Penton Hook

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 17° · 76% 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

62 reported · July 2026▲ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences18
• Anti-social behaviour12
• Possession of weapons11
• Public order6

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Chertsey Meads & St Annes · 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)

399 food businesses within 2 miles

• 330 rated 4–5 ★ (271 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Staines (2.5 km)
• 14 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 (10 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (11.3 km)

35 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

111 charging locations within ~8 km

• 25 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Penton Hook Marina (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools15
• Sports pitches22
• Playgrounds4

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 28 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)

• Schools2
• Parks & greens20
• Restaurants & cafés14

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

11% low-carbon electricity

Imports 68% · Gas 21% · Wind 10% · Hydro 1%

147 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

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  Penton Hook Island · 0.2 km

  Penton Hook Island is a mainly wooded former peninsula created into a series of three weir-divided islands in the River Thames in England, so created in river modifications since 1815 with a navigable lock and weir st…

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  Penton Hook Marina · 0.2 km

  Penton Hook Marina is the largest inland marina in Britain. It is situated on the River Thames in Surrey between Staines and Chertsey on the western bank of the river and is close to Thorpe Park. It is on the reach…

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  Penton Hook Lock · 0.6 km

  Penton Hook Lock is the sixth lowest lock of forty four on the non-tidal reaches of the River Thames in England. It faces an island which was until its construction a pronounced meander and is on the site of its seaso…

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  Rush (Thorpe Park) · 0.9 km

  Rush is a Screamin' Swing ride at Thorpe Park in Chertsey, Surrey which opened at the park alongside another S&S – Sansei Technologies thrill ride, Slammer, in 2005. At the time of its opening, it was the tallest ride…

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  Rumba Rapids · 0.9 km

  Rumba Rapids was a river rapids ride manufactured by Intamin at Thorpe Park in Chertsey, United Kingdom.

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  Thorpe Park · 0.9 km

  Thorpe Park is a theme park located in the village of Thorpe between the towns of Chertsey and Staines-upon-Thames in Surrey, England, 20 miles (32 km) west-southwest of Central London. It is operated by Merlin Entert…

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