Old School Mews, Hooley CR5: house prices, homes and local area information
The most common home is a terraced house of about 184 m² with 4 habitable rooms, built before 1930 and most often rated EPC C. 3 addresses are in our records and 11 sales since 1995.
Latest recorded sale 9 Nov 2021. How we calculate this.
- What we found
- 11 sales on record since 1995 across 3 addresses.
- 3 addresses in 1 postcode: CR5 3SD.
- 67% of rated homes are EPC C or better, against 40% across the wider CR5 sample.
- Fastest weekday train to London Victoria 94 min, including the walk to Merstham (2680 m).
- In Chipstead, Kingswood & Woodmansterne ward, Reigate and Banstead.
About Old School Mews, Hooley CR5: a small street
Old School Mews is a small street in Hooley, Reigate and Banstead. We hold 3 addresses on it in CR5 3SD, in Chipstead, Kingswood & Woodmansterne ward and the Reigate constituency. The nearest station is Merstham, about 2.7 km away.
The most common home is a terraced house of about 184 m² with 4 habitable rooms, built before 1930 and most often rated EPC C. 0% of rated homes sit in EPC band D and 67% reach band C or better, compared with 40% across the wider CR5 sample. By type: terraced houses 67%, semi-detached houses 33%. 67% of homes with a recorded age date from before 1930.
There are too few recent sales on Old School Mews to publish a reliable median, so the figures below lean on the postcode and the wider area.
Map of Old School Mews: every home by price per m²
Each dot is one address. Tap a dot for its last sale. Switch the colouring to see where prices, energy ratings and recent sales cluster.
Old School Mews house prices: every sale on record
Every recorded sale since 1995. Highest recorded sale £772,500 (5 Old School Mews, 2020); lowest £197,000 (1997).
Homes on Old School Mews: mostly terraced, and most are rated EPC C
Type
Age
Tenure when last surveyed
Median home: 184 m², 4 habitable rooms.
EPC energy ratings on Old School Mews
33% of rated homes are D or below, against 60% across the wider CR5 sample.
How long people stay on Old School Mews: about 6.6 years, with resold homes gaining 5.1% a year
Time between consecutive sales of the same home. A short gap often means a quick resale after renovation; a long gap means a settled street.
Years between sales of the same home
Number of repeat sales by years held. 1 of 3 addresses (33%) have sold since 2021.
Biggest gains held 3+ years
| Home | Held | Gain a year |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Old School Mews £197,000 (1997) → £360,500 (2001) | 3.8 yrs | 17.0% |
| 4 Old School Mews £207,500 (1997) → £395,000 (2002) | 5.5 yrs | 12.4% |
| 2 Old School Mews £197,500 (1997) → £365,000 (2002) | 5.5 yrs | 11.9% |
| 4 Old School Mews £395,000 (2002) → £487,500 (2006) | 3.5 yrs | 6.2% |
| 5 Old School Mews £360,500 (2001) → £772,500 (2020) | 19.0 yrs | 4.1% |
Latest house sales on Old School Mews, Hooley
| Address | Type | Sold | Price | Size | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Old School Mews | Terraced house | 9 Nov 2021 | £705,000 | 200 m² | £3,525 |
| 5 Old School Mews | Detached house | 5 Mar 2020 | £772,500 | 171 m² | £4,518 |
| 4 Old School Mews | Terraced house | 6 Sept 2018 | £675,000 | 184 m² | £3,668 |
| 2 Old School Mews | Terraced house | 14 Feb 2014 | £572,000 | 200 m² | £2,860 |
| 4 Old School Mews | Terraced house | 19 Apr 2006 | £487,500 | 184 m² | £2,649 |
| 4 Old School Mews | Detached house | 17 Oct 2002 | £395,000 | 184 m² | £2,147 |
| 2 Old School Mews | Detached house | 10 Oct 2002 | £365,000 | 200 m² | – |
| 5 Old School Mews | Detached house | 27 Feb 2001 | £360,500 | 171 m² | £2,108 |
| 2 Old School Mews | Detached house | 25 Apr 1997 | £197,500 | 200 m² | – |
| 5 Old School Mews | Detached house | 25 Apr 1997 | £197,000 | 171 m² | – |
A dash in £/m² marks flats, missing floor areas and implausible values (below £2,035 or above £11,191 per m²), which usually mean part-share sales or EPC errors.
