Staplehurst

Staplehurst is covered by postcode district TN12. It is in the Maidstone council area, Kent.

Typical price £365,000 Homes sold in Staplehurst, last 12 months. ▼ 1.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 106 of 193 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 6 of 197 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 36 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Staplehurst, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Staplehurst, by flood risk Of the 197 postcodes in Staplehurst that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 191 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Staplehurst. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A229 TN12 0AA: not on the flood risk listTN12 0AB: not on the flood risk listTN12 0AD: not on the flood risk listTN12 0AE: not on the flood risk listTN12 0AF: not on the flood risk listTN12 0AH: not on the flood risk listTN12 0AJ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0AL: not on the flood risk listTN12 0AN: not on the flood risk listTN12 0AP: not on the flood risk listTN12 0AR: not on the flood risk listTN12 0AS: not on the flood risk listTN12 0AT: not on the flood risk listTN12 0AU: not on the flood risk listTN12 0AW: not on the flood risk listTN12 0AX: not on the flood risk listTN12 0AY: not on the flood risk listTN12 0AZ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0BA: not on the flood risk listTN12 0BB: not on the flood risk listTN12 0BD: not on the flood risk listTN12 0BE: not on the flood risk listTN12 0BF: not on the flood risk listTN12 0BG: not on the flood risk listTN12 0BH: not on the flood risk listTN12 0BJ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0BL: not on the flood risk listTN12 0BN: not on the flood risk listTN12 0BP: not on the flood risk listTN12 0BQ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0BS: not on the flood risk listTN12 0BT: not on the flood risk listTN12 0BU: not on the flood risk listTN12 0BW: not on the flood risk listTN12 0BX: not on the flood risk listTN12 0BY: not on the flood risk listTN12 0BZ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0DA: not on the flood risk listTN12 0DB: not on the flood risk listTN12 0DD: not on the flood risk listTN12 0DG: not on the flood risk listTN12 0DH: not on the flood risk listTN12 0DS: not on the flood risk listTN12 0EF: not on the flood risk listTN12 0EH: not on the flood risk listTN12 0EJ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0EL: not on the flood risk listTN12 0EN: not on the flood risk listTN12 0EP: not on the flood risk listTN12 0EQ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0ES: not on the flood risk listTN12 0EW: not on the flood risk listTN12 0EZ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0FA: not on the flood risk listTN12 0FD: not on the flood risk listTN12 0FE: not 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0GZ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0HF: not on the flood risk listTN12 0HW: not on the flood risk listTN12 0JE: not on the flood risk listTN12 0JL: not on the flood risk listTN12 0JN: not on the flood risk listTN12 0JS: not on the flood risk listTN12 0JU: not on the flood risk listTN12 0JZ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0LA: not on the flood risk listTN12 0LB: not on the flood risk listTN12 0LD: not on the flood risk listTN12 0LE: not on the flood risk listTN12 0LF: not on the flood risk listTN12 0LG: not on the flood risk listTN12 0LH: not on the flood risk listTN12 0LJ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0LL: not on the flood risk listTN12 0LN: not on the flood risk listTN12 0LP: not on the flood risk listTN12 0LQ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0LR: not on the flood risk listTN12 0LS: not on the flood risk listTN12 0LT: not on the flood risk listTN12 0LU: not on the flood risk listTN12 0LX: not on the flood risk listTN12 0LY: not on the flood risk listTN12 0LZ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0NA: not on the flood risk listTN12 0NB: not on the flood risk listTN12 0ND: not on the flood risk listTN12 0NE: not on the flood risk listTN12 0NF: not on the flood risk listTN12 0NG: not on the flood risk listTN12 0NH: not on the flood risk listTN12 0NJ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0NL: not on the flood risk listTN12 0NN: not on the flood risk listTN12 0NP: not on the flood risk listTN12 0NQ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0NR: not on the flood risk listTN12 0NS: not on the flood risk listTN12 0NT: not on the flood risk listTN12 0NU: not on the flood risk listTN12 0NX: not on the flood risk listTN12 0PA: not on the flood risk listTN12 0PB: not on the flood risk listTN12 0PD: not on the flood risk listTN12 0PE: not on the flood risk listTN12 0PG: not on the flood risk listTN12 0PH: not on the flood risk listTN12 0PJ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0PL: not on the flood risk listTN12 0PN: not on the flood risk listTN12 0PP: not on the flood risk listTN12 0PQ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0PR: not on the flood risk listTN12 0PS: not on the flood risk listTN12 0PT: not on the flood risk listTN12 0PU: not on the flood risk listTN12 0PY: not on the flood risk listTN12 0PZ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0QE: not on the flood risk listTN12 0QF: not on the flood risk listTN12 0QG: not on the flood risk listTN12 0QH: not on the flood risk listTN12 0QJ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0QN: not on the flood risk listTN12 0QQ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0QR: not on the flood risk listTN12 0QS: not on the flood risk listTN12 0QT: not on the flood risk listTN12 0QU: not on the flood risk listTN12 0QW: not on the flood risk listTN12 0QX: not on the flood risk listTN12 0QY: not on the flood risk listTN12 0QZ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0RA: not on the flood risk listTN12 0RB: not on the flood risk listTN12 0RD: not on the flood risk listTN12 0RP: not on the flood risk listTN12 0RQ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0RU: not on the flood risk listTN12 0RX: not on the flood risk listTN12 0SA: not on the flood risk listTN12 0SB: not on the flood risk listTN12 0SD: not on the flood risk listTN12 0SE: not on the flood risk listTN12 0SF: not on the flood risk listTN12 0SG: not on the flood risk listTN12 0SH: not on the flood risk listTN12 0SJ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0SQ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0SS: not on the flood risk listTN12 0ST: not on the flood risk listTN12 0SU: not on the flood risk listTN12 0SX: not on the flood risk listTN12 0SY: not on the flood risk listTN12 0SZ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0TA: not on the flood risk listTN12 0TB: not on the flood risk listTN12 0TD: not on the flood risk listTN12 0TE: not on the flood risk listTN12 0TG: not on the flood risk listTN12 0TH: not on the flood risk listTN12 0TJ: not on the flood risk listTN12 0TL: not on the flood risk listTN12 0FN: low flood risk at worstTN12 0RE: medium flood risk at worstTN12 0JT: high flood riskTN12 0RG: high flood riskTN12 0RR: high flood riskTN12 0RS: high flood risk Staplehurst Map of every postcode in Staplehurst, by flood risk Of the 197 postcodes in Staplehurst that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 191 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Staplehurst. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A229 Staplehurst
  • A home or business at high risk: 4
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 191

