Brook (Waverley)
Brook (Waverley) is a village in Surrey, England. It has 8 bus stops and Witley railway station 0.4 km away. There were around 4 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Brook (Waverley) area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Waverley area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 128,227 residents at roughly 372 people per km².
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 44th of 294 English council areas — better than 85% of them.
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
16°COvercast
- Today: 20° / 10° · 32% rain
- Tomorrow: 23° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:30
13h 2m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
17US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · London Hillingdon Harmondsworth Os, United Kingdom
Crime
9 reported · July 2026▲ 50% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences4
- Anti-social behaviour2
- Criminal damage & arson2
- Public order1
Neighbourhood team: Milford, Witley, Hambledon & Brook · Surrey
Local policing priorities
- Seasonal burglaries
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
186 reported road collisions (2024)
45 killed or seriously injured · 242 casualties · 14.5 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
15 food businesses within 2 miles
- 11 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
- 2 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Witley (0.4 km)
- 8 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Witley (0.5 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£560,596 average▼ 0.8% YoY
Across Waverley · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,450 average monthly rent▼ 3.2% YoY
- 1 bed £1,051
- 2 bed £1,346
- 3 bed £1,624
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07
Affordability
13.3× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 13.3 times median annual pay (13.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 171.9p · Asda (7.7 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (4.3 km)
4 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
13 charging locations within ~8 km
- 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 160 kW
- Nearest: InstaVolt Co-Op Car Park Farncombe (3.8 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Swimming pools1
- Sports pitches25
- Playgrounds1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
128,227 residents in Waverley · 372/km²
- Under 16: 19%
- 16–64: 59%
- 65+: 22%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Deprivation
Among the least deprived areas in England
Ranked 313 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019
Council tax
£2,605 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band D (24% of 57,540)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
75 schools · 24,691 pupils
38 primary · 7 secondary · 30 other
Ofsted: 16 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)
50inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Broadwater SchoolGood
- Farnham Heath EndGood
- Glebelands SchoolGood
- Weydon SchoolGood
- All Hallows Catholic School
- Rodborough
- Woolmer Hill School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Waverley
Care & health services
1,391 CQC-registered services
- Care homes390
- GP practices202
- Dentists356
- Homecare agencies296
- Hospitals & hospices38
CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate
Source: Care Quality Commission · Surrey
Heritage & planning
- Within the Green Belt
- 33 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
325 applications decided
89.8% granted · 292 granted, 33 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Your MP
Sir Jeremy Hunt
Conservative
Godalming and Ash
Recent votes:
- AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
- NoDraft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
- NoDraft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026
- NoDraft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Liberal Democrat / Independent / Green coalition
- Con 10
- LD 24
- Grn 1
- Oth 14
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools2
- Parks & greens16
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
8,320 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Local economy
£958 median full-time weekly pay
1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£40,616 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
41% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 58,504 certificates
9.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Grid electricity
56% low-carbon electricity
Gas 41% · Wind 39% · Biomass 11% · Nuclear 6%
176 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity
Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 86.1 yrs women · 82.8 yrs men
51% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.9
- Feeling worthwhile8.2
- Happiness yesterday7.6
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Godalming and Ash:
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership396 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership355 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases318 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s269 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test253 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Wormley, Surrey · 0.4 kmWormley is a village in the civil parish of Witley and Milford, in the Waverley district, in Surrey, England, around Witley station, off the A283 Petworth Road about 5 km (3.1 mi) SSW of Godalming.
Witley railway station · 0.4 kmWitley railway station is a station on the Portsmouth Direct Line in Surrey, England. It is 38 miles 36 chains (61.9 km) down the line from London Waterloo via Woking.
King Edward's School, Witley · 0.5 kmKing Edward's Witley is a co-educational boarding and day public school, founded in 1553 by King Edward VI and Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London and Westminster, in The Palace of Bridewell near Fleet St in the City of…
Sandhills, Surrey · 0.8 kmSandhills is a small hamlet located between the villages of Wormley and Brook, in the civil parish of Witley and Milford, in the Waverley district, in the county of Surrey, England. It is part of the Surrey Hills Area…
Tigbourne Court · 1.3 kmTigbourne Court is an Arts and Crafts style country house in Wormley, Surrey, England, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Witley. It was designed by architect Edwin Lutyens, using a mixture of 17th-century style vernacular arch…
Brook, Surrey · 1.4 kmBrook is a hamlet in the civil parish of Witley and Milford, in the Waverley district, in south-west Surrey, England. It is 1.2 miles (2 km) west of Wormley, beyond Sandhills with which it avoids being contiguous due…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Brook (Waverley)?
- Brook (Waverley) is a town in Surrey, England, in the Waverley local authority.
- How deprived is Brook (Waverley)?
- The Waverley local authority, which includes Brook (Waverley), is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.