West Molesey

8°CMist

• Today: 14° / 8° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:54Sunset 16:35

9h 40m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

70US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Teddington Bushy Park, United Kingdom

• 8.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

64 reported · August 2026▼ 34% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences34
• Criminal damage & arson6
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Other theft5

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: West Molesey · Surrey

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

252 reported road collisions (2025)

61 killed or seriously injured · 286 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

386 food businesses within 2 miles

• 299 rated 4–5 ★ (227 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

£597,587 average▲ 4.9% YoY

Across Kingston upon Thames · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,811 average monthly rent▼ 1.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,379
• 2 bed £1,755
• 3 bed £2,154

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

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

1,702 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: 156.9p · Esso (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.5 km)

16 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,455
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,822
• Net moves−1,367

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 259 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

51 inspected 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
• Dentists60
• Homecare agencies47
• Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 95% 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)

326 applications decided

82.5% granted · 269 granted, 57 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

9,435 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

94 jobs advertised · £37,907 avg

e.g. Business Manager, HGV Workshop Manager, Technical Support Engineer

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

12% low-carbon electricity

Imports 52% · Gas 36% · Wind 5% · Nuclear 5%

195 gCO₂/kWh · 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

7 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in KT8

• Glenlyn Medical Centre
• Vine Medical Centre
• Community Medical Team - East Elmbridge

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Esher and Walton:

• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU5,706 local signatures · 48,100 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases262 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND255 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks245 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after181 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide

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

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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)