Penton Hook

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• Today: 12° / 8° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:28

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

33US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

89 reported · August 2026▲ 13% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences34
• Anti-social behaviour15
• Other theft8
• Drugs7

6 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Chertsey Meads & St Annes · 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)

400 food businesses within 2 miles

• 325 rated 4–5 ★ (266 top)
• 12 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

£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 (10 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10 km)

16 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)

• 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

• Within the Green Belt
• 28 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

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 8

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens20
• Restaurants & cafés14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Wind 34% · Nuclear 7% · Biomass 4%

221 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

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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  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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