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Thinking of living at BS27 3UR? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School | Primary | 1.7 km | – |
| St Lawrence's CofE Primary School | Primary | 1.8 km | – |
| Priddy Primary School | Primary | 4.0 km | – |
| Cheddar First School | Primary | 4.6 km | – |
| Wookey Primary School | Primary | 5.5 km | 38% met the expected standard |
| Fairlands Middle School | Secondary | 3.9 km | – |
| The Kings of Wessex Academy | Secondary | 4.2 km | Attainment 8: 48.7 · 10.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
Every primary near BS27 3UR, 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 | Robert Glanvile Playing Field | 1.6 km | 2 |
| Football | Cheddar FC, Bowdens Park | 3.8 km | 1 |
| Snooker | Cheddar Village Snooker Club | 4.2 km | 1 |
| Kickboxing | Somerset Freestyle Kickboxing | 4.2 km | 1 |
| Swimming | Kings Fitness And Leisure | 4.3 km | 1 |
| Mini golf | Cheddar Crazy Golf | 4.4 km | 1 |
| Horse riding | Eborlands Equestrian Centre | 4.9 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 Highbridge & Burnham-on-Sea, a drive away (17 km).
The nearest bus stop is Scaddens Lane, 150 m away, with a bus about every 50 minutes on weekdays (route 126); 2 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 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 Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School, a short drive or bike ride (1.7 km).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Fairlands Middle School, 3.9 km away.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 4.0 km away, with Warrens Fruit Farm closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Cheddar Medical Centre (4.1 km), with Tout'S Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (4.1 km).
For a haircut, Rebel Hairdressing is 4.2 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.
The Lodge is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and The Rodney Stoke Inn the nearest pub (250 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 nearest park is All Weather Pitch, 4.2 km away; for exercise, Wells Leisure Centre (6.3 km).
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.
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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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.