Westcott (Mole Valley)

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 8° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:32

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · London Teddington Bushy Park, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

23 reported · August 2026▲ 130% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences14
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Other theft3
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Dorking Rural West · Surrey

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

247 reported road collisions (2025)

75 killed or seriously injured · 299 casualties · 28.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

111 food businesses within 2 miles

• 101 rated 4–5 ★ (96 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Dorking West (2.4 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£552,344 average▲ 1.4% YoY

Across Mole Valley · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,551 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,139
• 2 bed £1,455
• 3 bed £1,856

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

11.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.6 times median annual pay (10.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,055 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: 152.9p · Esso (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Esso (11.9 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Easitnetwork (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools20
• Sports pitches32
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Test· 29 Nov 2024
• test· 8 Feb 2024
• Houses in Multiple Occupation· 8 Jan 2024
• Cllr Bridget Kendrick· 14 Jun 2023
• Cllr Keira Vyvyan-Robinson· 22 Feb 2023

Source: Mole Valley Council

87,386 residents in Mole Valley · 338/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,651
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,033
• Net moves+618

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 277 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,520 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (21% of 39,780)

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

41 schools · 13,953 pupils

22 primary · 4 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 10 of 10 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mole Valley

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

• In a conservation area (Westcott)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 48 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

208 applications decided

77.4% granted · 161 granted, 47 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Chris Coghlan

Liberal Democrat

Dorking and Horley

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 2
• LD 31
• Oth 6

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens51

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,710 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£837 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£40,280 disposable income per head (2024)

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

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 38,901 certificates

8.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

46% low-carbon electricity

Gas 31% · Wind 30% · Imports 23% · Solar 10%

139 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Surrey): 66.4 women · 65.1 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.1
• Feeling worthwhile8.5
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

10 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in RH4

• Dorking Medical Practice
• Medwyn Surgery
• Dorking Healthcare Llp

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dorking and Horley:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death577 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks449 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND344 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases311 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth199 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Westcott, Surrey · 0.5 km

  Westcott is a village in central Surrey, England, about 1.5 miles (2.5 km) west of the centre of Dorking. It is in the Mole Valley district and the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Pipp Brook, a tr…

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  Milton Court · 1.4 km

  Milton Court, at the far west of the town of Dorking, is a 17th-century country house in Surrey. The court was expanded and substantially rebuilt by the Victorian architect William Burges and is a Grade II* listed bui…

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  Wotton, Surrey · 1.5 km

  Wotton is a well-wooded parish with one main settlement, a small village mostly south of the A25 between Guildford in the west and Dorking in the east. The nearest village with a small number of shops is Westcott. Wot…

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  Church of St John the Evangelist, Wotton · 1.6 km

  The Church of St John the Evangelist is an Anglican church in the village of Wotton, in Surrey, England. It is in the benefice of Abinger and Coldharbour and Wotton and Holmbury St Mary, and is in the Diocese of Guild…

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  Ranmore Common · 2.0 km

  Ranmore Common, also known as Ranmore Commons, is an area of wooded former common land on the North Downs, immediately northwest of Dorking in the English county of Surrey. Its civil parish is Wotton, a geographically…

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  Denbies · 2.1 km

  Denbies is a large estate to the northwest of Dorking in Surrey, England. A farmhouse and surrounding land originally owned by John Denby was purchased in 1734 by Jonathan Tyers, the proprietor of Vauxhall Gardens in…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)