TN36 postcode area guide — Rother
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the TN36 postcode district in Rother — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in TN36
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
92.6%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
64.7%
Gigabit-capable
64.7%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the TN36 postcode district (Rother) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 103 postcodes Ofcom measures in TN36, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 92.6% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 64.7%.
Around 0% of premises in TN36 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in TN36
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| TN36 4AA | 100% | 100% |
| TN36 4AB | 100% | 37.5% |
| TN36 4AD | 14.3% | 0% |
| TN36 4AE | 0% | 0% |
| TN36 4AF | 50% | 0% |
| TN36 4AG | 66.7% | 0% |
| TN36 4AH | 0% | 0% |
| TN36 4AJ | 100% | 0% |
| TN36 4AL | 100% | 0% |
| TN36 4AN | 100% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Rother
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Rother district (50,409 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
80.3%
4G outdoors — all networks
98.3%
5G outdoors — all networks
9.7%
Voice indoors — all networks
82.5%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in TN36
Police recorded 5 incidents within about a mile of the centre of TN36 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 | 60.0% |
| Violence & sexual offences | 1 | 20.0% |
| Other crime | 1 | 20.0% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in TN36
Based on 20 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in TN36 is £340,000, down 22.7% on the previous year (£440,000).
Detached
£375,000
12 sales
Terraced
£280,000
5 sales
Latest recorded sales in TN36
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May 2026 | £325,000 | Semi-detached | Pipewell Cottages | TN36 4HP |
| 26 Mar 2026 | £325,000 | Detached | Dogs Hill Road | TN36 4LX |
| 10 Mar 2026 | £230,000 | Terraced | Trojans Plat | TN36 4EP |
| 3 Feb 2026 | £550,000 | Detached | Rectory Lane | TN36 4EY |
| 3 Feb 2026 | £780,000 | Detached | Station Road | TN36 4JX |
| 30 Jan 2026 | £342,500 | Detached | Main Road | TN36 4BS |
| 10 Dec 2025 | £340,000 | Terraced | Hiham Bungalows | TN36 4HG |
| 4 Dec 2025 | £295,000 | Detached | Sea Road | TN36 4LB |
| 3 Dec 2025 | £950,000 | Terraced | North Street | TN36 4HX |
| 28 Nov 2025 | £336,000 | Detached | Sea Road | TN36 4LB |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Rother demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Rother district (93,113 residents, 42,102 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14.6% |
| 15–29 | 16.3% |
| 30–44 | 14.2% |
| 45–64 | 22.4% |
| 65+ | 32.4% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 72.7% |
| Private rented | 16.2% |
| Social rented | 8.7% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around TN36
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Thomas' Church of England Aided Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 148 | TN36 4ED |
| Icklesham Church of England Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 2–11 | 121 | TN36 4BX |
| Rye Community Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 202 | TN31 7ND |
| Rye College | Secondary | 11–16 | 645 | TN31 7NQ |
| Buckswood School | Not applicable | 10–19 | 193 | TN35 4LT |
| Guestling Bradshaw Church of England Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 194 | TN35 4LS |
| Peasmarsh Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 65 | TN31 6UW |
| St Michael's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 75 | TN31 7PJ |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in TN36
28 rated food businesses operate in TN36. 25 hold the top rating of 5, 1 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Benchwood Farm, Co-Op Stores, Five Villages Homes Ltd, Frankie's Ices, Icklesham Primary School.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in TN36
From a sample of 121 Energy Performance Certificates across 12 TN36 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band D). 57% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
1%
Band B
13%
Band C
43%
Band D
21%
Band E
16%
Band F
7%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Rother
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.