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GuildfordMerrow

Merrow

GU1 2 / GU4 7

Village feelFamily-friendly

Merrow is a residential suburb east of the town centre, spread along the lower slopes of the North Downs. It has a proper village feel with a church, a pub (the Horse and Groom), a small green, and a row of shops. The housing stock is mainly 1930s semis and detached houses with decent-sized gardens. Merrow Downs above the village are chalk grassland and feel genuinely rural. It's popular with families who want Guildford's schools and station access without living in the centre. The downside is that the A25 runs through and can be busy.

London Road (Guildford)1.6 mi
£680kmedian house
Top 10%primary KS2
Top 25%safety
Merrow

Flat

£269k

Terraced

£399k

Semi-detached

£551k

Detached

£911k

74% homeowners16% private rented10% social rented

Fastest travel times

Waterloo35 min
London Bridge47 min
Oxford Circus52 min
Liverpool Street53 min
Victoria54 min
Canary Wharf54 min

Nearest stations

London Road (Guildford)1.6 mi
Clandon1.8 mi
Guildford2.3 mi
SafetyTop 25%

Breakdown of reported crime

Violence and sexual offences
42%
Anti-social behaviour
13%
Vehicle crime
10%
Public order
9%
Criminal damage and arson
8%
Other theft
6%
Burglary
4%
Other crime
3%
AffluenceTop 25%

Ethnicity

White
85.7%
White British74.7%
Other White9.8%
Irish1%
Irish Traveller0.1%
Gypsy / Roma0.1%
Mixed
3.6%
White & Asian1.6%
Other Mixed1.3%
White & Black Caribbean0.4%
White & Black African0.3%
Asian
7.4%
Indian2.5%
Chinese2.4%
Other Asian1.8%
Pakistani0.4%
Bangladeshi0.3%
Black
1%
African0.6%
Caribbean0.2%
Other Black0.2%
Other
2.3%

State primary

St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School
🏆 Strong results
Boxgrove Primary School
Merrow CofE Controlled Infant School
Good😊 Happy school

State secondary

St Peter's Catholic School
OutstandingNon-selective🎓 Top university pathways🏆 Exceptional results
George Abbot School
GoodNon-selective🏆 Exceptional results🎓 University pathways
Surrey Maths School
Non-selective

Independent

Tormead School
🏆 Exceptional sixth form
Guildford High School
🎓 Oxbridge track record🏆 Exceptional sixth form
Royal Grammar School Guildford
🎓 Oxbridge track record🏆 Exceptional sixth form
Green spaces49 nearby
Stoke Park
Pewley Down Nature Reserve
Stoke Park
Sutherland Memorial Park

If you like Merrow...

Greener area

Stoke

Surrey

£630k (£50k less)

Safety: less · Green: stronger · Affluence: less

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Bellfields

Surrey

£448k (£232k less)

Safety: less · Green: stronger · Affluence: less

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Similar but cheaper

Cranham

East London

£551k (£129k less)

Safety: same · Green: same · Affluence: same

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