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Polesden Lane

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14 recorded sales · median £457,750 · Guildford

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Guildford Council · Liberal Democrat minority — no overall control 25/48 seats · 52% · OCD 2026

Overview Cost Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

68/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£458k

median price

7.5

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£458k

median sold price

11 yrs

of local pay to buy

23 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

schools total

7.5

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

350

Violence — most

9.3

NO₂ · WHO 10

1.2%

in a flood zone

1,210

green spaces

6.9

PM2.5 · WHO 5

375

eat & drink

shops

68.7%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£158,000 in 1995 → £750,000 in 2019

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Guildford, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-05

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £457,750. That's about 11× local earnings — around the 12× five-year average.

Sold price history

2019 · 3 sales

Median sold price · median of all 14 sales£457,750

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay11× · five-year average 12×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership66%

Owned outright

35%

With a mortgage

32%

Private rented

20%

Social rented

13%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,501

Your band:

Guildford Borough Council£210

Surrey County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,938

Police & Crime Commissioner£353

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,667

Band B£1,945

Band C£2,223

Band D (baseline)£2,501

Band E£3,057

Band F£3,613

Band G£4,169

Band H£5,002

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Guildford how Polesden Lane compares · from Guildford

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Boxgrove +30.1%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Boxgrove	£765,000	+30.1%	112
Wood Street	£462,500	+25%	72
Tongham	£420,000	+20.9%	110
Park Barn	£435,000	+20.6%	58
Stoughton	£450,000	+18.4%	242
Guildford Park	£562,000	+15%	278
Bellfields	£455,000	+14.5%	62
Merrow	£624,000	+13.7%	82
Westborough	£430,000	+13.5%	106
Ash	£397,500	+12.8%	176
Woodbridge Hill	£476,250	+12.5%	80
Ash Vale	£380,000	+11.9%	256
East Horsley	£922,750	+10.7%	164
Shalford	£525,000	+5.1%	130
Guildford	£457,500	+2.3%	272
Burpham	£390,000	-1.7%	276
Charlotteville	£452,500	-11.7%	220

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Polesden Lane — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
Leith Cottage Polesden Lane Ripley	Semi-detached	—	—	£930,000	Feb 2025
Grafton Polesden Lane Ripley	Semi-detached	—	—	£672,500	Dec 2019
Lakeside Cottage Polesden Lane Ripley	Semi-detached	—	—	£770,000	Sep 2019
Wayside Polesden Lane Ripley	Detached	—	—	£750,000	Jul 2019
Veryans Polesden Lane Ripley	Semi-detached	—	—	£635,000	Mar 2014
WALNUT TREE COTTAGE POLESDEN LANE	Semi-detached	—	—	£495,000	Nov 2010
WALNUT TREE COTTAGE POLESDEN LANE	Semi-detached	—	—	£420,500	Mar 2010
LUCKNOW POLESDEN LANE	Semi-detached	—	—	£737,500	Jun 2006
Grafton Polesden Lane Ripley	Semi-detached	—	—	£306,000	Jan 2004
The Haven Polesden Lane Ripley	Semi-detached	—	—	£415,000	Sep 2003
ROSEMEAD POLESDEN LANE	Detached	—	—	£108,000	Dec 1996
The Haven Polesden Lane Ripley	Semi-detached	—	—	£175,000	Jul 1995
Leith Cottage Polesden Lane Ripley	Semi-detached	—	—	£141,000	Mar 1995

Show all sales ↓

13 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Guildford

Crime runs at 7.5 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Per 1,000 / month7.5

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Guildford

Violence & sexual offences

350

Anti-social behaviour

194

Criminal damage & arson

114

Public order

104

Shoplifting

Other theft

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Guildford district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.

Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk

Who lives here? from Guildford

Population143,650

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 8/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 75% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 8/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 8/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — less deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 75% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 8 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

7.9/10

Employment

8.4/10

Education & skills

8.2/10

Health & disability

8.3/10

Crime

6.6/10

Housing & services

5.6/10

Living environment

6.0/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Guildford — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+59%

Unemployment · economically active residents5%

Degree-level (Level 4+)44%

Good or very good health87%

Own their home66%

Median age39.6

Born outside the UK19%

See the full Guildford report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 5 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

