Downsway Guildford
17 addresses across 2 postcodes (GU1), about 200 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 16000488.
20 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £1,520,000 across 1 sale. 9 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 4, E: 3). No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band G; Band D in Guildford costs £2,547 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 7% to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is London Road (Guildford), about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden is about 830 m away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 98 to 107 m above sea level. 3 of its 17 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is Merrow Park Surgery, about 1.1 km away. About 350 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 93% of households owned their home and 54% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 2 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £1,520,000 | £1,520,000 | £1,520,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £1,660,000 | £1,660,000 | £1,660,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £1,990,000 | £1,990,000 | £1,990,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | £1,400,000 | £1,250,000 | £1,550,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | £1,145,000 | £1,130,000 | £1,160,000 |
| 2014 | 2 | £1,450,000 | £1,175,000 | £1,725,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £920,000 | £920,000 | £920,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £835,000 | £835,000 | £835,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £1,025,000 | £1,025,000 | £1,025,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £845,000 | £845,000 | £845,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £1,320,000 | £1,320,000 | £1,320,000 |
| 2004 | 2 | £1,147,500 | £895,000 | £1,400,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Aug 2025 | 11 GU1 2YA | Detached | £1,520,000 | |
| 1 Sep 2022 | HONEYWOOD GU1 2YA | Detached | £1,660,000 | |
| 16 Aug 2021 | 5 GU1 2YA | Detached | £1,990,000 | |
| 15 Aug 2016 | 1 GU1 2YA | Detached | £1,550,000 | |
| 24 Mar 2016 | ALBURY COTTAGE, 3 GU1 2YA | Detached | £1,250,000 | |
| 28 Sep 2015 | SHERBORNE GU1 2YA | Detached | £1,160,000 | |
| 5 Mar 2015 | 2 GU1 2YA | Detached | £1,130,000 | |
| 8 Aug 2014 | 5 GU1 2YA | Detached | £1,725,000 | |
| 9 May 2014 | 12 GU1 2YA | Detached | £1,175,000 | |
| 20 Mar 2013 | SHERBORNE GU1 2YA | Detached | £920,000 | |
| 6 Jan 2010 | 1 GU1 2YA | Detached | £835,000 | |
| 27 Nov 2009 | 8A GU1 2YA | Detached | £1,025,000 | |
| 3 Nov 2008 | 8 GU1 2YA | Detached | £845,000 | |
| 10 May 2007 | 10 GU1 2YA | Detached | £1,320,000 | |
| 16 Jul 2004 | 12 GU1 2YA | Detached | £895,000 | |
| 13 Apr 2004 | 6 GU1 2YA | Detached | £1,400,000 | |
| 20 Oct 1999 | 4 GU1 2YA | Detached | £650,000 | |
| 10 Dec 1998 | 3 GU1 2YA | Detached | £355,000 | |
| 27 Jan 1998 | 4 GU1 2YA | Detached | £560,000 | |
| 30 Nov 1995 | 9 GU1 2YA | Detached | £422,000 |
Energy performance certificates
9 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 214 m². Most common: House, detached (9). Built: 1930-1949 (3); 1976-1982 (2); 1967-1975 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7); rented (social) (1).
Council tax
What each band costs in Guildford in 2026-27: Band D £2,547 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,698 | £1,981 | £2,264 | £2,547 | £3,113 | £3,679 | £4,246 | £5,095 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band G (29% of about 700 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| GU1 2YA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| GU1 2XY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 17 addresses are between 98 m and 107 m above sea level (102 m on average); the ground rises about 9 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GU1 2XY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| GU1 2YA | 100% | 7% | 7% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | London Road (Guildford) 869,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.8 km |
| Chilworth 27,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km | |
| Clandon 166,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m, 8 within 800 m; nearest Church Merrow | 550 m |
| Bus or coach station | Friary Bus Station Guildford | 3.5 km |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Merrow Park and Ride | 600 m |
| EV charging points | 6 within 1.6 km; nearest Levylsdene | 430 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 25.9 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Merrow Park Surgery | 1.1 km |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Boots | 590 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Merrow Park Dental Practice | 1.1 km |
| Hospital | Mount Alvernia Hospital | 2.8 km |
| Police station | Surrey Police | 3.0 km |
| Cash machines | MFG - Pantiles, 224 London Road Cashzone | 2.4 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 17 ha | 830 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 130 m² | 1.3 km |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3.1 ha | 590 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Merrow Street Allotments 1.2 ha | 600 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Lodges and Gates to Clandon Park House, a listed building (Grade II*), 640 m north. 14 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Lodges and Gates to Clandon Park House | Listed building, Grade II* | 640 m north |
| Merrow Grange | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 940 m west |
| Clandon Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.6 km north-east |
| Bowl barrow at Newlands Corner | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km south-east |
| Bowl barrow 90m west of Tyting Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km south-west |
| Earth circles on St Martha's Hill | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Walnut Tree Bottom | Valley | 500 m south |
| The Roughs | Wood | 900 m south |
| The Wilderness | Wood | 1.5 km north-east |
| Harrowhill Copse | Wood | 1.9 km east |
| St Martha's Hill | Hill | 1.9 km south |
| Postford Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.5 km south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 14 | 17 |
3 of the street's 17 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merrow Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 880 m | No published inspection |
| St Peter's Catholic School Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.0 km | Outstanding (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Merrow CofE Controlled Infant School Church of England | Primary | 4–7 | 1.0 km | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 2–11 | 1.2 km | No published inspection |
| Boxgrove Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km | No overall grade (Jun 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Downsway (1); On or near Swayne'S Lane (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 93% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 58% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 67% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 27% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 57% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 19% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 54% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Swayne's Lane · Greatford Drive · Fairway · Three Pears Road
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.