Paddock Wood

Paddock Wood is covered by postcode district TN12. It is in the Tunbridge Wells council area, Kent.

Typical price £420,000 Homes sold in Paddock Wood, last 12 months. ▲ 5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 160 of 206 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 120 of 208 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 914 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Paddock Wood, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Paddock Wood, by flood risk Of the 208 postcodes in Paddock Wood that ONS places, 75 have a home or business at high risk, 44 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 88 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 4 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 24 postcodes at high or medium risk; 17 postcodes at high or medium risk; 11 postcodes at high or medium risk; 11 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Paddock Wood. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A228 TN12 6AL: not on the flood risk listTN12 6BF: not on the flood risk listTN12 6BG: not on the flood risk listTN12 6BH: not on the flood risk listTN12 6BJ: not on the flood risk listTN12 6BL: not on the flood risk listTN12 6BN: not on the flood risk listTN12 6BP: not on the flood risk listTN12 6BQ: not on the flood risk listTN12 6BW: not on the flood risk listTN12 6DH: not on the flood risk listTN12 6DP: not on the flood risk listTN12 6DS: not on the flood risk listTN12 6DT: not on the flood risk listTN12 6DU: not on the flood risk listTN12 6DW: not on the flood risk listTN12 6DX: not on the flood risk listTN12 6EB: not on the flood risk listTN12 6ED: not on the flood risk listTN12 6EE: not on the flood risk listTN12 6FB: not on the flood risk listTN12 6FD: not on the flood risk listTN12 6FE: not on the flood risk listTN12 6FH: not on the flood risk listTN12 6FJ: not on the flood risk listTN12 6FN: not on the flood risk listTN12 6FP: not on the flood risk listTN12 6FQ: not on the flood risk listTN12 6FS: not on the flood risk listTN12 6FT: not on the flood risk listTN12 6FU: not on the flood risk listTN12 6FW: not on the flood risk listTN12 6FX: not on the flood risk listTN12 6FY: not on the flood risk listTN12 6GA: not on the flood risk listTN12 6GN: not on the flood risk listTN12 6GP: not on the flood risk listTN12 6GQ: not on the flood risk listTN12 6GR: not on the flood risk listTN12 6GS: not on the flood risk listTN12 6GU: not on the flood risk listTN12 6GX: not on the flood risk listTN12 6GZ: not on the flood risk listTN12 6HA: not on the flood risk listTN12 6HF: not on the flood risk listTN12 6HL: not on the flood risk listTN12 6HN: not on the flood risk listTN12 6HP: not on the flood risk listTN12 6HR: not on the flood risk listTN12 6HW: not on the flood risk listTN12 6JA: not on the flood risk listTN12 6JB: not on the flood risk listTN12 6JJ: not on the flood risk listTN12 6JL: not on the flood risk listTN12 6JN: not on the flood risk listTN12 6JS: not on the flood risk listTN12 6LD: not on the flood risk listTN12 6LF: not on the flood risk listTN12 6LJ: not on the flood risk listTN12 6LN: not on the flood risk listTN12 6LR: not on the flood risk listTN12 6LS: not on the flood risk listTN12 6LU: not on the flood risk listTN12 6LX: not on the flood risk listTN12 6LY: not on the flood risk listTN12 6NA: not on the flood risk listTN12 6NZ: not on the flood risk listTN12 6QT: not on the flood risk listTN12 6RY: not on the flood risk listTN12 6TX: not on the flood risk listTN12 6TZ: not on the flood risk listTN12 6UL: not on the flood risk listTN12 6UQ: not on the flood risk listTN12 6UR: not on the flood risk listTN12 6UY: not on the flood risk listTN12 6XD: not on the flood risk listTN12 6XE: not on the flood risk listTN12 6XG: not on the flood risk listTN12 6XH: not on the flood risk listTN12 6XJ: not on the flood risk listTN12 6XL: not on the flood risk listTN12 6XN: not on the flood risk listTN12 6XP: not on the flood risk listTN12 6XQ: not on the flood risk listTN12 6XW: not on the flood risk listTN12 6YE: not on the flood risk listTN12 6YS: not on the flood risk listTN12 6DY: very low flood risk onlyTN12 6AU: low flood risk at worstTN12 6AZ: low flood risk at worstTN12 6DJ: low flood risk at worstTN12 6DL: low flood risk at worstTN12 6DR: low flood risk at worstTN12 6DZ: low flood risk at worstTN12 6EF: low flood risk at worstTN12 6EG: low flood risk at worstTN12 6EH: low flood risk at worstTN12 6EQ: low flood risk at worstTN12 6ET: low flood risk at worstTN12 6FL: low flood risk at worstTN12 6FR: low flood risk at worstTN12 6FZ: low flood risk at worstTN12 6GB: low flood risk at worstTN12 6GT: low flood risk at