Gatton

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 19° / 16° · 76% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:22

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Wandsworth - Lavender Hill (Clapham Jct), United Kingdom

40 reported · July 2026▲ 38% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences15
• Anti-social behaviour8
• Public order7
• Criminal damage & arson5

Neighbourhood team: Merstham · Surrey

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

292 reported road collisions (2024)

70 killed or seriously injured · 371 casualties · 19.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

180 food businesses within 2 miles

• 131 rated 4–5 ★ (105 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Merstham (1.5 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£480,481 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Reigate and Banstead · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,637 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY

• 1 bed £1,140
• 2 bed £1,480
• 3 bed £1,815

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

11.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.1 times median annual pay (10.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (2.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Esso (2.6 km)

22 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

33 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Wray Lane Car Park (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches29
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

150,846 residents in Reigate and Banstead · 1,168/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 276 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,567 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (28% of 64,920)

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

61 schools · 23,894 pupils

35 primary · 6 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 23 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Reigate and Banstead

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 52 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

198 applications decided

88.4% granted · 175 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Conservative (minority)

• Con 16
• LD 4
• Grn 15
• Oth 10

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

• Schools4
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,760 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£919 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£33,851 disposable income per head (2024)

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

51% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 71,500 certificates

7.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 82.5 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Reigate:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership363 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s346 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office325 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test309 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership255 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Royal Alexandra and Albert School · 0.3 km

  The Royal Alexandra and Albert School is an all-through co-educational boarding school near Reigate, Surrey. The headmaster as of 2022 is Morgan Thomas. The Royal Alexandra and Albert School Act 1949 united The Royal…

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  St Andrew's Church, Gatton · 0.3 km

  The Church of St Andrew, Gatton is a Church of England church in Gatton, near Reigate in Surrey, England. It is a Grade I listed. The earliest record of a church on the site is in 880AD. Some fabric from the 13th cent…

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  Gatton Park · 0.5 km

  Gatton Park is a country estate set in parkland landscaped by Capability Brown and gardens by Henry Ernest Milner and Edward White at Gatton, near Reigate in Surrey, England.

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  Merstham · 1.3 km

  Merstham is a town in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England. It lies 17 miles south of Charing Cross just beyond the Greater London border. Part of the North Downs Way runs along the northern boundary…

• St Bede's School · 1.5 km

  Saint Bede's School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form in Redhill, Surrey, England. In the most recent Ofsted inspection, the school was graded as "outstanding" in all areas. It now has over 1700 male…

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  Merstham railway station · 1.5 km

  Merstham railway station is in Merstham, Surrey, England. It is on the Brighton Main Line, 20 miles 59 chains (33.4 km) measured from London Charing Cross, and train services are currently provided by Southern, who ma…

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