South Merstham

South Merstham is covered by postcode district RH1. It is in the Reigate and Banstead council area, Surrey.

Typical price £420,000 Homes sold in South Merstham, last 12 months. ▼ 1.8% on the year before Gigabit broadband 135 of 177 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 16 of 179 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 130 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 5 3 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in South Merstham, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in South Merstham, by flood risk Of the 179 postcodes in South Merstham that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 163 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 9 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: South Merstham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. M25 RH1 2FJ: not on the flood risk listRH1 2FW: not on the flood risk listRH1 2FY: not on the flood risk listRH1 2FZ: not on the flood risk listRH1 2GP: not on the flood risk listRH1 2ND: not on the flood risk listRH1 2NE: not on the flood risk listRH1 2NF: not on the flood risk listRH1 2NH: not on the flood risk listRH1 2NJ: not on the flood risk listRH1 2NW: not on the flood risk listRH1 2NX: not on the flood risk listRH1 2NY: not on the flood risk listRH1 2NZ: not on the flood risk listRH1 2PD: not on the flood risk listRH1 2PE: not on the flood risk listRH1 3AP: not on the flood risk listRH1 3AR: not on the flood risk listRH1 3AS: not on the flood risk listRH1 3AU: not on the flood risk listRH1 3AX: not on the flood risk listRH1 3AY: not on the flood risk listRH1 3AZ: not on the flood risk listRH1 3BA: not on the flood risk listRH1 3BB: not on the flood risk listRH1 3BD: not on the flood risk listRH1 3BE: not on the flood risk listRH1 3BF: not on the flood risk listRH1 3BG: not on the flood risk listRH1 3BT: not on the flood risk listRH1 3BX: not on the flood risk listRH1 3BY: not on the flood risk listRH1 3DA: not on the flood risk listRH1 3DJ: not on the flood risk listRH1 3DR: not on the flood risk listRH1 3DT: not on the flood risk listRH1 3DU: not on the flood risk listRH1 3DW: not on the flood risk listRH1 3DX: not on the flood risk listRH1 3DY: not on the flood risk listRH1 3DZ: not on the flood risk listRH1 3EA: not on the flood risk listRH1 3EB: not on the flood risk listRH1 3ED: not on the flood risk listRH1 3EE: not on the flood risk listRH1 3EF: not on the flood risk listRH1 3EG: not on the flood risk listRH1 3EH: not on the flood risk listRH1 3EJ: not on the flood risk listRH1 3EL: not on the flood risk listRH1 3EN: not on the flood risk listRH1 3EP: not on the flood risk listRH1 3ER: not on the flood risk listRH1 3ES: not on the flood risk listRH1 3ET: not on the flood risk listRH1 3EU: not on the flood risk listRH1 3EW: not on the flood risk listRH1 3EX: not on the flood risk listRH1 3EY: not on the flood risk listRH1 3EZ: not on the flood risk listRH1 3FQ: not on the flood risk listRH1 3FR: not on the flood risk listRH1 3FS: not on the flood risk listRH1 3FU: not on the flood risk listRH1 3FY: not on the flood risk listRH1 3FZ: not on the flood risk listRH1 3GA: not on the flood risk listRH1 3GB: not on the flood risk listRH1 3GD: not on the flood risk listRH1 3GE: not on the flood risk listRH1 3GF: not on the flood risk listRH1 3GG: not on the flood risk listRH1 3GH: not on the flood risk listRH1 3GJ: not on the flood risk listRH1 3HA: not on the flood risk listRH1 3HB: not on the flood risk listRH1 3HD: not on the flood risk listRH1 3HE: not on the flood risk listRH1 3HF: not on the flood risk listRH1 3HH: not on the flood risk listRH1 3HJ: not on the flood risk listRH1 3HL: not on the flood risk listRH1 3HN: not on the flood risk listRH1 3HP: not on the flood risk listRH1 3HQ: not on the flood risk listRH1 3HS: not on the flood risk listRH1 3HT: not on the flood risk listRH1 3HU: not on the flood risk listRH1 3HW: not on the