Southwater

Southwater is covered by postcode district RH13. It is in the Horsham council area, West Sussex.

Typical price £420,000 Homes sold in Southwater, last 12 months. ▼ 3.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 190 of 231 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Low risk only 1 of 236 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk Schools 4 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Southwater, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Southwater, by flood risk Of the 236 postcodes in Southwater that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 235 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Southwater. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. RH13 0BG: not on the flood risk listRH13 0JA: not on the flood risk listRH13 0JB: not on the flood risk listRH13 0JD: not on the flood risk listRH13 0JE: not on the flood risk listRH13 0JZ: not on the flood risk listRH13 0LA: not on the flood risk listRH13 0LB: not on the flood risk listRH13 0LD: not on the flood risk listRH13 0LE: not on the flood risk listRH13 0LF: not on the flood risk listRH13 0LJ: not on the flood risk listRH13 0LL: not on the flood risk listRH13 0LS: not on the flood risk listRH13 0LU: not on the flood risk listRH13 0LX: not on the flood risk listRH13 0LY: not on the flood risk listRH13 0LZ: not on the flood risk listRH13 0NA: not on the flood risk listRH13 0ND: not on the flood risk listRH13 0NE: not on the flood risk listRH13 0NF: not on the flood risk listRH13 0NW: not on the flood risk listRH13 0TJ: not on the flood risk listRH13 0TL: not on the flood risk listRH13 0TN: not on the flood risk listRH13 0YB: not on the flood risk listRH13 9AA: not on the flood risk listRH13 9AB: not on the flood risk listRH13 9AD: not on the flood risk listRH13 9AE: not on the flood risk listRH13 9AF: not on the flood risk listRH13 9AG: not on the flood risk listRH13 9AH: not on the flood risk listRH13 9AJ: not on the flood risk listRH13 9AL: not on the flood risk listRH13 9AR: not on the flood risk listRH13 9AS: not on the flood risk listRH13 9AT: not on the flood risk listRH13 9AU: not on the flood risk listRH13 9AZ: not on the flood risk listRH13 9BD: not on the flood risk listRH13 9BE: not on the flood risk listRH13 9BF: not on the flood risk listRH13 9BG: not on the flood risk listRH13 9BH: not on the flood risk listRH13 9BJ: not on the flood risk listRH13 9BL: not on the flood risk listRH13 9BN: not on the flood risk listRH13 9BP: not on the flood risk listRH13 9BS: not on the flood risk listRH13 9BT: not on the flood risk listRH13 9BU: not on the flood risk listRH13 9BW: not on the flood risk listRH13 9DD: not on the flood risk listRH13 9DE: not on 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not on the flood risk listRH13 9FA: not on the flood risk listRH13 9FB: not on the flood risk listRH13 9FD: not on the flood risk listRH13 9FE: not on the flood risk listRH13 9FF: not on the flood risk listRH13 9FG: not on the flood risk listRH13 9FH: not on the flood risk listRH13 9FJ: not on the flood risk listRH13 9FL: not on the flood risk listRH13 9FN: not on the flood risk listRH13 9FP: not on the flood risk listRH13 9FQ: not on the flood risk listRH13 9FR: not on the flood risk listRH13 9FS: not on the flood risk listRH13 9FT: not on the flood risk listRH13 9FU: not on the flood risk listRH13 9FW: not on the flood risk listRH13 9FX: not on the flood risk listRH13 9FY: not on the flood risk listRH13 9FZ: not on the flood risk listRH13 9GA: not on the flood risk listRH13 9GB: not on the flood risk listRH13 9GD: not on the flood risk listRH13 9GE: not on the flood risk listRH13 9GF: not on the flood risk listRH13 9GG: not on the flood risk listRH13 9GH: not on the