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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 (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 143,650 residents at roughly 530 people per km².

Council
Guildford
County
Surrey
Constituency
Woking
Police force
Surrey
57/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 103rd of 294 English council areas — better than 65% of them.

Low crime51
Home affordability19
Affordable rents19
Good schools45
Life expectancy99
Low deprivation96
Employment94
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

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 8° · 26% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:31

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

36US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

15 reported · August 2026▼ 40% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour8
  • Violence & sexual offences7

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

337 reported road collisions (2025)

106 killed or seriously injured · 419 casualties · 23.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

101 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

£537,660 average▲ 0.6% YoY

Across Guildford · to 2026-08

Detached£963,231
Semi-detached£529,441
Terraced£435,465
Flat£272,671

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,736 average monthly rent▲ 5.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,185
  • 2 bed £1,541
  • 3 bed £1,866

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

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

Property sales

1,806 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: 157.9p · Esso (2.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (2.6 km)

10 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)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,806
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,143
  • Net moves−337

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 284 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

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%)

49 inspected 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

1,403 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
  • 36 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

320 applications decided

87.2% granted · 279 granted, 41 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Mr Will Forster

Liberal Democrat

Woking

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

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

8,545 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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

41% low-carbon electricity

Gas 59% · Wind 31% · Nuclear 6% · Biomass 4%

235 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86.3 yrs women · 83.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Surrey): 66.4 women · 65.1 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

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in GU24

  • Pirbright Medical Centre
  • Chobham & West End Medical Practice
  • Pirbright Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Woking:

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

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 IoD2025.