worstTN12 6GW: low flood risk at worstTN12 6HG: low flood risk at worstTN12 6HJ: low flood risk at worstTN12 6HT: low flood risk at worstTN12 6HU: low flood risk at worstTN12 6HX: low flood risk at worstTN12 6JF: low flood risk at worstTN12 6JG: low flood risk at worstTN12 6JQ: low flood risk at worstTN12 6JY: low flood risk at worstTN12 6LA: low flood risk at worstTN12 6LG: low flood risk at worstTN12 6LH: low flood risk at worstTN12 6LW: low flood risk at worstTN12 6QP: low flood risk at worstTN12 6TY: low flood risk at worstTN12 6UA: low flood risk at worstTN12 6UB: low flood risk at worstTN12 6UD: low flood risk at worstTN12 6UE: low flood risk at worstTN12 6UG: low flood risk at worstTN12 6UH: low flood risk at worstTN12 6UJ: low flood risk at worstTN12 6UP: low flood risk at worstTN12 6US: low flood risk at worstTN12 6UW: low flood risk at worstTN12 6XZ: low flood risk at worstTN12 6YL: low flood risk at worstTN12 6AB: high flood riskTN12 6AE: high flood riskTN12 6AF: high flood riskTN12 6AG: high flood riskTN12 6AH: high flood riskTN12 6AJ: high flood riskTN12 6AN: high flood riskTN12 6AP: high flood riskTN12 6AQ: high flood riskTN12 6AR: high flood riskTN12 6AS: high flood riskTN12 6AT: high flood riskTN12 6AW: high flood riskTN12 6AX: high flood riskTN12 6AY: high flood riskTN12 6BA: high flood riskTN12 6BB: high flood riskTN12 6BD: high flood riskTN12 6BE: high flood riskTN12 6BS: high flood riskTN12 6BT: high flood riskTN12 6BX: high flood riskTN12 6BZ: high flood riskTN12 6DA: high flood riskTN12 6DB: high flood riskTN12 6DD: high flood riskTN12 6DE: high flood riskTN12 6DF: high flood riskTN12 6DG: high flood riskTN12 6DQ: high flood riskTN12 6EA: high flood riskTN12 6EJ: high flood riskTN12 6EL: high flood riskTN12 6EN: high flood riskTN12 6ER: high flood riskTN12 6EU: high flood riskTN12 6EW: high flood riskTN12 6EX: high flood riskTN12 6EY: high flood riskTN12 6EZ: high flood riskTN12 6YT: high flood riskTN12 6HB: high flood riskTN12 6HD: high flood riskTN12 6HE: high flood riskTN12 6HS: high flood riskTN12 6HY: high flood riskTN12 6HZ: high flood riskTN12 6JD: high flood riskTN12 6JE: high flood riskTN12 6JP: high flood riskTN12 6JR: high flood riskTN12 6JT: high flood riskTN12 6JU: high flood riskTN12 6JX: high flood riskTN12 6JZ: high flood riskTN12 6LB: high flood riskTN12 6LE: high flood riskTN12 6LL: high flood riskTN12 6LP: high flood riskTN12 6LQ: high flood riskTN12 6LT: high flood riskTN12 6NB: high flood riskTN12 6PD: high flood riskTN12 6PX: high flood riskTN12 6QJ: high flood riskTN12 6QL: high flood riskTN12 6QN: high flood riskTN12 6QS: high flood riskTN12 6UF: high flood riskTN12 6UN: high flood riskTN12 6UT: high flood riskTN12 6UU: high flood riskTN12 6YA: high flood riskTN12 6YB: high flood riskTN12 6YD: high flood risk Paddock Wood 24 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to TN12 6HS, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk24 postcodes at high or medium risk17 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to TN12 6AN, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk17 postcodes at high or medium risk11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to TN12 6BT, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk11 postcodes at high or medium risk11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to TN12 6JU, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk11 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Paddock Wood, by flood risk Of the 208 postcodes in Paddock Wood that ONS places, 75 have a home or business at high risk, 44 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 88 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 4 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 24 postcodes at high or medium risk; 17 postcodes at high or medium risk; 11 postcodes at high or medium risk; 11 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Paddock Wood. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A228 Paddock Wood 11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to TN12 6BT, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk11 postcodes at high or medium risk
  • A home or business at high risk: 75
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 44
  • At very low risk only: 1
  • Not on the at-risk list: 88
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 208 postcodes in Paddock Wood that ONS places, 75 have a home or business at high risk, 44 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 88 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 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 51.1776, longitude 0.3887. 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

