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Thinking of living at BA2 8QB? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
You'll mostly drive: the nearest station, supermarket, GP are all over 1 km away.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Julian's Church School | Primary | 350 m | 81% met the expected standard |
| Shoscombe Church School | Primary | 2.9 km | 89% met the expected standard |
| Peasedown St John Primary School | Primary | 3.7 km | 62% met the expected standard |
| St Martin's Garden Primary School | Primary | 3.9 km | 25% met the expected standard |
| Norton St Philip Church of England First School | Primary | 4.1 km | – |
| Saint Gregory's Catholic College | Secondary | 3.5 km | Attainment 8: 46.6 · 15.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Writhlington School | Secondary | 5.4 km | Attainment 8: 40.3 · 4.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Somerset Studio School | Secondary | 5.4 km | Attainment 8: 30.5 · 2.8% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Ralph Allen School | Secondary | 5.4 km | Attainment 8: 54.6 · 21.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Monkton Combe School | Independent | 5.3 km | 31.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Prior Park College | Independent | 5.3 km | 30.8% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Hambling View Independent School | Independent | 6.1 km | – |
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| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Wellow Tennis Club | 160 m | 4 |
| Cricket | Hinton Charterhouse Cricket Club | 3.5 km | 3 |
| Cycling | Odd Down Sports Ground | 4.5 km | 2 |
| Jiu-jitsu | Gracie Barra Bath Academies | 3.9 km | 1 |
| Rugby union | Old Culverhaysians R F C | 4.2 km | 1 |
| Bmx | BMX Track | 4.7 km | 1 |
| Swimming | Monkton Combe Prep School | 4.8 km | 1 |
| Brazillian jiu-jitsu | The Warrior Academy - Bath | 4.9 km | 1 |
| Taekwondo | The Warrior Academy - Bath | 4.9 km | 1 |
| Bjj | The Warrior Academy - Bath | 4.9 km | 1 |
| Kickboxing | The Warrior Academy - Bath | 4.9 km | 1 |
| Martial arts | The Warrior Academy - Bath | 4.9 km | 1 |
| Aikino | The Warrior Academy - Bath | 4.9 km | 1 |
| Judo | The Warrior Academy - Bath | 4.9 km | 1 |
| Karate | The Warrior Academy - Bath | 4.9 km | 1 |
| Bowls | Bloomfield Bowls Club | 5.0 km | 1 |
Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 52% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Freshford, a drive away (5.7 km), with 55k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Bath Spa.
The nearest primary school is St Julian's Church School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 81% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Saint Gregory's Catholic College, 3.5 km away; Attainment 8: 46.6 · 15.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Mark's CofE School (2.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-Op Late Shop, 3.4 km away, with The Parlour Shop/Community Shop closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Combe Down Branch Surgery (3.5 km), with Shaunak'S Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (3.7 km).
For a haircut, Witts End is 3.6 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal United Hospital Bath, 4.0 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 57% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 70% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 11 restaurants and cafés, 15 pubs and bars.
Somerset Lavender is the closest café or restaurant (3.7 km), and The Fox & Badger the nearest pub (150 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 33 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 677 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 44% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
It's growing: about 214 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Entry Hill open space, 4.2 km away; for exercise, Monkton Sports Club (4.9 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Bristol is 27 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 47% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 54% of adults have a degree.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
7 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.