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Thinking of living at BS23 3HB? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashcombe Primary School | Primary | 200 m | 55% met the expected standard |
| Christ Church Church of England Primary School | Primary | 700 m | 57% met the expected standard |
| Walliscote Primary School | Primary | 1.1 km | 49% met the expected standard |
| Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School | Primary | 1.3 km | 48% met the expected standard |
| Milton Park Primary School | Primary | 1.3 km | 54% met the expected standard |
| Hans Price Academy | Secondary | 950 m | Attainment 8: 47.6 · 10.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Winterstoke Hundred Academy | Secondary | 1.9 km | Attainment 8: 40.1 · 6.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Broadoak Academy | Secondary | 2.3 km | Attainment 8: 38.7 · 5.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near BS23 3HB, 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 | Ashcombe Park | 770 m | 7 |
| Bowls | Ashcombe Park Bowling Club | 780 m | 5 |
| Football | Wooden Kick Goal | 1.5 km | 4 |
| Swimming | Nuffield Health (Weston-Super-Mare) | 430 m | 3 |
| Golf | Worlebury Golf Club | 1.8 km | 3 |
| Squash | Hutton Moor Leisure Centre | 930 m | 2 |
| Rugby union | Weston-super-Mare RFC | 800 m | 1 |
| Rugby | Hornets Rugby Club | 1.1 km | 1 |
| Billiards | Monaco Karaoke Bar | 1.8 km | 1 |
| Bmx | Play and adventure area (Bike Park) | 1.8 km | 1 |
| Sailing | Weston Bay Yacht Club | 3.6 km | 1 |
| Croquet | Weston Super Mare Croquet Club | 4.2 km | 1 |
| Rc car | Mendip RC Raceway | 4.5 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 Weston-super-Mare, about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 1.0m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Bristol Temple Meads.
The nearest bus stop is Langford Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes X1, A3, X5, X11); 26 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 42 minutes away by public transport (30 by car).
The nearest primary school is Ashcombe Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 55% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Hans Price Academy, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 47.6 · 10.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Home Bargains, 550 m away, with Locking Road Stores closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is 168 Medical Group (350 m), with Magna Pharmacy 168 Medical the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Lucky Stevens Barbershop is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is UHBW Bristol Campus, 29 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 76 restaurants and cafés and 26 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing Gym is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Weston Aerobic Gymnastics Club the nearest pub (400 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (37 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 322 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 57% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Weston-super-Mare, Beach Lawns).
There are 19 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (60%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 62% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Ashcombe Park, 950 m away; for exercise, Hutton Moor Leisure Centre (900 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Brean, 4.0 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
34 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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For holidays, Bristol is 18 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 43% of households rent privately and 11% socially.
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.