Chipstead and Woodmansterne

9°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 7° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:29

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

55US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Merton - Merton Road, United Kingdom

• 8.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

47 reported · August 2026▼ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences18
• Anti-social behaviour14
• Burglary4
• Vehicle crime4

3 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Coulsdon Town · Metropolitan

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

937 reported road collisions (2025)

150 killed or seriously injured · 1,067 casualties · 24 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

183 food businesses within 2 miles

• 160 rated 4–5 ★ (120 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Chipstead (1.0 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£396,718 average▼ 1.5% YoY

Across Croydon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,582 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,265
• 2 bed £1,573
• 3 bed £1,858

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

3,567 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (7.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Esso (7.1 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 30 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Vincent Road (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches21
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds8

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK32,080
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK36,566
• Net moves−4,486

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 105 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

158 schools · 63,165 pupils

87 primary · 23 secondary · 48 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Croydon

487 CQC-registered services

• Care homes129
• GP practices72
• Dentists89
• Homecare agencies155
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Croydon

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

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

418 applications decided

74.6% granted · 312 granted, 106 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Rebecca Paul

Conservative

Reigate

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 30
• Con 28
• LD 2
• Grn 8
• Ref 2

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

• Schools3
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens15
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

16,610 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£856 median full-time weekly pay

6.4% 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

41% low-carbon electricity

Gas 58% · Wind 33% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 3%

231 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

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

3 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in CR5

• Old Coulsdon Medical Practice
• Bramley Avenue Surgery
• Spc Health Pcn Ehub

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Reigate:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death762 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND299 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• New legislation for ponds to have safety measures to prevent access by children225 local signatures · 9,763 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth221 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks203 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Cane Hill Hospital · 0.8 km

  Cane Hill Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon. The hospital motto was "Aversos compono animos". The hospital was built in the 1880s, but from the 1960s its use was starting…

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  Chipstead railway station · 1.0 km

  Chipstead railway station serves the village of Chipstead in Surrey. It is a late-Victorian station on the Tattenham Corner Line and was opened in 1897. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southern.…

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  Chipstead, Surrey · 1.1 km

  Chipstead is a predominantly commuter village in the Reigate and Banstead district, in north-east Surrey, England, that has been a small ecclesiastical parish since the Domesday Survey of 1086. Its rolling landscape m…

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  Farthing Downs · 1.2 km

  Farthing Downs is an open space in Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon. Together with Eight Acres Common and New Hill to the south-east, it is owned and managed by the Corporation of London. Farthing Downs and E…

• Coulsdon Town F.C. · 1.3 km

  Coulsdon Town Football Club was a football club based in Coulsdon, Greater London, England.

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  Woodmansterne railway station · 1.4 km

  Woodmansterne railway station is a railway station which primarily serves the western areas of Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon, England. Situated on the Tattenham Corner line, it is 17 miles 40 chains (28.2…

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