Holmbury St Mary

18°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 17° · 77% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:22

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Teddington Bushy Park, United Kingdom

8 reported · July 2026▲ 700% YoY

• Burglary3
• Violence & sexual offences3
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Public order1

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Albury, Shalford, Compton, Holy Trinity, Shere, Gomshall, Peaslake & Farley Green · Surrey

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

314 reported road collisions (2024)

90 killed or seriously injured · 396 casualties · 21.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

18 food businesses within 2 miles

• 15 rated 4–5 ★ (13 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Gomshall (3.9 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£523,974 average▼ 5.6% YoY

Across Guildford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,728 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,180
• 2 bed £1,534
• 3 bed £1,857

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Valero (9.1 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Finn-Ruth (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools23
• Sports pitches37
• 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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 296 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Guildford

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

• In a conservation area (Holmbury St Mary)
• Within the Green Belt
• 34 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

333 applications decided

82% granted · 273 granted, 60 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Jeremy Hunt

Conservative

Godalming and Ash

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat (minority)

• Lab 3
• Con 10
• LD 25
• Oth 10

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

• Schools3
• Parks & greens90
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,465 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Kitchen Porter

Source: Adzuna

£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

11% low-carbon electricity

Imports 78% · Gas 11% · Wind 10% · Hydro 0%

121 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.3 yrs women · 83.4 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Godalming and Ash:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership396 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership355 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases318 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s269 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test253 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Holmbury St Mary · 0.4 km

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  Goddards · 1.3 km

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  Abinger Common War Memorial · 1.4 km

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