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On Burpham Lane, in Burpham North & Merrow East
What it's like at GU4 7LZ: every home that has sold on Burpham Lane 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 Burpham Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 75 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| High Noon, Burpham LaneDetached | Feb 2023 | £735,000 | 153 m² | £4,804/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurels, Burpham LaneDetached | Jul 2019 | £560,000 | 92 m² | £6,087/m² | 1 |
| The Vicarage, Burpham LaneDetached · company-owned | Nov 1999 | £325,000 | – | – | 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: 45% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is London Road (Guildford), a short drive or bike ride (2.7 km), with 869k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Bowers Farm Drive, 250 m away, with a bus about every 46 minutes on weekdays (route 18).
Central London is 40 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Burpham Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 80% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is George Abbot School, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 58.2 · 21.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Peter's Catholic School (0.9 km) and Guildford County School (4.1 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 300 m away; Argos (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Merrow Park Surgery (1.9 km), with Merrow Park Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.9 km).
For a haircut, M & R Barber + Brew is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Surrey County Hospital, 5.2 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 4 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Starbucks is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Links Lounge the nearest pub (750 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 13 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 16% flats and 33% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Sutherland Memorial Park, 350 m away; for exercise, Blue Spider (1.3 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 25 km away.
Most households own their home, 19% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 48% of adults have a degree.
20 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Luke | II | 90 m |
| Burpham War Memorial | 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.
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%.
7 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 GU4 7LZ →
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, 3.5 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.
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 75 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 59 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 27 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.7% | 1.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 89.5% | 87.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 2.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.6% | 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 49 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.
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