Holmbury St Mary
Holmbury St Mary is a village in Surrey, England, with a population of around 572. There is around 1 restaurant or café, 12 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Gomshall, 3.9 km away. There were around 4 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Holmbury St Mary 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.
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 103rd of 294 English council areas — better than 65% of them.
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°CSunny
- Today: 11° / 8° · 16% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:30
9h 31m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
22US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · London Teddington Bushy Park, 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
1 reported · August 2026▼ 80% YoY
- Bicycle theft1
Neighbourhood team: Albury, Shalford, Compton, Holy Trinity, Shere, Gomshall, Peaslake & Farley Green · Surrey
Local policing priorities
- Shoplifting is a National priority and has an impact on both businesses and consumers in the local area
- Continuing reports of Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) and Anti-Social Driving (ASD)
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
18 food businesses within 2 miles
- 15 rated 4–5 ★ (13 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Gomshall (3.9 km)
- 12 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Gomshall (3.9 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£537,660 average▲ 0.6% YoY
Across Guildford · to 2026-08
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: 156.9p · Esso (8.2 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 190.9p · Esso (8.2 km)
3 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
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
Sport & leisure
- Swimming pools23
- Sports pitches37
- Playgrounds1
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)
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 (Holmbury St Mary)
- Within the Green Belt
- 34 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
- Schools3
- Parks & greens90
- Restaurants & cafés3
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
8,545 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
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
35% low-carbon electricity
Gas 33% · Imports 32% · Wind 26% · Solar 5%
168 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity
Latest estimate for South East 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
1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in RH5
- Leith Hill Practice
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Godalming and Ash:
- Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death545 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND323 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks319 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases319 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Require local authorities to provide 90 minutes of free parking in town centres219 local signatures · 5,417 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Holmbury St Mary · 0.4 kmHolmbury St Mary is a village in Surrey, England centered on shallow upper slopes of the Greensand Ridge. Its developed area is a nucleated village, 4.5 miles (7 km) southwest of Dorking and 8 miles (13 km) southeast…
- Belmont School, Surrey · 0.5 km
Belmont was an independent co-educational school in Surrey which took pupils from the ages of 3 to 16. The school was a charitable trust, administered by an independent Board of Governors.
- Woodhouse Copse, Holmbury St Mary · 0.7 km
Woodhouse Copse is an Arts and Crafts style house in the village of Holmbury St Mary, Surrey, England. It is a Grade II listed building, with gardens originally planted by garden designer Gertrude Jekyll. Country hous…
Abinger · 1.2 kmAbinger is a large, well-wooded and mostly rural civil parish that lies between the settlements of Dorking, Shere and Ewhurst in the Mole Valley district of Surrey, England.
Goddards · 1.3 kmGoddards is a Grade II*-listed house in Abinger Common, Surrey, England, completed in 1900. It was designed by Edwin Lutyens in the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement and the west-facing courtyard garden was desig…
Abinger Common War Memorial · 1.4 kmAbinger Common War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the village of Abinger Common in Surrey, south-eastern England. The memorial was destroyed by a German bomb during the Second World War and rebuilt in the l…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Holmbury St Mary?
- Holmbury St Mary is a town in Surrey, England, in the Guildford local authority.
- What is the population of Holmbury St Mary?
- Holmbury St Mary has an approximate settlement population of 572.
- How deprived is Holmbury St Mary?
- The Guildford local authority, which includes Holmbury St Mary, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.