Netherne-on-the-Hill, CR5: house prices, village guide and local information

Netherne-on-the-Hill is a hilltop community in the Borough of Reigate and Banstead, in Surrey, within the CR5 postcode district and about 1.5 miles south-west of Old Coulsdon. Its modern character comes from a major redevelopment. A 2005 photograph records new housing being built on the grounds of an old mental hospital, with the hospital's tower, still standing in the background, refurbished to form part of the new housing development. Photographs taken in 2022 show the water tower at the heart of the village.

Older history lies in the woods. A scheduled monument, the Site of Manor House in Netherne Wood, is 480 m from the village centre, and the Ordnance Survey maps of 1888 to 1914 letter Netherne Farm, Netherne Lane and Netherne Wood close by, together with Woodplace Farm, Lord's Wood, Grasscuts Shaw and Boxers Wood. The Star Inn and Church Shaw, both shared with neighbouring Hooley, sit within a mile.

Netherne has woodland within a few hundred metres of the centre. Peters Hole Shaw is 430 m away, Boxers Wood 560 m, Three Cornered Shaw 760 m, Lords Wood 770 m and Grasscuts Shaw 840 m, with Woodplace Farm Fields at 0.7 miles. Twelve named green spaces and some 96 mapped paths fall within a short walk. Six named routes pass nearby: Wood Pigeon Way (0.9 miles), the Downlands Circular Walk, the Happy Valley and Farthing Downs Nature Trail, the Chipstead walk, the London LOOP and the Caterham Circular Walk.

The village has a shop, Netherne Village Store, and a café, The Pavilion Cafe, one community centre, three playgrounds and a dozen sports and recreation facilities among the 19 amenities OpenStreetMap maps within 800 m. Larger shops and services are in Coulsdon and Purley.

Prices are lower here than in the rest of CR5. Within about 1.3 km of the village centre we hold 367 addresses and 169 sales since 2019, with a median of £412,000 (£477,750 for houses). The gap between the overall median and the house median suggests a good share of flats and smaller homes, which pulls the figure below Chipstead's £615,000 and Coulsdon's £490,000.

The nearest stations are Coulsdon South (1.7 miles), Woodmansterne (1.9 miles) and Coulsdon Town (2.1 miles), so a car or bus is the usual way to reach a train. Netherne is in the East Surrey constituency. The closest primary schools to Netherne are Keston Primary School (2.2 km), Coulsdon CofE Primary School (2.2 km) and St Peter and St Paul Church Primary School (2.3 km), and the nearest secondary is Oasis Academy Coulsdon (2.2 km). Distances are straight-line from the centre and are not catchment areas, so check admissions rules with the local authority.

Netherne-on-the-Hill ranks 5th of the 5 CR5 areas we cover for median sale price, at £412,000 since 2019 (169 sales). That is £78,000 below Coulsdon's £490,000. Houses alone sold for a median of £477,750.

In the 2021 Census 73% of households here owned their home, compared with 46% in Old Coulsdon and 90% in Chipstead. Within about 1.5 miles there are 4 primary or secondary schools and 16 mapped public charging sites within 6 km. Each area's own page covers the detail.

The average Band D council tax in Reigate and Banstead is £2,567 for 2026 to 2027, £175 above the England average of £2,392. That ranks Reigate and Banstead 54th highest of 296 billing authorities, and the charge rose from £2,459 last year. Next door in Croydon, Band D is £2,600, £33 more than in Reigate and Banstead, so which side of a council boundary a home sits on changes the bill by about £33 a year at Band D.

Your own bill depends on your property's band. In England bands are set from the home's estimated value on 1 April 1991, so a Band C home pays eight ninths of the Band D charge and a Band F home thirteen ninths. The figures below are the charge for each band in Reigate and Banstead, before any discount or reduction, and they include the county or borough, police, fire and any parish or GLA precepts averaged across the authority.