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Furnace Wood

Furnace Wood is a village in Surrey, England, with a population of around 200. It has one restaurant and café, eight bus stops, and the nearest railway station is East Grinstead (Bluebell), 4 km away. There were around 16 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Furnace Wood area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Tandridge area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 87,874 residents at roughly 354 people per km².

Council
Tandridge
County
Surrey
Constituency
East Surrey
Police force
Surrey
63/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 63rd of 294 English council areas — better than 79% of them.

Low crime88
Home affordability7
Affordable rents10
Good schools95
Life expectancy87
Low deprivation81
Employment65
Low council tax14

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

11°CClear

  • Today: 19° / 10° · 28% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:28

13h 2m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

57US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wandsworth - Tooting High Street, United Kingdom

Crime

5 reported · July 2026 62% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Criminal damage & arson1
  • Public order1
  • Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Copthorne, Worth, Crawley Down and Turners Hill · Sussex

Local policing priorities

  • Antisocial Driving and Speeding
  • Antisocial Behaviour - Youth Related including Graffiti

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

Road safety

234 reported road collisions (2024)

79 killed or seriously injured · 339 casualties · 26.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

56 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 44 rated 4–5 ★ (38 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: East Grinstead (Bluebell) (3.9 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from East Grinstead (4.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£475,344 average 5.6% YoY

Across Tandridge · to 2026-06

Detached£853,458
Semi-detached£460,542
Terraced£387,546
Flat£243,121

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,634 average monthly rent 3.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,156
  • 2 bed £1,464
  • 3 bed £1,828

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

Affordability

13.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 13.2 times median annual pay (15.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (4.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (5.9 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

39 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: ROLLS_ROYCE U29 EV 2 (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools9
  • Sports pitches11
  • Golf courses1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

87,874 residents in Tandridge · 354/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 258 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,595 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 38,200)

A £1,730
B £2,018
C £2,307
D £2,595
E £3,171
F £3,748
G £4,325
H £5,190

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

Schools

47 schools · 15,578 pupils

24 primary · 3 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 13 of 13 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

32inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • de Stafford SchoolGood
  • Oxted SchoolGood
  • Warlingham School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tandridge

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

147 applications decided

83.7% granted · 123 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Mims Davies

Conservative

East Grinstead and Uckfield

Recent votes:

  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent (minority)

  • Con 5
  • LD 12
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 25

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

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,320 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£837 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£35,590 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 · 39,414 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

1% low-carbon electricity

Imports 70% · Gas 29% · Wind 1% · Hydro 0%

179 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.6 yrs women · 81.9 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Grinstead and Uckfield:

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

Notable places nearby

  • A264 road · 0.6 km

    The A264 is an east–west road in southern England that runs from Pembury in west Kent to Five Oaks in West Sussex.

  • Crawley Down Monastery · 0.7 km

    The Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Crawley Down is an Anglican monastery located at Crawley Down in West Sussex, England.

  • Hedgecourt · 0.9 km

    Hedgecourt is a 33.6-hectare (83-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) north of Felbridge in Surrey. An area of 5 ha is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.

  • Imberdown (electoral division) · 1.1 km

    Imberdown is an electoral division of West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and returns one member to sit on West Sussex County Council.

  • Crawley Down Gatwick F.C. · 1.4 km

    Crawley Down Gatwick Football Club is a football club based in Crawley Down, West Sussex, England. They are currently members of the Southern Combination Premier Division and play at the Haven Sportsfield.

  • London to Brighton Way · 1.9 km

    The London to Brighton Way, also called the London to Portslade Way, is a Roman road between Stane Street at Kennington Park and Brighton in Sussex. The road passes through Streatham and Croydon, then through the Cate…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Furnace Wood?
Furnace Wood is a town in Surrey, England, in the Tandridge local authority.
How deprived is Furnace Wood?
The Tandridge local authority, which includes Furnace Wood, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.