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Poplar Road

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80 recorded sales · median £297,500 · 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

£298k

median price

7.5

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£298k

median sold price

11 yrs

of local pay to buy

32 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

£451,250 in 2009 → £620,000 in 2022

⌄ 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 £297,500. That's about 11× local earnings — around the 12× five-year average.

Sold price history

2022 · 4 sales

Median sold price · median of all 80 sales£297,500

Full history since 1995

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 Poplar Road 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 Poplar Road — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
MAGNOLIA HOUSE, 50 POPLAR ROAD	Detached	—	—	£1,150,000	Nov 2025
29 Poplar Road Shalford	Detached	—	—	£907,500	Jan 2025
Flat 1 Burnham 35 Poplar Road	Flat	—	—	£370,000	Mar 2024
FLAT 1 THE HERONS POPLAR ROAD	Flat	—	—	£358,000	Aug 2023
THE HERONS POPLAR ROAD	Flat	—	—	£335,000	Oct 2022
53 Poplar Road Shalford	Detached	—	—	£1,000,000	Jul 2022
Flat 1 Burnham 35 Poplar Road	Other	—	—	£70,000	Jul 2022
27 Poplar Road Shalford	Detached	—	—	£880,000	Mar 2022
FLAT 5 35 POPLAR ROAD SHALFORD	Flat	—	—	£360,000	Jan 2022
31 Poplar Road Shalford	Detached	—	—	£1,100,000	Dec 2021
18, Poplar Road Shalford	Detached	—	—	£1,100,000	Aug 2021
15, Poplar Road Shalford	Detached	—	—	£1,115,000	Jun 2020
25, Poplar Road Shalford	Detached	—	—	£755,000	Jun 2020
OAKLANDS, 38 POPLAR ROAD	Flat	—	—	£465,000	Mar 2020
43, Poplar Road Shalford	Detached	—	—	£1,250,000	Aug 2019
FLAT 1 THE HERONS POPLAR ROAD	Flat	—	—	£300,000	Feb 2019
THE HERONS POPLAR ROAD	Flat	—	—	£285,000	Oct 2018
Flat 2 Burnham 35, Poplar Road Shalford	Flat	—	—	£375,000	Jun 2018
Flat 1 Burnham 35 Poplar Road	Flat	—	—	£332,500	Apr 2018
Flat 5 Oaklands 38 Poplar Road	Flat	—	—	£227,500	Jan 2018
FLAT 4 THE HERONS POPLAR ROAD	Flat	—	—	£270,000	Nov 2017
48 POPLAR ROAD	Detached	—	—	£1,400,000	May 2017
49 Poplar Road Shalford	Detached	—	—	£813,000	Nov 2016
FLAT 4 THE HERONS POPLAR ROAD	Flat	—	—	£300,000	Aug 2016

Show all sales ↓

24 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 4 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

4 of 4 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 4 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
Shalford Infant School	Primary	Good ('23)	0.7 km
St Catherine's School	All-through	—	1.5 km
Tillingbourne Junior School	Primary	—	1.6 km
Broadwater School	Secondary	Good ('19)	2.1 km
Bramley CofE Infant School and Nursery	Primary	—	2.2 km
Fitzsimmons Place Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	2.5 km
St Nicolas' Church of England Infant School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	2.7 km
Child's Play Pre-school	Nursery	Good ('23)	2.7 km
Pewley Down Infant School	Primary	Outstanding ('24)	2.8 km
Castle Nursery and Preschool	Nursery	Good ('25)	2.8 km
Holy Trinity, Guildford, CofE Aided Junior School	Primary	—	2.8 km
Surrey Outdoor Learning & Development	Nursery	—	2.8 km
Little Rays Daycare Ltd	Nursery	Good ('24)	2.8 km
Rocking Horse Nursery	Nursery	—	2.8 km
Chilworth CofE (Aided) Infant School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	2.9 km
Ladybird Nursery	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.0 km
Farncombe Church of England Infant School	Primary	—	3.0 km
ChristChurch Pre-school Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('22)	3.0 km
Drayton House Day Nursery and Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.1 km
Guildford County School	Secondary	—	3.1 km
Camp England Guildford County School	Nursery	—	3.1 km
Sparks Guildford	Nursery	—	3.1 km
Loseley Fields Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	3.1 km
Rainbow Corner Loseley Fields	Nursery	Good ('25)	3.1 km
Royal Grammar School Guildford	All-through	—	3.2 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 1.9 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 1.8 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.5 km
NHS ODS

4 of 5 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Boots	Pharmacy	—	0.5 km
Brockley House Orthodontic Practice	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Wonersh Surgery	GP	—	1.9 km
Wonersh Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
Dental Access Centre	Dentist	—	2.6 km
Special Needs Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	2.6 km
21D Guildford	Dentist	—	2.9 km
The Mill Medical Practice	GP	—	2.9 km
Kamsons Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.0 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.0 km
Superdrug Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.0 km
St. Luke'S Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	3.0 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.0 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.1 km
Farnham Road Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.1 km
Burneston House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.2 km
Austen Road Surgery	GP	—	3.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Guildford Dental Partnership	Dentist	—	3.3 km
The Gables Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Iosis Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Guildford Orthodontics	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Dene Lodge Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.4 km
Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.4 km
Guilford Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.4 km
Northdene Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.4 km
Binscombe Medical Centre	GP	—	3.5 km
Binscombe Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.5 km
Direct Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.5 km
Dapdune House Surgery	GP	Good ('19)	3.8 km
Dapdune Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.8 km
Godalming Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.1 km
Octavia House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.1 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	4.3 km
High Street (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	4.4 km
Mews Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	4.5 km
Notley Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.6 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.6 km
Woodbridge Hill Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.7 km
Woodbridge Hill Surgery	GP	Good ('17)	4.7 km
Merrow Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.8 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	4.8 km
17 Dental	Dentist	—	4.8 km
Woodbridge Hill Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.9 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	4.9 km
Special Needs Dental Clinic	Dentist	—	4.9 km
Lakeside Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.0 km
Guildowns Group Practice	GP	Requires improvement ('16)	5.0 km
Woodbridge Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.1 km
Merrow Park Surgery	GP	Good ('23)	5.3 km
Merrow Park Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.3 km
Merrow Park Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.3 km
Guildford Chemist	Pharmacy	—	5.6 km
Milford Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.9 km
Witley Surgery	GP	—	8.3 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 32 min from Guildford Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Shalford (Surrey) Rail Station	0.4 mi	—	no direct train
Chilworth Rail Station	1.8 mi	—	no direct train
Farncombe Rail Station	1.9 mi	London Waterloo	42 min
Guildford Rail Station	2.0 mi	London Waterloo	32 min
London Road (Guildford) Rail Station	2.2 mi	London Waterloo	59 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Guildford Rail Station (32 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