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GU18 5ZX

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 5YZ 15 m
GU18 5YY 115 m
GU18 5YT 117 m
GU18 5PA 126 m
GU18 5PB 139 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GU18 5ZX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 October 2002
Terminated
1 November 2003
Postcode area
GU
Postcode district
GU18
Postcode sector
GU18 5
Latitude
51.344356
Longitude
-0.679710
British National Grid easting
492,053
British National Grid northing
161,413

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
E00156950
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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    736 m

  2. Lightwater Village Infant School and Nursery

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    1.0 km

  3. Connaught Junior School

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    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
423
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 113
  • Shoplifting 81
  • Anti social behaviour 67
  • Other theft 65
  • Vehicle crime 24

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

    1.4 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

    4.2 km

  • PARK ROAD GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code H81069

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Sorrell Drive

    BCT · Lightwater

    0.1 miles

  • Briar Avenue West

    BCT · Lightwater

    0.1 miles

  • The Briars Centre

    BCT · Lightwater

    0.1 miles

  • Corbett Drive

    BCT · Lightwater

    0.1 miles

  • Corbett 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 736 m.

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

Recorded crime

423 published events cover 12 months, averaging 35.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 113 events.

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