Westcott (Mole Valley)

14°CClear

• Today: 24° / 12° · 11% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:25

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

5US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · London Teddington Bushy Park, United Kingdom

9 reported · July 2026▼ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Public order2
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Dorking Rural West · Surrey

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

197 reported road collisions (2024)

63 killed or seriously injured · 246 casualties · 22.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

135 food businesses within 2 miles

• 117 rated 4–5 ★ (113 top)
• 4 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

£540,160 average▲ 0.7% YoY

Across Mole Valley · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,548 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY

• 1 bed £1,137
• 2 bed £1,453
• 3 bed £1,852

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · Esso (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Esso (11.9 km)

9 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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 294 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

42 schools · 14,008 pupils

23 primary · 4 secondary · 15 other

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

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

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

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

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

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

165 applications decided

73.3% granted · 121 granted, 44 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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 (2025)

£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

29% low-carbon electricity

Gas 60% · Wind 11% · Imports 11% · Nuclear 9%

251 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.4 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dorking and Horley:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership382 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s346 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership332 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office311 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test310 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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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)