Guildford
Guildford is covered by postcode districts GU1, GU2, GU3 and GU4. It is in the Guildford council area, Surrey.
Every postcode in Guildford, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 83
- In use before 2020: 1,923
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 2,006 postcodes in Guildford that ONS places, 83 are new since 2020 and 1,923 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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 51.2456, longitude -0.5733. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 33 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. GU1 9LA, is the newest of them.
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. GU3 3FH, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. GU1 4TY, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. GU2 4AG, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Guildford?
Homes sold for a typical £470,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 1,311 of the 1,841 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 836 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 113 of its 2,006 postcodes. It has at least 5 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 3 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is London Road (Guildford), 800 metres 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 Guildford?
Homes in Guildford sold for a typical £470,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 813 sales, down 1.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £900,000 165 sales
- Semi-detached £535,000 257 sales
- Terraced £450,000 158 sales
- Flat or maisonette £278,500 233 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole GU1 district, Guildford's main postcode district: a typical £470,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Guildford: 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 Guildford?
83 of the 2,006 postcodes now in use in Guildford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 1,060 homes sold in Guildford were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GU1 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 Guildford | Across the GU1 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 813 (0%) | 0 of 393 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 2 of 1,060 (Under 1%) | 1 of 492 (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 Guildford?
Ofcom reports on 1,841 of the 2,006 postcodes in Guildford. At 1,311 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 Guildford at risk of flooding?
113 of the 2,006 postcodes in Guildford 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 836 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 Guildford?
The open schools at the postcodes in Guildford (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). 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
- Sandfield Primary School650 m 209 pupils, 210 places
- Guildford High School800 m 1,027 pupils, 1,050 places
- Weyfield Primary Academy950 m 157 pupils, 450 places
- Royal Grammar School Guildford950 m 1,325 pupils, 1,388 places
- Tormead School1.3 km 786 pupils, 850 places
- Castle Garden School1.3 km 32 pupils, 74 places
- Pewley Down Infant School1.4 km 180 pupils, 180 places
- Pond Meadow School1.4 km 168 pupils, 200 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 Guildford?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Guildford is London Road (Guildford) Rail Station, 800 m away in a straight line.
- London Road (Guildford) Rail Station Railway station 800 mWalk
- Guildford Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
- Shalford (Surrey) Rail Station Railway station 3.5 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 Guildford?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Guildford, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Dapdune House Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01483 400200 500 mWalk
- Woodbridge Hill Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01483 573194 1.1 kmWalk
- Austen Road Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2024 · Phone 01483 564578 1.4 kmCycle
- St. Luke's Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01483 510030 1.6 kmCycle
- Guildowns Group Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01483 409309 2.7 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Guildford safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 5,814 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Guildford 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
- 553 September 2025
- 506 October 2025
- 405 November 2025
- 467 December 2025
- 479 January 2026
- 466 February 2026
- 422 March 2026
- 500 April 2026
- 516 May 2026
- 474 June 2026
- 501 July 2026
- 525 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 101, burglary 95, bicycle theft 74, robbery 66, theft from the person 44, possession of weapons 39.
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 Guildford?
- District, borough or city council
- Guildford
- County council
- Surrey
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Guildford (2,003) and Godalming and Ash (3)
- Police force area
- Surrey
- 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 Guildford
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- 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 GP practices in Guildford
- 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
Guildford postcodes
2,006 postcodes in use in Guildford, by district:
Those districts are all in the GU postcode area.
Check a Guildford postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Guildford
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Guildford's £470,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Guildford
- What is it like to live in Guildford?
- Homes sold for a typical £470,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 1,311 of the 1,841 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 836 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 113 of its 2,006 postcodes. It has at least 5 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 3 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is London Road (Guildford), 800 metres 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 Guildford?
- Guildford is covered by postcode districts GU1, GU2, GU3 and GU4, across 2,006 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Guildford in?
- Guildford is in the Guildford council area, and Surrey is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Guildford?
- Homes in Guildford sold for a typical £470,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 813 sales, down 1.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Guildford?
- In Guildford, primary schools at its postcodes include Sandfield Primary School, Guildford High School and Weyfield Primary Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Guildford High School, Royal Grammar School Guildford and Christ's College, Guildford. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Guildford have a railway station?
- Yes: London Road (Guildford) is 800 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Guildford, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Guildford?
- Ofcom reports on 1,841 of the 2,006 postcodes in Guildford. At 1,311 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Guildford at risk of flooding?
- 113 of the 2,006 postcodes in Guildford 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 836 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 Guildford?
- 83 of the 2,006 postcodes now in use in Guildford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 1,060 homes sold in Guildford were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the GU1 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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