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Chipstead & Netherne
What it's like at SM7 3HU: every home that has sold on the street 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 the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 44% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Woodmansterne, a short drive or bike ride (1.5 km), with 127k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Merrymeet, 300 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (route 166); 12 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 43 minutes away by public transport (19 by car).
Central London is 22 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 6% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Woodmansterne Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 67% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Chipstead Valley Primary School (1.2 km).
The nearest secondary is Woodcote High School, 2.1 km away; Attainment 8: 46.1 · 8.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Academy Sutton (4.6 km) and Riddlesdown Collegiate (5.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Wallington High School for Girls (4.6 km) and Wilson's School (6.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 2.2 km away, with The Look In closer still (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Longcroft Clinic (1.7 km), with Valley Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.8 km).
For a haircut, Essence is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Epsom General Hospital, 7.6 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 67% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 67% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 6 restaurants and cafés, 15 pubs and bars.
Oaks Park Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (750 m), and Old Walcountian Association the nearest pub (under 50 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 48 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 51 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 42% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
It's growing: about 107 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Woodmansterne Recreation Ground - The Park, 500 m away; for exercise, Old Walcountians Association (250 m).
16 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.
Reigate constituency: Rebecca Paul MP (Conservative), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 3,187 (6.0%), turnout 69%. Vote shares: Conservative 35%, Labour 29%, Reform UK 14%, Liberal Democrat 13%.
12 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 SM7 3HU →
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Gatwick is 17 km away.
Most households own their home, 9% rent privately.
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.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.2% | 0.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.6% | 89.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.2% | 0.6% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.1% | 8.1% | 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: Southwick · about 45 min
Nearest: Bluebell Railway · 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.