West Horsley

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

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Teddington Bushy Park, United Kingdom

10 reported · July 2026▼ 17% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson3
• Violence & sexual offences3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Vehicle crime2

Neighbourhood team: Send, Ripley, Wisley, Ockham, The Horsleys, The Clandons & Effingham · Surrey

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

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)

43 food businesses within 2 miles

• 34 rated 4–5 ★ (27 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Horsley (2.3 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£523,974 average▼ 5.6% YoY

Across Guildford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (9.9 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Bart-Faye (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools31
• Sports pitches28
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

143,650 residents in Guildford · 530/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,547 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Guildford

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 50 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

333 applications decided

82% granted · 273 granted, 60 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Zöe Franklin

Liberal Democrat

Guildford

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat (minority)

• Lab 3
• Con 10
• LD 25
• Oth 10

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,465 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

6 jobs advertised · £36,689 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£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

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

13% low-carbon electricity

Imports 74% · Gas 14% · Wind 12% · Hydro 1%

123 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.3 yrs women · 83.4 yrs men

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Guildford:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership457 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s364 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU269 local signatures · 35,924 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership267 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office229 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  West Horsley · 0.2 km

  West Horsley is a semi-rural village between Guildford and Leatherhead in Surrey, England. It lies on the A246, and south of the M25 and the A3. Its civil parish ascends to an ancient woodland Sheepleas Woods which ar…

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  West Horsley Place · 0.9 km

  West Horsley Place is a Grade I listed building dating back to the 15th century, located in West Horsley to the east of Guildford in Surrey, England. It is best known as the filming location for the BBC series Ghosts.…

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  Hatchlands Park · 1.4 km

  Hatchlands Park is a country house in East Clandon, Surrey, in the care of the National Trust. Unusually, the house is tenanted to the Cobbe family, whose collection furnishes it. Hatchlands is particularly known for…

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  Sheepleas · 1.4 km

  Sheepleas is a 99.9-hectare (247-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Guildford in Surrey. It is a Geological Conservation Review site and a Local Nature Reserve. It is owned by…

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  Surrey · 1.4 km

  Surrey is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the west. The largest settlem…

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  East Horsley · 1.5 km

  East Horsley is a village and civil parish in Surrey, England, 21 miles southwest of London, on the A246 between Leatherhead and Guildford. Horsley and Effingham Junction railway stations are on the New Guildford line…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)