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Wisley

Wisley is a town or village in Surrey, England. It has 1 supermarket, 17 restaurants and cafés, 7 bus stops, and West Byfleet railway station is 2.2 km away. There were around 19 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Wisley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Guildford area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 143,650 residents at roughly 530 people per km².

Council
Guildford
County
Surrey
Constituency
Mole Valley
Police force
Surrey
57/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 103rd of 294 English council areas — better than 65% of them.

Low crime51
Home affordability19
Affordable rents19
Good schools45
Life expectancy99
Low deprivation96
Employment94
Low council tax22

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

10°COvercast

  • Today: 12° / 8° · 41% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:32

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Teddington Bushy Park, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

31 reported · August 2026▲ 72% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences15
  • Anti-social behaviour4
  • Public order4
  • Vehicle crime4

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

Local policing priorities

  • Retail Crime - Shoplifting is a National priority and has an impact on businesses in the town.
  • Anti-social behaviour (ASB) and Antisocial Driving (ASD) - increasing reports of ASB in rural location including off road use of Motorbik…

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

Road safety

337 reported road collisions (2025)

106 killed or seriously injured · 419 casualties · 23.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

119 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 99 rated 4–5 ★ (72 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: West Byfleet (2.7 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from West Byfleet (2.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£537,660 average▲ 0.6% YoY

Across Guildford · to 2026-08

Detached£963,231
Semi-detached£529,441
Terraced£435,465
Flat£272,671

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,736 average monthly rent▲ 5.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,185
  • 2 bed £1,541
  • 3 bed £1,866

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

Affordability

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

Property sales

1,806 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (10.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.8 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

51 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: RHS Garden Wisley (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches9
  • Golf courses7
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

143,650 residents in Guildford · 530/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK15,806
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,143
  • Net moves−337

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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 284 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,547 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,698
B £1,981
C £2,264
D £2,547
E £3,113
F £3,679
G £4,246
H £5,095

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

Schools

65 schools · 23,043 pupils

36 primary · 7 secondary · 22 other

Ofsted: 14 of 16 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • St Peter's Catholic SchoolOutstanding
  • Christ's College, GuildfordGood
  • George Abbot SchoolGood
  • Howard of Effingham SchoolGood
  • Ash Manor School
  • Guildford County School
  • Kings College Guildford

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Guildford

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 20 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

320 applications decided

87.2% granted · 279 granted, 41 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Zöe Franklin

Liberal Democrat

Guildford

Recent votes:

  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat (minority)

  • Lab 3
  • Con 10
  • LD 25
  • Oth 10

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens27
  • Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,545 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

7 jobs advertised · £29,931 avg

e.g. Graduate Electrical Engineer, Senior Quantity Surveyor, Senior Design Manager

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

61% low-carbon electricity

Wind 50% · Imports 27% · Gas 12% · Nuclear 7%

86 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86.3 yrs women · 83.4 yrs men

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

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in GU23

  • Villages Medical Ctr
  • Hmp Send

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Guildford:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Wisley · 0.0 km

    Wisley is a village and civil parish in Surrey, England between Cobham and Woking, in the Borough of Guildford. It is the home of the Royal Horticultural Society's Wisley Garden. The River Wey runs through the village…

  • Wisley Golf Club · 0.5 km

    The Wisley Golf Club is a golf club in Wisley, Surrey, England. The club is only open to members and their guests.

  • Manor Farm, Surrey · 0.9 km

    Manor Farm is a 25-hectare (62-acre) nature reserve in Byfleet, Surrey. It is owned and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.

  • RHS Garden Wisley · 1.1 km

    RHS Garden Wisley is a garden run by the Royal Horticultural Society in Wisley, Surrey, southwest of London. It is one of five gardens run by the society, the others being Harlow Carr, Hyde Hall, Rosemoor, and Bridgew…

  • Wey and Godalming Navigations · 1.3 km

    The River Wey Navigation and Godalming Navigation together provide a 20-mile (32 km) continuous navigable route from the River Thames near Weybridge via Guildford to Godalming. Both waterways are in Surrey and are own…

  • Byfleet Manor · 1.3 km

    Byfleet Manor is a Grade II* listed house in Byfleet, Surrey, England. Byfleet Manor has been used as a filming location in three television series, most notably Downton Abbey.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Wisley?
Wisley is a town in Surrey, England, in the Guildford local authority.
How deprived is Wisley?
The Guildford local authority, which includes Wisley, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.