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On Cowden Close, in Farnham Town
What it's like at GU9 9FG: every home that has sold on Cowden 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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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.
Sales and extensions on Cowden Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 25 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Cowden CloseSemi-detached | Jul 2008 | £180,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Cowden CloseTerraced | Jul 2008 | £277,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, Cowden CloseTerraced | Dec 2014 | £285,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 4, Cowden CloseTerraced | Sept 2022 | £375,000 | 70 m² | £5,357/m² | 2 |
| 5, Cowden CloseTerraced | Jun 2023 | £435,000 | 96 m² | £4,531/m² | 3 |
| 6, Cowden CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2022 | £420,000 | 105 m² | £4,000/m² | 2 |
| 7, Cowden CloseTerraced | May 2009 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Cowden CloseTerraced | Jun 2022 | £480,000 | 122 m² | £3,934/m² | 4 |
| 9, Cowden CloseSemi-detached | Apr 2017 | £450,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 10, Cowden CloseTerraced | Jul 2020 | £400,000 | 90 m² | £4,444/m² | 3 |
| 11, Cowden CloseFlat | Nov 2022 | £325,000 | 59 m² | £5,508/m² | 3 |
| 12, Cowden CloseSemi-detached | Apr 2009 | £280,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Cowden CloseTerraced | Mar 2016 | £386,000 | 104 m² | £3,712/m² | 2 |
| 15, Cowden CloseSemi-detached · company-owned | Oct 2019 | £475,000 | 138 m² | £3,442/m² | 2 |
| 16, Cowden CloseSemi-detached | Nov 2008 | £330,000 | 123 m² | £2,683/m² | 1 |
| 17, Cowden CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2026 | £500,000 | 124 m² | £4,032/m² | 3 |
| 18, Cowden CloseTerraced | Nov 2015 | £445,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, Cowden CloseTerraced | Feb 2024 | £482,500 | 135 m² | £3,574/m² | 3 |
| 20, Cowden CloseTerraced | Aug 2025 | £490,000 | 153 m² | £3,203/m² | 3 |
| 21, Cowden CloseTerraced | Dec 2013 | £374,000 | 121 m² | £3,091/m² | 2 |
| 22, Cowden CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2009 | £300,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Cowden CloseFlat | Aug 2009 | £185,000 | 67 m² | £2,761/m² | 1 |
| 24, Cowden CloseFlat | Jun 2021 | £84,000 | 45 m² | £1,867/m² | 4 |
| 25, Cowden CloseFlat | Feb 2018 | £112,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 26, Cowden CloseFlat | Feb 2020 | £82,500 | 66 m² | £1,250/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: 45% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Farnham, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km), with 1.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Waterloo.
The nearest bus stop is Shepherd and Flock Roundabout, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 65); 13 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 57 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is St Polycarp's Catholic Primary School, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km); 78% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Highfield South Farnham School (1 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Farnham Heath End, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 44.8 · 13.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: All Hallows Catholic School (2.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Marks and Spencer Group P.L.C., 250 m away; Farnham Supermarket (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Farnham Park Health Group (200 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Houd Vast Hair is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Frimley Park Hospital, 12 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 61% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 54 restaurants and cafés and 16 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Starbucks is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and The Shepherd and Flock the nearest pub (200 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 95 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 38% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (FARNHAM, Shepherd and Flock Conservation Area).
There are 285 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 32% flats and 21% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 358 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Park Ranger's House, 1.1 km away; for exercise, In2 Training (550 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Frensham Great Pond, 6.5 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.8 µg/m³).
28 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bourne Mill | II | 80 m |
| Numbers 1 and 2 (Ivy Cottage) | II | 170 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Farnham and Bordon constituency: Gregory Stafford MP (Conservative), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 1,349 (2.5%), turnout 70%. Vote shares: Conservative 36%, Liberal Democrat 33%, Labour 14%, Reform UK 12%.
27 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 GU9 9FG →
On this street: 2 of 13 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.1% | 2.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 79.6% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.0% | 4.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 15.5% | 7.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 2.7% | 0.5% | 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.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 37 km away.
Most households own their home, 25% rent privately.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 45% of adults have a degree.
There's a sizeable student population: 15% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is University for the Creative Arts, 1.6 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.
Nearest: Hayling Beachlands West · about 51 min
Nearest: Legoland Hill Train · about 37 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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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.