Longcross

17°CLight rain shower

• Today: 21° / 17° · 83% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:23

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

7 reported · July 2026▲ 40% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour4
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Row Town, Ottershaw & Foxhills · Surrey

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

240 reported road collisions (2024)

61 killed or seriously injured · 311 casualties · 27.2 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

£489,116 average▲ 3.5% YoY

Across Runnymede · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,579 average monthly rent▼ 1.8% YoY

• 1 bed £1,079
• 2 bed £1,388
• 3 bed £1,665

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (6.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (6.9 km)

19 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)

• Consultation opens on a new Local Plan for Runnymede· 7 Sept 2026
• Work begins on new premises for Hythe Medical Centre· 26 Aug 2026
• Civic Centre major building project· 26 Aug 2026
• Have your say on Draft Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement· 13 Aug 2026
• Finalists announced in the 2026 Runnymede Business Awards· 5 Aug 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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 256 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Runnymede

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
• 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

144 applications decided

80.6% granted · 116 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Labour / Liberal Democrat / Independent / Green coalition

• Lab 8
• Con 12
• LD 7
• Grn 2
• Ref 3
• Oth 9

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

• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,975 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

7 jobs advertised · £39,000 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver, Online Accounting Tutoring Job in Longcross – Flexible Schedule, Online Biology Tutoring Job in Longcross – Flexible Schedule

Source: Adzuna

£943 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% 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

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Runnymede and Weybridge:

• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU1,204 local signatures · 35,924 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership403 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office351 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases343 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s301 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

• Longcross · 0.3 km

  Longcross is a village in the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England, approximately 34.6 kilometres (21.5 mi) west of central London. Its name is thought to come from a marker, placed where the parish boundaries of C…

• Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment · 0.5 km

  The Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment (MVEE) was a British defence research unit on Chobham Lane, Chertsey in Surrey. It was responsible for many innovations in armoured vehicle design, including ceramic…

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  Longcross Studios · 0.5 km

  Longcross Film Studios is a film and television production facility in Longcross, Surrey, approximately 25 miles (40 km) west of central London. Built on the site of the Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment…

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  Longcross railway station · 0.9 km

  Longcross railway station is next to Longcross Garden Village in Surrey, England. It straddles the former parishes of Virginia Water and Lyne and Longcross in part of the large wooded sandy heath known as Surrey Heath…

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  Chobham Common · 1.1 km

  Chobham Common is a 655.7-hectare (1,620-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Chobham in Surrey. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I and a national nature reserve. It is part of t…

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  Gracious Pond · 1.4 km

  Gracious Pond is a 14-hectare (35-acre) nature reserve in Chobham in Surrey. It is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust. It is part of Chobham Common Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)