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On Blackwell Avenue, in Park Barn & Royal Surrey
What it's like at GU2 8LU: every home that has sold on Blackwell Avenue 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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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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Blackwell Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
11 of the 25 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2021 | £395,000 | 67 m² | £5,896/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2015 | £363,000 | 96 m² | £3,781/m² | 1 |
| 3, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2021 | £402,500 | 89 m² | £4,522/m² | 2 |
| 4, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2016 | £357,000 | 97 m² | £3,680/m² | 1 |
| 5, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 1998 | £110,000 | 84 m² | £1,310/m² | 1 |
| 6, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached · company-owned | Jul 2017 | £415,000 | 88 m² | £4,716/m² | 2 |
| 8, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2019 | £425,000 | 87 m² | £4,885/m² | 2 |
| 9, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 1996 | £72,000 | 123 m² | £585/m² | 1 |
| 10, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached · company-owned | Jun 2021 | £495,000 | 118 m² | £4,195/m² | 2 |
| 11, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £380,000 | 88 m² | £4,318/m² | 1 |
| 12, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached · company-owned | Feb 2017 | £440,000 | 114 m² | £3,860/m² | 1 |
| 14, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached · company-owned | Jul 2024 | £450,000 | 91 m² | £4,945/m² | 1 |
| 15, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2004 | £193,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached · company-owned | Aug 2017 | £410,000 | 93 m² | £4,409/m² | 1 |
| 17, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2007 | £250,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 19, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2013 | £286,000 | 83 m² | £3,446/m² | 2 |
| 20, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2025 | £400,000 | 151 m² | £2,649/m² | 2 |
| 20a, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached · company-owned | Aug 2024 | £405,000 | 67 m² | £6,045/m² | 1 |
| 21, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2011 | £240,000 | 100 m² | £2,400/m² | 1 |
| 22, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2018 | £435,000 | 88 m² | £4,943/m² | 3 |
| 23, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2021 | £425,000 | 89 m² | £4,775/m² | 1 |
| 24a, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached · company-owned | Sept 2019 | £385,000 | 79 m² | £4,873/m² | 2 |
| 25, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £510,000 | 89 m² | £5,730/m² | 1 |
| 26, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached · company-owned | Jan 2005 | £218,000 | 170 m² | £1,282/m² | 1 |
| 28, Blackwell AvenueSemi-detached · company-owned | Dec 2025 | £495,000 | 121 m² | £4,091/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Guildford, a short drive or bike ride (2.6 km), with 6.4m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Homestall, 300 m away, with a bus about every 9 minutes on weekdays (routes 4, 5).
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 10 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 44 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Guildford Grove Primary School, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 52% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Kings College Guildford, 600 m away; Attainment 8: 44.4 · 8.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Guildford County School (1.8 km) and St Peter's Catholic School (4.8 km).
Few families with young children: only 10% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 850 m away, with North Guildford Food Bank closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Guildowns Group Practice (300 m), with Tesco Instore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Kurdish Barber is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Surrey County Hospital, 300 m 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 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Sodexo is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Cricketers the nearest pub (1.3 km).
Crime is around the national middle: about 96 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 19% flats and 7% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Derby Road Pocket Park, 800 m away; for exercise, King's College Gym (650 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 27 km away.
Most households own their home, 26% rent privately.
It's young: 54% of residents are aged 15–29.
19 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.
Guildford constituency: Zöe Franklin MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 8,429 (17.5%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 48%, Conservative 30%, Reform UK 9%, Labour 8%.
10 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 GU2 8LU →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
This is a student area: 51% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 census, so expect shared houses, busy term times and quiet summers.
The nearest university is University of Surrey, 2.0 km away (TEF Silver).
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.
On this street: 0 of 23 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.0% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 1.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.6% | 87.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 2.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.8% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 1.2% | 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Guildford since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 25 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Hayling Beachlands West · about 46 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.