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On Sime Close, in Worplesdon, Jacobs Well & Wood Street
What it's like at GU3 3ED: every home that has sold on Sime Close 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 Sime Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 18 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Sime CloseTerraced | Jul 2023 | £440,500 | 87 m² | £5,063/m² | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Sime CloseTerraced | Mar 2021 | £358,000 | 47 m² | £7,617/m² | 2 |
| 5, Sime CloseTerraced | Jun 2012 | £232,500 | 70 m² | £3,321/m² | 3 |
| 6, Sime CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £487,500 | 90 m² | £5,417/m² | 3 |
| 7, Sime CloseSemi-detached | Nov 2024 | £575,000 | 113 m² | £5,088/m² | 2 |
| 8, Sime CloseTerraced | Mar 2025 | £567,000 | 138 m² | £4,109/m² | 2 |
| 9, Sime CloseSemi-detached | Feb 2010 | £355,000 | 129 m² | £2,752/m² | 1 |
| 10, Sime CloseTerraced | Feb 2010 | £375,000 | 144 m² | £2,604/m² | 1 |
| 12, Sime CloseTerraced | Feb 2010 | £382,995 | 138 m² | £2,775/m² | 1 |
| 13, Sime CloseTerraced | Feb 2010 | £365,000 | 138 m² | £2,645/m² | 1 |
| 14, Sime CloseTerraced | Feb 2010 | £374,995 | 136 m² | £2,757/m² | 1 |
| 15, Sime CloseTerraced | Jan 2018 | £550,000 | 151 m² | £3,642/m² | 2 |
| 16, Sime CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2012 | £410,000 | 124 m² | £3,306/m² | 2 |
| 17, Sime CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £580,000 | 122 m² | £4,754/m² | 2 |
| 18, Sime CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2009 | £399,995 | 148 m² | £2,703/m² | 1 |
| 19, Sime CloseSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £568,750 | 150 m² | £3,792/m² | 3 |
| 20, Sime CloseDetached | Dec 2009 | £400,000 | 151 m² | £2,649/m² | 1 |
| 21, Sime CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2009 | £390,000 | 151 m² | £2,583/m² | 1 |
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: 40% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Guildford, a drive away (3.1 km), with 6.4m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Pitch Place, 550 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 28).
Central London is 43 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km); 78% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Christ's College, Guildford, 1.9 km away; Attainment 8: 42.5 · 4.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Guildford County School (3.3 km) and Hoe Valley School (4.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Rice & Lentils, 800 m away, with Costcutter closer still (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Fairlands Medical Practice (1.3 km), with Guildford Chemist the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Vincent's is 850 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Surrey County Hospital, 2.1 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 8 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Emmanuel Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (900 m), and The Cricketers the nearest pub (800 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 51 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 45 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 10% flats and 31% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 22% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 216 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Johnston Green, 650 m away; for exercise, Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing (1.0 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 26 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% of households own their home outright.
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.
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%.
14 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 GU3 3ED →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
The nearest university is University of Surrey, 2.3 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 17 homes with certificates have solar panels, 15 a heat pump, and 16 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.9% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 91.9% | 87.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 2.6% | 2.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.0% | 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 18 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 50 min
Nearest: Legoland Hill Train · about 36 min
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