Woking

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• Today: 12° / 8° · 48% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:32

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

• 7.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

288 reported · August 2026▼ 2% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences115
• Anti-social behaviour50
• Shoplifting33
• Public order24

13 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Woking Town · Surrey

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

192 reported road collisions (2025)

51 killed or seriously injured · 229 casualties · 18.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

293 food businesses within 2 miles

• 217 rated 4–5 ★ (158 top)
• 16 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Woking (0.1 km)
• 47 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£437,628 average▼ 2.7% YoY

Across Woking · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,620 average monthly rent▼ 1.6% YoY

• 1 bed £1,133
• 2 bed £1,443
• 3 bed £1,760

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

10.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.6 times median annual pay (10.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,315 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 (4.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (4.1 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

34 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: SUCC Oriental Road 1 (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools36
• Sports pitches64
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

103,942 residents in Woking · 1,634/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,897
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,296
• Net moves−399

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 258 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,598 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (28% of 44,550)

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

38 schools · 15,379 pupils

25 primary · 5 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 14 of 15 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Woking

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
• 34 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

175 applications decided

86.3% granted · 151 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mr Will Forster

Liberal Democrat

Woking

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 1
• LD 22
• Oth 6

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

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics10
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets8
• Parks & greens1199
• Restaurants & cafés85

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,375 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

971 jobs advertised · £42,800 avg

e.g. HGV Class 1 Driver - Woking, SEN / SEND Tutor, Surrey, Landscape Estimator Chobham Hybrid Working

Source: Adzuna

£862 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£34,875 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 50,892 certificates

7.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

64% low-carbon electricity

Wind 53% · Gas 20% · Imports 17% · Nuclear 7%

103 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.4 yrs women · 82.5 yrs men

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

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

8 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in GU21

• Goldsworth Park Health Centre
• St John'S Family Practice
• Sheerwater Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Woking:

• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU273 local signatures · 48,100 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND264 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks206 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after184 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases162 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

• Tante Marie · 0.1 km

  Tante Marie Culinary Academy is a cookery school in Woking, Surrey, England. It is the United Kingdom's oldest independent cookery school, established in 1954 by the cookery writer Iris Syrett.

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  Victoria Place · 0.1 km

  Victoria Place is a multi-storey shopping and leisure centre in Woking, Surrey, England. Construction of the centre was completed in 1992, providing approximately 90 consumer service/retail units; nine varieties of da…

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  Christ Church, Woking · 0.1 km

  Christ Church is located in Woking, England. The church is in the Diocese of Guildford.

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  Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts · 0.1 km

  The Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, also known simply as Italia Conti, is a drama school based in Woking, England. It was founded by the English actress Italia Conti in 1911. Italia Conti offers courses in actin…

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  Victoria Square, Woking · 0.2 km

  Victoria Square is a residential skyscraper complex and wider town centre redevelopment project in Woking, Surrey, England. Upon topping out in September 2019, Tower 1 of the complex became the tallest building in Wok…

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  Woking railway station · 0.2 km

  Woking railway station is a principal commuter stop on the South West Main Line, which serves the town of Woking, in Surrey, England. It lies 24 miles 27 chains (39.2 km) down the line from London Waterloo. The statio…

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