GU21 5EL Woking
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Canalside. Region: South East.
Streets
- Walton Terrace, Woking: 21 addresses
- Monument Way West, Woking: 1 address
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 C (52% of about 610 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
- Britannia Wharf, Monument Road, Woking, GU21 5LW, pending decision (200 m)
- 95-105 Maybury Road, Woking GU21 5JL: up to 61 homes, not permissioned (430 m)
- 27 North Road, Woking GU21 5DT: up to 7 homes, not permissioned (470 m)
- 33-35 Portugal Road, Woking, GU21 5JE, permissioned (700 m)
- 12-16, 25-31 Portugal Road And, Lok N Store Marlborough Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 5JE: up to 72 homes, permissioned (700 m)
- 29-31 Walton Road, Woking, GU21 5DL: up to 14 homes, permissioned (810 m)
- Walton Road Youth Centre, Walton Road, Woking GU21 5DL: up to 31 homes, permissioned (810 m)
- Chester House, 76-78 Chertsey Road, Woking, GU21 5BJ: up to 14 homes, not permissioned (870 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 10 addresses are in areas at high risk, 4 at medium risk and 3 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 28 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 | 1.3 km |
| West Byfleet 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.0 km | |
| Worplesdon 142,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.0 km | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m, 28 within 800 m; nearest Boundary Road Woking | 80 m |
| Ferry terminal | Weybridge Ferry Landing | 8.6 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Asda Woking Car Park | 300 m |
| EV charging points | 18 within 1.6 km; nearest Monument Way East | 190 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 17.1 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 6 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Maybury Surgery | 330 m |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Bridge Pharmacy | 200 m |
| NHS dentists | 6 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Practice On Broadway | 1.1 km |
| Hospital | Nuffield Health Woking Hospital | 1.4 km |
| Police station | Woking Police Station | 1.5 km |
| Cash machines | Costcutter Cashzone | 1.2 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.9 ha | 350 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 420 m² | 190 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.0 ha | 560 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.7 ha | 660 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 2.9 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bell barrow on Horsell Common immediately east of Monument Road, a scheduled monument, 200 m north. 9 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Bell barrow on Horsell Common immediately east of Monument Road | Scheduled monument | 200 m north |
| Bell barrow and disc barrow on Horsell Common | Scheduled monument | 260 m north-west |
| Shah Jahan Mosque | Listed building, Grade I | 400 m south |
| Chapel of the Former Convent of St Peter | Listed building, Grade II* | 780 m south-east |
| Pyrford Court | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.0 km south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Murray Green | Wood | 1.0 km north-east |
| Dartmouth Green | Wood | 1.2 km north-east |
| Horsell Common | Wood | 1.4 km north-west |
| Danewell Hill | Hill | 1.8 km north |
| Great Blackmole Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.6 km north |
| Old Slade | Valley | 4.9 km north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 10 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 12 | 22 |
10 of the postcode's 22 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 8% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 49% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 25% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 46% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 64% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 10% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 8% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 26% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 44% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 5% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 9% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 20% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 72% | 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) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 27% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 58% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 9% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 4 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.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Walton Terrace.