Burpham, Boxgrove & Merrow West
Guildford 011 · 5 sub-areas · 9,622 residents
Guildford 011 is a residential part of Guildford in the South East, home to around 9,600 people and one of the most owner-occupied corners of the borough. A typical two-bedroom flat lets for about £1,500 a month — comfortably below the national London-commuter-belt average — and nearly eight in ten households own their home outright or with a mortgage.
Burpham, Boxgrove & Merrow West is a mid-density neighbourhood of Guildford in the South East region. It sits between busier and quieter parts of the local authority and isn't dominated by a single use — there's a mix of workplaces, housing and local services. Most homes are owner-occupied, so turnover is low and many residents have been here a long time; a high share of adults are degree-educated, which often shows up in the kind of jobs people commute to.
Overview
What's it like to live in Burpham, Boxgrove & Merrow West?
2 parks are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; The streets feel safe by national standards — police-recorded crime is well below the country-wide median; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents sit firmly in the upper bracket nationally, with a typical home letting at around £1,698 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
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Figures are aggregated across 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Burpham, Boxgrove & Merrow West in Guildford
Living in Burpham, Boxgrove & Merrow West
This part of Guildford reads immediately as settled and family-oriented. The overwhelming majority of residents own their homes — nearly 78% — which is unusually high even by Surrey standards, and the low turnover that comes with it gives the streets a noticeably stable, well-maintained character. Deprivation is essentially absent: the area sits in the least deprived decile in England.
On the cost side, Guildford 011 sits at the more affordable end of a generally expensive county. A two-bedroom home runs around £1,500 a month, which is modest for Surrey and well below what you'd pay on the other side of the M25. That said, £1,500 is still a quarter above the UK national average for a two-bed, and with rents rising around 5% year-on-year, affordability is tightening. Council tax (Band D) comes to about £2,547 a year — a meaningful addition to monthly outgoings.
The people here skew older than Guildford's student-heavy centre. Under-18s make up nearly a quarter of the population, and the 50-plus age groups account for more than 40% of residents combined. Couples with children make up roughly 29% of households. The degree-qualification rate is striking — nearly 60% of residents hold a degree-level qualification, well above regional norms.
For practical purposes, the nearest mainline rail station is roughly 1.75 km away — about a 22-minute walk or a short drive. The rail commute to London takes around 76 minutes, which puts this squarely in the outer commuter belt rather than the classic Surrey commuter heartland. More than half of residents work from home, which perhaps explains why the area functions so well despite that commute time. Gigabit broadband covers every home here, making it genuinely suited to remote work.
See the streets and sub-areas below for more detail on how different pockets of the neighbourhood compare.
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Frequently asked
- Is Guildford 011 a nice place to live?
- It's one of the more comfortable residential pockets in Surrey — low crime, well-educated neighbours, and almost no deprivation (it's in the least deprived 10% of areas in England). The trade-off is cost: rents are high relative to local salaries, and the London commute takes over an hour by rail.
- What is the rent in Guildford 011?
- A one-bedroom typically runs around £1,160 a month, a two-bedroom around £1,500, and a three-bedroom around £1,820. These are estimates scaled from borough-level data using local sale prices. Rents rose about 5% in the past year.
- Is Guildford 011 safe?
- Yes — the crime rate here is around 41 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, roughly half the UK national average. It's one of the quieter parts of an already low-crime borough, and the area sits in the least deprived decile in England.
- What's the commute from Guildford 011 to London?
- Around 76 minutes by public transport — placing this firmly in the outer commuter belt. That said, over half of residents work from home, and the area has 100% gigabit broadband coverage, so many locals skip the commute entirely.
- Who lives in Guildford 011?
- Predominantly older, owner-occupying families. Nearly 78% of households own their home, under-18s make up 23% of residents, and the over-50s account for over 40% of the population. Nearly 60% hold degree-level qualifications — well above average.
- What schools are near Guildford 011?
- There are 47 schools within typical catchment distance, with the nearest Outstanding-rated school about 1.1 km away. Around 45% of nearby schools are rated Good or Outstanding — below the national average of roughly 89%, so it's worth checking individual Ofsted reports before committing to an address.
- Is Guildford 011 good for families?
- It suits families well in several respects — low crime, high owner-occupation, and a large under-18 population suggesting plenty of other families nearby. The main caution is school quality: only around 45% of schools within catchment distance are rated Good or Outstanding, so research specific schools carefully.