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Brookwood

Brookwood is a village in Surrey, England, with a population of around 2,500. It has around 2 restaurants and cafés, 19 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Brookwood, 0.8 km away. There were around 33 recorded street crimes in June 2026, 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 Brookwood area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Guildford area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 143,650 residents at roughly 530 people per km².

Council
Guildford
County
Surrey
Constituency
Woking
Police force
Surrey
57/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 103rd of 294 English council areas — better than 65% of them.

Low crime51
Home affordability19
Affordable rents19
Good schools45
Life expectancy99
Low deprivation96
Employment94
Low council tax22

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

9°COvercast

  • Today: 11° / 5° · 23% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:29

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

Crime data is temporarily unavailable.

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

111 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 93 rated 4–5 ★ (74 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Brookwood (0.4 km)
  • 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Brookwood (0.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£537,660 average▲ 0.6% YoY

Across Guildford · to 2026-08

Detached£963,231
Semi-detached£529,441
Terraced£435,465
Flat£272,671

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (2.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (2.2 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

36 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Cobbett Hill Earth Station (4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres11
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches23
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

143,650 residents in Guildford · 530/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,547 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,698
B £1,981
C £2,264
D £2,547
E £3,113
F £3,679
G £4,246
H £5,095

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • St Peter's Catholic SchoolOutstanding
  • Christ's College, GuildfordGood
  • George Abbot SchoolGood
  • Howard of Effingham SchoolGood
  • Ash Manor School
  • Guildford County School
  • Kings College Guildford

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Guildford

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
  • 42 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

320 applications decided

87.2% granted · 279 granted, 41 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Mr Will Forster

Liberal Democrat

Woking

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget 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 3
  • Con 10
  • LD 25
  • Oth 10

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens24
  • Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,545 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

7 jobs advertised · £38,976 avg

e.g. SEN / SEND Tutor, Surrey, Onsite IT support - IT All Rounder - Systems Support, Nursery Practitioner

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

53% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Wind 38% · Nuclear 9% · Biomass 6%

188 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in GU24

  • Pirbright Medical Centre
  • Chobham & West End Medical Practice
  • Pirbright Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Woking:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Brookwood, Surrey · 0.4 km

    Brookwood is a village in Surrey, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) west of Woking, with a mixture of semi-rural, woodland-set and archetypal suburban residential homes. It lies on the western border of the Woking B…

  • Brookwood railway station · 0.4 km

    Brookwood railway station serves the village of Brookwood, in Surrey, England. It lies 27 miles 79 chains (45.0 km) down the line from London Waterloo.

  • Sheet's Heath Common · 0.4 km

    Sheet's Heath Common near Brookwood, Surrey, England, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), part of the larger Colony Bog and Bagshot Heath SSSI. It is also part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protect…

  • Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial · 0.5 km

    Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial is the only American Military Cemetery of World War I in the British Isles. Located approximately 28 miles (45 km) southwest of London, Brookwood American Cemetery contains the…

  • Knowl Hill School · 0.9 km

    Knowl Hill School is an independent school in the village of Pirbright in Surrey. Knowl Hill is a co-educational school. There is a Junior school with pupils from years 3 to year 7, and a Senior school with years 8 to…

  • Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll · 1.1 km

    Ethel Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll was a Scottish heiress, socialite and aristocrat who was most famous for her 1951 marriage and much-publicised 1963 divorce from her second husband, Ian Campbell, 11th Duke o…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Brookwood?
Brookwood is a town in Surrey, England, in the Guildford local authority.
How deprived is Brookwood?
The Guildford local authority, which includes Brookwood, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.