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Ashford (Spelthorne)

Ashford (Spelthorne) is a town in Surrey, England. It has 3 GPs & clinics, 5 pharmacies, 3 supermarkets, 21 restaurants and cafés, 28 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Ashford, 0.5 km away. In June 2026, there were around 179 recorded street crimes, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ashford (Spelthorne) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Spelthorne area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 102,955 residents at roughly 2,294 people per km².

Council
Spelthorne
County
Surrey
Constituency
Spelthorne
Police force
Surrey
43/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 194th of 294 English council areas — better than 34% of them.

Low crime44
Home affordability10
Affordable rents10
Good schools57
Life expectancy71
Low deprivation66
Employment38
Low council tax26

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

10°COvercast

  • Today: 12° / 9° · 20% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:30

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

185 reported · August 2026▼ 7% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences46
  • Public order37
  • Shoplifting34
  • Anti-social behaviour21

4 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Ashford · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Shoplifting
  • Violence against women and girls - VAWG

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

Road safety

214 reported road collisions (2025)

52 killed or seriously injured · 251 casualties · 20.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

379 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 313 rated 4–5 ★ (254 top)
  • 16 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Ashford (0.5 km)
  • 28 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Ashford Surrey (0.6 km):

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Live buses at Ashford War Memorial:

  • 117 → Isleworth, West Middlesex Hospital · 9 min
  • 290 → Twickenham · 9 min
  • 216 → Kingston · 11 min
  • 117 → Isleworth, West Middlesex Hospital · 27 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£440,812 average▼ 1.6% YoY

Across Spelthorne · to 2026-08

Detached£801,004
Semi-detached£537,798
Terraced£429,803
Flat£269,657

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,696 average monthly rent▲ 5.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,232
  • 2 bed £1,582
  • 3 bed £1,839

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

Affordability

12.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.2 times median annual pay (12.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,153 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (5.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (9.1 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 32 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: SUCC St Matthews Church 1 (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms2
  • Sports pitches56
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

102,955 residents in Spelthorne · 2,294/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,504
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,146
  • Net moves+358

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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 196 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,526 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (34% of 44,710)

A £1,684
B £1,965
C £2,246
D £2,526
E £3,088
F £3,649
G £4,211
H £5,053

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

Schools

35 schools · 14,893 pupils

21 primary · 6 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 9 of 10 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Thomas Knyvett CollegeRequires improvement
  • St Paul's Catholic College
  • Sunbury Manor School
  • Thamesmead School
  • The Bishop Wand Church of England School
  • The Matthew Arnold School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Spelthorne

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

143 applications decided

82.5% granted · 118 granted, 25 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Lincoln Jopp

Conservative

Spelthorne

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat (minority)

  • Lab 6
  • Con 14
  • LD 11
  • Grn 1
  • Oth 7

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools8
  • GPs & clinics5
  • Pharmacies5
  • Supermarkets10
  • Parks & greens14
  • Restaurants & cafés28

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,335 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£877 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,756 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 48,886 certificates

7.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

27% low-carbon electricity

Gas 72% · Wind 13% · Biomass 7% · Nuclear 6%

291 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 81 yrs men

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

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.2
  • Feeling worthwhile6.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)5.2

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

Health services

7 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in TW15

  • Studholme Medical Centre
  • Fordbridge Medical Centre
  • Stanwell Road Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Spelthorne:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Ashford, Surrey · 0.1 km

    Ashford is a town in the Borough of Spelthorne in Surrey, England, which lies 14 mi (23 km) west of central London. Its name derives from a ford of the River Ash, a distributary of the River Colne. Historically part o…

  • Spelthorne College · 0.2 km

    Spelthorne College was a sixth form college on Church Road, the main street of Ashford, Surrey/Middlesex, England. Spelthorne College began in 1975 as the successor to both Ashford and Sunbury Sixth Form Colleges. Its…

  • Ashford railway station (Surrey) · 0.6 km

    Ashford railway station serves the town of Ashford, Surrey, in the borough of Spelthorne in South East England. It is 17 miles 40 chains (28.2 km) down the line from London Waterloo.

  • St David's School, Middlesex · 0.7 km

    St David's School was an independent girls' school in Ashford, England. The school was originally established in London in 1716 as the British Charity School or Welsh Charity School. It was located in a purpose-built…

  • Thomas Knyvett College · 1.0 km

    Thomas Knyvett College is a medium sized mixed school with Academy Converter status educating students aged 11–16 in Ashford, Surrey, England. The college is part of the Howard Schools Trust which includes the Howard…

  • Ashford Hospital · 1.4 km

    Ashford Hospital is a general hospital in Ashford, Surrey. It is managed by the Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Ashford (Spelthorne)?
Ashford (Spelthorne) is a town in Surrey, England, in the Spelthorne local authority.
How deprived is Ashford (Spelthorne)?
The Spelthorne local authority, which includes Ashford (Spelthorne), is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.