# GU16 8LH: area report for a postcode in Surrey Heath

GU16 8LH is a postcode in Surrey Heath.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Surrey Heath. Open the map at GU16 8LH for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Surrey Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/surrey-heath) › [GU16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gu16) › [GU16 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/gu16-8)

## Around this postcode

- **10 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 47% on July. Surrey Heath 010D: 34 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.7303,51.3192,GU168LH
- **Frimley, 1.4 km**: About 18 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.7303,51.3192,GU168LH
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 200 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.7303,51.3192,GU168LH
- **No property in GU16 8LH listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.7303,51.3192,GU168LH
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Surrey Heath 010D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.7303,51.3192,GU168LH
- **£457,988 average price**: For the whole of Surrey Heath, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.7303,51.3192,GU168LH
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.3 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.7303,51.3192,GU168LH
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 790 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.7303,51.3192,GU168LH
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at GU16 8LH**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-0.7303,51.3192,GU168LH
- **Low road and rail noise at GU16 8LH**: Road 51 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.7303,51.3192,GU168LH
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.7303,51.3192,GU168LH
- **10.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.7303,51.3192,GU168LH

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Lakeside Nursery & Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lakeside-nursery-and-primary-academy-e142415) | Primary | 200 m (2 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, November 2023 | 62% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The Grove Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-grove-primary-academy-e142380) | Primary | 200 m (3 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2024 | 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Tomlinscote School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tomlinscote-school-e140117) | Secondary | 450 m (6 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), November 2023 | Attainment 8 of 54.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Augustine's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-augustines-catholic-primary-school-e143374) | Primary | 490 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Ravenscote Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ravenscote-junior-school-e141592) | Primary | 830 m (10 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Carwarden House Community School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/carwarden-house-community-school-e141147) | Special | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2023 | – |
| [Sandringham Infant & Nursery Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sandringham-infant-and-nursery-academy-e142366) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, February 2024 | – |
| [Frimley CofE School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/frimley-cofe-school-e148435) | Primary | 1.2 km (16 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2024 | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| April 2026 | £510,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| April 2026 | £629,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| September 2023 | £495,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| May 2025 | £975,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 190 m |
| March 2026 | £565,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 200 m |
| August 2026 | £575,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 210 m |
| March 2026 | £480,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 210 m |
| August 2024 | £565,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 230 m |

## Within 1 km

- Pharmacies: RAM DISPENSING CHEMIST (810 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Frimley Balmoral Dr Express (790 m, Tesco)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £457,988** (July 2026). Surrey Heath’s average house price was £457,988 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 4.0% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £43,633** (2025). Full-time workers living in Surrey Heath earned a median of £43,633 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 74th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 10.5×** (2025). A home in Surrey Heath costs 10.5 times local full-time pay. 42nd least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 8.0** (2025). Surrey Heath has a deprivation score of 8.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 4th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Surrey Heath 010D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 1.7** (2025). Surrey Heath 010D has a deprivation score of 1.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 211th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £525,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Surrey Heath 010D was £525,500 in 2025. 4,094th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,504** (2021). Surrey Heath 010D had 1,504 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 23,334th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.0%** (January 2026). In Surrey Heath 010D, 99.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## GU16 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £470,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in GU16 was £470,000 in 2025. Joint 353rd most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 23,581** (2021). GU16 had 23,581 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,248th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in GU16 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.2%** (January 2026). In GU16, 92.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Surrey Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/surrey-heath)
- Centre: 51.3192, -0.7303

Council: [Surrey Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/surrey-heath) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Surrey Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/surrey-heath): Dr Al Pinkerton (Liberal Democrat), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.7303,51.3192,GU168LH

## How to cite

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