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GU18 5AH

Lightwater · Surrey Heath · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Lightwater
Local authority
Surrey Heath
Constituency
Surrey Heath
Postcode district
GU18
Postcode sector
GU18 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
GU18 5PF 89 m
GU18 5UN 100 m
GU18 5QX 111 m
GU18 5YU 112 m
GU18 5PE 167 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GU18 5AH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2023
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
GU
Postcode district
GU18
Postcode sector
GU18 5
Latitude
51.345974
Longitude
-0.677266
British National Grid easting
492,220
British National Grid northing
161,596

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Surrey Heath · E07000214
Electoral ward
Lightwater · E05012031
Parish or community
E04009582
Westminster constituency
Surrey Heath · E14001532
Output area
E00156960
Lower layer super output area
Surrey Heath 003C · E01030780
Middle layer super output area
Surrey Heath 003 · E02006418

Postcode source versions

Explore GU18

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
20
Secondary
3

  1. Lightwater Village Junior School

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    567 m

  2. Lightwater Village Infant School and Nursery

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    774 m

  3. Connaught Junior School

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    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
446
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 122
  • Shoplifting 81
  • Other theft 74
  • Anti social behaviour 68
  • Vehicle crime 25

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
GU18 5 residents
6,609

Age bands in GU18 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.3%

937 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

587 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.2%

1,323 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.8%

2,077 residents

Age 65 and over
24.7%

1,613 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • LIGHTWATER SURGERY

    ALL SAINTS ROAD, LIGHTWATER, GU18 5SQ

    ODS code H81130

    1.1 km

  • PARK HOUSE SURGERY

    6 PARK STREET, BAGSHOT, GU19 5AQ

    ODS code H81039

    2.1 km

  • UPPER GORDON ROAD SURGERY

    37 UPPER GORDON ROAD, CAMBERLEY, GU15 2HJ

    ODS code H81075

    4.4 km

  • PARK ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

    PARK ROAD SURGERY, 143 PARK ROAD, CAMBERLEY, GU15 2NN

    ODS code H81069

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • The Briars Centre

    BCT · Lightwater

    0.1 miles

  • Ambleside Road West

    BCT · Lightwater

    0.1 miles

  • Briar Avenue West

    BCT · Lightwater

    0.1 miles

  • Ambleside Road West

    BCT · Lightwater

    0.1 miles

  • Osborne Drive

    BCT · Lightwater

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Surrey Heath 003C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

10 of 10

Overall England rank

32,306 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
9 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

28 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 3 secondary schools. Lightwater Village Junior School is the nearest published school at 567 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

446 published events cover 12 months, averaging 37.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 122 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.