Area Guide: Borough of Spelthorne

The Communities

Shepperton has won accolades for being the 6th happiest place to live and the politest town in the country. It is a mecca for river enthusiasts, enjoying beautiful views over this picturesque stretch of the River Thames that affords excellent boating, white water canoeing, open water swimming and fishing opportunities.

The Thames Path runs through the village stretching from the source of the River Thames in Kemble in Gloucestershire to Woolwich in London. The village has a friendly, thriving community, popular with all age groups, as there are excellent state and private schools, a wide variety of sports and social clubs, whilst the traditional bustling High Street caters for all daily needs including two excellent butchers, a wonderful greengrocer, two supermarkets and a variety of independent retailers.

Curchods Shepperton branch principally covers the immediate adjoining villages of Charlton, Upper Halliford, Sunbury upon Thames and Laleham and of course Shepperton itself. We also actively sell in the surrounding towns of Ashford and Staines-upon-Thames.

House Prices

The Borough comprises a mixed and varied selection of housing with the bias leaning to the post-1930’s era in the villages of Shepperton, Upper Halliford and Sunbury-upon-Thames, as unlike many of the larger towns the railway was comparatively late in arriving and did not open until November 1864. Prior to that, the areas principal trade was market gardening with the barges on the River Thames providing a vital link to the important London markets.

There is a good mixture of properties to accommodate all tastes and budgets, from purpose-built flats, luxury apartments, traditional family homes, larger detached properties, bungalows, and semi-rural and riverside residences of all shapes and sizes.

The villages offer an undiscovered and affordable gem for house buyers, with the average price in the area for a 3 bedroom semi-detached house being £448,408.  Compared to the rest of Surrey, the borough of Spelthorne offers the best value for money in terms of average house prices:

Despite offering excellent value for money, being in such close proximity to London has seen house prices increase significantly in recent years. Average house prices in Spelthorne rose 1.8% in the last two years and a whopping 40.7% in the last 10 years.

Current statistics show that First Time Buyers pay on average £320,520 to get on the property ladder in Spelthorne. (*Land Registry November 2018).