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Merle Common Road

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24 recorded sales · median £385,000 · Tandridge

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Tandridge District Council · Non-partisan (independent members) 25/43 seats · 58% · OCD 2026

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

65/100

Mixed

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£385k

median price

7.4

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£385k

median sold price

13.2 yrs

of local pay to buy

33 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar school

schools total

7.4

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

176

Violence — most

9.1

NO₂ · WHO 10

in a flood zone

266

green spaces

6.9

PM2.5 · WHO 5

150

eat & drink

shops

61.1%

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

£335,000 in 1998 → £435,000 in 2014

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Tandridge, 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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Could Merle Common Road be a good investment? Yields & returns →

What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £385,000. That's about 13.2× local earnings — around the 13.8× five-year average.

Sold price history

2014 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 24 sales£385,000

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay13.2× · five-year average 13.8×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership75%

Owned outright

37%

With a mortgage

37%

Private rented

13%

Social rented

11%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,551

Your band:

Tandridge District Council£260

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

Police & Crime Commissioner£353

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,701

Band B£1,984

Band C£2,267

Band D (baseline)£2,551

Band E£3,118

Band F£3,685

Band G£4,251

Band H£5,102

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 Tandridge how Merle Common Road compares · from Tandridge

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Godstone +23%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Godstone	£445,000	+23%	66
Hurst Green	£567,000	+20.2%	54
Lingfield	£515,000	+19.2%	74
Holland	£480,000	+17.4%	76
Oxted	£615,000	+17.1%	134
Warlingham	£525,000	+14.1%	190
Caterham	£406,000	+12.8%	136
Caterham on the Hill	£465,625	+9.9%	368
Caterham Valley	£460,000	+3.4%	138
Whyteleafe	£275,000	-0.9%	154

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 Merle Common Road — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
Blandings Merle Common Road	Detached	—	—	£700,000	Apr 2023
Four Oaks Merle Common Road	Detached	—	—	£1,000,000	Nov 2018
VECTOR HOUSE MERLE COMMON ROAD	Other	—	—	£525,000	Aug 2018
MACRAE COTTAGES MERLE COMMON ROAD	Semi-detached	—	—	£500,000	Aug 2015
Merle Oak Merle Common Road	Detached	—	—	£350,000	Jun 2014
Forge End Merle Common Road	Detached	—	—	£520,000	Apr 2014
Four Oaks Merle Common Road	Detached	—	—	£725,000	Jul 2009
Little Earls Merle Common Road	Detached	—	—	£625,000	Sep 2007
Clochemere Merle Common Road	Detached	—	—	£489,000	Aug 2006
FINCH'S MEAD MERLE COMMON ROAD	Semi-detached	—	—	£390,000	Feb 2006
Merle Common House Merle Common Road	Detached	—	—	£1,600,000	Dec 2005
Forge End Merle Common Road	Detached	—	—	£380,000	Jun 2004
FINCH'S MEAD MERLE COMMON ROAD	Semi-detached	—	—	£248,000	Oct 2002
OLD SCHOOL HOUSE MERLE COMMON ROAD	Semi-detached	—	—	£495,000	Jul 2002
ORCHARDS MERLE COMMON ROAD	Detached	—	—	£550,000	Jun 2002
MACRAE COTTAGES MERLE COMMON ROAD	Semi-detached	—	—	£172,500	Jun 2001
Merle Common House Merle Common Road	Detached	—	—	£1,225,000	Nov 2000
Little Earls Merle Common Road	Detached	—	—	£362,500	Sep 2000
Forge End Merle Common Road	Detached	—	—	£209,950	Nov 1999
OLD SCHOOL HOUSE MERLE COMMON ROAD	Semi-detached	—	—	£335,000	Dec 1998
BELL HOUSE MERLE COMMON ROAD	Semi-detached	—	—	£354,500	Dec 1998
MERLE COTTAGE MERLE COMMON ROAD	Detached	—	—	£268,000	Apr 1998
MERE HILL COTTAGE MERLE COMMON ROAD	Semi-detached	—	—	£90,000	Mar 1997

Show all sales ↓

23 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 Tandridge

Crime runs at 7.4 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 / month7.4

