Hookwood

23°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 23° / 13° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:24

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

175 reported · July 2026▲ 11% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences54
• Possession of weapons40
• Shoplifting19
• Anti-social behaviour17

8 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Dorking Rural East · Surrey

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

197 reported road collisions (2024)

63 killed or seriously injured · 246 casualties · 22.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

248 food businesses within 2 miles

• 205 rated 4–5 ★ (172 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Horley (2.0 km)
• 23 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£540,160 average▲ 0.7% YoY

Across Mole Valley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,548 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY

• 1 bed £1,137
• 2 bed £1,453
• 3 bed £1,852

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

11.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.6 times median annual pay (10.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Esso (9 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

45 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Extra-Gatwick (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches29
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Test· 29 Nov 2024
• test· 8 Feb 2024
• Houses in Multiple Occupation· 8 Jan 2024
• Cllr Bridget Kendrick· 14 Jun 2023
• Cllr Keira Vyvyan-Robinson· 22 Feb 2023

Source: Mole Valley Council

87,386 residents in Mole Valley · 338/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 294 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,520 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (21% of 39,780)

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

42 schools · 14,008 pupils

23 primary · 4 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 10 of 10 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

31inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mole Valley

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 34 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

165 applications decided

73.3% granted · 121 granted, 44 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Chris Coghlan

Liberal Democrat

Dorking and Horley

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 2
• LD 31
• Oth 6

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens65
• Restaurants & cafés18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,710 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

73 jobs advertised · £44,376 avg

e.g. Property Manager, Nursery Nurse/Room Leader, Occupational Therapist

Source: Adzuna

£837 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£40,280 disposable income per head (2024)

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

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 38,901 certificates

8.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

57% low-carbon electricity

Imports 39% · Solar 26% · Wind 26% · Gas 5%

40 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.1
• Feeling worthwhile8.5
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dorking and Horley:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership382 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s346 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership332 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office311 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test310 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• 
  Horley Town F.C. · 0.9 km

  Horley Town Football Club is a football club based in Horley, Surrey, England. They are currently members of the Isthmian League South East Division and play at the New Defence.

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  Gatwick Stream · 1.0 km

  The Gatwick Stream is a tributary of the River Mole in southern England. The Gatwick Stream rises in Worth Forest below Clays lake in West Sussex, flows northwards through Tilgate Forest, alongside Tilgate golf course…

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  Charlwood House · 1.2 km

  Charlwood House is an early 17th-century timber-framed country house in Lowfield Heath, Crawley, West Sussex, England. It is a Grade II* listed building which is used as a nursery school.

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  Horley · 1.3 km

  Horley is a town in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England, south of the towns of Reigate and Redhill. The county border with West Sussex is to the south with Crawley and Gatwick Airport close to the t…

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  Gatwick Racecourse · 1.8 km

  Gatwick Racecourse was a racecourse in the county of Surrey, England near to Horley and Lowfield Heath. It was in use from 1891 to 1940 when it was closed at the start of the Second World War. The land is now part of…

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  Archway Theatre · 1.9 km

  The Archway Theatre is a unique amateur theatre based in Horley, Surrey, United Kingdom. It is operated by a membership organisation, the Archway Theatre Company. It consists of a 95 seat main auditorium and a 40 seat…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)