The Reigate and Banstead market: average price £481,089, up 0.5% in a year
HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for Reigate and Banstead, 2026-06. A mix-adjusted average, so it can differ from the median sale price of one road.
| Type | Authority average |
|---|---|
| Detached | £919,360 |
| Semi-detached | £539,233 |
| Terraced | £428,529 |
| Flat or maisonette | £267,731 |
Who lives around Old School Mews, Hooley: 90% of homes are owner-occupied and 52% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Reigate and Banstead 004C: 1,661 residents in 638 households around Old School Mews. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1515%
- 15 to 248%
- 25 to 4420%
- 45 to 6434%
- 65 and over23%
Household type
- One person17%
- Couple, no children22%
- Family with children28%
- Other32%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright49%
- Mortgage or shared41%
- Private rented8%
- Social rented2%
Cars and vans per household
- No car3%
- 1 car26%
- 2 cars44%
- 3 or more26%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (828 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good90%
- Fair8%
- Bad or very bad2%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above49%
- A level or equivalent16%
- GCSE level21%
- None9%
Schools near Old School Mews, Hooley: 6 within 3.5 km, 4 primary, with their latest Ofsted grades
Distances from the Department for Education register, with the latest Ofsted outcome for each school.
| School | Phase | Latest Ofsted | Distance | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serenity School Other independent special school · ages 11-19 | Special | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 2.4 km 39 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Royal Alexandra and Albert School Voluntary aided school · ages 7-18 | All-through | Good Graded inspection, Apr 2024 | 2.6 km 43 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Merstham Primary School Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Nov 2022 | 2.9 km 47 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Lime Tree Primary School and Nursery Academy sponsor led · ages 2-11 | Primary | Outstanding Graded inspection, Jul 2022 | 3.3 km 54 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Furzefield Primary Academy Academy converter · ages 0-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, May 2023 | 3.4 km 55 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Kingswood Primary School Academy converter · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Jan 2022 | 3.5 km 57 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
Ofsted replaced its single-word judgements with report cards for inspections from November 2025, so each school shows its most recent grade on the older scale until it is re-inspected. Distances are straight-line and are not catchment areas; check the council for admissions rules.
Commuting from Old School Mews: 94 minutes to Victoria by train
Fastest door-to-door journey arriving by 08:30 on a weekday, from the TfL journey planner, including the walk to the station.
Old School Mews to central London
| Victoria | 94 min | walk 43 min → train 13 min → train 25 min |
| Blackfriars | 96 min | walk 43 min → train 28 min → train 20 min |
Stations near Old School Mews
| Merstham | 2680 m | about 44 min walk |
| Chipstead | 2850 m | about 46 min walk |
| Kingswood | 2950 m | about 48 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near Old School Mews
No mapped bus stops within 1 km of this postcode. Rural stops and routes can be missing from OpenStreetMap, so check the operator before relying on this.
Living on Old School Mews, Hooley: stations, shops, schools and green space
The nearest stations are Merstham, about 2.7 km away, and Chipstead, about 2.8 km. In TfL's journey planner the quickest weekday trip arriving by 08:30 reaches London Victoria in 94 minutes, walking included.
Waitrose and Aldi are the nearest supermarkets. GP surgeries in reach include Downland Surgery, Woodcote Medical and Old Coulsdon Medical Practice. For schools, Merstham Primary School (good), Lime Tree Primary School and Nursery (outstanding) and Furzefield Primary Academy (good) are the closest primarys. Admissions rules and catchments vary, so check them with Reigate and Banstead before relying on distance.
are the nearest named green spaces. Our Hooley guide covers the wider area in more detail.
Energy use around Old School Mews: homes nearby use 124% more gas than the typical English neighbourhood, and 14% less than in 2019
Average domestic energy use per meter in Reigate and Banstead 004C (640 gas meters, 661 electricity meters), 2024, from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Gas, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 100% of neighbourhoods in Great Britain. Median meter here: 22,564 kWh.
Electricity, kWh per meter per year
Higher than 99% of neighbourhoods. Median meter here: 4,534 kWh.
Older and larger homes, gas heating and electric cars all push use up; falling use since 2019 reflects higher prices, milder weather and efficiency work. Figures describe the area, not any single home.
Air quality and noise near Old School Mews: NO₂ 8.7 µg/m³, inside the UK legal limit and within the WHO guideline
Modelled annual averages for the 1 km square around this location, from Defra's 2023 background maps. Readings beside busy roads are higher.
| Pollutant | This square | WHO guideline | UK legal limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) | 8.7 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.7 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean.
- Height above sea level
- 168 m
- Air quality management area
- No
Defra noise maps cover major roads and railways only (above 55 dB), so "no contour" does not mean silent. Height from the Copernicus 90 m elevation model via Open-Meteo.
Shops, doctors and services near Old School Mews: supermarket, GP, pharmacy, library, and 1 EV charging sites within 6 km
Nearest of each kind, from OpenStreetMap, measured in a straight line from the postcode.
| Service | Nearest | Distance | Within 2 km |
|---|---|---|---|
| GP surgery | Downland Surgery | 4.0 km | 7 |
| Pharmacy | Valley Pharmacy | 4.1 km | 11 |
| Dentist | Crossways Dental | 4.2 km | 12 |
| Supermarket | Waitrose | 4.7 km | 6 |
| Library | Unnamed | 4.2 km | 5 |
| Post office | Station Parade Post Office | 2.8 km | 9 |
| Park or green space | Unnamed | 1.2 km | 38 |
| Hospital | Caterham Dene Hospital & Minor Injuries Unit | 6.0 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near Old School Mews
196 public charging devices in Reigate and Banstead (35 rapid, 50 kW or more), or 123 per 100,000 people. That ranks 189 of 318 local authorities in Great Britain (median 137), as at 1 July 2026.
