Chaldon

17°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 16° · 79% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:24

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Honor Oak Park, United Kingdom

33 reported · July 2026▲ 14% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour11
• Other theft4
• Vehicle crime4
• Violence & sexual offences4

Neighbourhood team: Caterham on the Hill, Chaldon, Whyteleafe & Portley · Surrey

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

933 reported road collisions (2024)

153 killed or seriously injured · 1,047 casualties · 23.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

187 food businesses within 2 miles

• 161 rated 4–5 ★ (145 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Caterham (2.8 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£394,736 average▼ 1.9% YoY

Across Croydon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,581 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,264
• 2 bed £1,572
• 3 bed £1,856

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

10.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.6 times median annual pay (10.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (6.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (10.5 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

51 charging locations within ~8 km

• 24 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Caterham (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches18
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

390,719 residents in Croydon · 4,516/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 66%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 102 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,600 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 168,250)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

159 schools · 63,219 pupils

87 primary · 23 secondary · 49 other

Ofsted: 47 of 56 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

127inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Croydon

486 CQC-registered services

• Care homes129
• GP practices73
• Dentists89
• Homecare agencies155
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Croydon

• Within the Green Belt
• 17 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

387 applications decided

71.6% granted · 277 granted, 110 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Conservative majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 30
• Con 28
• LD 2
• Grn 7
• Ref 2
• Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

16,200 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

71 jobs advertised · £43,096 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Driving For Cash? Sign Up To Drive With Uber And Earn Flexibly Instead, Drive with Uber

Source: Adzuna

£856 median full-time weekly pay

6.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,407 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 182,880 certificates

10.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 84.5 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 67.5 women · 66.7 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.0
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Surrey:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership382 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test381 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office298 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s288 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership249 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Chaldon · 0.5 km

  Chaldon is a village and civil parish in the Tandridge District of Surrey, England. The village is situated high on the North Downs, immediately west of Caterham and 15.8 miles (25.4 km) south of Charing Cross, the tr…

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  Church of St Peter and St Paul, Chaldon · 0.7 km

  The Church of Saints Peter and Paul at Chaldon, Surrey, is a Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Southwark. The building was begun before 1086 and is Grade I listed. It is notable for containing a large…

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  St Lawrence's Hospital, Caterham · 1.4 km

  St Lawrence's Hospital was a mental health facility in Caterham, Surrey.

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  Caterham Barracks · 1.4 km

  Caterham Barracks was a military installation in Caterham, Surrey.

• Caterham Common · 1.5 km

  Caterham Common near Caterham in Surrey was the venue for three historic cricket matches played from 1767 to 1769. In the 18th century, it was the home venue of the Caterham Cricket Club, run by Henry Rowett.

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  Quarry Hangers · 1.6 km

  Quarry Hangers is a 28.5-hectare (70-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Caterham in Surrey. An area of 11 hectares is a nature reserve managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)