Lancaster Close Woking
20 addresses across 2 postcodes (GU21), about 70 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 44600689.
- Energy: 14 homes have an energy certificate (C: 11, D: 1, E: 2).
- Flood: 5 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Woking costs £2,598 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 98% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Woking, about 660 m (0.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 230 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 11.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 33 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 20 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Practice College Road, about 740 m (0.5 miles) away, with 6 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 750 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 30% of households owned their home and 44% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 213 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
14 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 45 m². Most common: Flat (10); House, semi-detached (2); House, detached (1). Built: 1991-1995 (10); 1967-1975 (2); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (13).
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 street: most are in band C (52% of about 920 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- 33-35 Portugal Road, Woking, GU21 5JE, permissioned (90 m)
- 12-16, 25-31 Portugal Road And, Lok N Store Marlborough Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 5JE: up to 72 homes, permissioned (90 m)
- 29-31 Walton Road, Woking, GU21 5DL: up to 14 homes, permissioned (200 m)
- Walton Road Youth Centre, Walton Road, Woking GU21 5DL: up to 31 homes, permissioned (200 m)
- 95-105 Maybury Road, Woking GU21 5JL: up to 61 homes, not permissioned (240 m)
- 27 North Road, Woking GU21 5DT: up to 7 homes, not permissioned (260 m)
- Chester House, 76-78 Chertsey Road, Woking, GU21 5BJ: up to 14 homes, not permissioned (260 m)
- Station Car Park, Car Park East, Oriental Road, Woking, GU22 7QE: up to 250 homes, not permissioned (320 m)
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, 5 at medium risk and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GU21 5DR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| GU21 5DW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 5 / 5 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 33 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GU21 5DR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| GU21 5DW | 100% | 98% | 98% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Woking 6.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| West Byfleet 1.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) | |
| Worplesdon 142,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 37 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest North Road Woking | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Friary Bus Station Guildford | 9.6 km (6 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Weybridge Ferry Landing | 9.3 km (5.8 miles) |
| Car parks | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Victoria Way Car Park | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | 25 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Maybury Road | 300 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 17.6 km (11 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 6 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Practice College Road | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Bridge Pharmacy | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 9 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Practice On Broadway | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Woking Hospital | 940 m (0.6 miles) |
| Police station | Woking Police Station | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | 5 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Costcutter Cashzone | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.9 ha | 230 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,080 m² | 290 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.9 ha | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.7 ha | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 2.9 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Shah Jahan Mosque, a listed building (Grade I), 410 m (0.3 miles) east. 12 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Shah Jahan Mosque | Listed building, Grade I | 410 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Bell barrow and disc barrow on Horsell Common | Scheduled monument | 710 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Bell barrow on Horsell Common immediately east of Monument Road | Scheduled monument | 790 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Chapel of the Former Convent of St Peter | Listed building, Grade II* | 920 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Pyrford Court | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Horsell Moor | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) west |
| Horsell Common | Wood | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Murray Green | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Monument Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| Dartmouth Green | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| Chestnut Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) south |
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 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 19 | 20 |
1 of the street's 20 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Woking: see them on the Woking page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maybury Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 80 m | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Dunstan's Catholic Primary School, Woking Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 400 m (0.2 miles) | Outstanding (Feb 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| New Monument Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| The Horsell Village School | Primary | 4–7 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Woking High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| Horsell CofE Junior School Church of England | Primary | 7–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| Woking College | 16 plus | 16–19 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| Goldsworth Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pak Afghan Restaurant & Woking Shawrma Restaurant GU21 5DW | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 10 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 29 May 2026 |
| Eat Out GU21 5DW | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 20 m | 4 Good | 9 Feb 2026 |
| Atifs Superstore GU21 5DW | Retailers - other | 50 m | 4 Good | 3 Mar 2026 |
| Chaiguyzz GU21 5DW | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 50 m | 4 Good | 3 Feb 2025 |
| Pindi Bazaar Ltd GU21 5DW | Retailers - other | 50 m | 1 Major improvement necessary | 29 Jan 2025 |
| Butchers & Co GU21 5DW | Retailers - other | 50 m | 4 Good | 26 Nov 2025 |
| Maple Montessori GU21 5JH | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 100 m | 5 Very good | 14 Oct 2026 |
| Maybury Primary School GU21 5DW | School/college/university | 100 m | 5 Very good | 28 Mar 2025 |
| The Maybury Centre GU21 5HD | Other catering premises | 130 m | Exempt | |
| Ahasan Superstore GU21 5DU | Retailers - other | 210 m | 1 Major improvement necessary | 22 Sep 2025 |
| Sabores Da Casa GU21 5DL | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 230 m | 1 Major improvement necessary | 23 Jun 2025 |
| Harry's GU21 5DL | Retailers - other | 260 m | 1 Major improvement necessary | 24 Mar 2025 |
| Radhika Convenience Store GU21 5DX | Retailers - other | 270 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 12 Feb 2025 |
| The Flying Bean Cafe GU21 5BJ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 310 m | 4 Good | 14 May 2025 |
| Khan Karahi & Catering GU21 5DX | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 330 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 5 Aug 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 80 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 43 |
| Other theft | 17 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 16 |
| Public order | 15 |
| Drugs | 14 |
| Vehicle crime | 9 |
| Possession of weapons | 8 |
| Other crime | 6 |
| Robbery | 2 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Portugal Road (37); On or near Molloy Court (30); On or near Lancaster Close (20); On or near Bedser Close (19); On or near North Road (18).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 8% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 30% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 11% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 22% | 17% |
| Private rented | 47% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 67% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 9% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 31% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 9% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 14% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 16% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 75% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 44% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 68% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 6% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street 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.
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
Walton Road · Wesco Court · Hall Place · Marlborough Road · Bedser Close · North Road · Board School Road · Portugal Road · Courtenay Mews · Grove Road · Burleigh Gardens · Molloy Court
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 industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.