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Woodham

Woodham is a village in Surrey, England, with a population of around 2,600. It has around 1 restaurant and café, along with 2 bus stops and the nearest railway station at West Byfleet, 3.2 km away. There were around 77 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 Woodham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Runnymede area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 88,079 residents at roughly 1,129 people per km².

Council
Runnymede
County
Surrey
Constituency
Runnymede and Weybridge
Police force
Surrey
54/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 122nd of 294 English council areas — better than 59% of them.

Low crime59
Home affordability30
Affordable rents31
Good schools41
Life expectancy77
Low deprivation81
Employment72
Low council tax34

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

12°CSunny

  • Today: 23° / 12° · 10% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:25

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · London Hillingdon Harmondsworth Os, United Kingdom

Crime

88 reported · July 2026 7% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences33
  • Anti-social behaviour23
  • Criminal damage & arson7
  • Public order7

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: New Haw & Woodham · Surrey

Local policing priorities

  • We have received reports of anti-social behaviour involving some premises around the Heathervale area of New Haw.

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

Road safety

240 reported road collisions (2024)

61 killed or seriously injured · 311 casualties · 27.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

266 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 213 rated 4–5 ★ (172 top)
  • 11 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

1 active warning/alert

  • Flood alert: Tidal Thames riverside from Putney Bridge to Teddington Weir

Source: Environment Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: West Byfleet (1.2 km)
  • 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from West Byfleet (1.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£489,116 average 3.5% YoY

Across Runnymede · to 2026-06

Detached£914,477
Semi-detached£501,866
Terraced£437,768
Flat£258,862

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,579 average monthly rent 1.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,079
  • 2 bed £1,388
  • 3 bed £1,665

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

Affordability

9.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.8 times median annual pay (10.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (8.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (5.5 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

53 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: Nordic Wood LTD (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools19
  • Sports pitches30
  • Golf courses4
  • Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

88,079 residents in Runnymede · 1,129/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 256 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,493 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (30% of 39,440)

A £1,662
B £1,939
C £2,216
D £2,493
E £3,047
F £3,601
G £4,155
H £4,986

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

Schools

41 schools · 15,187 pupils

23 primary · 5 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 13 of 15 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

32inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Chertsey High SchoolGood
  • Fullbrook School
  • Jubilee High School
  • Salesian School, Chertsey
  • The Magna Carta School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Runnymede

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 6 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

144 applications decided

80.6% granted · 116 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dr Ben Spencer

Conservative

Runnymede and Weybridge

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Liberal Democrat / Independent / Green coalition

  • Lab 8
  • Con 12
  • LD 7
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 3
  • Oth 9

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools7
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés31

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,975 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

5 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Economics Tutor - Part Time, Online Economics Tutoring Job in Woodham – Flexible Schedule, Driver

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£943 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,396 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 42,172 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

26% low-carbon electricity

Gas 56% · Imports 19% · Nuclear 9% · Wind 9%

236 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.3 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2021-22

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Runnymede and Weybridge:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Woodham, Surrey · 0.4 km

    Woodham is a suburban village in Surrey next to New Haw and contiguous with two suburbs of Woking: Sheerwater and West Byfleet.

  • Fullbrook School · 0.7 km

    Fullbrook School is a secondary school and sixth form college in northwest Surrey, England. The school has held Specialist Science, Technology, Mathematics and Computing College status since 2002.

  • West Byfleet railway station · 1.2 km

    West Byfleet railway station is a railway station serving the village of West Byfleet, which forms part of the borough of Woking in the English county of Surrey.

  • West Byfleet · 1.4 km

    West Byfleet is a village in Surrey which grew up around its relatively minor stop on the London & South Western Railway: the station, originally Byfleet and Woodham, opened in 1887. More than 1 mile (1.6 km) from the…

  • New Haw · 1.6 km

    New Haw is a village which is part of the Borough of Runnymede in Surrey, England. It is located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Addlestone and 20 miles (32 km) southwest by west of London.

  • British Aerospace Company Ground · 1.9 km

    British Aerospace Company Ground was a cricket ground in Byfleet, Surrey. The ground was built as a works venue for the Vickers-Armstrongs factory in Brooklands. In 1920 a factory side was established, although the fi…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Woodham?
Woodham is a town in Surrey, England, in the Runnymede local authority.
How deprived is Woodham?
The Runnymede local authority, which includes Woodham, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.