Woking

22°CLight rain shower

• Today: 22° / 16° · 87% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · 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

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · London Harlington, United Kingdom

302 reported · July 2026▲ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences95
• Anti-social behaviour53
• Shoplifting40
• Public order35

18 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Woking Town · Surrey

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

209 reported road collisions (2024)

52 killed or seriously injured · 263 casualties · 20.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

290 food businesses within 2 miles

• 218 rated 4–5 ★ (161 top)
• 17 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£433,790 average▼ 2.7% YoY

Across Woking · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,619 average monthly rent▼ 1.7% YoY

• 1 bed £1,132
• 2 bed £1,442
• 3 bed £1,759

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (4.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (2.4 km)

18 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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 283 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Woking

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
• 34 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

173 applications decided

85% granted · 147 granted, 26 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

5,345 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,407 jobs advertised · £40,673 avg

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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

13% low-carbon electricity

Imports 66% · Gas 21% · Solar 7% · Wind 6%

142 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.4 yrs women · 82.5 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Woking:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership396 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s273 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office259 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU236 local signatures · 35,924 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test223 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• 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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