Munstead Heath

17°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 12° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:25

12h 55m 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 · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

13 reported · July 2026▲ 18% YoY

• Public order3
• Violence & sexual offences3
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Shoplifting2

Neighbourhood team: Ockford Ridge, Aarons Hill, Busbridge & Godalming Town Centre · Surrey

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

186 reported road collisions (2024)

45 killed or seriously injured · 242 casualties · 14.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

134 food businesses within 2 miles

• 108 rated 4–5 ★ (95 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Godalming (2.3 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£560,596 average▼ 0.8% YoY

Across Waverley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,450 average monthly rent▼ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,051
• 2 bed £1,346
• 3 bed £1,624

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

13.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 13.3 times median annual pay (13.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Asda (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (9.7 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

33 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: Sainsbury's Godalming (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches23
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

128,227 residents in Waverley · 372/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 313 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,605 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 57,540)

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

75 schools · 24,691 pupils

38 primary · 7 secondary · 30 other

Ofsted: 16 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

50inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Waverley

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 (MUNSTEAD GODALMING)
• Within the Green Belt
• 95 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

325 applications decided

89.8% granted · 292 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Liberal Democrat / Independent / Green coalition

• Con 10
• LD 24
• Grn 1
• Oth 14

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

• Schools4
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,320 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£958 median full-time weekly pay

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

£40,616 disposable income per head (2024)

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

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,504 certificates

9.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 86.1 yrs women · 82.8 yrs men

51% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile8.2
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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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  Munstead and Tuesley · 0.2 km

  Munstead and Tuesley is a civil parish in the Waverley district, in Surrey, England, within the Surrey Hills National Landscape. The parish was formed from the former parish of Busbridge after the village itself becam…

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  Munstead Wood · 0.2 km

  Munstead Wood is a Grade I listed house and garden in Munstead Heath, Munstead and Tuesley, on the boundary of the town of Godalming in Surrey, England, one mile southeast of the town centre. The garden was created by…

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  Godalming and Ash · 0.6 km

  Godalming and Ash is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament that was first contested at the 2024 general election. It was created as a result of the 2023 review of Westminster constitu…

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  Busbridge · 0.7 km

  Busbridge is a village in the civil parish of Godalming, in the borough of Waverley in Surrey, England that adjoins the town of Godalming. It was until the Tudor period often recorded as Bushbridge and was a manor and…

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  Jekyll Memorial, Busbridge · 0.7 km

  The Jekyll Memorial, Busbridge, Surrey, England, commemorates the gardener Gertrude Jekyll and members of her family. Designed by Jekyll's friend and collaborator, Edwin Lutyens and constructed in 1932, it is a Grade…

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  Busbridge Church · 0.7 km

  Busbridge Church or St John the Baptist Church, is an evangelical Anglican Church in Busbridge, Godalming, England. Busbridge Church is part of a joint benefice with Hambledon Church in the village of Hambledon, Surre…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)