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Thinking of living at BR4 9HA? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wickham Common Primary School | Primary | 700 m | 63% met the expected standard |
| Hawes Down Primary School | Primary | 1.5 km | 66% met the expected standard |
| Castle Hill Academy | Primary | 1.6 km | 58% met the expected standard |
| Good Shepherd Catholic Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 1.9 km | 52% met the expected standard |
| Tudor Academy | Primary | 2.0 km | 73% met the expected standard |
| Hayes School | Secondary | 1.7 km | Attainment 8: 54.8 · 19.8% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Ravens Wood School | Secondary | 2.5 km | Attainment 8: 48.1 · 9.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Langley Park School for Girls | Secondary | 2.9 km | Attainment 8: 55.8 · 20.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Langley Park School for Boys | Secondary | 3.0 km | Attainment 8: 54.4 · 18% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Meridian High School | Secondary | 3.4 km | Attainment 8: 34.2 · 2.8% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Wickham Park School | Independent | 1.3 km | – |
| Baston House School | Independent | 1.8 km | Attainment 8: 5.8 · 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Coney Hall Recreation Ground | 290 m | 25 |
| Golf | Langley Park Golf Club Clubhouse | 2.6 km | 15 |
| Swimming | New Addington Leisure Centre | 2.9 km | 10 |
| Bowls | Coney Hall Bowling Club | 450 m | 7 |
| Rugby union | Beccehamian Rugby Football Club | 730 m | 7 |
| Squash | Metropolitan Police Sports Club | 890 m | 7 |
| Football | The Warren Metropolitan Police Sports Club | 920 m | 7 |
| Rugby | Beccehamian Rugby Football Club - 1st XV Pitch | 660 m | 6 |
| Cricket | Roebucks Cricket Club | 1.5 km | 6 |
| Fitness | TB Gymfit | 2.7 km | 5 |
| Walking rugby | Beccehamian Rugby Football Club | 730 m | 2 |
| Yoga | Yoga Feeling | 1.6 km | 2 |
| Lawn bowls | Coney Hall Bowling Club | 450 m | 1 |
| Miniature golf | Enchanted Village Adventure Golf | 770 m | 1 |
| Netball | mutli-use sports court | 1.5 km | 1 |
| Gym | TB Gymfit | 2.7 km | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 25. 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: 45% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Hayes (Kent), a short drive or bike ride (1.5 km), with 940k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Sylvan Way / Layhams Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 30 minutes on weekdays (route 138); 20 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 18 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Wickham Common Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 63% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Pickhurst Infant Academy (1.7 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Hayes School, 1.7 km away; Attainment 8: 54.8 · 19.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Harris Academy Beckenham (4.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Newstead Wood School (4.8 km) and St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School (6.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 550 m away; Ingrams (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Addington Road Surgery (550 m), with Coney Hall Phcy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Crafty Barbers is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Princess Royal University Hospital, 3.6 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 52% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 66% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 24 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
Cacio e Pepe is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and The Rabbit Hole - Tap Room & Bar the nearest pub (500 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (11 of them).
It's a low-crime area: about 61 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 20 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 18% flats and 21% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 69% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Sparrows Den, 800 m away; for exercise, 2bx (1.6 km).
28 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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| St David's Prep |
|---|
| Independent |
| 2.3 km |
| – |
Every primary near BR4 9HA, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 15 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 27 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% 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.