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RH5 6PD

Last sold £485,000 in March 2025

Laurel Cottage, Dorking

Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
4 (est.)
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
904 sq ft / 84 sq m
Plot area
about 2,200 sq ft / 200 sq m
EPC rating
E
Elevation
About 161m — higher than about 90% of homes in Dorking

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Price history in context

  • Mar 2025 — £485,000 · +16.9% · 27 pts behind the UK market
  • Oct 2015 — £415,000 · +3.8% · 3 pts behind the UK market
  • Nov 2007 — £400,000 · +81.8% · 8 pts behind the UK market
  • Aug 2001 — £220,000
— sold price – – bank of england base rate £485,000 £220,000 2001 2025

The life around it

  • Powell Corderoy Primary School 6.3km
  • Leith Hill School 396m
  • Gomshall station 4.2km
  • Woodland 153m
  • The coast (coastline) 24.1km
  • Lake 2.3km
  • Pond 57m
  • Wey And Arun Canal 8.1km
  • Tilling Bourne 2.6km
  • Public Park 452m
  • Playing Field 174m
  • Shop 3.5km
  • Holmbury Hill Road (Adj) 29m

Broadband

  • Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
  • Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
  • Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises

Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data

Commute by train

From Gomshall, 4.2km away

  • 54 min London
  • 82 min Brighton
  • 99 min Oxford
  • 118 min Bristol

Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.

Schools nearby

Flood risk

Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map

Noise

Road noise here is mapped at 60–64 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — a busy road within earshot.

Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,630 hours a year — sunnier than 70% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.

Hills: on a moderate north-east-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 17% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Planning

  • In the Holmbury St Mary conservation area — external changes usually need consent.
  • In the green belt — new building is tightly restricted.

From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.

Crime

Below average for England & Wales — 71 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: exact

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Planning activity nearby

  • Rejected Certificate of lawfulness for an existing development in respect of the construction and… Mar 2026 source
  • Permitted Yew (T1 at rear of property causing severe shading, and is touching the house) - 3 metre… Jun 2026 source
  • Undecided (T1)Holly -Reduce top by approximately 1.5m. Crown lift lower branches by approximately… Jun 2026 source
  • Undecided Permission in Principle for the demolition of existing barns and erection of 1 No.… Jun 2026 source
  • Conditions Installation of green welded mesh security fencing and gates within the site, picket… Oct 2025 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.

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