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Thinking of living at BR7 5FR? 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.
The school, station, shops and GP are all within about a 15-minute walk.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill Primary School | Primary | 650 m | 73% met the expected standard |
| Elmstead Wood Primary School | Primary | 850 m | 68% met the expected standard |
| Montbelle Primary School | Primary | 1.0 km | 65% met the expected standard |
| Bullers Wood School | Secondary | 1.3 km | Attainment 8: 56.3 · 17.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Bullers Wood School for Boys | Secondary | 1.7 km | Attainment 8: 49 · 7.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Orion Coopers | Secondary | 2.0 km | Attainment 8: 48.5 · 10.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Babington House School | Independent | 450 m | 22.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Breaside Preparatory School | Independent | 1.9 km | – |
| St Olave's Prep School | Independent | 2.0 km | – |
Every primary near BR7 5FR, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Chislehurst Recreation Ground | 670 m | 37 |
| Swimming | Eric Liddell Sports Centre | 2.2 km | 18 |
| Golf | Chislehurst Golf Club | 1.3 km | 8 |
| Fitness | Bone's Gym | 1.1 km | 6 |
| Football | Artic Stadium (Cray Valley Paper Mills FC and Stansfeld FC) | 3.6 km | 6 |
| Cricket | Chislehurst and West Kent Cricket Club | 1.5 km | 5 |
| Bowls | Duke of Kent Court Bowls Club | 1.5 km | 5 |
| Squash | The Sundridge Park Club | 2.1 km | 5 |
| Athletics | St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School | 3.2 km | 3 |
| Rugby | Old Brockleians Rugby Club | 3.3 km | 2 |
| Pool | Eltham Terrace Club | 3.5 km | 2 |
| Snooker | Eltham Terrace Club | 3.5 km | 2 |
| Cycling | Hoblingwell Wood Recreation Ground | 3.7 km | 2 |
| Multi-sport | Colfe's Leisure Centre | 4.0 km | 2 |
| Yoga | Lite Up | 4.3 km | 2 |
| Exercise | Avoya Fitness | 3.1 km | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 28. 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: 60% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Elmstead Woods, about a 10-minute walk (750 m), with 927k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Bridge.
The nearest bus stop is Walden Road, 450 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (route 314).
Rail is a big part of life: 10% of workers commuted by train or Tube.
Central London is 17 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Red Hill Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 73% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St George's, Bickley, Church of England Primary School (1.7 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Bullers Wood School, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 56.3 · 17.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Bonus Pastor Catholic College (4.5 km) and Harris Academy Greenwich (4.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School (4.5 km) and Newstead Wood School (4.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 900 m away, with Sans Minimart closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is White Horse Hill (600 m), with Williams Lm (Chislehurst) the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Hill Tan is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Princess Royal University Hospital, 4.9 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: 9 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Coffee Haven is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Farmhouse Public House the nearest pub (850 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 42 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Much of it is protected: 50% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Chislehurst, Bickley Park).
There are 36 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 51% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
16 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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The nearest park is Walden Recreation Ground, 350 m away; for exercise, Bone's Gym (1.1 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 11 km away, and London Gatwick, with far more destinations, 33 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 53% 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.