75 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

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

TN12 6HS60 at high riskTN12 6AN45 at high riskTN12 6UU44 at high riskTN12 6HZ41 at high riskTN12 6BA40 at high riskTN12 6BZ40 at high riskTN12 6AB34 at high riskTN12 6AR32 at high riskTN12 6BB32 at high riskTN12 6BT32 at high riskTN12 6AG31 at high riskTN12 6AP30 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 24 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TN12 6HS, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 17 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TN12 6AN, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TN12 6BT, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 11 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TN12 6JU, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Paddock Wood?

Homes sold for a typical £420,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5% on the 12 months before. At 160 of the 206 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 914 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 120 of its 208 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Paddock Wood, 500 metres 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 Paddock Wood?

Homes in Paddock Wood sold for a typical £420,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 93 sales, up 5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£420,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£400,000
12 months to August 2026
£420,000

▲ up 5% on the 12 months before

Detached£593,248 26 sales
Semi-detached£425,000 33 sales
Terraced£341,250 24 sales
Flat or maisonette£197,000 10 sales

Across the whole TN12 district, Paddock Wood's main postcode district: a typical £425,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Paddock Wood: 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 Paddock Wood?

29 of the 208 postcodes now in use in Paddock Wood came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 27 of the 151 homes sold in Paddock Wood were newly built (18%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TN12 district, 12%.

The newest postcodes

TN12 6UQsince February 2026TN12 6GZsince October 2023TN12 6YSsince August 2023TN12 6UYsince February 2023TN12 6GUsince January 2023TN12 6XZsince December 2022

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

PeriodIn Paddock WoodAcross the TN12 district
The 12 months to August 2026 3 of 93 (3%) 8 of 337 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 27 of 151 (18%) 55 of 463 (12%)

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 Paddock Wood?

Ofcom reports on 206 of the 208 postcodes in Paddock Wood. At 160 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit160 of 206
Postcodes where every home can get superfast197 of 206

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 Paddock Wood at risk of flooding?

120 of the 208 postcodes in Paddock Wood 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 914 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 120 of 208 postcodes High: 903Medium: 11Low: 831Very low: 8

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 Paddock Wood?

The open schools at the postcodes in Paddock Wood. 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 Paddock Wood?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Paddock Wood is Paddock Wood Rail Station, 500 m away in a straight line.

  • Paddock Wood Rail Station Railway station 500 mWalk
  • Beltring Rail Station Railway station 3.2 kmCycle
  • Yalding Rail Station Railway station 5.7 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 Paddock Wood?

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

Police.uk records 813 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Paddock Wood 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. 49 September 2025
  2. 50 October 2025
  3. 68 November 2025
  4. 60 December 2025
  5. 63 January 2026
  6. 96 February 2026
  7. 86 March 2026
  8. 65 April 2026
  9. 71 May 2026
  10. 66 June 2026
  11. 78 July 2026
  12. 61 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences223 reports
Shoplifting180 reports
Anti-social behaviour147 reports
Other theft77 reports
Criminal damage and arson62 reports
Vehicle crime35 reports
Burglary25 reports
Public order19 reports

Also: other crime 18, drugs 15, possession of weapons 6, robbery 3, bicycle theft 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 Paddock Wood?

District, borough or city council
Tunbridge Wells
County council
Kent
Parliamentary constituency
Tunbridge Wells
Police force area
Kent
Region
South East
Country
England
MP
Mike Martin (Liberal Democrat)

All 208 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

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Paddock Wood postcodes

208 postcodes in use in Paddock Wood, by district:

TN12 postcode district,208 postcodes

That district is in the TN postcode area.

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Places near Paddock Wood

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Paddock Wood's £420,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

East Peckham4.0 km, £440,000Horsmonden5.2 km, £434,000Pembury5.5 km, £516,250Yalding6.1 km, £430,000Hadlow6.4 km, £370,000Marden7.3 km, £475,000Tonbridge8.0 km, £405,500Goudhurst8.6 km, £507,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Paddock Wood

What is it like to live in Paddock Wood?
Homes sold for a typical £420,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5% on the 12 months before. At 160 of the 206 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 914 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 120 of its 208 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Paddock Wood, 500 metres 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 Paddock Wood?
Paddock Wood is covered by postcode district TN12, across 208 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Paddock Wood in?
Paddock Wood is in the Tunbridge Wells council area, and Kent is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Paddock Wood?
Paddock Wood is in the Tunbridge Wells parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Mike Martin (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Paddock Wood?
Homes in Paddock Wood sold for a typical £420,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 93 sales, up 5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Paddock Wood?
In Paddock Wood, primary schools at its postcodes include Leigh Academy Paddock Wood; secondary schools at its postcodes include Leigh Academy Mascalls. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Paddock Wood have a railway station?
Yes: Paddock Wood is 500 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Paddock Wood, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Paddock Wood?
Ofcom reports on 206 of the 208 postcodes in Paddock Wood. At 160 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Paddock Wood at risk of flooding?
120 of the 208 postcodes in Paddock Wood 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 914 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 Paddock Wood?
29 of the 208 postcodes now in use in Paddock Wood came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 27 of the 151 homes sold in Paddock Wood were newly built (18%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TN12 district, 12%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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