GU8 5BY

Milford & Witley · Waverley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Godalming
Local authority
Waverley
Constituency
Godalming and Ash
Postcode district
GU8
Postcode sector
GU8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
GU8 5DA 96 m
GU8 5BX 135 m
GU8 5BT 160 m
GU8 5AT 187 m
GU8 5BZ 187 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
GU8 5BY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
GU
Postcode district
GU8
Postcode sector
GU8 5
Latitude
51.163030
Longitude
-0.650509
British National Grid easting
494,457
British National Grid northing
141,286

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Waverley · E07000216
Parish or community
E04013366
Westminster constituency
Godalming and Ash · E14001249
Output area
E00157730
Lower layer super output area
Waverley 011E · E01030939
Middle layer super output area
Waverley 011 · E02006449

Postcode source versions

Explore GU8

19 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Heath End Cottages, 4, Petworth Road, Milford, Godalming, GU8 5BY 24 March 2022 £610,000
Waverley, Petworth Road, Milford, Godalming, GU8 5BY 9 December 2016 £660,000
Heath End Cottages, 4, Petworth Road, Milford, Godalming, GU8 5BY 4 October 2016 £520,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
11
Secondary
1
  1. Rodborough

    Academy converter

    126 m
  2. Milford School

    Foundation school

    876 m
  3. The Chandler CofE Aided Junior School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
292
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 88
  • Anti social behaviour 46
  • Public order 40
  • Burglary 28
  • Criminal damage and arson 28

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
39

16 female, 23 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
3.3
GU8 5 residents
8,178

Age bands in GU8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.4%

1,555 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.8%

910 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.7%

1,744 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

2,439 residents

Age 65 and over
21.3%

1,796 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider GU8 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

3

within 5 km

  • WITLEY SURGERY

    WHEELER LANE, WITLEY, GODALMING, GU8 5QR

    ODS code H81031

    732 m

  • SPRINGFIELD SURGERY

    SPRINGFIELD, ELSTEAD, GODALMING, GU8 6EG

    ODS code H81044

    4.2 km

  • THE MILL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CATTESHALL MILL, CATTESHALL RD, GODALMING, GU7 1JW

    ODS code H81021

    4.9 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Rodborough School

    BCT · Milford

    0.0 miles
  • Rodborough School

    BCT · Milford

    0.1 miles
  • Rodborough School Grounds

    BCT · Milford

    0.2 miles
  • Witley SCC Depot

    BCT · Cramhurst

    0.2 miles
  • Witley SCC Depot

    BCT · Cramhurst

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Waverley 011E, 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

31,423 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
8 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
2
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £610,000 from 1 recorded sale in GU8 5BY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Waverley is £560,596 in June 2026, down 0.8% year on year.

Schools

21 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools. Rodborough is the nearest published school at 126 m.

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

Recorded crime

292 published events cover 12 months, averaging 24.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 88 events.

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