5 of 5 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 5 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Ripley Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.9 km
Maven After-School Club	Nursery	—	1.2 km
Ripley Court School	Primary	—	1.2 km
Send CofE Primary School	Primary	—	1.7 km
Foundations Community Pre-School Ltd	Nursery	Good ('25)	2.0 km
Hoe Bridge School	All-through	—	2.1 km
Greenfield School	Primary	—	2.8 km
Greenfield Little School	Nursery	Good ('23)	2.8 km
Woking College	16 plus	—	2.9 km
Pyrford Church of England Primary School	Primary	Outstanding ('24)	3.0 km
Evergreen Preschool Pyrford	Nursery	Good ('23)	3.0 km
Foundations Community Pre-School Ltd	Nursery	Outstanding ('21)	3.0 km
Maybury Montessori	Nursery	Good ('23)	3.0 km
St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking	Secondary	Inspected '25 — see report	3.0 km
Kingfield Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	3.0 km
New Monument Primary Academy	Primary	—	3.4 km
St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School, Woking	Primary	Outstanding ('20)	3.5 km
Young Explorers Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('23)	3.5 km
Round & Round the Gardens Childcare	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.5 km
Magical Moments Preschool	Nursery	Good ('23)	3.8 km
Christopher Robin Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	3.8 km
Willow's Forest School At The Rear Of Elm Nursery	Nursery	—	3.9 km
Bright Horizons Woking Nursery & Preschool	Nursery	Good ('23)	3.9 km
Maybury Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	3.9 km
Westfield Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	4.0 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 1.6 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 3.1 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 1.6 km
NHS ODS

11 of 11 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Villages Medical Ctr	GP	—	1.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Kingfield Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.0 km
Marshall Parade (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	3.1 km
Time For Teeth Hmp Send	Dentist	—	3.2 km
Bupa Dental Care Westfield Rd	Dentist	—	3.3 km
The Practice College Road	GP	Good ('18)	3.4 km
Sunny Meed Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	3.5 km
Maybury Surgery	GP	Good ('18)	3.6 km
Bridge Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.7 km
Heathcot Medical Practice	GP	—	3.8 km
Health Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.8 km
Woking Community Hospital	Dentist	—	3.8 km
Hillview Medical Centre	GP	Good ('16)	3.9 km
Woking Dental Care	Dentist	—	3.9 km
Southview Medical Practice	GP	Good ('16)	3.9 km
Phillips Bradbury And Mackie	Dentist	—	4.0 km
Dental Practice On Broadway	Dentist	—	4.0 km
May & Thomson	Pharmacy	—	4.0 km
Macrocare Dental Health	Dentist	—	4.0 km
Fastheal Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.1 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	4.2 km
Sheerwater Health Centre	GP	—	4.2 km
Coniston Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.2 km
Iq Braces & Faces	Dentist	—	4.3 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.3 km
Albert Drive (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	4.3 km
Maycroft Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.4 km
Madeira Medical	GP	Good ('16)	4.4 km
Parishes Bridge Med.Pract	GP	Good ('16)	4.4 km
Wey Family Practice	GP	Good ('16)	4.4 km
West Byfleet Health Centre Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.4 km
Cohens Chemist	Pharmacy	—	4.4 km
Alestone Dental Centre	Dentist	—	4.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.5 km
Goldsworth Road Dental Centre	Dentist	—	4.5 km
Station Approach Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.5 km
Capital Dental (High Rd)	Dentist	—	5.0 km
Burpham Dental Care	Dentist	—	5.0 km
Pearl Chemist	Pharmacy	—	5.1 km
Surrey Periodontics	Dentist	—	5.1 km
Sync Dental Roseneath Limited	Dentist	—	5.2 km
Horsell Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.4 km
Scotland Bridge Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	5.4 km
Merrow Park Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.4 km
Merrow Park Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.4 km
Merrow Park Surgery	GP	Good ('23)	5.5 km
Woodham Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.6 km
The Horsley Medical Practice	GP	Good ('19)	5.6 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.6 km
Horsley Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.6 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	6.0 km
Goldsworth Park Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.1 km
Goldsworth Park Health Centre	GP	—	6.2 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	6.9 km
Guildford Chemist	Pharmacy	—	7.6 km
Woodbridge Hill Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	7.8 km
Woodbridge Hill Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	7.8 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Guildford

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 23 min from Woking Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Clandon Rail Station	2.4 mi	London Waterloo	54 min
Woking Rail Station	2.5 mi	London Waterloo	23 min
West Byfleet Rail Station	2.8 mi	London Waterloo	30 min
Worplesdon Rail Station	3.2 mi	London Waterloo	29 min
Horsley Rail Station	3.5 mi	London Waterloo	49 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Woking Rail Station (23 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Work from home

44%

Drive

40%

Walk or cycle

10%

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging15 points

Per 10,000 residents1.0

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Guildford

Air quality

NO₂

9.3

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.9

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1000.6%

Flood zone1.2% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 5–10%)

Historic landfill48 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings1,090

Conservation areas39

Green belt83.5%

Green spaces1,210

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Guildford

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	375	95% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	84	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	25	—
Green spaces & parks	1,210	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

68.7%

Superfast

94.4%

Ultrafast

71%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Guildford

Figures for the wider Guildford — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate5%

In work (employment rate)58.5%

Companies registered here11,642

New incorporations (12m)1,137

Property companies (SPVs)1,236

See the full Guildford report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district