County ranking

Best places to live in Surrey

30 towns ranked by overall liveability score, from official UK data.

30 Towns listed of 61 that qualify
76 Top score Worcester Park and Stoneleigh
57 County median UK median 54
12 Above 65 roughly the UK top eighth

61 towns in Surrey clear our data thresholds: a population over 3,000 and real scores in 8 or more of 9 categories. The top 30 are ranked below. Worcester Park and Stoneleigh takes first place with 76/100, putting three points between it and West Molesey on 73. 12 of them score 65 or better, something about one in eight comparable UK towns manages: Worcester Park and Stoneleigh (76), West Molesey (73) and Ewell (69), among others.

Across all 61 qualifying towns the county median is 57/100, 3 points above the 54/100 median for UK towns of this size. On price, Frimley is the top five's cheapest at a median of £470,000. West Molesey, also in the top five, runs to £699,950. The steepest fall in the ranking comes after second place, where West Molesey on 73 gives way to Ewell on 69. Full breakdowns for the leaders: Worcester Park and Stoneleigh, West Molesey and Ewell.

The top 30 places to live in Surrey, ranked by overall score out of 100
# Town Score Strongest categories Population Median price
1 Worcester Park and Stoneleigh 76 Healthcare 74 Schools 78 15,518 £630,500
2 West Molesey 73 Healthcare 74 Lifestyle 76 46,974 £699,950
3 Ewell 69 Healthcare 76 Schools 73 28,146 £551,750
4 Frimley 69 Healthcare 70 Lifestyle 68 15,309 £470,000
5 New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater 69 Healthcare 72 Lifestyle 70 31,456 £500,000
6 Epsom 68 Healthcare 84 Transport 65 29,535 £517,500
7 Hersham 67 Healthcare 71 Lifestyle 62 12,843 £585,000
8 Walton-on-Thames 67 Healthcare 75 Lifestyle 75 24,095 £515,000
9 Esher 66 Healthcare 67 Lifestyle 65 9,901 £995,000
10 Tadworth and Epsom Downs 66 Healthcare 66 Transport 58 27,740 £587,000
11 Weybourne (Waverley) 65 Lifestyle 60 Transport 56 11,304 £482,500
12 Woking 65 Lifestyle 83 Healthcare 70 68,636 £427,500
13 Reigate 63 Lifestyle 79 Transport 62 24,344 £602,500
14 Ashford Common 62 Healthcare 63 Schools 64 7,716 £455,000
15 Ashtead 62 Healthcare 60 Lifestyle 54 14,592 £707,500
16 Camberley 62 Healthcare 56 Transport 55 37,362 £435,000
17 Guildford 62 Healthcare 77 Transport 71 79,286 £490,000
18 Redhill (Reigate and Banstead) 62 Lifestyle 75 Transport 68 28,210 £423,750
19 Shepperton Green 61 Broadband 96 Schools 55 4,210 £527,500
20 Dorking 60 Healthcare 67 Lifestyle 69 17,087 £472,500
21 Sunbury-on-Thames 60 Schools 68 Lifestyle 64 21,660 £510,000
22 Weybridge 60 Lifestyle 75 Schools 58 16,190 £557,000
23 Ash and Ash Vale 59 Lifestyle 72 Transport 58 24,389 £420,000
24 Banstead 59 Healthcare 58 Lifestyle 56 10,017 £645,000
25 Farncombe 59 Healthcare 53 Lifestyle 56 12,645 £495,000
26 Great Bookham and Fetcham 59 Healthcare 49 Lifestyle 52 21,019 £667,000
27 Ashford (Spelthorne) 58 Healthcare 76 Transport 63 24,816 £450,000
28 Byfleet 58 Lifestyle 63 Healthcare 50 14,942 £482,500
29 Farnham 58 Lifestyle 60 Transport 56 20,027 £486,250
30 Staines-upon-Thames 58 Lifestyle 63 Healthcare 59 18,918 £460,000

Ranked on the default weighting, out of 100. Strongest categories are the two furthest above the national median for that category, not simply the two highest numbers. Almost every town scores well on safety, so raw highs would say little.

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How this ranking was built

Every settlement in Surrey was scored across 9 categories (safety, schools, healthcare, transport, environment, broadband, lifestyle, economic health and bills) from official sources including Police UK, Ofsted, the CQC, Ofcom, the Environment Agency and MHCLG. Two filters then decide who appears here:

Counties are ceremonial, and a town belongs to the county its postcodes physically sit in, so border towns land where residents would expect them to.

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