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On Helmsdale, in Hook Heath
What it's like at GU21 3HT: every home that has sold on Helmsdale since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Helmsdale; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 25 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, HelmsdaleTerraced | May 2008 | £232,000 | 61 m² | £3,803/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, HelmsdaleTerraced | Nov 2011 | £195,000 | 61 m² | £3,197/m² | 3 |
| 3, HelmsdaleTerraced | Apr 2024 | £330,000 | 61 m² | £5,410/m² | 3 |
| 4, HelmsdaleTerraced | Nov 2007 | £230,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 5, HelmsdaleTerraced | Sept 2007 | £249,000 | 72 m² | £3,458/m² | 3 |
| 6, HelmsdaleTerraced | Mar 2012 | £236,000 | 70 m² | £3,371/m² | 3 |
| 7, HelmsdaleTerraced | Jun 2013 | £250,000 | 70 m² | £3,571/m² | 2 |
| 8, HelmsdaleTerraced · company-owned | Apr 1997 | £77,000 | 74 m² | £1,041/m² | 1 |
| 9, HelmsdaleTerraced | Aug 2022 | £415,000 | 66 m² | £6,288/m² | 2 |
| 11, HelmsdaleSemi-detached | Dec 2007 | £230,000 | 62 m² | £3,710/m² | 2 |
| 12, HelmsdaleFlat · company-owned | Jul 2024 | £265,000 | 64 m² | £4,141/m² | 5 |
| 13, HelmsdaleFlat · company-owned | Mar 2025 | £330,000 | 67 m² | £4,925/m² | 2 |
| 15, HelmsdaleTerraced | Nov 2017 | £308,000 | 60 m² | £5,133/m² | 1 |
| 16, HelmsdaleTerraced | Dec 2011 | £199,000 | 62 m² | £3,210/m² | 4 |
| 17, HelmsdaleTerraced | Oct 2021 | £375,000 | 72 m² | £5,208/m² | 7 |
| 20, HelmsdaleTerraced | Mar 2022 | £420,000 | 72 m² | £5,833/m² | 2 |
| 21, HelmsdaleTerraced | Jun 2012 | £240,000 | 74 m² | £3,243/m² | 3 |
| 22, HelmsdaleTerraced | Jul 2024 | £375,000 | 71 m² | £5,282/m² | 3 |
| 23, HelmsdaleFlat | Dec 2018 | £275,000 | 56 m² | £4,911/m² | 3 |
| 24, HelmsdaleFlat · company-owned | Aug 1999 | £81,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 25, HelmsdaleTerraced | Aug 2018 | £270,000 | 59 m² | £4,576/m² | 1 |
| 26, HelmsdaleTerraced | Oct 2002 | £155,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, HelmsdaleSemi-detached | Dec 2006 | £192,500 | – | – | 4 |
| 29, HelmsdaleTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2015 | £283,000 | 61 m² | £4,639/m² | 2 |
| 30, HelmsdaleTerraced | Mar 2026 | £352,500 | 61 m² | £5,779/m² | 4 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 55% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Woking, a short drive or bike ride (1.9 km), with 6.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is St John's Rise, 250 m away, with a bus about every 21 minutes on weekdays (routes 34, 690); 12 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 15 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 38 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Goldsworth Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 55% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 48.7 · 13.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Hoe Valley School (1.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 700 m away; Londis - Esso Service Station (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Goldsworth Park Health Centre (750 m), with Goldsworth Park Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Signature Hairdressing is 850 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Surrey County Hospital, 7.9 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 64% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 65% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 2 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Costa Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and Fox & Flowerpot PH the nearest pub (700 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 25 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 53% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Lakeview Recreation Ground, 900 m away; for exercise, The Gym Group (1.7 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 20 km away.
5 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Langmans | II | 130 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Woking constituency: Mr Will Forster MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 11,246 (23.4%), turnout 66%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 50%, Conservative 27%, Reform UK 10%, Labour 9%.
23 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near GU21 3HT →
Most households own their home, 20% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 56% of adults have a degree.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Helmsdale in the last 12 months.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 50 min
Nearest: Legoland Hill Train · about 34 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 19 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.5% | 1.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.6% | 1.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 87.5% | 79.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.7% | 17.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.1% | 1.3% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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