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Sheet's Heath

Sheet's Heath is a village in Surrey, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has around 1 restaurant or café, 3 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Brookwood, 1.7 km away. In June 2026, there were around 15 recorded street crimes, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Sheet's Heath area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Guildford area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 143,650 residents at roughly 530 people per km².

Council
Guildford
County
Surrey
Constituency
Woking
Police force
Surrey
56/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 110th of 294 English council areas — better than 63% of them.

Low crime51
Home affordability19
Affordable rents19
Good schools45
Life expectancy99
Low deprivation93
Employment92
Low council tax22

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

16°CSunny

  • Today: 22° / 13° · 52% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:29Sunset 19:28

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Hillingdon Harmondsworth Os, United Kingdom

Crime

14 reported · July 2026 50% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences7
  • Criminal damage & arson3
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: Pirbright, Worplesdon, Jacobs Well & Normandy · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • Retail Crime - There has been a significant increase in the number of offenders being identified, arrested and charged with retail crime…
  • Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) - Continuing reports of ASB and Anti-Social Driving (ASD) often leading to criminal offences.

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

Road safety

314 reported road collisions (2024)

90 killed or seriously injured · 396 casualties · 21.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

102 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 85 rated 4–5 ★ (66 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Brookwood (0.8 km)
  • 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Brookwood (0.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£523,974 average 5.6% YoY

Across Guildford · to 2026-06

Detached£939,146
Semi-detached£516,215
Terraced£422,733
Flat£266,513

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,728 average monthly rent 5.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,180
  • 2 bed £1,534
  • 3 bed £1,857

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

Affordability

11.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.0 times median annual pay (11.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (2.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Asda (8.7 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

41 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Cobbett Hill Earth Station (3.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres11
  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches36
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

143,650 residents in Guildford · 530/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 66%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 296 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,547 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (27% of 62,610)

A £1,698
B £1,981
C £2,264
D £2,547
E £3,113
F £3,679
G £4,246
H £5,095

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

Schools

65 schools · 23,043 pupils

36 primary · 7 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 14 of 16 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • St Peter's Catholic SchoolOutstanding
  • Christ's College, GuildfordGood
  • George Abbot SchoolGood
  • Howard of Effingham SchoolGood
  • Ash Manor School
  • Guildford County School
  • Kings College Guildford

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Guildford

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

333 applications decided

82% granted · 273 granted, 60 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Mr Will Forster

Liberal Democrat

Woking

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat (minority)

  • Lab 3
  • Con 10
  • LD 25
  • Oth 10

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • Parks & greens23
  • Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,465 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£882 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£37,380 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 68,252 certificates

9.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

12% low-carbon electricity

Imports 72% · Gas 17% · Solar 8% · Wind 3%

130 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86.3 yrs women · 83.4 yrs men

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Woking:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Basingstoke Canal · 0.6 km

    The Basingstoke Canal is an English canal, completed in 1794, built to connect Basingstoke with the River Thames at Weybridge via the Wey Navigation.

  • Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial · 0.6 km

    Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial is the only American Military Cemetery of World War I in the British Isles. Located approximately 28 miles (45 km) southwest of London, Brookwood American Cemetery contains the…

  • Sheet's Heath Common · 0.7 km

    Sheet's Heath Common near Brookwood, Surrey, England, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), part of the larger Colony Bog and Bagshot Heath SSSI. It is also part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protect…

  • Knowl Hill School · 0.8 km

    Knowl Hill School is an independent school in the village of Pirbright in Surrey. Knowl Hill is a co-educational school. There is a Junior school with pupils from years 3 to year 7, and a Senior school with years 8 to…

  • Brookwood, Surrey · 0.8 km

    Brookwood is a village in Surrey, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) west of Woking, with a mixture of semi-rural, woodland-set and archetypal suburban residential homes. It lies on the western border of the Woking B…

  • Brookwood railway station · 0.8 km

    Brookwood railway station serves the village of Brookwood, in Surrey, England. It lies 27 miles 79 chains (45.0 km) down the line from London Waterloo.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Sheet's Heath?
Sheet's Heath is a town in Surrey, England, in the Guildford local authority.
How deprived is Sheet's Heath?
The Guildford local authority, which includes Sheet's Heath, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.