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Charlwood

Charlwood is a village in Surrey, England, with a population of around 972. It has around 2 restaurants and cafés, 4 bus stops, and Gatwick Airport railway station is 4.5 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 Charlwood area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Mole Valley area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 87,386 residents at roughly 338 people per km².

Council
Mole Valley
County
Surrey
Constituency
Mole Valley
Police force
Surrey
71/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 16th of 294 English council areas — better than 95% of them.

Low crime81
Home affordability14
Affordable rents46
Good schools95
Life expectancy92
Low deprivation93
Employment96
Low council tax27

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°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 12° / 8° · 39% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:33

9h 38m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

53US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Merton - Merton Road, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

2 reported · August 2026▼ 50% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Dorking Rural East · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Tackling Rural Retail crime
  • Rural Burglaries

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

Road safety

247 reported road collisions (2025)

75 killed or seriously injured · 299 casualties · 28.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

44 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 40 rated 4–5 ★ (37 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Gatwick Airport (4.5 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Gatwick Airport (4.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£552,344 average▲ 1.4% YoY

Across Mole Valley · to 2026-08

Detached£985,240
Semi-detached£561,344
Terraced£450,761
Flat£284,513

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,551 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,139
  • 2 bed £1,455
  • 3 bed £1,856

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

Affordability

11.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.6 times median annual pay (10.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,055 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: 152.9p · Esso (10.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Esso (10.6 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

40 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: EVC Stanhill Court Hotel (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools19
  • Sports pitches18
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Source: Mole Valley Council

Population

87,386 residents in Mole Valley · 338/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,651
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,033
  • Net moves+618

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 277 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,520 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (21% of 39,780)

A £1,680
B £1,960
C £2,240
D £2,520
E £3,080
F £3,640
G £4,200
H £5,040

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

Schools

41 schools · 13,953 pupils

22 primary · 4 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 10 of 10 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • St Andrew's Catholic SchoolOutstanding
  • The Ashcombe School
  • The Priory Church of England School
  • Therfield School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mole Valley

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

  • In a conservation area (Charlwood)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 62 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

208 applications decided

77.4% granted · 161 granted, 47 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Chris Coghlan

Liberal Democrat

Dorking and Horley

Recent votes:

  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 2
  • LD 31
  • Oth 6

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens65
  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,710 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

22 jobs advertised · £41,529 avg

e.g. Forensic Consultant Psychiatrist, Occupational Therapist Assistant, Maintenance Assistant

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£837 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£40,280 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 38,901 certificates

8.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Wind 37% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 4%

213 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

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

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction8.1
  • Feeling worthwhile8.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Health services

7 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in RH6

  • Wayside Medical Practice
  • Modality East Surrey Medical Practice
  • Tinsley House Irc

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dorking and Horley:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Charlwood · 0.1 km

    Charlwood is a village and civil parish in the Mole Valley district of Surrey, England. It is immediately north-west of London Gatwick Airport in West Sussex, close west of Horley and north of Crawley. The historic co…

  • Church of St Nicholas, Charlwood · 0.2 km

    The Church of St Nicholas, Charlwood, is the parish church of Charlwood, Surrey, England. With a 12th-century tower and nave section and examples of 13th to 15th century art, fixtures and architecture, it is a Grade I…

  • Providence Chapel, Charlwood · 0.4 km

    Providence Chapel is a former Nonconformist place of worship in the village of Charlwood in Surrey, England. Founded in 1816 on the outskirts of the ancient village, it was associated with Independent Calvinists and S…

  • Gatwick Aviation Museum · 0.7 km

    The Gatwick Aviation Museum is located in the village of Charlwood, in Surrey, United Kingdom on the boundary of Gatwick Airport.

  • Lowfield Heath Windmill · 0.9 km

    Lowfield Heath Windmill is a Grade II listed post mill at Charlwood, Surrey, England, which has been restored to working order.

  • Edolph's Copse · 1.4 km

    Edolph's Copse is a 27.6-hectare (68-acre) Local Nature Reserve west of Horley in Surrey. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Charlwood?
Charlwood is a town in Surrey, England, in the Mole Valley local authority.
What is the population of Charlwood?
Charlwood has an approximate settlement population of 972.
How deprived is Charlwood?
The Mole Valley local authority, which includes Charlwood, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.