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A town of 4,094 in Surrey, South East.
Send grades A− overall against UK towns: better than 84% of UK towns, and #30 of 65 in Surrey. Its strongest subject is health (A): life expectancy 84.2 for men, 86.1 for women. Its weakest is cost of living (C−): median sale £648,250, 9 years of area income; rent £1,736 a month.
The 3 things Send does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Send is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 12 buildings inside Send’s built-up area.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Send. Best known first.
GardenRHS Garden, Wisley3.4 km outside town, to the northeast
Garden · National TrustClandon Park3.1 km outside town, to the south
Historic house · National TrustHatchlands3.6 km outside town, to the southeast
Historic houseWest Horsley Place4.9 km outside town, to the east
Art galleryThe Lightbox3 km outside town, to the northwestPark or estatePark or estate · National TrustHatchlands Park3.4 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Send.
Women here live to 86.1 on average and men to 84.2 (2019–23). 3.2% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, close to Surrey’s towns (3.3%) and below England’s towns (5.2%). One GP practice serves the town; 96% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Send | Surrey | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 87% | 87% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.2% | 3.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 14% | 14% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Send CofE Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 369 | C− |
For Send, that is above both Surrey’s towns (70%) and England’s towns (61%). 8% of households rent privately.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £810,000 | 113 |
| Semi-detached | £545,000 | 81 |
| Terraced | £562,500 | 12 |
| Flat or maisonette | £270,250 | 6 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 46% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Send sits below both Surrey’s towns (23%) and England’s towns (27%) on this measure. For 21% of commuters, work was under 5 km away.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
That puts Send below both Surrey’s towns (19.4) and England’s towns (22). Police recorded 179 crimes inside Send’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 27 reports of anti-social behaviour. Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Send has less crime per resident than 79% of them.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Send has 12 listed buildings inside its built-up area on Historic England’s list: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II*. 13% of its homes were built before 1919.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
On this, Send is above both Surrey’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (18%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.4% of the population. Send has a median age of 48.1.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Send | Surrey | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 25% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 25% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.5% | 4.2% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 43% | 42% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Surrey and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
3 notable people were born in Send.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Send | 4,094 | — | A− | C− | B+ | A |
| Ripley | 1,714 | 1.4 | — | D | B | A |
| West Clandon | 1,233 | 1.9 | — | D | A− | A |
| Jacobs Well | 1,122 | 2.3 | — | C− | A− | A− |
| Woking | 75,655 | 2.9 | A− | B− | C | B |
| West Horsley | 1,378 | 3.4 | — | D | A | A+ |
| Guildford | 77,870 | 3.5 | B+ | C | D | B+ |
| East Horsley | 5,843 | 3.9 | A+ | D | A | A+ |
Ripley, West Clandon, Jacobs Well and West Horsley have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £648,250, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £270,250, terraced houses £562,500, semi-detached houses £545,000 and detached houses £810,000.
Secondary schools stand out: GCSE results beat 98% of towns in England. Primary results are closer to the middle, beating 59%. One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Surrey council.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Police recorded 179 crimes inside Send’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 42% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
Town in Surrey, England
Send is a built-up area of 4,094 people, in the Guildford council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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