Elm Corner

9°CClear

• Today: 13° / 6° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:54Sunset 16:35

9h 41m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

49US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Teddington Bushy Park, United Kingdom

• 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

3 reported · August 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Send, Ripley, Wisley, Ockham, The Horsleys, The Clandons & Effingham · Surrey

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

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)

37 food businesses within 2 miles

• 33 rated 4–5 ★ (26 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Effingham Junction (3.4 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£537,660 average▲ 0.6% YoY

Across Guildford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (9.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10.9 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

43 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: RHS Garden Wisley (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches12
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

143,650 residents in Guildford · 530/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,547 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Guildford

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

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

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

320 applications decided

87.2% granted · 279 granted, 41 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Liberal Democrat (minority)

• Lab 3
• Con 10
• LD 25
• Oth 10

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

• Parks & greens20
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,545 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

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

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

• 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

2 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in GU23

• Villages Medical Ctr
• Hmp Send

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Guildford:

• Remove the grey belt planning rules519 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks340 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND331 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU319 local signatures · 48,100 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases150 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  Wisley Airfield · 0.2 km

  Wisley Airfield is a former wartime airfield located in the Parish of Ockham near Wisley in Surrey, England. Originally a grass airstrip used to test aircraft built at Weybridge by Vickers, the runway was converted to…

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  RHS Garden Wisley · 1.1 km

  RHS Garden Wisley is a garden run by the Royal Horticultural Society in Wisley, Surrey, southwest of London. It is one of five gardens run by the society, the others being Harlow Carr, Hyde Hall, Rosemoor, and Bridgew…

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  Ockham, Surrey · 1.1 km

  Ockham is a rural and semi-rural village in the borough of Guildford in Surrey, England. The village starts immediately east of the A3 but the lands extend to the River Wey in the west where it has a large mill-house.…

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  Ockham and Wisley Commons · 1.2 km

  Ockham and Wisley Commons is a 266-hectare (660-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Woking in Surrey. It is also a Local Nature Reserve and part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection A…

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  All Saints' Church, Ockham · 1.3 km

  The Church of All Saints, usually known as All Saints' Church, is an Anglican church in Ockham, England. It is the parish church of Ockham with Hatchford and Downside. Due to its architectural significance, the church…

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  Ockham Park · 1.4 km

  Ockham Park is a seventeenth-century English country house in Ockham, Surrey.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)