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GU18 5JX

Lightwater · Surrey Heath · England

Updated September 2026

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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 5TJ 73 m
GU18 5XS 85 m
GU18 5TL 93 m
GU18 5TW 94 m
GU18 5TN 125 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GU18 5JX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1998
Terminated
1 December 1999
Postcode area
GU
Postcode district
GU18
Postcode sector
GU18 5
Latitude
51.351342
Longitude
-0.671654
British National Grid easting
492,600
British National Grid northing
162,200

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
E00156967
Lower layer super output area
Surrey Heath 003D · E01030781
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
18
Secondary
3

  1. Lightwater Village Infant School and Nursery

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    213 m

  2. Lightwater Village Junior School

    Academy converter

    513 m

  3. Connaught Junior School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
533
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 162
  • Anti social behaviour 88
  • Shoplifting 82
  • Other theft 78
  • Vehicle crime 26

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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • LIGHTWATER SURGERY

    ALL SAINTS ROAD, LIGHTWATER, GU18 5SQ

    ODS code H81130

    537 m

  • PARK HOUSE SURGERY

    6 PARK STREET, BAGSHOT, GU19 5AQ

    ODS code H81039

    1.9 km

  • CHOBHAM & WEST END MEDICAL PRACTICE

    16 WINDSOR ROAD, CHOBHAM, WOKING, GU24 8NA

    ODS code H81015

    4.8 km

  • UPPER GORDON ROAD SURGERY

    37 UPPER GORDON ROAD, CAMBERLEY, GU15 2HJ

    ODS code H81075

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Lovells Close

    BCT · Lightwater

    0.1 miles

  • Lovells Close

    BCT · Lightwater

    0.1 miles

  • The Avenue

    BCT · Lightwater

    0.2 miles

  • The Avenue

    BCT · Lightwater

    0.2 miles

  • Ambleside Road East

    BCT · Lightwater

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Surrey Heath 003D, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,152 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
6 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 18 primary and 3 secondary schools. Lightwater Village Infant School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 213 m.

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

Recorded crime

533 published events cover 12 months, averaging 44.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 162 events.

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