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Where is Lyne?

Lyne is in the county of Surrey, in England. It sits in the constituency of Runnymede and Weybridge and its latitude and longitude is: 51.388467 -0.541968.

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What is the property market like in Lyne?

The property market in Lyne has had a steady increase over the last few years but a recent decline. Based on data published on 14 August 2024, on average a detached house costs £869,625, which is down -1.5% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £500,494 (down -0.6% on last year) , a terraced house £408,211 (down -0.9% on last year) and a flat £260,846. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £1,180 per month.

Property prices in Lyne are similar to the average property prices across Surrey and are much higher compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Lyne, prices have decreased, while prices increased across the Surrey region.

Property data is based on Runnymede level pricing data and is as at June 2024 (publicised 14 August 2024)

Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to June 2024

Regarding the health of the Surrey property market as a whole, here is how it compares to other counties in England:

County	Avg Detached Price	Annual Change	Avg Semi-Detached Price	Annual Change
Northumberland	£341,537	+9.1%	£193,799	+9.1%
Oxfordshire	£681,167	+7.2%	£446,842	+8.5%
Warwickshire	£497,044	+5.4%	£296,606	+4.9%
Lancashire	£327,674	+5.0%	£202,231	+4.7%
Staffordshire	£368,206	+4.6%	£231,129	+5.4%
Buckinghamshire	£827,077	+4.6%	£460,901	+6.3%
Derbyshire	£337,829	+4.5%	£211,624	+3.9%
West Northamptonshire	£468,120	+4.2%	£282,342	+5.3%
East Riding of Yorkshire	£330,614	+4.2%	£211,375	+4.4%
Nottinghamshire	£339,334	+4.2%	£214,324	+4.5%
Leicestershire	£411,159	+3.8%	£258,580	+4.0%
Worcestershire	£449,059	+3.7%	£281,497	+4.8%
West Yorkshire	£351,674	+3.7%	£216,569	+4.4%
South Yorkshire	£291,325	+3.7%	£192,231	+4.7%
North Yorkshire	£413,652	+3.6%	£267,964	+4.5%
Greater Manchester	£405,945	+3.6%	£266,387	+3.8%
Shropshire	£395,032	+3.3%	£256,716	+5.5%
Gloucestershire	£525,561	+3.1%	£333,967	+3.5%
Herefordshire	£432,901	+2.8%	£285,029	+5.2%
West Sussex	£651,933	+2.8%	£426,962	+3.6%
Merseyside	£340,799	+2.6%	£220,544	+2.5%
Cambridgeshire	£468,546	+2.2%	£329,883	+4.2%
Hertfordshire	£909,469	+2.0%	£535,434	+2.5%
Devon	£483,813	+1.7%	£334,482	+4.3%
Essex	£566,401	+1.4%	£375,725	+2.5%
West Midlands	£407,451	+1.2%	£251,243	+2.2%
North Northamptonshire	£411,956	+1.2%	£254,927	+2.6%
Somerset	£440,632	+0.9%	£290,138	+3.0%
Suffolk	£432,182	+0.6%	£274,497	+0.9%
Wiltshire	£494,939	+0.6%	£322,678	+2.7%
Kent	£582,570	+0.3%	£371,997	+1.2%
Dorset	£512,149	+0.2%	£345,395	+2.6%
Hampshire	£605,590	+0.2%	£380,521	+1.3%
Norfolk	£385,381	0.0%	£261,753	+2.2%
East Sussex	£567,509	-0.2%	£375,770	+1.6%
London	£1,032,371	-0.7%	£680,157	+2.6%
Surrey	£916,153	-0.8%	£535,732	+1.0%
Cornwall	£432,953	-1.1%	£293,238	+1.3%
Lincolnshire	£294,743	-1.3%	£201,941	+1.1%
Isle of Wight	£412,903	-3.6%	£289,954	-1.5%
Rutland	£496,567	-5.6%	£313,758	-3.6%

Recent property transactions in the area

Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Lyne, or click here to browse the longer list of Lyne property transactions from 2023.

Address	Details
CASABLANCA, 85, Almners Road, Chertsey, Surrey , KT16 0BH	Detached - Sold for £1,250,000 in February 2023
137, Almners Road, Chertsey, Surrey , KT16 0BJ	Detached - Sold for £915,000 in November 2023
197, Almners Road, Chertsey, Surrey , KT16 0BL	Semi-Detached - Sold for £900,000 in February 2023
2, Lyne Crossing Road, Chertsey, Surrey , KT16 0AT	Semi-Detached - Sold for £650,000 in July 2023
159, Almners Road, Chertsey, Surrey , KT16 0BJ	Detached - Sold for £450,000 in March 2023

Which schools are near Lyne?

