S42 5 postcode sector in the S42 district
S42 5 is a sector of the S42 district: every postcode that starts S42 5. It has 356 postcodes in use, one of them a large-user postcode. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.
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Every postcode in the S42 5 sector, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 61
- In use before 2020: 295
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 356 postcodes in the S42 5 sector that ONS places, 61 are new since 2020 and 295 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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.
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.
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What do homes sell for in S42 5?
Homes in S42 5 sold for a typical £185,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 159 sales, down 11.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £298,500 54 sales
- Semi-detached £170,000 67 sales
- Terraced £134,500 38 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start S42 5. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.
How we work this out: house prices by postcodeSource: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.
Postcodes in S42 5
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Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed.
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Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0.
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