New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater

13°CClear

• Today: 24° / 12° · 11% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:25

12h 55m 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

76 reported · July 2026▲ 13% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences31
• Anti-social behaviour15
• Criminal damage & arson7
• Other theft5

4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: New Haw & Woodham · 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)

219 food businesses within 2 miles

• 175 rated 4–5 ★ (142 top)
• 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: Tidal Thames riverside from Putney Bridge to Teddington Weir

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: West Byfleet (0.7 km)
• 27 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, 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 (8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (2 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

51 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Nordic Wood LTD (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools19
• Sports pitches32
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds6

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
• 6 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

Dr Ben Spencer

Conservative

Runnymede and Weybridge

Source: UK Parliament

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)

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés28

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,975 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

26% low-carbon electricity

Gas 56% · Imports 19% · Nuclear 9% · Wind 9%

236 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

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

• 
  Woodham, Surrey · 0.2 km

  Woodham is a suburban village in Surrey next to New Haw and contiguous with two suburbs of Woking: Sheerwater and West Byfleet.

• Fullbrook School · 0.4 km

  Fullbrook School is a secondary school and sixth form college in northwest Surrey, England. The school has held Specialist Science, Technology, Mathematics and Computing College status since 2002.

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  West Byfleet railway station · 0.7 km

  West Byfleet railway station is a railway station serving the village of West Byfleet, which forms part of the borough of Woking in the English county of Surrey.

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  West Byfleet · 1.0 km

  West Byfleet is a village in Surrey which grew up around its relatively minor stop on the London & South Western Railway: the station, originally Byfleet and Woodham, opened in 1887. More than 1 mile (1.6 km) from the…

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  Bishop David Brown School · 1.4 km

  The Bishop David Brown School is a mixed academy status secondary school located in Sheerwater (Woking), Surrey, England.

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  Sheerwater F.C. · 1.4 km

  Sheerwater F.C. are a Non-League football club who are based in Sheerwater, in Woking, Surrey, England. They play their home fixtures at the Eastwood Centre and are members of the Combined Counties League Premier Divi…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)