Byfleet

22°CLight rain shower

• Today: 22° / 16° · 87% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:23

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

95 reported · July 2026▲ 40% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences29
• Anti-social behaviour16
• Other theft11
• Criminal damage & arson9

4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Byfleet, West Byfleet & Pyrford · Surrey

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

280 reported road collisions (2024)

74 killed or seriously injured · 331 casualties · 20.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

162 food businesses within 2 miles

• 133 rated 4–5 ★ (103 top)
• 10 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Byfleet and New Haw (1.2 km)
• 29 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£743,525 average▼ 2.1% YoY

Across Elmbridge · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,867 average monthly rent▲ 1.1% YoY

• 1 bed £1,247
• 2 bed £1,569
• 3 bed £1,912

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

15.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 15.7 times median annual pay (15.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (10.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (4.2 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

55 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: High Road Byfleet (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools11
• Sports pitches22
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

138,754 residents in Elmbridge · 1,460/km²

• Under 16: 22%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 310 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,558 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 60,100)

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

56 schools · 23,537 pupils

28 primary · 5 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 12 of 12 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

37inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Elmbridge

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

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

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

351 applications decided

76.6% granted · 269 granted, 82 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Will Forster

Liberal Democrat

Woking

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Con 9
• LD 20
• Ref 2
• Oth 16

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens47
• Restaurants & cafés24

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,340 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

80 jobs advertised · £31,812 avg

e.g. Technical Systems Engineer, Online Spanish Tutoring Job in West Byfleet – Flexible Schedule, Property Preparation Cleaner

Source: Adzuna

£970 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£51,161 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 · 66,061 certificates

7.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

14% low-carbon electricity

Imports 67% · Gas 19% · Solar 7% · Wind 6%

138 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.8 yrs women · 83.1 yrs men

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Woking:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership396 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s273 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office259 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU236 local signatures · 35,924 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test223 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Byfleet · 0.2 km

  Byfleet is a village in Surrey, England. It is located in the far east of the borough of Woking, around 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of West Byfleet, from which it is separated by the M25 motorway and the Wey Navigation.

• British Aerospace Company Ground · 0.9 km

  British Aerospace Company Ground was a cricket ground in Byfleet, Surrey. The ground was built as a works venue for the Vickers-Armstrongs factory in Brooklands. In 1920 a factory side was established, although the fi…

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  Brooklands · 1.0 km

  Brooklands was a 2.767-mile (4.453 km) motor racing circuit and aerodrome built near Weybridge in Surrey, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1907 and was the world's first purpose-built 'banked' motor racing circui…

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  1912 Brooklands Flanders Monoplane crash · 1.0 km

  The 1912 Brooklands Flanders Monoplane crash was the first aviation accident in which an investigation was made into the cause of the accident and a report subsequently published, thus marking the start of aviation ac…

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  Byfleet Manor · 1.1 km

  Byfleet Manor is a Grade II* listed house in Byfleet, Surrey, England. Byfleet Manor has been used as a filming location in three television series, most notably Downton Abbey.

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  Byfleet & New Haw railway station · 1.2 km

  Byfleet & New Haw railway station is on the South West Main Line, operated by South Western Railway and generally served by trains on the London to Woking route. The station is at the northern edge of Byfleet with the…

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