TN5 postcode area guide — Rother
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the TN5 postcode district in Rother — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in TN5
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
89.7%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
63.9%
Gigabit-capable
63.9%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.3%
Broadband availability in the TN5 postcode district (Rother) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 413 postcodes Ofcom measures in TN5, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 89.7% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 63.9%.
Around 0.3% of premises in TN5 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 TN5
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| TN5 6AA | 100% | 92.9% |
| TN5 6AB | 100% | 100% |
| TN5 6AG | 100% | 18.2% |
| TN5 6AH | 100% | 100% |
| TN5 6AJ | 100% | 95.5% |
| TN5 6AL | 100% | 100% |
| TN5 6AN | 100% | 100% |
| TN5 6AP | 100% | 87.5% |
| TN5 6AQ | 100% | 50% |
| TN5 6AR | 100% | 75% |
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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 TN5
Police recorded 1 incidents within about a mile of the centre of TN5 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 1 | 100.0% |
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 TN5
Based on 76 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in TN5 is £535,000, up 16.3% on the previous year (£460,000).
Detached
£795,000
20 sales
Semi-detached
£550,000
26 sales
Terraced
£375,000
17 sales
Flat / maisonette
£350,000
9 sales
Latest recorded sales in TN5
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2026 | £375,000 | Flat | Townlands Road | TN5 6BY |
| 12 May 2026 | £570,000 | Detached | Lower St Marys | TN5 7AW |
| 8 May 2026 | £912,250 | Detached | TN5 7QG | |
| 1 May 2026 | £430,000 | Terraced | TN5 6ST | |
| 23 Apr 2026 | £835,000 | Detached | Three Leg Cross | TN5 7HL |
| 8 Apr 2026 | £629,000 | Semi-detached | Sunnybank | TN5 7QR |
| 31 Mar 2026 | £360,000 | Terraced | Windmill Lane | TN5 6DJ |
| 30 Mar 2026 | £350,000 | Flat | Bruce Manor Close | TN5 6FH |
| 27 Mar 2026 | £2,225,000 | Other | Washwell Lane | TN5 6LN |
| 25 Mar 2026 | £425,000 | Terraced | South View Road | TN5 6TG |
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 TN5
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uplands Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 699 | TN5 6AZ |
| Wadhurst CofE Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 2–11 | 269 | TN5 6SR |
| Sacred Heart School | Not applicable | 2–11 | 138 | TN5 6DQ |
| Stonegate Church of England Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 116 | TN5 7EN |
| Ticehurst and Flimwell Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 103 | TN5 7DH |
| Bricklehurst Manor School | Not applicable | 7–16 | 36 | TN5 7EL |
| The Mount Camphill Community Ltd | Not applicable | 16–25 | — | TN5 6PT |
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 TN5
61 rated food businesses operate in TN5. 42 hold the top rating of 5, 13 are rated 4, and 1 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Arena Pursuits, Battenhurst Meadow B&B, Bean Smitten, Bell Hotel, Bewl Rookery.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in TN5
From a sample of 88 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 TN5 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 40% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
2%
Band B
13%
Band C
25%
Band D
41%
Band E
15%
Band F
5%
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.