flood risk 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flood risk listRH13 9HU: not on the flood risk listRH13 9HW: not on the flood risk listRH13 9HX: not on the flood risk listRH13 9HY: not on the flood risk listRH13 9HZ: not on the flood risk listRH13 9JA: not on the flood risk listRH13 9JB: not on the flood risk listRH13 9JD: not on the flood risk listRH13 9JE: not on the flood risk listRH13 9JF: not on the flood risk listRH13 9JG: not on the flood risk listRH13 9JH: not on the flood risk listRH13 9JJ: not on the flood risk listRH13 9JL: not on the flood risk listRH13 9JN: not on the flood risk listRH13 9JP: not on the flood risk listRH13 9JQ: not on the flood risk listRH13 9JR: not on the flood risk listRH13 9JS: not on the flood risk listRH13 9JT: not on the flood risk listRH13 9JU: not on the flood risk listRH13 9JW: not on the flood risk listRH13 9JX: not on the flood risk listRH13 9LA: not on the flood risk listRH13 9LB: not on the flood risk listRH13 9LD: not on the flood risk listRH13 9LE: not on the flood risk listRH13 9LH: not on the flood risk listRH13 9LL: not on the flood risk listRH13 9LN: not on the flood risk listRH13 9LP: not on the flood risk listRH13 9LY: not on the flood risk listRH13 9LZ: not on the flood risk listRH13 9RT: not on the flood risk listRH13 9SP: not on the flood risk listRH13 9SR: not on the flood risk listRH13 9ST: not on the flood risk listRH13 9SU: not on the flood risk listRH13 9SW: not on the flood risk listRH13 9SX: not on the flood risk listRH13 9SY: not on the flood risk listRH13 9TB: not on the flood risk listRH13 9TD: not on the flood risk listRH13 9TE: not on the flood risk listRH13 9TF: not on the flood risk listRH13 9TG: not on the flood risk listRH13 9TH: not on the flood risk listRH13 9TJ: not on the flood risk listRH13 9TQ: not on the flood risk listRH13 9TR: not on the flood risk listRH13 9TT: not on the flood risk listRH13 9TU: not on the flood risk listRH13 9TX: not on the flood risk listRH13 9UA: not on the flood risk listRH13 9UB: not on the flood risk listRH13 9UE: not on the flood risk listRH13 9UF: not on the flood risk listRH13 9UG: not on the flood risk listRH13 9UH: not on the flood risk listRH13 9UJ: not on the flood risk listRH13 9UL: not on the flood risk listRH13 9UN: not on the flood risk listRH13 9UP: not on the flood risk listRH13 9UQ: not on the flood risk listRH13 9UR: not on the flood risk listRH13 9US: not on the flood risk listRH13 9UT: not on the flood risk listRH13 9UU: not on the flood risk listRH13 9UW: not on the flood risk listRH13 9UX: not on the flood risk listRH13 9UY: not on the flood risk listRH13 9UZ: not on the flood risk listRH13 9WB: not on the flood risk listRH13 9XA: not on the flood risk listRH13 9XB: not on the flood risk listRH13 9XD: not on the flood risk listRH13 9XE: not on the flood risk listRH13 9XF: not on the flood risk listRH13 9XG: not on the flood risk listRH13 9XH: not on the flood risk listRH13 9XJ: not on the flood risk listRH13 9XL: not on the flood risk listRH13 9XN: not on the flood risk listRH13 9XP: not on the flood risk listRH13 9XQ: not on the flood risk listRH13 9XR: not on the flood risk listRH13 9XS: not on the flood risk listRH13 9XU: not on the flood risk listRH13 9XW: not on the flood risk listRH13 9XX: not on the flood risk listRH13 9XY: not on the flood risk listRH13 9XZ: not on the flood risk listRH13 9LJ: low flood risk at worst Southwater Map of every postcode in Southwater, by flood risk Of the 236 postcodes in Southwater that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 235 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Southwater. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A24 Southwater
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 235