1 mapped sites within 6 km, nearest first
| Esso EV Charger Esso | 1 bay | 2.5 km |
Authority counts: Department for Transport, public charging device statistics. Site locations are community-mapped in OpenStreetMap, so newer sites can be missing.
Who represents Old School Mews: MP and councillors
County councillors for Surrey are elected separately; see Surrey County Council.
Crime, food and planning around Old School Mews
Crime and policing near Old School Mews
169 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of Old School Mews
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 88, earlier 6 months: 81.
Police-recorded incidents mapped to the nearest street within roughly a mile, so a road near the town centre shows more shoplifting and anti-social behaviour than a quiet cul-de-sac nearby. Counts show what was reported, not how safe any home is.
Food and drink near Old School Mews
56 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 41 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Chipstead Football Club (627 m, rated 4); Chipstead, Coulsdon And Walcountians Cricket Club (627 m, rated 5); Starbucks Coffee Co UK Ltd (1199 m, rated 5); Peter Aubertin Hall (1230 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around Old School Mews
- Conservation area
- Yes
- Green belt
- Yes
- Listed building on plot
- No
- Air quality management area
- No
- Ward
- Chipstead, Kingswood & Woodmansterne
- Planning authority
- Reigate and Banstead LPA
Photos of Old School Mews and the streets around it
Openly licensed photos taken close to this location on Wikimedia Commons. They show the surroundings, not necessarily this exact address.
Council tax on Old School Mews: Band D is £2,567 a year in Reigate and Banstead, up 4.4% on last year
Charge for 2026 to 2027, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
The average Band D council tax in Reigate and Banstead is £2,567 for 2026 to 2027, £175 above the England average of £2,392. That ranks Reigate and Banstead 54th highest of 296 billing authorities, and the charge rose from £2,459 last year. Next door in Croydon, Band D is £2,600, £33 more than in Reigate and Banstead, so which side of a council boundary a home sits on changes the bill by about £33 a year at Band D.
Your own bill depends on your property's band. In England bands are set from the home's estimated value on 1 April 1991, so a Band C home pays eight ninths of the Band D charge and a Band F home thirteen ninths. The figures below are the charge for each band in Reigate and Banstead, before any discount or reduction, and they include the county or borough, police, fire and any parish or GLA precepts averaged across the authority.
| Band | Per year | Per month (12 payments) |
|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,711 | £143 |
| Band B | £1,996 | £166 |
| Band C | £2,281 | £190 |
| Band D | £2,567 | £214 |
| Band E | £3,137 | £261 |
| Band F | £3,707 | £309 |
| Band G | £4,278 | £356 |
| Band H | £5,133 | £428 |
You can check or challenge a home's band on the GOV.UK "Find your Council Tax band" service.
Old School Mews, Hooley: questions people ask
What is the average house price on Old School Mews, Hooley?
Old School Mews has too few recent house sales for a reliable median: 11 sales are recorded since 1995.
Which council covers Old School Mews?
Old School Mews is in Chipstead, Kingswood & Woodmansterne ward in Reigate and Banstead, and in the Reigate parliamentary constituency.
How far is Old School Mews from the nearest station?
Merstham is about 2680 m from the middle of Old School Mews, around 44 minutes' walk, and Chipstead is 2850 m away.
What energy rating do homes on Old School Mews have?
67% of rated homes on Old School Mews are EPC band C or better, against 40% across CR5.
What council tax do you pay on Old School Mews?
Band D council tax in Reigate and Banstead is £2,567 for 2026 to 2027, against an England average of £2,392.
Which schools are near Old School Mews?
The nearest schools include Royal Alexandra and Albert School (2.6 km), Merstham Primary School (2.9 km) and Lime Tree Primary School and Nursery (3.3 km). Distances are straight-line and are not catchment areas.
How much does a house cost on Old School Mews?
Old School Mews has 11 recorded sales since 1995, too few to publish a reliable median. The nearest comparison is Hooley, where the median sale since 2019 is £425,000.
How is this calculated?
Sales come from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, and floor areas and energy ratings from the EPC register. Medians use sales since 2019; £/m² uses houses only. See the method note below.
Answers use data checked monthly. Sources are named in each answer.
Every address on Old School Mews, Hooley CR5
3 addresses in our records. Filter by number.
| Address | Type | Size | EPC | Last sale | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Old School Mews | Terraced | 200 m² | E | £705,000 · 2021 | £3,525 |
| 4 Old School Mews | Terraced | 184 m² | C | £675,000 · 2018 | £3,668 |
| 5 Old School Mews | Semi-detached | 171 m² | C | £772,500 · 2020 | £4,518 |
Method. Statistics are computed from the 3 addresses on this road in our records. Medians use sales since 2019 unless stated.