Homes & housing costs · Higher than most
New-build transaction share
23.6%
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Price Paid Data · July 2026
Town guide · Town · England
Explore house prices and housing, home energy and crime and safety in Ash and Ash Vale. This local area guide brings together 644 published figures for this town in England, with the source and date shown for each.
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£85 above Average across published towns and cities in England
451.881 above Average across published towns and cities in England
£130,697 above Average across published towns and cities in England
39 percentage points below Average across published towns and cities in England
£57 above Average across published towns and cities in England
£171 above Average across published towns and cities in England
15.7 percentage points above Average across published towns and cities in England
6.9 percentage points above Average across published towns and cities in England
£122,032 above Average across published towns and cities in England
£132,922 above Average across published towns and cities in England
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Figures in the highest or lowest tenth of their published comparison group. Higher and lower describe the number only, not whether it is better or worse.
Homes & housing costs · Higher than most
23.6%
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Price Paid Data · July 2026
People & households · Higher than most
36.9%
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Census 2021 · Census 2021
People & households · Higher than most
40.6%
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Census 2021 · Census 2021
People & households · Higher than most
5.5%
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Census 2021 · Census 2021
People & households · Lower than most
6.9%
Among the lowest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Census 2021 · Census 2021
People & households · Higher than most
55.2%
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Census 2021 · Census 2021
People & households · Higher than most
87.1%
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Census 2021 · Census 2021
Air, land & environment · Higher than most
11
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Historic Landfill Sites · 2026-08-24
Air, land & environment · Higher than most
8
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Public Registers for environmental information · 2026-08-24
Nature & green space · Higher than most
114.9 ha
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Protected sites / habitats datasets · 2026-08-24
Nature & green space · Higher than most
10.2 ha
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
National Forest Inventory / Forestry Commission open data · 2024 (imagery to summer 2024)
Nature & green space · Higher than most
103.3 ha
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
National Forest Inventory / Forestry Commission open data · 2024 (imagery to summer 2024)
Nature & green space · Higher than most
2,151.9 ha
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
National Forest Inventory / Forestry Commission open data · 2024 (imagery to summer 2024)
Planning, buildings & heritage · Higher than most
1.2 km
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Planning Data platform · 2026-10-02
Health & care · Lower than most
4.6%
Among the lowest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Quality and Outcomes Framework · 2024-25
Health & care · Lower than most
10.1%
Among the lowest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Quality and Outcomes Framework · 2024-25
Health & care · Lower than most
1.0%
Among the lowest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Quality and Outcomes Framework · 2024-25
Health & care · Lower than most
1.5%
Among the lowest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Quality and Outcomes Framework · 2024-25
Health & care · Lower than most
2.3%
Among the lowest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Quality and Outcomes Framework · 2024-25
Health & care · Lower than most
0.2%
Among the lowest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Quality and Outcomes Framework · 2024-25
Health & care · Lower than most
80.8%
Among the lowest 10% of towns and cities in England.
GP Patient Survey 2026 · 2026
Health & care · Lower than most
2
Among the lowest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Care Quality Commission register · 01 September 2026
Health & care · Lower than most
81.2%
Among the lowest 10% of towns and cities in England.
GP Patient Survey 2026 · 2026
Transport & getting around · Lower than most
4
Among the lowest 10% of towns and cities in England.
National Public Transport Access Nodes (NaPTAN) · 2026-10-02
Transport & getting around · Lower than most
0
Among the lowest 10% of towns and cities in England.
STATS19 road safety open data · 2021 to 2025
Transport & getting around · Higher than most
221
Among the highest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Street Manager roadworks open data · 2026-07
Shops, food & amenities · Lower than most
17
Among the lowest 10% of towns and cities in England.
Food Hygiene Rating Scheme · 2026-10-02
Every figure belongs to one of these groups, so you always know whether you are reading about the whole place, a neighbourhood, or the wider council area.
70
Whole town
Totals and figures for the town boundary
68
Neighbourhood range
Lowest, median and highest across local areas
421
Around the centre
A representative location in the town
85
Wider council area
Named council areas around the town
The small numbers after figure labels refer to this key. They show how a figure was made, not how accurate it is. Open any figure to see its source, date and important limits.
Published council-wide context for councils linked to Ash and Ash Vale, not a finding about the whole place or a property.
These records are published for councils linked to known active postcodes in this place. The councils cover a wider area: a listed designation is not a finding that it intersects this town or any property. The list may not be exhaustive. AQMAs are management designations, not measured pollution concentrations, property exposure or clean-air charging zones. Absence of a designation is not evidence of clean air. Great Britain only; Northern Ireland mapping is not included.
Guildford · council-wide context
Declared pollutant objectives: nitrogen dioxide.
Incorporates a section of B3000, The Street, Compton.
Official UK-AIR designation recordGuildford · council-wide context
Declared pollutant objectives: nitrogen dioxide.
A281, The Street, Shalford, Guildford, Surrey The designated area incorporates a section of the A281, The Street, Shalford between grid references X499955, Y147737 and X499984,Y147691.
Official UK-AIR designation recordGuildford · council-wide context
Declared pollutant objectives: nitrogen dioxide.
Guildford Town Centre including parts of the following roads: A281, Millbrook, Guildford; A31 Farnham Road, Guildford; A3100 Portsmouth Road, Guildford; Onslow Street, Guildford; Park Street, Guildford; North Street, Guildford; Commercial Road, Guildford
Official UK-AIR designation recordRegister snapshot: 2026-10-20. Imported 25 October 2026.
Mapped Nitrate Vulnerable Zone records are temporarily unavailable for Ash and Ash Vale. This does not establish whether any designation intersects the settlement outline or indicate water quality.
Original published categories whose polygons intersect the official Ash and Ash Vale settlement outline, including boundary contact.
These are original category codes and definitions from the retained Source Protection Zones (Merged) dataset whose polygons intersect this place’s official mapped settlement outline, including boundary-only contact. This is not a whole-town or property designation, a finding about a drinking-water supply, or evidence of contamination, water quality or risk. These definitions do not identify individual supplies. Dataset dates do not establish current legal status. Absence of a listed category does not establish that land or a property is outside a zone. England only; separate Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish regimes are not represented. Precautionary groundwater abstraction and land-use designation at a postcode centroid, not an address-level finding or drinking-water quality result. Outside a mapped zone does not establish clean or unprotected groundwater. Welsh zones and the separate Scottish and Northern Irish regimes are not represented.
Zone 3 — total catchment, the whole area of ground needed to support the abstraction
Dataset reference period: 2026-03-06. Downloaded 19 October 2026. Imported 19 October 2026.
Broadband and mobile connectivity
Ofcom publishes these fixed-broadband, full-fibre take-up and mobile coverage profiles for named local and unitary authorities, rather than for town boundaries. They are shown as wider council-area context for Ash and Ash Vale; availability figures are provider predictions, not measurements at every address.
These highlights come from complete all-premises and residential broadband profiles, both published full-fibre take-up measures, the complete 2G, 3G, 4G, voice, 5G and standalone-5G network-count profiles, and the premises and grid-pixel counts used as the mobile basis. View every published broadband, full-fibre and mobile value.
Published source details for this wider council-area context:
644 sourced figures are listed here with the source, period and geography. Open a topic above for comparisons and detailed explanations.