 2026
- 8 June 2026
- 8 July 2026
- 9 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: shoplifting 1, 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 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 Northiam?
- District, borough or city council
- Rother
- County council
- East Sussex
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bexhill and Battle
- Police force area
- Sussex
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- MP
- Dr Kieran Mullan (Conservative)
All 77 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 Northiam
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Rother about council tax Council tax, on rother.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Northiam
- 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
Northiam postcodes
77 postcodes in use in Northiam, by district:
That district is in the TN postcode area.
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Places near Northiam
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Northiam's £400,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Northiam
- What is the postcode for Northiam?
- Postcode district TN31, with 77 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Northiam in?
- Rother, with East Sussex as its county council. Source: ONS.
- Who is the MP for Northiam?
- Dr Kieran Mullan (Conservative), for Bexhill and Battle. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
- How much are houses in Northiam?
- A typical £400,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, from 30 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Northiam?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Northiam Church of England Primary School and Nursery; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Benenden School, 9.1 km away. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Northiam have a railway station?
- The nearest is Doleham station, 8.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Northiam?
- Ofcom reports on 77 of the 77 postcodes in Northiam. At 44 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
- Is Northiam at risk of flooding?
- None of the 77 postcodes in Northiam 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. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Northiam?
- 1 of the 77 postcodes now in use in Northiam came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 15 of the 49 homes sold in Northiam were newly built (31%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TN31 district, 6%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
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