Ash and Ash Vale
Ash and Ash Vale is covered by postcode districts GU10, GU12, GU14 and GU16. It is mostly in the Guildford council area: 524 of its 618 postcodes. The others are in Surrey Heath and Rushmoor. 615 are in Surrey and 3 in Hampshire.
Every postcode in Ash and Ash Vale, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 22
- At medium risk at worst: 2
- At low risk at worst: 56
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 538
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 618 postcodes in Ash and Ash Vale that ONS places, 22 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 56 are at low risk at worst and 538 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.2577, longitude -0.7239. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
22 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 12 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. GU12 6BB, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Ash and Ash Vale?
Homes sold for a typical £420,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.7% on the 12 months before. At 537 of the 613 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 248 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 80 of its 618 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Border Practice, 2.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Ash, 1.2 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Ash and Ash Vale?
Homes in Ash and Ash Vale sold for a typical £420,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 319 sales, up 3.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £560,000 85 sales
- Semi-detached £435,000 110 sales
- Terraced £343,000 87 sales
- Flat or maisonette £195,000 37 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole GU12 district, Ash and Ash Vale's main postcode district: a typical £382,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ash and Ash Vale: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Ash and Ash Vale?
67 of the 618 postcodes now in use in Ash and Ash Vale came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 38 of the 462 homes sold in Ash and Ash Vale were newly built (8%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GU12 district, Under 1%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Ash and Ash Vale | Across the GU12 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 319 (0%) | 0 of 377 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 38 of 462 (8%) | 1 of 529 (Under 1%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Ash and Ash Vale?
Ofcom reports on 613 of the 618 postcodes in Ash and Ash Vale. At 537 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Ash and Ash Vale at risk of flooding?
80 of the 618 postcodes in Ash and Ash Vale have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 248 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Ash and Ash Vale?
The open schools at the postcodes in Ash and Ash Vale. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Shawfield Primary School450 m 196 pupils, 210 places
- Ash Grange Nursery and Primary School1.2 km 305 pupils, 312 places
- Walsh CofE Infant School1.5 km 169 pupils, 180 places
- Walsh CofE Junior School1.5 km 223 pupils, 256 places
- Holly Lodge Primary Academy2.4 km 418 pupils, 436 places
- St Paul's CofE Primary School & Nursery2.5 km 174 pupils, 120 places
- Mytchett Primary & Nursery Academy4.1 km 217 pupils, 218 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Ash and Ash Vale?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ash and Ash Vale is Ash Rail Station, 1.2 km away in a straight line.
- Ash Rail Station Railway station 1.2 kmWalk
- Ash Vale Rail Station Railway station 1.6 kmCycle
- North Camp Rail Station Railway station 2.1 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Ash and Ash Vale?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Ash and Ash Vale. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- The Border Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01252 344434 2.2 kmCycle
- North Camp Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01252 517734 2.8 kmCycle
- The Cambridge Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 01252 344868 2.9 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Ash and Ash Vale safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,291 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ash and Ash Vale over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 113 September 2025
- 119 October 2025
- 126 November 2025
- 106 December 2025
- 95 January 2026
- 106 February 2026
- 91 March 2026
- 84 April 2026
- 103 May 2026
- 105 June 2026
- 128 July 2026
- 115 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 33, other crime 32, possession of weapons 10, robbery 9, theft from the person 5, bicycle theft 5.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Ash and Ash Vale?
- Councils
- Guildford (524), Surrey Heath (91) and Rushmoor (3)
- County councils
- Surrey (615) and Hampshire (3)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Godalming and Ash (524), Surrey Heath (91) and Aldershot (3)
- Police force areas
- Surrey (615) and Hampshire (3)
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Ash and Ash Vale
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Ash and Ash Vale is in Guildford; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Guildford about council tax Council tax, on guildford.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Ash and Ash Vale postcodes
618 postcodes in use in Ash and Ash Vale, by district:
Those districts are all in the GU postcode area.
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Places near Ash and Ash Vale
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ash and Ash Vale's £420,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Ash and Ash Vale
- What is it like to live in Ash and Ash Vale?
- Homes sold for a typical £420,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.7% on the 12 months before. At 537 of the 613 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 248 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 80 of its 618 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Border Practice, 2.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Ash, 1.2 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Ash and Ash Vale?
- Ash and Ash Vale is covered by postcode districts GU10, GU12, GU14 and GU16, across 618 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Ash and Ash Vale?
- Homes in Ash and Ash Vale sold for a typical £420,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 319 sales, up 3.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Ash and Ash Vale?
- In Ash and Ash Vale, primary schools at its postcodes include Shawfield Primary School, Ash Grange Nursery and Primary School and Walsh CofE Infant School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Ash Manor School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Ash and Ash Vale have a railway station?
- Yes: Ash is 1.2 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Ash and Ash Vale, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Ash and Ash Vale?
- Ofcom reports on 613 of the 618 postcodes in Ash and Ash Vale. At 537 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Ash and Ash Vale at risk of flooding?
- 80 of the 618 postcodes in Ash and Ash Vale have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 248 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Ash and Ash Vale?
- 67 of the 618 postcodes now in use in Ash and Ash Vale came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 38 of the 462 homes sold in Ash and Ash Vale were newly built (8%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GU12 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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