West Molesey

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 25° / 18° · 33% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:20

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Teddington Bushy Park, United Kingdom

84 reported · July 2026▼ 37% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences37
• Anti-social behaviour12
• Public order10
• Criminal damage & arson7

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: West Molesey · Surrey

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

289 reported road collisions (2024)

62 killed or seriously injured · 341 casualties · 17.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

386 food businesses within 2 miles

• 296 rated 4–5 ★ (225 top)
• 18 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hampton (1.9 km)
• 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£1,807 average monthly rent▼ 1.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,376
• 2 bed £1,751
• 3 bed £2,148

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

12.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.7 times median annual pay (12.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (7.2 km)

39 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-West Molesey Hurst Road (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches26
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

168,064 residents in Kingston upon Thames · 4,512/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 66%
• 65+: 14%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 270 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,609 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (30% of 70,420)

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

64 schools · 30,040 pupils

34 primary · 11 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 21 of 21 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

51inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Kingston upon Thames

203 CQC-registered services

• Care homes44
• GP practices38
• Dentists61
• Homecare agencies47
• Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Kingston upon Thames

• Not in the Green Belt
• 46 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

277 applications decided

72.9% granted · 202 granted, 75 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Monica Harding

Liberal Democrat

Esher and Walton

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 1
• LD 44
• Oth 3

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

• Schools5
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens146
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,385 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

152 jobs advertised · £36,492 avg

e.g. Residential End of Tenancy Cleaners, Online French Tutoring Job in West Molesey – Flexible Schedule, Become a Drums Tutor in Molesey – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£953 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£35,290 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 86,340 certificates

8.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

16% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Imports 29% · Nuclear 7% · Wind 6%

236 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.6 yrs women · 82.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 67 women · 66.9 men

55% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Esher and Walton:

• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU5,139 local signatures · 35,924 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s349 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership345 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership344 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office262 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Bessborough Reservoir · 0.5 km

  The Bessborough Reservoir is an embanked storage reservoir south of the River Thames in Surrey adjacent to the Knight Reservoir. To the south lies Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir and to the north the now disused Molesey…

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  Molesey F.C. · 0.8 km

  Molesey Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in West Molesey, Surrey, England. They are currently members of the Combined Counties League Division One and play at Walton Road.

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  Knight and Bessborough Reservoirs · 0.9 km

  Knight and Bessborough Reservoirs is a 63.4-hectare (157-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey. It is part of South West London Waterbodies Ramsar site and Special Protecti…

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  Knight Reservoir · 0.9 km

  The Knight Reservoir is a large pumped storage reservoir located in the Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey. It was inaugurated in 1907 and stores up to 2,180 million litres of raw water abstracted from the River Thames pr…

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  Molesey Heath · 1.0 km

  Molesey Heath is a 17.8-hectare (44-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Molesey in Surrey. It is owned and managed by Elmbridge Borough Council.

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  Molesey Reservoirs · 1.0 km

  The Molesey Reservoirs were a group of reservoirs in England near Molesey, Surrey, in the western suburbs of London. There was an adjacent water treatment works.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)