Thorpe

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• Today: 10° / 8° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:30

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

29US 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

58 reported · August 2026▲ 35% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences20
• Anti-social behaviour11
• Public order8
• Other theft5

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Thorpe & Hythe · 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)

304 food businesses within 2 miles

• 253 rated 4–5 ★ (223 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Virginia Water (1.9 km)
• 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, 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 (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10.9 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

72 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: EVC Paramount House (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools18
• Sports pitches18
• Playgrounds3

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 55 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)

• Schools3
• Parks & greens19
• Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

26 jobs advertised · £31,502 avg

e.g. Export Executive, Transport and Health & Safety Coordinator, Branch Manager

Source: Adzuna

£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

30% low-carbon electricity

Gas 68% · Wind 16% · Biomass 7% · Nuclear 5%

278 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South 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

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in TW20

• Runnymede Medical Practice
• Grove Medical Centre

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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  Thorpe, Surrey · 0.1 km

  Thorpe is a village in northwest Surrey, England, around 20 miles (32 km) west of central London. It is in the Borough of Runnymede, between Egham, Virginia Water and Chertsey. It is adjacent to the M25, near the M3 —…

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  The Cottage in Thorpe, Surrey · 0.4 km

  The Cottage is the oldest home in Thorpe, Surrey, and dates from 1490 when Henry VII was king of England. Built when there was a plentiful supply of timber, it is a substantial timber-framed house with brick panels an…

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  Godley Hundred · 0.5 km

  Godley was a hundred in what is now Surrey, England. Egham, Thorpe, Chertsey and Chobham are all mentioned in the Chertsey Abbey charter of 673 AD due to a donation by Frithuwold. Chobham manor needed to be large to h…

• TASIS England · 0.7 km

  TASIS England, formally known as TASIS The American School in England, is an American international boarding and day school in England. Founded in 1976, it is the second-oldest of the TASIS Schools, a Swiss group of A…

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  Thorpe Interchange · 0.7 km

  The Thorpe Interchange is a large motorway free-flow intersection in Surrey, United Kingdom, connecting the M3 with the M25.

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  Thorpe Park No 1 Gravel Pit · 0.8 km

  Thorpe Park No 1 Gravel Pit is a 42.5-hectare (105-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) east of Virginia Water in Surrey. It is part of the Thorpe Park theme park.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)