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Rowly

Rowly is a village in Surrey, England, with a population of around 5. There is 1 school, 8 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Chilworth, 6.7 km away. There were around 5 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Rowly area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Waverley area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 128,227 residents at roughly 372 people per km².

Council
Waverley
County
Surrey
Constituency
Guildford
Police force
Surrey
64/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 44th of 294 English council areas — better than 85% of them.

Low crime96
Home affordability6
Affordable rents28
Good schools51
Life expectancy95
Low deprivation98
Employment94
Low council tax10

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

11°COvercast

  • Today: 12° / 8° · 30% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:32

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Storrington Roadside, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

3 reported · August 2026▼ 40% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Cranleigh, Ewhurst & Rowly · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-Social Behaviour within town centre and local residential areas.
  • Thefts from shops in Cranleigh Town

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

Road safety

198 reported road collisions (2025)

58 killed or seriously injured · 257 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

61 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 51 rated 4–5 ★ (44 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Chilworth (6.4 km)
  • 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Chilworth (6.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£559,306 average▼ 2% YoY

Across Waverley · to 2026-08

Detached£936,989
Semi-detached£547,389
Terraced£428,533
Flat£277,139

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,459 average monthly rent▼ 2% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,057
  • 2 bed £1,354
  • 3 bed £1,634

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

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

Property sales

1,832 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Asda (5.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · Asda (5.5 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

12 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Stocklund Square Car Park, Cranleigh (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Swimming pools22
  • Sports pitches61
  • Golf courses1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

128,227 residents in Waverley · 372/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,970
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,546
  • Net moves+2,424

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 289 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,605 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,737
B £2,026
C £2,315
D £2,605
E £3,184
F £3,763
G £4,341
H £5,210

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

Schools

74 schools · 24,524 pupils

38 primary · 7 secondary · 29 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

  • Broadwater SchoolGood
  • Farnham Heath EndGood
  • Glebelands SchoolGood
  • Weydon SchoolGood
  • All Hallows Catholic School
  • Rodborough
  • Woolmer Hill School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Waverley

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 35 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

328 applications decided

88.7% granted · 291 granted, 37 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Sir Jeremy Hunt

Conservative

Godalming and Ash

Recent votes:

  • NoDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Independent / Green coalition

  • Con 10
  • LD 24
  • Grn 1
  • Oth 14

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • Parks & greens56
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,425 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£958 median full-time weekly pay

2% 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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 38% · Wind 30% · Imports 17% · Solar 8%

160 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86.1 yrs women · 82.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Surrey): 66.4 women · 65.1 men

51% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in GU6

  • Cranleigh Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Godalming and Ash:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Cranleigh School · 1.2 km

    Cranleigh School is an independent, co-educational, boarding and day school for pupils aged 13–19 in South East England. Opened in 1865, it remains on its original campus, around 1 mile north of the centre of Cranleig…

  • Glebelands School · 2.1 km

    Glebelands School is a county-funded and charity-supported secondary school in Cranleigh, Surrey, England. It is co-educational and takes students aged 11–16; it does not have a sixth form.

  • Cucknell's Wood · 2.1 km

    Cucknell's Wood is a 11-hectare (27-acre) nature reserve south-east of Shamley Green in Surrey. It is managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.

  • Cranleigh railway station · 2.1 km

    Cranleigh was a railway station on the Cranleigh Line between Guildford and Horsham. It served the village of Cranleigh, Surrey in South East England and opened on 2 October 1865. It was listed for closure in the firs…

  • Christ Church, Shamley Green · 2.8 km

    Christ Church is a Church of England parish church in Shamley Green, Surrey, England. It was constructed in 1863 as a chapel of ease and became a parish church in 1881. Christ Church is part of the Church of England's…

  • Winterfold House · 2.8 km

    Winterfold House, between Cranleigh and Peaslake, is one of the few private country properties to be designed by London architect Edward Blakeway I'Anson, F.R.I.B.A., M.A. Cantab of St Laurence Pountney Hill, E.C. He…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Rowly?
Rowly is a town in Surrey, England, in the Waverley local authority.
How deprived is Rowly?
The Waverley local authority, which includes Rowly, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.