# TN4 9SX: area report for a postcode in Tunbridge Wells

TN4 9SX is a postcode in Tunbridge Wells.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Tunbridge Wells. Open the map at TN4 9SX for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells) › [TN4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn4) › [TN4 9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/tn4-9)

## Around this postcode

- **2 crimes within 500 m**: August, none in July. Tunbridge Wells 007B: 15 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.2460,51.1391,TN49SX
- **Tunbridge Wells, 1.5 km**: About 19 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.2460,51.1391,TN49SX
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 90 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.2460,51.1391,TN49SX
- **No property in TN4 9SX listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=0.2460,51.1391,TN49SX
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Tunbridge Wells 007B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.2460,51.1391,TN49SX
- **£456,227 average price**: For the whole of Tunbridge Wells, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.2460,51.1391,TN49SX
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.1 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.2460,51.1391,TN49SX
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 990 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.2460,51.1391,TN49SX
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at TN4 9SX**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.2460,51.1391,TN49SX
- **Low road and rail noise at TN4 9SX**: Road 41 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.2460,51.1391,TN49SX
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=0.2460,51.1391,TN49SX
- **7.6 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.2460,51.1391,TN49SX

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Rose Hill School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rose-hill-school-e118951) | Independent | 90 m (1 minute on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bishops-down-primary-and-nursery-school-e118468) | Primary | 230 m (3 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Bennett Memorial Diocesan School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bennett-memorial-diocesan-school-e136603) | Secondary | 420 m (5 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), December 2023 | Attainment 8 of 53.4 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Broomhill Bank School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/broomhill-bank-school-e119026) | Special | 950 m (12 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, October 2023 | – |
| [The Wells Free School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-wells-free-school-e139696) | Primary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, February 2025 | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tunbridge-wells-girls-grammar-school-e118789) | Secondary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), September 2023 | Attainment 8 of 72.5 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [The Skinners' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-skinners-school-e140595) | Secondary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 72.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Rusthall St Paul's CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/rusthall-st-pauls-cofe-primary-school-e151115) | Primary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), April 2023, before the school changed | 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| November 2024 | £525,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| November 2025 | £450,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| March 2025 | £550,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| November 2025 | £460,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| February 2026 | £450,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 210 m |
| October 2025 | £1,262,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 240 m |
| July 2026 | £266,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 240 m |
| June 2025 | £2,250,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 250 m |

## Within 1 km

- Dental practices: TUNBRIDGE WELLS DENTAL CARE (900 m); LOWER GREEN CARING DENTISTRY (960 m)
- Supermarkets: M&S Church View Tunbridge BP (990 m, Marks and Spencer)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £456,227** (July 2026). Tunbridge Wells’s average house price was £456,227 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 0.6% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £47,896** (2025). Full-time workers living in Tunbridge Wells earned a median of £47,896 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 24th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 9.5×** (2025). A home in Tunbridge Wells costs 9.5 times local full-time pay. Joint 66th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 13.9** (2025). Tunbridge Wells has a deprivation score of 13.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 77th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Tunbridge Wells 007B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 2.4** (2025). Tunbridge Wells 007B has a deprivation score of 2.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 546th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £1,062,750** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Tunbridge Wells 007B was £1,062,750 in 2025. 376th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,621** (2021). Tunbridge Wells 007B had 1,621 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 17,077th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 79.7%** (January 2026). In Tunbridge Wells 007B, 79.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## TN4 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £450,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in TN4 was £450,000 in 2025. Joint 412th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 31,780** (2021). TN4 had 31,780 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 819th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in TN4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 88.4%** (January 2026). In TN4, 88.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells)
- Centre: 51.1391, 0.2460

Council: [Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/tunbridge-wells): Mike Martin (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=0.2460,51.1391,TN49SX

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