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Thinking of living at BA3 5YJ? 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.
Most daily things are within reach on foot; the station is further.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School | Primary | 1.2 km | 75% met the expected standard |
| Leigh On Mendip School | Primary | 2.0 km | – |
| Mells Church First School | Primary | 2.9 km | – |
| Kilmersdon Church School | Primary | 3.4 km | – |
| Stoke St Michael Primary School | Primary | 3.6 km | 33% met the expected standard |
| Norton Hill Academy | Secondary | 5.1 km | Attainment 8: 50.2 · 9.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Somervale Secondary School | Secondary | 5.8 km | Attainment 8: 45 · 5.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Newbury Manor School | Independent | 1.2 km | – |
| Downside School | Independent | 4.0 km | 36.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near BA3 5YJ, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Highbury Playing Fields | 260 m | 4 |
| Cycling | Highbury Playing Fields | 260 m | 3 |
| Golf | Fosseway Golf Club | 4.2 km | 2 |
| Bowls | Pratten's Bowls Club | 4.6 km | 2 |
| Scuba diving | Vobster Quay | 1.3 km | 1 |
| Swimming | Babington House | 2.2 km | 1 |
| Archery | Indigo Archery | 2.7 km | 1 |
| Rugby union | Midsomer Norton Rugby Club | 4.8 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.
The nearest station is Frome, a drive away (9.2 km), with 288k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is The Bus Shelter, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 184); 3 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 82 minutes away by public transport (35 by car).
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km); 75% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Norton Hill Academy, 5.1 km away; Attainment 8: 50.2 · 9.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Radstock Co-operative - Coleford, 950 m away; Co-op (950 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Mendip Country Practice (650 m), with Coleford Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Jack Harry's is 5.8 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal United Hospital Bath, 16 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: 8 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
The Hub - Dagmar Hewell is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and Kings Head the nearest pub (800 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 53 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 136 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 41% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 21% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 108 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Ammerdown Park, 3.9 km away; for exercise, Indigo Archery (2.7 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.5 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Bristol is 22 km away.
3 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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Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% of households own their home outright.
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.