Of the 236 postcodes in Southwater that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 235 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. 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 51.0275, longitude -0.3506. 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

What is it like to live in Southwater?

Homes sold for a typical £420,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.4% on the 12 months before. At 190 of the 231 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 236 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Christs Hospital, 2.7 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 Southwater?

Homes in Southwater sold for a typical £420,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 125 sales, down 3.4% 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
£435,000
12 months to August 2026
£420,000

▼ down 3.4% on the 12 months before

Detached£622,500 42 sales
Semi-detached£437,500 24 sales
Terraced£375,000 43 sales
Flat or maisonette£200,000 16 sales

Across the whole RH13 district, Southwater's main postcode district: a typical £450,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Southwater: 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 Southwater?

11 of the 236 postcodes now in use in Southwater came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 137 homes sold in Southwater were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RH13 district, 2%.

The newest postcodes

RH13 9JXsince June 2023RH13 9JWsince May 2023RH13 9JNsince November 2021RH13 9JRsince November 2021RH13 9JSsince November 2021RH13 9JTsince September 2021

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 SouthwaterAcross the RH13 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 125 (0%) 1 of 445 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 5 of 137 (4%) 11 of 539 (2%)

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 Southwater?

Ofcom reports on 231 of the 236 postcodes in Southwater. At 190 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit190 of 231
Postcodes where every home can get superfast223 of 231

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 Southwater at risk of flooding?

1 of the 236 postcodes in Southwater has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 1 of 236 postcodes Low: 1

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 Southwater?

The open schools at the postcodes in Southwater. 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 Southwater?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Southwater is Christs Hospital Rail Station, 2.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Christs Hospital Rail Station Railway station 2.7 kmCycle
  • Horsham Rail Station Railway station 4.8 kmCycle
  • Littlehaven Rail Station Railway station 6.5 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 Southwater?

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

Police.uk records 375 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Southwater 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. 29 September 2025
  2. 35 October 2025
  3. 30 November 2025
  4. 20 December 2025
  5. 23 January 2026
  6. 42 February 2026
  7. 34 March 2026
  8. 26 April 2026
  9. 29 May 2026
  10. 29 June 2026
  11. 46 July 2026
  12. 32 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences124 reports
Anti-social behaviour112 reports
Criminal damage and arson36 reports
Public order25 reports
Other theft18 reports
Vehicle crime16 reports
Shoplifting14 reports
Other crime12 reports

Also: burglary 6, drugs 4, robbery 4, possession of weapons 2, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 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 Southwater?

District, borough or city council
Horsham
County council
West Sussex
Parliamentary constituency
Horsham
Police force area
Sussex
Region
South East
Country
England
MP
John Milne (Liberal Democrat)

All 236 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

Moving to Southwater

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

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Southwater postcodes

236 postcodes in use in Southwater, by district:

RH13 postcode district,236 postcodes

That district is in the RH 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 Southwater

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

Broadbridge Heath4.6 km, £432,500Horsham5.2 km, £395,000Billingshurst7.1 km, £377,500Partridge Green8.1 km, £383,000Rudgwick9.9 km, £490,000Ashington, Horsham10.8 km, £613,334Henfield11.8 km, £487,500West Chiltington11.8 km, £815,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Southwater

What is it like to live in Southwater?
Homes sold for a typical £420,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.4% on the 12 months before. At 190 of the 231 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 236 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Christs Hospital, 2.7 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 Southwater?
Southwater is covered by postcode district RH13, across 236 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Southwater in?
Southwater is in the Horsham council area, and West Sussex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Southwater?
Southwater is in the Horsham parliamentary constituency. Its MP is John Milne (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Southwater?
Homes in Southwater sold for a typical £420,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 125 sales, down 3.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Southwater?
In Southwater, primary schools at its postcodes include Southwater Infant Academy, Southwater Junior Academy and Castlewood Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Christ's Hospital. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Southwater have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Southwater is Christs Hospital, 2.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Southwater?
Ofcom reports on 231 of the 236 postcodes in Southwater. At 190 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Southwater at risk of flooding?
1 of the 236 postcodes in Southwater has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the 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 Southwater?
11 of the 236 postcodes now in use in Southwater came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 137 homes sold in Southwater were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RH13 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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