Ash and Ash Vale

11°COvercast

• Today: 12° / 8° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:33

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

148 reported · August 2026▲ 8% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences59
• Public order19
• Shoplifting18
• Anti-social behaviour14

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Ash Vale and Ash Wharf · Surrey

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

337 reported road collisions (2025)

106 killed or seriously injured · 419 casualties · 23.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

342 food businesses within 2 miles

• 282 rated 4–5 ★ (211 top)
• 19 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ash (0.8 km)
• 36 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£537,660 average▲ 0.6% YoY

Across Guildford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,736 average monthly rent▲ 5.6% YoY

• 1 bed £1,185
• 2 bed £1,541
• 3 bed £1,866

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

11.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.0 times median annual pay (11.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,806 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: 157.9p · Esso (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10.4 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

35 charging locations within ~8 km

• 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: The Greyhound (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches22
• Playgrounds32

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

143,650 residents in Guildford · 530/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 66%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,806
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,143
• Net moves−337

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 284 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,547 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (27% of 62,610)

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

65 schools · 23,043 pupils

36 primary · 7 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 14 of 16 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Guildford

1,403 CQC-registered services

• Care homes393
• GP practices201
• Dentists359
• Homecare agencies299
• Hospitals & hospices38

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Surrey

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

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

320 applications decided

87.2% granted · 279 granted, 41 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir Jeremy Hunt

Conservative

Godalming and Ash

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat (minority)

• Lab 3
• Con 10
• LD 25
• Oth 10

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens135
• Restaurants & cafés17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,545 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

411 jobs advertised · £45,964 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver (Part Time 24 hours) - Weybridge, Delivery Driver - Weybridge, ECT English Teacher

Source: Adzuna

£882 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£37,380 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 68,252 certificates

9.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

33% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Solar 18% · Imports 15% · Wind 7%

220 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.3 yrs women · 83.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Surrey): 66.4 women · 65.1 men

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

3 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in GU12

• Keogh Medical Centre
• The Border Practice
• Atrial Fibrillation Clinic

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Godalming and Ash:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death545 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND323 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks319 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases319 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Require local authorities to provide 90 minutes of free parking in town centres219 local signatures · 5,417 nationwide

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

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  Ash, Surrey · 0.3 km

  Ash is a village and civil parish in the far west of the borough of Guildford, Surrey. Ash is on the eastern side of the River Blackwater, with a station on the Reading-Guildford-Gatwick line, and direct roads to Alde…

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  Ash United F.C. · 0.4 km

  Ash United Football Club is a football club based in Ash, Surrey, England. They are currently members of the Wessex League Division One and play at Shawfields Stadium. The club is affiliated to the Surrey County Footb…

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  Ash Cemetery, Surrey · 0.6 km

  Ash Cemetery, also known as Emery Gates Cemetery on Church Road is the burial ground for the village of Ash in Surrey, England.

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  St Peter's church, Ash · 0.6 km

  St Peter's Church is the Church of England parish church for the village of Ash in Surrey. Of 12th-century origin with later additions, the church has been Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic England since 19…

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  Ash railway station · 0.8 km

  Ash railway station serves the village of Ash, in Surrey, England. The station is served by South Western Railway, which manages the station, and by Great Western Railway. It is situated on the Ascot to Guildford line…

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  Lakeside Park, Guildford · 0.8 km

  Lakeside Park is a 14.7-hectare (36-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Ash Vale west of Guildford in Surrey. It is owned and managed by Guildford Borough Council.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)