Sutton Valence

Sutton Valence is covered by postcode district ME17. It is in the Maidstone council area, Kent.

Typical price £595,000 Homes sold in Sutton Valence, last 12 months. ▲ 27.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 19 of 61 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Sutton Valence, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Sutton Valence, by flood risk Of the 72 postcodes in Sutton Valence that ONS places, 72 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Sutton Valence. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. ME17 1WX: not on the flood risk listME17 3AB: not on the flood risk listME17 3AD: not on the flood risk listME17 3AE: not on the flood risk listME17 3AF: not on the flood risk listME17 3AG: not on the flood risk listME17 3AH: not on the flood risk listME17 3AJ: not on the flood risk listME17 3AL: not on the flood risk listME17 3AP: not on the flood risk listME17 3AR: not on the flood risk listME17 3AS: not on the flood risk listME17 3AT: not on the flood risk listME17 3AU: not on the flood risk listME17 3AW: not on the flood risk listME17 3AY: not on the flood risk listME17 3AZ: not on the flood risk listME17 3BA: not on the flood risk listME17 3BD: not on the flood risk listME17 3BE: not on the flood risk listME17 3BG: not on the flood risk listME17 3BH: not on the flood risk listME17 3BJ: not on the flood risk listME17 3BL: not on the flood risk listME17 3BN: not on the flood risk listME17 3BP: not on the flood risk listME17 3BQ: not on the flood risk listME17 3BS: not on the flood risk listME17 3BT: not on the flood risk listME17 3BW: not on the flood risk listME17 3BX: not on the flood risk listME17 3BY: not on the flood risk listME17 3DA: not on the flood risk listME17 3DB: not on the flood risk listME17 3EQ: not on the flood risk listME17 3EW: not on the flood risk listME17 3FP: not on the flood risk listME17 3FQ: not on the flood risk listME17 3FR: not on the flood risk listME17 3FS: not on the flood risk listME17 3FT: not on the flood risk listME17 3GJ: not on the flood risk listME17 3HH: not on the flood risk listME17 3HJ: not on the flood risk listME17 3HR: not on the flood risk listME17 3HS: not on the flood risk listME17 3HT: not on the flood risk listME17 3HU: not on the flood risk listME17 3JA: not on the flood risk listME17 3LN: not on the flood risk listME17 3LP: not on the flood risk listME17 3LQ: not on the flood risk listME17 3LR: not on the flood risk listME17 3LW: not on the flood risk listME17 3RA: not on the flood risk listME17 3RB: not on the flood risk listME17 3RD: not on the flood risk listME17 3RE: not on the flood risk listME17 3RF: not on the flood risk listME17 3TU: not on the flood risk listME17 3YE: not on the flood risk listME17 3YZ: not on the flood risk listME17 3ZH: not on the flood risk listME17 3ZJ: not on the flood risk list Sutton Valence Map of every postcode in Sutton Valence, by flood risk Of the 72 postcodes in Sutton Valence that ONS places, 72 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Sutton Valence. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Sutton Valence
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 72

Of the 72 postcodes in Sutton Valence that ONS places, 72 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 51.2135, longitude 0.5933. 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 Sutton Valence?

Homes sold for a typical £595,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 27.3% on the 12 months before. At 19 of the 61 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 72 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Staplehurst, 5.5 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 Sutton Valence?

Homes in Sutton Valence sold for a typical £595,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 13 sales, up 27.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£595,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£467,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 27.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £812,000 8 sales
  • Semi-detached 4 sales, too few to price
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole ME17 district, Sutton Valence's main postcode district: a typical £395,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Sutton Valence: 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 Sutton Valence?

7 of the 72 postcodes now in use in Sutton Valence came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 28 homes sold in Sutton Valence were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ME17 district, 17%.

The newest postcodes

ME17 3ZHsince March 2026ME17 3ZJsince January 2026ME17 3YDsince November 2023ME17 3UZsince June 2023ME17 3YEsince November 2022ME17 3YZsince November 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 Sutton ValenceAcross the ME17 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 13 (0%) 11 of 321 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 28 (4%) 89 of 526 (17%)

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 Sutton Valence?

Ofcom reports on 61 of the 72 postcodes in Sutton Valence. At 19 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit19 of 61
Postcodes where every home can get superfast53 of 61

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 Sutton Valence at risk of flooding?

None of the 72 postcodes in Sutton Valence is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Sutton Valence?

The open schools at the postcodes in Sutton Valence. 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 Sutton Valence?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Sutton Valence is Staplehurst Rail Station, 5.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Staplehurst Rail Station Railway station 5.5 kmDrive
  • Headcorn Rail Station Railway station 5.8 kmDrive
  • Hollingbourne Rail Station Railway station 6.2 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 Sutton Valence?

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

Police.uk records 107 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Sutton Valence 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. 5 September 2025
  2. 7 October 2025
  3. 8 November 2025
  4. 10 December 2025
  5. 11 January 2026
  6. 4 February 2026
  7. 9 March 2026
  8. 8 April 2026
  9. 11 May 2026
  10. 9 June 2026
  11. 12 July 2026
  12. 13 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences34 reports
Other theft23 reports
Anti-social behaviour13 reports
Other crime12 reports
Burglary7 reports
Vehicle crime6 reports
Public order4 reports
Drugs3 reports

Also: criminal damage and arson 2, shoplifting 1, theft from the person 1, possession of weapons 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 Sutton Valence?

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 72 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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Sutton Valence postcodes

72 postcodes in use in Sutton Valence, by district:

ME17 postcode district,72 postcodes

That district is in the ME postcode area.

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Places near Sutton Valence

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Sutton Valence's £595,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Headcorn5.4 km, £400,000Loose5.4 km, £452,500Staplehurst6.2 km, £365,000Bearsted6.4 km, £448,000Harrietsham6.8 km, £380,000Coxheath7.1 km, £365,000Maidstone7.5 km, £325,000Marden8.3 km, £475,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Sutton Valence

What is it like to live in Sutton Valence?
Homes sold for a typical £595,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 27.3% on the 12 months before. At 19 of the 61 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 72 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Staplehurst, 5.5 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 Sutton Valence?
Sutton Valence is covered by postcode district ME17, across 72 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Sutton Valence in?
Sutton Valence is in the Maidstone council area, and Kent is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Sutton Valence?
Sutton Valence 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 Sutton Valence?
Homes in Sutton Valence sold for a typical £595,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 13 sales, up 27.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Sutton Valence?
In Sutton Valence, primary schools at its postcodes include Sutton Valence School and Sutton Valence Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Sutton Valence School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Sutton Valence have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Sutton Valence is Staplehurst, 5.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Sutton Valence?
Ofcom reports on 61 of the 72 postcodes in Sutton Valence. At 19 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Sutton Valence at risk of flooding?
None of the 72 postcodes in Sutton Valence is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Sutton Valence?
7 of the 72 postcodes now in use in Sutton Valence came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 28 homes sold in Sutton Valence were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the ME17 district, 17%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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