Of the 197 postcodes in Staplehurst that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 191 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 51.1644, longitude 0.5509. 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.

TN12 0RR12 at high riskTN12 0JT10 at high riskTN12 0RG4 at high riskTN12 0RS1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Staplehurst?

Homes sold for a typical £365,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.4% on the 12 months before. At 106 of the 193 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 36 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 197 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Marden Medical Centre, 4.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Staplehurst, 800 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 Staplehurst?

Homes in Staplehurst sold for a typical £365,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 81 sales, down 1.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£365,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£370,000
12 months to August 2026
£365,000

▼ down 1.4% on the 12 months before

Detached£542,500 20 sales
Semi-detached£362,500 38 sales
Terraced£286,500 22 sales
Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

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

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Staplehurst: 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 Staplehurst?

21 of the 197 postcodes now in use in Staplehurst came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 76 homes sold in Staplehurst were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TN12 district, 12%.

The newest postcodes

TN12 0JUsince March 2025TN12 0JZsince March 2025TN12 0GBsince January 2023TN12 0HWsince August 2022TN12 0FUsince June 2022TN12 0GFsince June 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 StaplehurstAcross the TN12 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 81 (1%) 8 of 337 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 3 of 76 (4%) 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 Staplehurst?

Ofcom reports on 193 of the 197 postcodes in Staplehurst. At 106 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit106 of 193
Postcodes where every home can get superfast180 of 193

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 Staplehurst at risk of flooding?

6 of the 197 postcodes in Staplehurst 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 36 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 6 of 197 postcodes High: 27Medium: 9Low: 17Very 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 Staplehurst?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Staplehurst. 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

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 Staplehurst?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Staplehurst is Staplehurst Rail Station, 800 m away in a straight line.

  • Staplehurst Rail Station Railway station 800 mWalk
  • Marden Rail Station Railway station 4.2 kmCycle
  • Headcorn Rail Station Railway station 5.3 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 Staplehurst?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Staplehurst. 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.

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 Staplehurst safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 430 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Staplehurst 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. 41 September 2025
  2. 31 October 2025
  3. 25 November 2025
  4. 34 December 2025
  5. 33 January 2026
  6. 22 February 2026
  7. 41 March 2026
  8. 51 April 2026
  9. 38 May 2026
  10. 35 June 2026
  11. 38 July 2026
  12. 41 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences157 reports
Anti-social behaviour103 reports
Shoplifting41 reports
Criminal damage and arson34 reports
Other theft34 reports
Vehicle crime15 reports
Other crime13 reports
Drugs12 reports

Also: public order 8, burglary 8, possession of weapons 3, robbery 2.

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 Staplehurst?

District, borough or city council
Maidstone
County council
Kent
Parliamentary constituency
Weald of Kent
Police force area
Kent
Region
South East
Country
England
MP
Katie Lam (Conservative)

All 197 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 Staplehurst

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Staplehurst postcodes

197 postcodes in use in Staplehurst, by district:

TN12 postcode district,197 postcodes

That district is in the TN 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 Staplehurst

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Staplehurst's £365,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Marden4.1 km, £475,000Headcorn5.2 km, £400,000Sutton Valence6.2 km, £595,000Cranbrook, Tunbridge Wells7.7 km, £360,000Loose8.0 km, £452,500Goudhurst8.3 km, £507,500Coxheath8.6 km, £365,000Horsmonden8.7 km, £434,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Staplehurst

What is it like to live in Staplehurst?
Homes sold for a typical £365,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.4% on the 12 months before. At 106 of the 193 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 36 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 6 of its 197 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Marden Medical Centre, 4.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Staplehurst, 800 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 Staplehurst?
Staplehurst is covered by postcode district TN12, across 197 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Staplehurst in?
Staplehurst is in the Maidstone council area, and Kent is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Staplehurst?
Staplehurst is in the Weald of Kent parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Katie Lam (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Staplehurst?
Homes in Staplehurst sold for a typical £365,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 81 sales, down 1.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Staplehurst?
In Staplehurst, primary schools at its postcodes include Staplehurst School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Bethany School, 5.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Staplehurst have a railway station?
Yes: Staplehurst is 800 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Staplehurst, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Staplehurst?
Ofcom reports on 193 of the 197 postcodes in Staplehurst. At 106 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Staplehurst at risk of flooding?
6 of the 197 postcodes in Staplehurst 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 36 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 Staplehurst?
21 of the 197 postcodes now in use in Staplehurst came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 76 homes sold in Staplehurst were newly built (4%), 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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