Farley Green area report

Highlights

Albury is a small Surrey village with a population of 1,659. The median house price is £937,500, with 18 sales in the past 12 months and prices rising 44.4% over five years. Detached homes median at £1,200,000 while semi-detached properties average £990,000. Property quality is generally good: 29.1% of homes achieve EPC band C or better, with most rated band D. Air quality is low for nitrogen dioxide and moderate for particulate matter. Flood risk is minimal at 1.3% in flood zone 3. The area sits almost entirely within green belt (98.4%), with 40 listed buildings and two conservation areas: Albury and Chilworth Gunpowder Mills. Chilworth CofE Infant School is 1.7 km away and St Catherine's School 4.1 km. Broadband provision is adequate: 72.6% has superfast connectivity, though only 22% access gigabit speeds. Council tax band D is £2,501.18. Albury is governed by Guildford Borough Council under no overall control, within the Godalming and Ash constituency.

Data updated 2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control). Farley Green, Surrey — a free, sourced local-area report from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn't reliable we say so rather than guess.

This district. Figures below lead with Farley Green’s own data where it exists; wider-area statistics are clearly labelled.

Within Surrey, Farley Green ranks 7th cheapest of 11, 8th safest and 3rd most affordable.

What does it cost?

• £937,500 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, May 2026) Across this district

Sold prices in Farley Green have risen 44% over the last five years (UK House Price Index).

Who lives here?

• 1,664 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021) Across this district

About 65% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than Farley Green (English Indices of Deprivation, decile 7 of 10, national basis). More deprived than in 2019 (decile 8 then).

Schools

• 88% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026) Across this district

Getting around

• ≈59 min fastest train to London (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026) This district
• 22% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024) Across this district

Has it been a good investment?

Of homes in Farley Green that changed hands in the last five years, 18% sold for less than the previous owner paid — 0.9 points above South East (17.1%) (nominal, not inflation-adjusted). Across those resales the typical gain was 18.92% over 8.74 years held.

Investment context: a gross rental yield of about 2.4% (area median rent against the median sold price) — appraise a specific property at /appraisal/farley green.

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Nearby areas we cover: Wonersh, Shere, Shalford.