Ashford (Spelthorne)
Ashford (Spelthorne) is a town in Greater London, England, with a population of around 10,000. It has around 2 GP surgeries, 5 pharmacies, 3 supermarkets, and 26 restaurants or cafés, with 21 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Ashford, 1.7 km away. There were around 158 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ashford (Spelthorne) area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Hounslow area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 288,181 residents at roughly 5,148 people per km².
- Council
- Hounslow
- County
- Greater London
- Constituency
- Feltham and Heston
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
My Area Score
Mixed
Ranked 165th of 294 English council areas — better than 44% of them.
A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology
Weather
18°COvercast
- Today: 26° / 16° · 51% rain
- Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Sunny
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:20
12h 47m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
9US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom
Crime
217 reported · July 2026▲ 7% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences87
- Anti-social behaviour31
- Shoplifting31
- Other theft16
4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs
Neighbourhood team: Feltham West · Metropolitan
Local policing priorities
- Public Order – High Street Feltham
- Shoplifting - Feltham High Street
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
637 reported road collisions (2024)
122 killed or seriously injured · 757 casualties · 22.1 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
488 food businesses within 2 miles
- 399 rated 4–5 ★ (336 top)
- 17 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Ashford (1.7 km)
- 21 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Ashford Surrey (1.8 km):
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Live buses at Challenge Road:
- 117 → Isleworth, West Middlesex Hospital · 9 min
- 117 → Isleworth, West Middlesex Hospital · 27 min
Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail
House prices
£512,888 average▲ 1.1% YoY
Across Hounslow · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,945 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY
- 1 bed £1,577
- 2 bed £1,941
- 3 bed £2,233
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
Affordability
11.3× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 11.3 times median annual pay (10.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (11.5 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (1.5 km)
36 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
150 charging locations within ~8 km
- 27 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 250 kW
- Nearest: SUCC St Matthews Church 1 (1.1 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres1
- Gyms2
- Sports pitches34
- Golf courses1
- Playgrounds11
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local news
- Hounslow Council proud to open new wellbeing hub for young people· 11 Sept 2026
- Hounslow approves first-ever Climate Change Resilience Plan· 9 Sept 2026
- Hounslow recognised for excellence in animal welfare at RSPCA awards· 4 Sept 2026
- Hounslow Council set to celebrate Black History Month· 4 Sept 2026
- Hounslow tackles the digital divide: Call for locals to donate unwanted tech· 2 Sept 2026
Source: Hounslow Council
Population
288,181 residents in Hounslow · 5,148/km²
- Under 16: 21%
- 16–64: 68%
- 65+: 12%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
More deprived than the average in England
Ranked 95 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£2,186 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band D (37% of 111,270)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
89 schools · 46,477 pupils
49 primary · 18 secondary · 22 other
Ofsted: 39 of 39 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)
76inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Gunnersbury Catholic SchoolOutstanding
- Lampton AcademyOutstanding
- St Mark's Catholic SchoolOutstanding
- The Heathland SchoolOutstanding
- Bolder AcademyGood
- Chiswick SchoolGood
- Cranford Community CollegeGood
- Heston Community SchoolGood
- Isleworth and Syon School for BoysGood
- Springwest AcademyGood
- The Green School for BoysGood
- The Green School for GirlsGood
- Brentford School for Girls
- Gumley House RC Convent School, FCJ
- Lift Kingsley
- Logic Studio School
- Rivers Academy West London
- Space Studio West London
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hounslow
Care & health services
242 CQC-registered services
- Care homes32
- GP practices57
- Dentists65
- Homecare agencies72
- Hospitals & hospices3
CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding
Source: Care Quality Commission · Hounslow
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 3 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
288 applications decided
75.3% granted · 217 granted, 71 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Your MP
Seema Malhotra
Labour (Co-op)
Feltham and Heston
Recent votes:
- NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
- AyeClosure motion
- NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
- AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Labour majority
- Lab 32
- Con 17
- LD 1
- Grn 3
- Ref 8
- Oth 1
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools10
- GPs & clinics3
- Pharmacies5
- Supermarkets8
- Parks & greens15
- Restaurants & cafés31
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
14,775 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Local economy
£808 median full-time weekly pay
5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£29,788 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
52% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: C · 119,032 certificates
9.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Grid electricity
30% low-carbon electricity
Gas 60% · Wind 14% · Imports 10% · Biomass 8%
251 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity
Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy: 59.4 women · 59.6 men
61% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.6
- Feeling worthwhile7.7
- Happiness yesterday7.5
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Health services
7 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in TW15
- Studholme Medical Centre
- Fordbridge Medical Centre
- Stanwell Road Surgery
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Feltham and Heston:
- Do not ban social media for under 16s350 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU212 local signatures · 35,924 nationwide
- Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities209 local signatures · 16,437 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership183 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office182 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Feltham Prison and Young Offender Institution · 0.8 kmFeltham Young Offenders Institution is a prison for adult males over 18 and juveniles between 15 and 18, occupying 0.184 square kilometres south-west of Feltham in the London Borough of Hounslow, in west London, Engla…
Radio Feltham · 0.8 kmRadio Feltham was the first prison radio station in Europe, operating in HM Prison Feltham, a male juvenile prison and Young Offenders Institution in west London that housed up to 800 boys between the ages of 15 and 21.
Bedfont Lakes Country Park · 0.9 kmBedfont Lakes Country Park is a 72.5-hectare Local Nature Reserve and Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation in Bedfont in the London Borough of Hounslow.
Spelthorne College · 1.3 kmSpelthorne College was a single-campus sixth form college on Church Road, Ashford, Surrey, England. It was formed in 1975 as a successor to Ashford Sixth Form College and Sunbury Sixth Form College. Its campus was fou…
Ashford, Surrey · 1.4 kmAshford is a town in the Borough of Spelthorne in Surrey, England, which lies 14 mi (23 km) west of central London. Its name derives from a crossing point of the River Ash, a distributary of the River Colne. Historica…
Spelthorne Sports F.C. · 1.6 kmSpelthorne Sports F.C. is a football club based in the borough of Spelthorne. They play in the Combined Counties League Division One.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ashford (Spelthorne)?
- Ashford (Spelthorne) is a town in Greater London, England, in the Hounslow local authority.
- How deprived is Ashford (Spelthorne)?
- The Hounslow local authority, which includes Ashford (Spelthorne), is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.