flood risk listRH1 3HX: not on the flood risk listRH1 3HY: not on the flood risk listRH1 3JB: not on the flood risk listRH1 3JD: not on the flood risk listRH1 3JE: not on the flood risk listRH1 3JF: not on the flood risk listRH1 3JG: not on the flood risk listRH1 3JH: not on the flood risk listRH1 3JJ: not on the flood risk listRH1 3JL: not on the flood risk listRH1 3JN: not on the flood risk listRH1 3JP: not on the flood risk listRH1 3JQ: not on the flood risk listRH1 3JR: not on the flood risk listRH1 3JS: not on the flood risk listRH1 3JT: not on the flood risk listRH1 3JU: not on the flood risk listRH1 3JW: not on the flood risk listRH1 3JX: not on the flood risk listRH1 3LG: not on the flood risk listRH1 3LH: not on the flood risk listRH1 3LJ: not on the flood risk listRH1 3LN: not on the flood risk listRH1 3LQ: not on the flood risk listRH1 3LS: not on the flood risk listRH1 3LT: not on the flood risk listRH1 3LU: not on the flood risk listRH1 3LX: not on the flood risk listRH1 3LY: not on the flood risk listRH1 3NA: not on the flood risk listRH1 3NB: not on the flood risk listRH1 3ND: not on the flood risk listRH1 3NE: not on the flood risk listRH1 3NF: not on the flood risk listRH1 3NG: not on the flood risk listRH1 3NH: not on the flood risk listRH1 3NJ: not on the flood risk listRH1 3NL: not on the flood risk listRH1 3NN: not on the flood risk listRH1 3NQ: not on the flood risk listRH1 3NS: not on the flood risk listRH1 3NT: not on the flood risk listRH1 3NU: not on the flood risk listRH1 3NX: not on the flood risk listRH1 3NY: not on the flood risk listRH1 3NZ: not on the flood risk listRH1 3PA: not on the flood risk listRH1 3PB: not on the flood risk listRH1 3PE: not on the flood risk listRH1 3PF: not on the flood risk listRH1 3PG: not on the flood risk listRH1 3PH: not on the flood risk listRH1 3PJ: not on the flood risk listRH1 3PL: not on the flood risk listRH1 3PN: not on the flood risk listRH1 3PP: not on the flood risk listRH1 3PQ: not on the flood risk listRH1 3PR: not on the flood risk listRH1 3PS: not on the flood risk listRH1 3PT: not on the flood risk listRH1 3PU: not on the flood risk listRH1 3PW: not on the flood risk listRH1 3PX: not on the flood risk listRH1 3QA: not on the flood risk listRH1 3QB: not on the flood risk listRH1 3QD: not on the flood risk listRH1 3QE: not on the flood risk listRH1 3QF: not on the flood risk listRH1 3QG: not on the flood risk listRH1 3QN: not on the flood risk listRH1 3QQ: not on the flood risk listRH1 3RA: not on the flood risk listRH1 2GJ: low flood risk at worstRH1 2GS: low flood risk at worstRH1 2PB: low flood risk at worstRH1 3HG: low flood risk at worstRH1 2NP: medium flood risk at worstRH1 3LP: medium flood risk at worstRH1 3LW: medium flood risk at worstRH1 2FH: high flood riskRH1 2FT: high flood riskRH1 2GL: high flood riskRH1 2GN: high flood riskRH1 2GQ: high flood riskRH1 2GR: high flood riskRH1 3LB: high flood riskRH1 3LD: high flood riskRH1 3LL: high flood risk South Merstham 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to RH1 3LD, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk9 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in South Merstham, by flood risk Of the 179 postcodes in South Merstham that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 163 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 9 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: South Merstham. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. South Merstham
  • A home or business at high risk: 9
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 4
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 163
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 179 postcodes in South Merstham that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 4 are at low risk at worst and 163 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 51.2588, longitude -0.1472. 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.

