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Dockenfield

Dockenfield is a village in Surrey, England, with a population of around 399. There is 1 bus stop serving the area, and the nearest railway station is Bentley, 3.6 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Dockenfield area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Waverley area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 128,227 residents at roughly 372 people per km².

Council
Waverley
County
Surrey
Constituency
South West Surrey
Police force
Surrey
64/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 44th of 294 English council areas — better than 85% of them.

Low crime96
Home affordability6
Affordable rents28
Good schools51
Life expectancy95
Low deprivation98
Employment94
Low council tax10

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

10°CSunny

  • Today: 10° / 6° · 17% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:32

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

1 reported · August 2026▼ 67% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Tilford, Elstead, Thursley, Frensham, Peper Harow & Dockenfield · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Rural crime in the Elstead and Tilford areas
  • Seasonal burglaries

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

21 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 20 rated 4–5 ★ (17 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Bentley (4.0 km)
  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bentley (Hampshire) (3.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£559,306 average▼ 2% YoY

Across Waverley · to 2026-08

Detached£936,989
Semi-detached£547,389
Terraced£428,533
Flat£277,139

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 168.9p · Asda (10.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · Asda (10.4 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

15 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Best Western Frensham Pond Hotel (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools16
  • Sports pitches17
  • Playgrounds10

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)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,605 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 57,540)

A £1,737
B £2,026
C £2,315
D £2,605
E £3,184
F £3,763
G £4,341
H £5,210

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

Schools

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)

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

1,403 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
  • 8 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

328 applications decided

88.7% granted · 291 granted, 37 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Gregory Stafford

Conservative

Farnham and Bordon

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)
  • NoBudget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates)

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

  • Parks & greens9
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,425 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£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

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

41% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Solar 15% · Wind 14% · Biomass 7%

218 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

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

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in GU10

  • Holly Tree Surgery
  • Farnham Dene Medical Practice
  • Crondall New Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Farnham and Bordon:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Dockenfield · 0.5 km

    Dockenfield is a village and civil parish in the borough of Waverley in Surrey, England. The parish is undulating, has a number of sources of the River Wey and borders the Alice Holt Forest. Dockenfield was historical…

  • Frensham · 1.6 km

    Frensham is a village in Surrey, England, next to the A287 road, 13 miles (20.9 km) WSW of Guildford, the county town. Frensham lies on the right bank of the River Wey, only navigable to canoes, shortly before its con…

  • Alice Holt Forest · 1.7 km

    Alice Holt Forest is a royal forest in Hampshire, situated some 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Farnham, Surrey. Once predominantly an ancient oak forest, it was particularly noted in the 18th and 19th centuries for the tim…

  • Bucks Horn Oak · 1.8 km

    Bucks Horn Oak is a small village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England and is the main community within Alice Holt Forest. A small eastern part consists of buildings facing its main road and of the mai…

  • Frensham Heights School · 2.1 km

    Frensham Heights School is a private school with a sixth form college located near Farnham, Surrey, England, run by the registered charity, Frensham Heights Educational Trust Ltd. It was founded in 1925 and formed as…

  • Rowledge · 2.5 km

    Rowledge is a village in England on the Surrey–Hampshire border, centred south of the A31 and Farnham. Neighbouring villages include Wrecclesham and Frensham. To the south west of the village is the Alice Holt Forest;…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Dockenfield?
Dockenfield is a town in Surrey, England, in the Waverley local authority.
What is the population of Dockenfield?
Dockenfield has an approximate settlement population of 399.
How deprived is Dockenfield?
The Waverley local authority, which includes Dockenfield, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.