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Thinking of living at BA5 1DN? 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 primary school, 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 Joseph and St Teresa Catholic Primary School | Primary | 1.8 km | 65% met the expected standard |
| St Cuthbert's Church of England Academy Infants and Pre-School | Primary | 1.9 km | – |
| St Cuthbert's Church of England Junior School | Primary | 1.9 km | – |
| Stoberry Park School | Primary | 2.1 km | – |
| Wookey Primary School | Primary | 2.3 km | 38% met the expected standard |
| The Blue School | Secondary | 1.4 km | Attainment 8: 49.7 · 15.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Wells Cathedral School | Independent | 2.0 km | 41.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near BA5 1DN, 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 | Wells Blue Sports Centre | 1.4 km | 4 |
| Golf | Wells Golf Club | 3.5 km | 3 |
| Horse riding | Eborlands Equestrian Centre | 890 m | 1 |
| Swimming | Wells Sport And Fitness | 930 m | 1 |
| Multi-sport | Wells Leisure Centre | 930 m | 1 |
| Rugby | Rugby Club Parking | 1.0 km | 1 |
| Rugby union | Wells Rugby Club | 1.1 km | 1 |
| Football | Wells City F.C. | 2.3 km | 1 |
| Cricket | Wells Cricket Club | 3.7 km | 1 |
| Motor | Launcherly MX | 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 Castle Cary, a drive away (17 km), with 355k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is Business Park, 450 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 67).
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 95 minutes away by public transport (47 by car).
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is St Joseph and St Teresa Catholic Primary School, a short drive or bike ride (1.8 km); 65% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Blue School, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 49.7 · 15.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.8 km away, with Love Coffee closer still (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wells Health Centre (2.1 km), with Tesco Instore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.8 km).
For a haircut, Marshfield & Buckley is 2.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is UHBW Bristol Campus, 26 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 68% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 69% 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, 10 pubs and bars.
Wookey Hole is the closest café or restaurant (850 m), and Wookey Hole Inn the nearest pub (600 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 159 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 56% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 393 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.3 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Bristol is 17 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 49% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
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.
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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