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On Colmans Hill, in Gomshall, Shere & Albury
What it's like at GU5 9ST: every home that has sold on Colmans Hill 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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Sales and extensions on Colmans Hill; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
| Overlea, Colmans HillDetached | Apr 1996 | £131,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School Cottage, Colmans HillDetached | Jan 2021 | £420,000 | 44 m² | £9,545/m² | 5 |
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: 52% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Gomshall, a short drive or bike ride (2.7 km), with 59k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Guildford.
The nearest bus stop is Burchets Hollow, 250 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 25); 2 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 49 minutes away by public transport (20 by car).
Central London is 41 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 6% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Peaslake Free School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest supermarket is Welcome Shere, 3.2 km away, with Peaslake Village Stores closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Sheresurgeryanddispensary (3.1 km).
The nearest full A&E is Royal Surrey County Hospital, 10 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 12 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
Hurtwood Inn Bar and Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and The Royal Oak the nearest pub (2.1 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 51 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 169 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 51% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Westcott Heath, 5.8 km away; for exercise, Woodland Fitness Studio (5.9 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.2 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Gatwick is 21 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 45% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 25% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 49% 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.
7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Well Cottage and Ridings Cottage | II | 70 m |
| Holly Bush Cottage | II | 70 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.
Godalming and Ash constituency: Sir Jeremy Hunt MP (Conservative), since May 2005. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 891 (1.6%), turnout 72%. Vote shares: Conservative 43%, Liberal Democrat 41%, Reform UK 9%, Labour 5%.
5 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 GU5 9ST →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Colmans Hill in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Worthing · about 55 min
Nearest: Legoland Hill Train · about 46 min
Nearest: Chessington World of Adventures · about 36 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 6.0% | 1.8% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 61.2% | 87.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 26.4% | 2.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.3% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.4% | 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.