Staines-upon-Thames

18°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 17° · 82% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

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

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

73 reported · July 2026▲ 28% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences27
• Anti-social behaviour12
• Possession of weapons10
• Public order7

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Thorpe & Hythe · 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)

313 food businesses within 2 miles

• 265 rated 4–5 ★ (224 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Chertsey (2.1 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, 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 (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (10.4 km)

32 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

85 charging locations within ~8 km

• 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Thorpe Park (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools20
• Sports pitches18
• Playgrounds7

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
• 96 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

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)

• Schools3
• Parks & greens22
• Restaurants & cafés14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,975 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

597 jobs advertised · £40,694 avg

e.g. Occupational Therapist, Speech and Language Therapist, Open Driver Account With Uber - Drive And Earn When And Where You Want

Source: Adzuna

£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

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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  Stealth (roller coaster) · 0.2 km

  Stealth is a hydraulically launched steel roller coaster located in the Amity area of Thorpe Park in Surrey, England. Designed and manufactured by Intamin of Switzerland at a cost of £12 million, the Accelerator Coast…

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  The Swarm (roller coaster) · 0.2 km

  The Swarm is a steel roller coaster located at Thorpe Park in the United Kingdom. The Swarm was the world's second Wing Coaster model designed by Swiss roller coaster manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard and the first on…

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  Nemesis Inferno · 0.2 km

  Nemesis Inferno is a steel inverted roller coaster located at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England. The ride was manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard.

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  Detonator (Thorpe Park) · 0.2 km

  Detonator is a tower drop ride located at Thorpe Park in Chertsey, Surrey, England. Manufactured by Fabbri, it is classified as a "Mega Drop Tower." The attraction opened in 2001 alongside two other flat rides, Vortex…

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  Tidal Wave (Thorpe Park) · 0.2 km

  Tidal Wave is a giant 'Shoot-the-Chutes' water ride located at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England, UK. It was opened in 2000. It was the Tussauds Group's first major investment in Thorpe Park after acquiring it in 1998.

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  Flying Fish (roller coaster) · 0.3 km

  Flying Fish is a powered steel roller coaster located at Thorpe Park in Surrey, England. The ride originally opened in 1984 under the name Space Station Zero and was relocated outdoors in 1990. It was removed in 2005…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)