Busbridge

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 8° · 43% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:33

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

• 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

35 reported · August 2026▲ 40% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Public order6
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Burglary3

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Ockford Ridge, Aarons Hill, Busbridge & Godalming Town Centre · Surrey

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

198 reported road collisions (2025)

58 killed or seriously injured · 257 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

139 food businesses within 2 miles

• 112 rated 4–5 ★ (97 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Godalming (1.9 km)
• 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£559,306 average▼ 2% YoY

Across Waverley · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,459 average monthly rent▼ 2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,057
• 2 bed £1,354
• 3 bed £1,634

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

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

1,832 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: 169.9p · Asda (3.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · Asda (3.8 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: SUCC Catteshall Lane 1 (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms2
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches29
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

128,227 residents in Waverley · 372/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,970
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,546
• Net moves+2,424

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 289 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

74 schools · 24,524 pupils

38 primary · 7 secondary · 29 other

Ofsted: 16 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Waverley

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 173 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

328 applications decided

88.7% granted · 291 granted, 37 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Liberal Democrat / Independent / Green coalition

• Con 10
• LD 24
• Grn 1
• Oth 14

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,425 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

34 jobs advertised · £35,726 avg

e.g. Sonographer, Support Worker, Customer Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£958 median full-time weekly pay

2% 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

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

Life expectancy: 86.1 yrs women · 82.8 yrs men

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

51% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

3 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in GU7

• The Mill Medical Practice
• Binscombe Medical Centre
• Cmht Op Waverley

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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  Busbridge · 0.1 km

  Busbridge is a village in the civil parish of Godalming, in the borough of Waverley in Surrey, England that adjoins the town of Godalming. It was until the Tudor period often recorded as Bushbridge and was a manor and…

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  Jekyll Memorial, Busbridge · 0.4 km

  The Jekyll Memorial, Busbridge, Surrey, England, commemorates the gardener Gertrude Jekyll and members of her family. Designed by Jekyll's friend and collaborator, Edwin Lutyens and constructed in 1932, it is a Grade…

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  Busbridge Church · 0.4 km

  Busbridge Church or St John the Baptist Church, is an evangelical Anglican Church in Busbridge, Godalming, England. Busbridge Church is part of a joint benefice with Hambledon Church in the village of Hambledon, Surre…

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  Busbridge War Memorial · 0.4 km

  Busbridge War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the churchyard of St John's Church in the village of Busbridge, Surrey, in south-eastern England. It was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and unveiled in 1922. It i…

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  Munstead and Tuesley · 0.4 km

  Munstead and Tuesley is a civil parish in the Waverley district, in Surrey, England, within the Surrey Hills National Landscape. The parish was formed from the former parish of Busbridge after the village itself becam…

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  Munstead Wood · 0.4 km

  Munstead Wood is a Grade I listed house and garden in Munstead Heath, Munstead and Tuesley, on the boundary of the town of Godalming in Surrey, England, one mile southeast of the town centre. The garden was created by…

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