TW18 2SU Spelthorne
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Laleham and Shepperton Green. Region: South East.
Streets
Council tax
What each band costs in Spelthorne in 2026-27: Band D £2,526 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,684 | £1,965 | £2,246 | £2,526 | £3,088 | £3,649 | £4,211 | £5,053 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band D (35% of about 660 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.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 10 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: of the 9 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 9 medium, 0 low and 0 very low.
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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 14 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 | Staines 2.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km |
| Chertsey 638,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.1 km | |
| Ashford (Surrey) 882,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.1 km | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m, 7 within 800 m; nearest Waterworks Laleham | 160 m |
| Bus or coach station | Elmsleigh Bus Station Staines | 2.5 km |
| Ferry terminal | Shepperton Ferry Landing | 4.1 km |
| Car parks | St Mary's & Peter's Church Car Park | 2.1 km |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest Lansdowne Road | 1.1 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 6.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Knowle Green Medical | 1.9 km |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Westlake Pharmacy | 1.3 km |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 2.2 km |
| Hospital | Ashford Hospital | 3.7 km |
| Police station | Staines Police Station | 2.6 km |
| Cash machines | The Southern Co-Operative Laleham Road Cashzone | 1.1 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Laleham Park 24 ha | 720 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 800 m² | 800 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.5 ha | 390 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 7,930 m² | 470 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 24 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of All Saints, a listed building (Grade I), 420 m south. 21 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade I | 420 m south |
| Earthworks on Laleham Burway | Scheduled monument | 1.0 km south |
| Roman camp, Matthew Arnold School's playing field, Staines | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km north |
| St Ann's Hill and the Dingle | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.9 km south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Laleham Reach | Lake or reservoir | 150 m south-west |
| Laleham Pond | Lake or reservoir | 570 m east |
| Penton Hook Island | Island | 700 m west |
| Round Copse | Wood | 1.1 km east |
| Fleet Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km south-west |
| St Ann's Hill | Hill | 2.9 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 13.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 3 | 11 |
8 of the postcode's 11 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 | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 32% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 87% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 56% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 9% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 48% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 43% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 61% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 94% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 5 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.