RH18 — Forest Row
Forest Row's RH18 postcode sits in Wealden. The board behind it is assembled from 2,371 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 4 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical RH18 sale went from £98,000 in 1995 to £460,000 in 2026 — 4.7× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 1998 — prices moved +29.0% that year. The one to avoid was 2009: the median moved -23.0%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in RH18
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £98,000 | 64 |
| 2000 | £163,000 | 73 |
| 2005 | £275,000 | 73 |
| 2010 | £315,250 | 68 |
| 2015 | £360,000 | 80 |
| 2020 | £437,500 | 65 |
| 2025 | £419,475 | 64 |
| 2026 | £460,000 | 11 |
The areas on the board
4 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Forest Row (RH18 5) (99% of local sales) — busiest streets: Hartfield Road, Lewes Road, Freshfield Bank
- Wych Cross (1% of local sales)
- Peasedown St John (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Willersley Close
- Weir Wood (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Priory Road
Reading about 1998 is easy; surviving 2009 is the game. Play the RH18 board.
Local business? Put your name on the RH18 board — one sponsor per postcode.
Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.