Wyke

17°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 17° · 76% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:24

12h 51m 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

52 reported · July 2026▲ 53% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences19
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Shoplifting5

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

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

314 reported road collisions (2024)

90 killed or seriously injured · 396 casualties · 21.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

96 food businesses within 2 miles

• 81 rated 4–5 ★ (62 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

£523,974 average▼ 5.6% YoY

Across Guildford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,728 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,180
• 2 bed £1,534
• 3 bed £1,857

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (9.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (11.8 km)

22 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

33 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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 296 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Guildford

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

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

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

333 applications decided

82% granted · 273 granted, 60 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

8,465 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

12 jobs advertised · £31,824 avg

e.g. Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time, Online Music Tutoring Job in Wyke – Flexible Schedule, Senior HSE Advisor

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

21% low-carbon electricity

Gas 43% · Imports 36% · Wind 11% · Biomass 8%

202 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.3 yrs women · 83.4 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Surrey Heath:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership360 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s346 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office294 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test258 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership233 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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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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