Wyke

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:35

9h 38m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

• 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

44 reported · August 2026▲ 52% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences14
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Public order5
• Anti-social behaviour4

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Eashing, Hurtmore, Shackleford, Puttenham, Seale & Sands, Ash South & Tongham · Surrey

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

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)

96 food businesses within 2 miles

• 80 rated 4–5 ★ (61 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ash (0.9 km)
• 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£537,660 average▲ 0.6% YoY

Across Guildford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (9.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.4 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

34 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: The Greyhound (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches13
• Playgrounds14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

143,650 residents in Guildford · 530/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,547 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Guildford

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

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

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

320 applications decided

87.2% granted · 279 granted, 41 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal Democrat

Surrey Heath

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat (minority)

• Lab 3
• Con 10
• LD 25
• Oth 10

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens17
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,545 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

5 jobs advertised · £36,400 avg

e.g. Nursery Manager, Asset Integrity Manager, Cnc Programmer Miller

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 48% · Solar 18% · Wind 16% · Biomass 8%

199 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

3 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in GU12

• Keogh Medical Centre
• The Border Practice
• Atrial Fibrillation Clinic

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Surrey Heath:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND281 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases206 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects206 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks203 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death198 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide

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

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  Ash railway station · 0.9 km

  Ash railway station serves the village of Ash, in Surrey, England. The station is served by South Western Railway, which manages the station, and by Great Western Railway. It is situated on the Ascot to Guildford line…

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  St Peter's church, Ash · 1.1 km

  St Peter's Church is the Church of England parish church for the village of Ash in Surrey. Of 12th-century origin with later additions, the church has been Grade II* listed on the Register of Historic England since 19…

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  Ash Cemetery, Surrey · 1.1 km

  Ash Cemetery, also known as Emery Gates Cemetery on Church Road is the burial ground for the village of Ash in Surrey, England.

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  Ash Green Halt railway station · 1.2 km

  Ash Green Halt railway station known for a time as Ash Green, served the village of Ash, Surrey in England on the original route of the Alton Line which ran from London via the town of Guildford to the east.

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  Ash, Surrey · 1.7 km

  Ash is a village and civil parish in the far west of the borough of Guildford, Surrey. Ash is on the eastern side of the River Blackwater, with a station on the Reading-Guildford-Gatwick line, and direct roads to Alde…

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  2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak · 1.9 km

  The 2007 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak occurred when the discharge of infectious effluent from a laboratory in Surrey led to foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) infections at four nearby farms. The infections were d…

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