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

By category, 12 months from Tandridge

Violence & sexual offences

176

Anti-social behaviour

164

Criminal damage & arson

Other theft

Public order

Shoplifting

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Tandridge 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 Tandridge

Population87,876

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 7/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 65% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 7/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 7/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — less deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 65% 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 7 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

7.5/10

Employment

7.7/10

Education & skills

6.9/10

Health & disability

8.3/10

Crime

6.3/10

Housing & services

4.0/10

Living environment

6.0/10

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

Figures for the wider Tandridge — 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+60%

Unemployment · economically active residents4.2%

Degree-level (Level 4+)37%

Good or very good health85%

Own their home75%

Median age44.1

Born outside the UK11%

See the full Tandridge report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

100% of the 6 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

6 of 6 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 6 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
Holland Junior School	Primary	—	0.9 km
Little Oaks Hurst Green Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('24)	2.0 km
Hurst Green Infant School	Primary	Good ('22)	2.1 km
Hazelwood School	All-through	—	2.7 km
Stagecoach Oxted	Nursery	—	2.7 km
Beaming Stars Day Nursery Edenbridge	Nursery	Good ('25)	2.8 km
Hopscotch Nursery School	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.4 km
Limpsfield CofE Infant School	Primary	Good ('24)	3.4 km
Rising Stars Pleiades Leisure	Nursery	—	3.4 km
St Peter's CofE Infant School	Primary	Good ('22)	3.6 km
Tandridge Village Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.6 km
St Paulinus Pre School	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.8 km
Fennies Oxted	Nursery	Good ('21)	3.8 km
St Stephen's CofE Primary School	Primary	—	3.9 km
Oxted School	Secondary	Good ('22)	4.0 km
Panda Nursery	Nursery	Good ('22)	4.0 km
Little Barn Pre-school	Nursery	Good ('24)	4.0 km
Oxted Pre-school Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('25)	4.0 km
Crockham Hill Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	Primary	—	4.1 km
Crockham Hill Preschool	Nursery	Good ('22)	4.1 km
Woodlands Day Nursery and Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('24)	4.4 km
St Mary's CofE Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	4.4 km
Edenbridge Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	4.8 km
Little Country Lovers Holiday Club	Nursery	—	4.9 km
Tiny Oaks Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	5.0 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 3.7 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 3.7 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 2.0 km
NHS ODS

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Hurst Green Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Oxted Health Centre	GP	Good ('18)	3.7 km
95-99 Station Road East	Dentist	—	3.7 km
Priory House Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.7 km
Pipers Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.7 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	3.7 km
Paydens Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.7 km
New Lodge Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.9 km
Pennypot Dental Practice Ltd	Dentist	—	4.0 km
Edenbridge Med Practice	GP	—	4.5 km
Stangrove Court Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.7 km
Paydens Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.9 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	4.9 km
Pond Tail Surgery	GP	—	5.9 km
Spring Shaw Dental	Dentist	—	5.9 km
Godstone Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.1 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	6.1 km
Lingfield Surgery	GP	—	6.1 km
White House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	6.1 km
Westerham Practice	GP	Good ('17)	6.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	6.2 km
Day Lewis Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.2 km
Westerham Dental Care	Dentist	—	6.3 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 Tandridge

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 33 min from Oxted Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Hurst Green Rail Station	1.3 mi	London Bridge	37 min
Oxted Rail Station	2.3 mi	London Bridge	33 min
Edenbridge Rail Station	2.5 mi	—	no direct train
Godstone Rail Station	2.7 mi	—	no direct train
Edenbridge Town Rail Station	3.0 mi	London Bridge	44 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Oxted Rail Station (33 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

44%

Work from home

43%

Public transport

Walk or cycle

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging4 points

Per 10,000 residents0.5

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

Environment from Tandridge

Air quality

NO₂

9.1

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.9

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1003.1%

Flood zone5% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 5–10%)

Historic landfill117 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 buildings604

Conservation areas19

Green belt93.8%

Green spaces266

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Tandridge

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	150	97% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	47	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	24	—
Green spaces & parks	266	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

61.1%

Superfast

91.4%

Ultrafast

61.6%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Tandridge

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

Unemployment rate4.2%

In work (employment rate)60.1%

Companies registered here8,721

New incorporations (12m)834

Property companies (SPVs)1,071

See the full Tandridge report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district