RH1 3LD34 at high riskRH1 3LB16 at high riskRH1 2GQ15 at high riskRH1 2GR15 at high riskRH1 2FH14 at high riskRH1 2GN11 at high riskRH1 3LL2 at high riskRH1 2FT2 at high riskRH1 2GL1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. RH1 3LD, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in South Merstham?

Homes sold for a typical £420,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.8% on the 12 months before. At 135 of the 177 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 130 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 16 of its 179 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Merstham, 650 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 South Merstham?

Homes in South Merstham sold for a typical £420,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 95 sales, down 1.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£420,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£427,500 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 1.8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £632,500 9 sales
  • Semi-detached £495,000 19 sales
  • Terraced £441,500 36 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £250,000 31 sales

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

Across the whole RH1 district, South Merstham's main postcode district: a typical £428,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in South Merstham: 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 South Merstham?

19 of the 179 postcodes now in use in South Merstham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 102 homes sold in South Merstham were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RH1 district, 1%.

The newest postcodes

RH1 3GLsince May 2026RH1 2GLsince April 2023RH1 2GPsince March 2023RH1 2GQsince January 2023RH1 2GSsince January 2023RH1 2GJsince July 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 South MersthamAcross the RH1 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 95 (1%) 3 of 569 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 6 of 102 (6%) 9 of 697 (1%)

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 South Merstham?

Ofcom reports on 177 of the 179 postcodes in South Merstham. At 135 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit135 of 177
Postcodes where every home can get superfast167 of 177

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 South Merstham at risk of flooding?

16 of the 179 postcodes in South Merstham 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 130 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 16 of 179 postcodes High: 110Medium: 20Low: 38

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 South Merstham?

The open schools at the postcodes in South Merstham. 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 South Merstham?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in South Merstham is Merstham Rail Station, 650 m away in a straight line.

  • Merstham Rail Station Railway station 650 mWalk
  • Redhill Rail Station Railway station 2.4 kmCycle
  • Nutfield Rail Station Railway station 3.7 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 South Merstham?

The GP practices at the postcodes in South Merstham. 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 South Merstham safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 1,252 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in South Merstham 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. 116 September 2025
  2. 104 October 2025
  3. 80 November 2025
  4. 89 December 2025
  5. 94 January 2026
  6. 93 February 2026
  7. 104 March 2026
  8. 103 April 2026
  9. 126 May 2026
  10. 113 June 2026
  11. 110 July 2026
  12. 120 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences423 reports
Anti-social behaviour259 reports
Vehicle crime140 reports
Criminal damage and arson115 reports
Public order101 reports
Other theft81 reports
Drugs47 reports
Burglary26 reports

Also: other crime 22, shoplifting 18, possession of weapons 12, theft from the person 4, robbery 4.

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 South Merstham?

District, borough or city council
Reigate and Banstead
County council
Surrey
Parliamentary constituencies
East Surrey (153) and Reigate (26)
Police force area
Surrey
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 South Merstham

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South Merstham postcodes

179 postcodes in use in South Merstham, by district:

RH1 postcode district,179 postcodes

That district is in the RH postcode area.

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Places near South Merstham

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

Redhill3.0 km, £413,000Bletchingley3.8 km, £507,500Lower Kingswood4.5 km, £642,500Reigate4.5 km, £585,000Caterham5.1 km, £450,000Godstone5.6 km, £450,000Kingswood5.8 km, £990,000Chipstead and Woodmansterne6.1 km, £625,000 All places A to Z

Questions about South Merstham

What is it like to live in South Merstham?
Homes sold for a typical £420,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.8% on the 12 months before. At 135 of the 177 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 130 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 16 of its 179 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Merstham, 650 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 South Merstham?
South Merstham is covered by postcode district RH1, across 179 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is South Merstham in?
South Merstham is in the Reigate and Banstead council area, and Surrey is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in South Merstham?
Homes in South Merstham sold for a typical £420,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 95 sales, down 1.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in South Merstham?
In South Merstham, primary schools at its postcodes include Lime Tree Primary School and Nursery, Merstham Primary School and Furzefield Primary Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Merstham Park School and Woodfield School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does South Merstham have a railway station?
Yes: Merstham is 650 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in South Merstham, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in South Merstham?
Ofcom reports on 177 of the 179 postcodes in South Merstham. At 135 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is South Merstham at risk of flooding?
16 of the 179 postcodes in South Merstham 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 130 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 South Merstham?
19 of the 179 postcodes now in use in South Merstham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 102 homes sold in South Merstham were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RH1 district, 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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