Sunbury-on-Thames
Sunbury-on-Thames is covered by postcode districts KT12, TW12 and TW16. It is mostly in the Spelthorne council area: 516 of its 521 postcodes. The others are in Elmbridge.
Every postcode in Sunbury-on-Thames, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 21
- At medium risk at worst: 5
- At low risk at worst: 76
- At very low risk only: 147
- Not on the at-risk list: 272
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 521 postcodes in Sunbury-on-Thames that ONS places, 21 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 76 are at low risk at worst, 147 are at very low risk only and 272 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 51.4154, longitude -0.4163. 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
21 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.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TW16 6BS, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Sunbury-on-Thames?
Homes sold for a typical £493,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.8% on the 12 months before. At 426 of the 497 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 342 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 249 of its 521 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Sunbury, 350 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 Sunbury-on-Thames?
Homes in Sunbury-on-Thames sold for a typical £493,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 216 sales, up 1.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £737,500 46 sales
- Semi-detached £525,000 57 sales
- Terraced £460,000 65 sales
- Flat or maisonette £283,250 48 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole TW16 district, Sunbury-on-Thames's main postcode district: a typical £490,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Sunbury-on-Thames: 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 Sunbury-on-Thames?
8 of the 521 postcodes now in use in Sunbury-on-Thames came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 261 homes sold in Sunbury-on-Thames were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TW16 district, 0%.
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 Sunbury-on-Thames | Across the TW16 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 216 (0%) | 0 of 223 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 261 (0%) | 0 of 269 (0%) |
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 Sunbury-on-Thames?
Ofcom reports on 497 of the 521 postcodes in Sunbury-on-Thames. At 426 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 Sunbury-on-Thames at risk of flooding?
249 of the 521 postcodes in Sunbury-on-Thames 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 342 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 Sunbury-on-Thames?
The open schools at the postcodes in Sunbury-on-Thames. 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
- St Ignatius Catholic Primary School100 m 410 pupils, 420 places
- Maypole School150 m 27 pupils, 27 places
- Springfield Primary School600 m 484 pupils, 460 places
- Hawkedale Primary School650 m 206 pupils, 210 places
- Chennestone Primary School800 m 282 pupils, 370 places
- Kenyngton Manor Primary School1.2 km 432 pupils, 502 places
- Beauclerc Infant and Nursery School1.3 km 85 pupils, 90 places
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 Sunbury-on-Thames?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Sunbury-on-Thames is Sunbury Rail Station, 350 m away in a straight line.
- Sunbury Rail Station Railway station 350 mWalk
- Kempton Park Rail Station Railway station 750 mWalk
- Upper Halliford Rail Station Railway station 1.0 kmWalk
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 Sunbury-on-Thames?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Sunbury-on-Thames. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Sunbury Group Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01932 713399 350 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Sunbury-on-Thames safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,960 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Sunbury-on-Thames 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
- 160 September 2025
- 130 October 2025
- 149 November 2025
- 157 December 2025
- 177 January 2026
- 121 February 2026
- 188 March 2026
- 145 April 2026
- 184 May 2026
- 193 June 2026
- 179 July 2026
- 177 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: shoplifting 56, drugs 54, possession of weapons 24, theft from the person 15, robbery 12, bicycle theft 10.
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 Sunbury-on-Thames?
- Councils
- Spelthorne (516) and Elmbridge (5)
- County council
- Surrey
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Spelthorne (516) and Esher and Walton (5)
- 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 Sunbury-on-Thames
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Sunbury-on-Thames is in Spelthorne; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Spelthorne about council tax Council tax, on spelthorne.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Sunbury-on-Thames
- 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
Sunbury-on-Thames postcodes
521 postcodes in use in Sunbury-on-Thames, by district:
Those districts are in the TW postcode area and KT postcode area.
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Places near Sunbury-on-Thames
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Sunbury-on-Thames's £493,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Sunbury-on-Thames
- What is it like to live in Sunbury-on-Thames?
- Homes sold for a typical £493,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.8% on the 12 months before. At 426 of the 497 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 342 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 249 of its 521 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Sunbury, 350 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 Sunbury-on-Thames?
- Sunbury-on-Thames is covered by postcode districts KT12, TW12 and TW16, across 521 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Sunbury-on-Thames?
- Homes in Sunbury-on-Thames sold for a typical £493,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 216 sales, up 1.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Sunbury-on-Thames?
- In Sunbury-on-Thames, primary schools at its postcodes include St Ignatius Catholic Primary School, Maypole School and Springfield Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Maypole School, Sunbury Manor School and St Paul's Catholic College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Sunbury-on-Thames have a railway station?
- Yes: Sunbury is 350 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Sunbury-on-Thames, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Sunbury-on-Thames?
- Ofcom reports on 497 of the 521 postcodes in Sunbury-on-Thames. At 426 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Sunbury-on-Thames at risk of flooding?
- 249 of the 521 postcodes in Sunbury-on-Thames 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 342 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 Sunbury-on-Thames?
- 8 of the 521 postcodes now in use in Sunbury-on-Thames came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 261 homes sold in Sunbury-on-Thames were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TW16 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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