GU21 3AG Woking
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Goldsworth Park. Region: South East.
Streets
Council tax
What each band costs in Woking in 2026-27: Band D £2,598 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,732 | £2,021 | £2,309 | £2,598 | £3,175 | £3,753 | £4,330 | £5,196 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band B (66% of about 620 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Garages to rear of 3-9 and 11-41 Pares Close, Woking, GU21 4QL: up to 5 homes, not permissioned (800 m)
- Timber Yard, Horsell Moor, Woking GU21 4NQ: up to 67 homes, not permissioned (840 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 4 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 27 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Woking 6.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.8 km |
| Worplesdon 142,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km | |
| Brookwood 875,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.3 km | |
| Bus stops | 17 stops within 400 m, 47 within 800 m; nearest Tracious Close Goldsworth Park | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | Friary Bus Station Guildford | 9.4 km |
| Ferry terminal | Weybridge Ferry Landing | 11.0 km |
| Car parks | Pares Close, Woking Car Park | 820 m |
| EV charging points | 16 within 1.6 km; nearest Sythwood | 330 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 18.6 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Goldsworth Park Health Centre | 750 m |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Horsell Pharmacy | 570 m |
| NHS dentists | 7 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 700 m |
| Hospital | Nuffield Health Woking Hospital | 1.8 km |
| Police station | Woking Police Station | 1.7 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Beacon House DRY Cleaners AND Launderer Cashzone | 700 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Queen Elizabeth Gardens 8,000 m² | 660 m |
| Play area | 6 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 170 m² | 70 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.0 ha | 90 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Tracious Lane Allotments 1.7 ha | 170 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.8 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary the Virgin, a listed building (Grade II*), 820 m east. 14 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary the Virgin | Listed building, Grade II* | 820 m east |
| Goldsworth or Langman's Bridge, Basingstoke Canal | Scheduled monument | 850 m south |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Tracious Copse | Wood | 510 m north-west |
| Horsell Moor | Wood | 1.3 km east |
| Chestnut Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km south-east |
| West Hill | Hill | 3.3 km south-west |
| Langshot Bog | Wetland | 4.6 km north |
| Old Slade | Valley | 4.8 km north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 10 | 10 |
None of the postcode's 10 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 31% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 12% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 26% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 10% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 59% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 13% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 22% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 51% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 8% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 15% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 80% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 24% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 27% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 79% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 5% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.