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Godalming

Godalming is a town in Surrey, England, with a population of around 22,689. It has around 1 GP & clinic and around 4 restaurants and cafés, with 20 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Godalming, 1.1 km away. The average sold house price is around £766,896. There were around 74 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 Godalming area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Guildford area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 143,650 residents at roughly 530 people per km².

Council
Guildford
County
Surrey
Constituency
Guildford
Police force
Surrey
57/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 103rd of 294 English council areas — better than 65% of them.

Low crime51
Home affordability19
Affordable rents19
Good schools45
Life expectancy99
Low deprivation96
Employment94
Low council tax22

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

9°COvercast

  • Today: 10° / 8° · 21% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:31

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

35US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

89 reported · August 2026▲ 85% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences25
  • Anti-social behaviour14
  • Public order12
  • Criminal damage & arson8

5 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Ockford Ridge, Aarons Hill, Busbridge & Godalming Town Centre · Surrey

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

149 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 120 rated 4–5 ★ (104 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Godalming (0.3 km)
  • 40 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Godalming (0.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£537,660 average▲ 0.6% YoY

Across Guildford · to 2026-08

Detached£963,231
Semi-detached£529,441
Terraced£435,465
Flat£272,671

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 168.9p · Asda (10.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · Asda (4.1 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

34 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: WBC South Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms4
  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches44
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

143,650 residents in Guildford · 530/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,547 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,698
B £1,981
C £2,264
D £2,547
E £3,113
F £3,679
G £4,246
H £5,095

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • St Peter's Catholic SchoolOutstanding
  • Christ's College, GuildfordGood
  • George Abbot SchoolGood
  • Howard of Effingham SchoolGood
  • Ash Manor School
  • Guildford County School
  • Kings College Guildford

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Guildford

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

  • In a conservation area (Godalming Town Centre Conservation Area)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 220 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

320 applications decided

87.2% granted · 279 granted, 41 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Sir Jeremy Hunt

Conservative

Godalming and Ash

Recent votes:

  • 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
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat (minority)

  • Lab 3
  • Con 10
  • LD 25
  • Oth 10

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools9
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens9
  • Restaurants & cafés34

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,545 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

294 jobs advertised · £40,575 avg

e.g. Waking Night Carer, Self Employed Cleaner, Day-to-Day Supply Teacher

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

32% low-carbon electricity

Gas 67% · Wind 19% · Biomass 7% · Nuclear 6%

271 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in GU7

  • The Mill Medical Practice
  • Binscombe Medical Centre
  • Cmht Op Waverley

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Godalming and Ash:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Godalming · 0.1 km

    Godalming is a market town and civil parish in south-west Surrey, England, around 30 miles (49 km) south-west of central London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, at the confluence of the Rivers Wey and Ock. The civil…

  • The Pepperpot · 0.1 km

    The Pepperpot is a historic building in the High Street in Godalming, a town in Surrey, in England. The building, which accommodates a meeting room on the first floor, is a Grade II listed building.

  • Godalming Museum · 0.1 km

    Godalming Museum is a local museum in the town of Godalming, Surrey, England.

  • Church of St Peter & St Paul, Godalming · 0.2 km

    The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul is part of Godalming Minster and is also known as Godalming Minster Church Street. It is a parish church of the Church of England in Godalming, Surrey.

  • St Edmund Church, Godalming · 0.2 km

    St Edmund's Church is the Roman Catholic parish church of Godalming, a town in the English county of Surrey. It was built in 1906 to the design of Frederick Walters and is a Grade II listed building. The church stands…

  • Phillips Memorial Cloister · 0.2 km

    The Phillips Memorial Cloister is a Grade II listed memorial in Godalming, Surrey, dedicated to Jack Phillips, a senior wireless operator who worked for the Marconi Company aboard the Titanic.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Godalming?
Godalming is a town in Surrey, England, in the Guildford local authority.
What is the population of Godalming?
Godalming has an approximate settlement population of 22,689.
How deprived is Godalming?
The Guildford local authority, which includes Godalming, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.