Longcross

10°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 8° · 34% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:32

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

• 7.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

4 reported · August 2026▼ 43% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Bicycle theft1
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Violence & sexual offences1

4 stop & searches · mostly firearms

Neighbourhood team: Row Town, Ottershaw & Foxhills · Surrey

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

213 reported road collisions (2025)

50 killed or seriously injured · 279 casualties · 24.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

40 food businesses within 2 miles

• 35 rated 4–5 ★ (28 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Longcross (1.0 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£472,507 average▼ 1.2% YoY

Across Runnymede · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,586 average monthly rent▼ 0.7% YoY

• 1 bed £1,084
• 2 bed £1,394
• 3 bed £1,672

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

9.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.8 times median annual pay (10.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,076 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

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (6.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.7 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

52 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Shell London Road (3.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches5
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Runnymede reaches important milestone in preparing new Local Plan· 2 Nov 2026
• Students serve up sustainable cooking inspiration for Runnymede· 29 Oct 2026
• Have your say on Heathrow expansion proposals· 27 Oct 2026
• £200,000 extra for Runnymede carpark improvements· 19 Oct 2026
• Views sought on proposed Council Tax Reduction schemes· 8 Oct 2026

Source: Runnymede Council

88,079 residents in Runnymede · 1,129/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,110
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,712
• Net moves+398

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 245 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,493 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (30% of 39,440)

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

41 schools · 15,187 pupils

23 primary · 5 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 13 of 15 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Runnymede

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

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

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

140 applications decided

85% granted · 119 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Labour / Liberal Democrat / Independent / Green coalition

• Lab 8
• Con 12
• LD 7
• Grn 2
• Ref 3
• Oth 8

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

• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised · £39,000 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver, Driver

Source: Adzuna

£943 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,396 disposable income per head (2024)

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

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 42,172 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 85.3 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Surrey): 66.4 women · 65.1 men

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2021-22

5 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in KT16

• Chertsey Health Centre
• New Ottershaw Surgery
• Nws Integrated Care Services (Nics)

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Runnymede and Weybridge:

• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU1,328 local signatures · 48,100 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases346 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND284 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth227 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks194 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

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  Chobham Common · 1.1 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)