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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 less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). 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 56th of 294 English council areas — better than 81% of them.

Low crime87
Home affordability7
Affordable rents11
Good schools95
Life expectancy86
Low deprivation80
Employment74
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

7°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 10° / 5° · 16% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:27

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

50US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Merton - Merton Road, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

19 reported · August 2026▲ 111% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences7
  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Criminal damage & arson3
  • Drugs2

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

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

261 reported road collisions (2025)

61 killed or seriously injured · 362 casualties · 29.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

55 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 45 rated 4–5 ★ (39 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

£506,774 average▼ 1.1% YoY

Across Tandridge · to 2026-08

Detached£910,876
Semi-detached£491,655
Terraced£415,085
Flat£257,553

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,637 average monthly rent▲ 4.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,159
  • 2 bed £1,467
  • 3 bed £1,833

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

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

Property sales

1,079 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: 156.9p · Esso (4.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (4.1 km)

8 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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,599
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,180
  • Net moves+419

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 236 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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%)

32 inspected 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

1,403 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
  • 17 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

202 applications decided

80.7% granted · 163 granted, 39 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Mims Davies

Conservative

East Grinstead and Uckfield

Recent votes:

  • NoRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

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

5,460 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£837 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% 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

54% low-carbon electricity

Gas 45% · Wind 38% · Nuclear 10% · Biomass 6%

184 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.6 yrs women · 81.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Surrey): 66.4 women · 65.1 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

Health services

1 GP surgery · 4 pharmacies in RH19

  • Moatfield Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

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

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

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 less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.