Shackleford has a population of 253, making it the 127th largest place in Surrey.
The other populations of Shackleford
Depending on where you draw the boundary, Shackleford has between 200 and 253 residents. Both are correct.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
253 | GeoNames |
| The built-up area Continuous development, where buildings sit less than 200m apart. Drawn from where the buildings are, not where the council boundary is. |
200 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
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Shackleford in context
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Shackleford sits in postcode district GU8.
Schools
| Open establishments | Count |
|---|---|
| Independent schools | 1 |
Open schools registered in the Shackleford built-up area, from the Department for Education's Get Information about Schools register, extracted 24 August 2026. Each school counts once: an independent special school appears under special schools, and the phase rows are state schools. No inspection grades are shown because Ofsted stopped issuing single-word overall judgements in 2024 and the register no longer carries them; current inspection reports are on Ofsted's own site. England only: the register lists Welsh schools without phase detail.
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Nearby in Surrey
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thursley | 305 |
| 2 | Enton Green | 271 |
| 3 | Abinger Hammer | 257 |
| 4 | Peper Harow | 185 |