Lyne has a few schools nearby to choose from. There are a mix of both primary and secondary schools nearby, including Salesian School, Chertsey, which was was rated as outstanding in 2014.

Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.

School	Type	Latest Rating	Ofsted Report (if available)	Address
Salesian School, Chertsey Save school	Secondary school Academy converter - Mixed	1: Outstanding (9/12/2013)	Ofsted Report Link	Chertsey
St Ann's Heath Junior School Save school	Primary Community school - Mixed	2: Good (4/30/2015)	Ofsted Report Link	Virginia Water
Lyne and Longcross CofE Aided Primary School Save school	Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed	2: Good (6/6/2018)	Ofsted Report Link	Chertsey
Thorpe CofE Aided Primary School Save school	Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed	2: Good (1/30/2019)	Ofsted Report Link	Egham
T A S I S Save school	Primary & Secondary Other independent school - Mixed			Egham

School	Type
Salesian School, Chertsey Ofsted report Save school	Secondary school Latest rating - 1: Outstanding (9/12/2013)
St Ann's Heath Junior School Ofsted report Save school	Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (4/30/2015)
Lyne and Longcross CofE Aided Primary School Ofsted report Save school	Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (6/6/2018)
Thorpe CofE Aided Primary School Ofsted report Save school	Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (1/30/2019)
T A S I S Ofsted report Save school	Primary & Secondary

Parent view data is as at 02 January 2023 and source of data is Gov.uk. State school information including Ofsted ratings is as at 28 February 2023 and source of data is Gov.uk. Independent school information is as at 22 August 2022 and source of data is Gov.uk.

What are the commuting options from Lyne?

Lyne has a number of nearby stations. London can be accessed via trains to London Waterloo (from Weybridge) in 23 min(s) or trains to Vauxhall (from Staines) in 33 min(s).

Station	Distance from Lyne	Commute options
Virginia Water A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +0% from the previous year.	2 miles	- Vauxhall (54 mins - South Western Railway - £300 monthly fare) View details - London Waterloo (57 mins - South Western Railway - £300 monthly fare) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 52 mins - Great Western Railway) View details
Chertsey A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -8% from the previous year.	2 miles	- Vauxhall (70 mins - South Western Railway - £304 monthly fare) View details - London Waterloo (77 mins - South Western Railway - £304 monthly fare) View details
West Byfleet A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -7% from the previous year.	5 miles	- London Waterloo (48 mins - South Western Railway - £296 monthly fare) View details - Vauxhall (50 mins - South Western Railway - £296 monthly fare) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 75 mins - Great Western Railway) View details
Byfleet & New Haw A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -9% from the previous year.	5 miles	- London Waterloo (41 mins - South Western Railway - £289 monthly fare) View details - Vauxhall (47 mins - South Western Railway - £289 monthly fare) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 71 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 172 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Brighton (1 change(s) - 196 mins - Southern) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 201 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Manchester Piccadilly (1 change(s) - 267 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 292 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - York (1 change(s) - 318 mins - CrossCountry) View details
Windsor & Eton Central A relatively busy station. Station footfall changed -4% from the previous year.	9 miles	- Reading (1 change(s) - 37 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 38 mins - Great Western Railway - £292 monthly fare) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 110 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 139 mins - Great Western Railway) View details
Windsor & Eton Riverside A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -16% from the previous year.	9 miles	- Vauxhall (63 mins - South Western Railway - £300 monthly fare) View details - London Waterloo (69 mins - South Western Railway - £300 monthly fare) View details

What is the ethnicity breakdown of the population?

The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Runnymede) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk

Ethnicity	% of Runnymede residents	Benchmark: % of England & Wales residents
White	83.5%	81.7%
Asian	9.2%	9.3%
Mixed	3.5%	2.9%
Other	1.9%	2.1%
Black	1.8%	4.0%

What is the socio-economic status Lyne?

The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Runnymede and Weybridge consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk

Type of occupation	% of residents (over 16 years old)	Rank within England & Wales
Intermediate occupations	11.3%
Small employers and own account workers	11.3%
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations	18.5%	97 out of 573
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations	22.2%
Lower supervisory and technical occupations	4.1%
Semi-routine occupations	8.1%
Routine occupations	7.1%
Never worked / long-term unemployed	5.6%	483 out of 573
Full-time students	11.8%

How fast is the broadband in Lyne?

Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Surrey is fast (72mbps). Lyne is consistent with this, with average download speeds of 78.1mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Runnymede and Weybridge level, via data.parliament.uk, here.

Average speed	78.1 mbps
% households with superfast broadband access	96.6%
% households unable to access decent broadband	0.2%

Source: data.parliament.uk

What are the crime levels in the Lyne area?

Crime stats were found at the Runnymede level:

Type	Runnymede	UK
Total Crimes (per thousand people)	74	93
Burglaries (per thousand people)	3	5
Public Order Offences (per thousand people)	9	10
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people)	1	1
Violence Against People (per thousand people)	27	36

Source: ONS. Data covers year ending September 2022.

Is there a flooding risk near Lyne?

We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Lyne.

Flood warnings

The DEFRA API is currently reporting at least one flood warning in this area - please refer to the UK Government website for information on this.

Flood areas

The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.

Area	Cause	Description
Thames	River Wey, East Clandon Stream	Lower River Wey including Old Woking, Byfleet, and Weybridge and the West Clandon Stream at Send
Thames	Windle Brook, Hale Bourne, Mill Bourne, Addlestone Bourne	Windle Brook and Hale, Mill and Addlestone Bournes including Bagshot, Windlesham, Lightwater, Chobham, West End, Emmetts Mill, Woodham and Addlestone
Thames	River Thames	River Thames from Datchet to Shepperton Green including Old Windsor, Wraysbury, Horton, Staines, Egham, Laleham and Chertsey
Thames	Chertsey Bourne, The Moat, Moat	Chertsey Bourne including Virginia Water, Thorpe Green and Chertsey and the Moat at Thorpe
Thames	Chertsey Bourne	Chertsey Bourne at Thorpe Green including Green Road and Trumps Green, Surrey

Handpicked nearby locations we recommend and how Lyne compares

Name	Property market	Crimes per 1,000	Schools nearby	Socio Economic
Lyne, Surrey Affordability: Average Slowing property market	Semi-detached: £500,494 Detached: £869,625	74	Primary: 4 Secondary: 2	18.5% residents in higher managerial positions 5.6% residents long-term unemployed
Weybridge, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Affluent Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose	Semi-detached: £668,194 Detached: £1,378,000	56	Primary: 7 Secondary: 4	18.5% residents in higher managerial positions 5.6% residents long-term unemployed
Oxshott, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Affluent Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market	Semi-detached: £668,194 Detached: £1,378,000	56	Primary: 5 Secondary: 3	25.4% residents in higher managerial positions 5.3% residents long-term unemployed
Esher, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Affluent Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose	Semi-detached: £668,194 Detached: £1,378,000	56	Primary: 9 Secondary: 3	25.4% residents in higher managerial positions 5.3% residents long-term unemployed
Thames Ditton, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Affluent Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market	Semi-detached: £668,194 Detached: £1,378,000	56	Primary: 11 Secondary: 3	25.4% residents in higher managerial positions 5.3% residents long-term unemployed
Claygate, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Affluent Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market	Semi-detached: £668,194 Detached: £1,378,000	56	Primary: 8 Secondary: 3	25.4% residents in higher managerial positions 5.3% residents long-term unemployed
Cobham, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Affluent Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose	Semi-detached: £668,194 Detached: £1,378,000	56	Primary: 6 Secondary: 4	25.4% residents in higher managerial positions 5.3% residents long-term unemployed
Walton-on-Thames, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Affluent Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market	Semi-detached: £668,194 Detached: £1,378,000	56	Primary: 9 Secondary: 2	25.4% residents in higher managerial positions 5.3% residents long-term unemployed
Oxted, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Affluent Happiness High for UK Hot property market Local Waitrose	Semi-detached: £553,765 Detached: £932,710	56	Primary: 5 Secondary: 4	18.4% residents in higher managerial positions 5.7% residents long-term unemployed
Woking, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Affluent Very fast broadband Slowing property market	Semi-detached: £489,360 Detached: £924,524	64	Primary: 13 Secondary: 7	21.3% residents in higher managerial positions 6.1% residents long-term unemployed
Horsell, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Affluent Very fast broadband Slowing property market	Semi-detached: £489,360 Detached: £924,524	64	Primary: 11 Secondary: 4	21.3% residents in higher managerial positions 6.1% residents long-term unemployed
Dorking, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Affluent Happiness High for UK Hot property market Local Waitrose Local M&S	Semi-detached: £540,536 Detached: £923,917	51	Primary: 5 Secondary: 2	21.2% residents in higher managerial positions 5.0% residents long-term unemployed
Worplesdon, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Affluent Very fast broadband Hot property market	Semi-detached: £510,254 Detached: £895,058	63	Primary: 6 Secondary:	19.5% residents in higher managerial positions 4.5% residents long-term unemployed
Guildford, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Affluent Very fast broadband Hot property market Local Waitrose Local M&S	Semi-detached: £510,254 Detached: £895,058	63	Primary: 12 Secondary: 8	21.3% residents in higher managerial positions 6.1% residents long-term unemployed
Shere, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Affluent Hot property market	Semi-detached: £510,254 Detached: £895,058	63	Primary: 2 Secondary:	21.2% residents in higher managerial positions 5.0% residents long-term unemployed
Horley, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Affluent Happiness High for UK Hot property market Local Waitrose	Semi-detached: £527,728 Detached: £889,606	58	Primary: 8 Secondary: 1	18.4% residents in higher managerial positions 5.7% residents long-term unemployed

Name	Property	Crimes per 1,000	Schools nearby
Lyne, Surrey Affordability: Average Slowing property market	Semi-detached: £500,494 Detached: £869,625	74	Primary: 4 Secondary: 2
Weybridge, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Affluent Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose	Semi-detached: £668,194 Detached: £1,378,000	56	Primary: 7 Secondary: 4
Oxshott, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Affluent Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market	Semi-detached: £668,194 Detached: £1,378,000	56	Primary: 5 Secondary: 3
Esher, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Affluent Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose	Semi-detached: £668,194 Detached: £1,378,000	56	Primary: 9 Secondary: 3
Thames Ditton, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Affluent Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market	Semi-detached: £668,194 Detached: £1,378,000	56	Primary: 11 Secondary: 3
Claygate, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Affluent Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market	Semi-detached: £668,194 Detached: £1,378,000	56	Primary: 8 Secondary: 3
Cobham, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Affluent Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose	Semi-detached: £668,194 Detached: £1,378,000	56	Primary: 6 Secondary: 4
Walton-on-Thames, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Affluent Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market	Semi-detached: £668,194 Detached: £1,378,000	56	Primary: 9 Secondary: 2
Oxted, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Affluent Happiness High for UK Hot property market Local Waitrose	Semi-detached: £553,765 Detached: £932,710	56	Primary: 5 Secondary: 4
Woking, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Affluent Very fast broadband Slowing property market	Semi-detached: £489,360 Detached: £924,524	64	Primary: 13 Secondary: 7
Horsell, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Affluent Very fast broadband Slowing property market	Semi-detached: £489,360 Detached: £924,524	64	Primary: 11 Secondary: 4
Dorking, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Affluent Happiness High for UK Hot property market Local Waitrose Local M&S	Semi-detached: £540,536 Detached: £923,917	51	Primary: 5 Secondary: 2
Worplesdon, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Affluent Very fast broadband Hot property market	Semi-detached: £510,254 Detached: £895,058	63	Primary: 6 Secondary:
Guildford, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Affluent Very fast broadband Hot property market Local Waitrose Local M&S	Semi-detached: £510,254 Detached: £895,058	63	Primary: 12 Secondary: 8
Shere, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Affluent Hot property market	Semi-detached: £510,254 Detached: £895,058	63	Primary: 2 Secondary:
Horley, Surrey Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Affluent Happiness High for UK Hot property market Local Waitrose	Semi-detached: £527,728 Detached: £889,606	58	Primary: 8 Secondary: 1

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	Property market	£500,494 for a semi-detached property
	Airport access	Closest airport is London Heathrow (6.8 miles)
	Broadband	78.1mbps average broadband speeds (fast broadband for UK)
	Ethnic diversity	White: 83.5% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 16.4% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales)
	Socio-economic status	Ranked 97 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 483 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Runnymede and Weybridge level)
	Community	Median age is 37.7 \| Happiness is Below Average for Surrey, Average for UK
	Crime	3.0 burglaries per 1k people (Runnymede)
	Commute (approx)	- London Waterloo (23 mins) - Vauxhall (33 mins) - Paddington (38 mins) - Reading (50 mins)
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	£500,494 for a semi-detached property
	Closest airport is London Heathrow (6.8 miles)
	78.1mbps average broadband speeds (fast broadband for UK)
	Median age is 37.7 \| Happiness is Below Average for Surrey, Average for UK
	Ranked 97 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 483 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Runnymede and Weybridge level)
	3.0 burglaries per 1k people (Runnymede)
	- London Waterloo (23 mins) - Vauxhall (33 mins) - Paddington (38 mins) - Reading (50 mins)
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