Measuring the distances…
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Thinking of living at CM12 0PB? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttsbury Primary School | Primary | 450 m | 79% met the expected standard |
| Brightside Primary School | Primary | 950 m | 76% met the expected standard |
| Sunnymede Primary School | Primary | 1.8 km | 69% met the expected standard |
| Quilters Junior School | Primary | 2.0 km | 85% met the expected standard |
| Quilters Infant School | Primary | 2.0 km | – |
| Mayflower High School | Secondary | 700 m | Attainment 8: 47.6 · 10.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Harris Academy Billericay | Secondary | 2.1 km | Attainment 8: 50 · 12.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Anglo European School | Secondary | 4.5 km | Attainment 8: 55.6 · 16.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St John's School | Independent | 700 m | 6.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Woodlands School Hutton Manor | Independent | 3.7 km | – |
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| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Lake Meadows Park | 730 m | 13 |
| Swimming | First Strokes Swim School (Billericay) | 710 m | 6 |
| Golf | Stock Brook Country Club | 980 m | 5 |
| Football | Pitch 7 | 1.1 km | 4 |
| Cricket | Billericay Cricket Club | 2.3 km | 4 |
| Multi-sport | Hannakins Farm Recreation Ground | 1.1 km | 1 |
| Paintball | Delta Force Paintball Essex | 1.9 km | 1 |
| Athletics | Woodlands School Hutton Manor | 3.7 km | 1 |
| Bowls | Ingatestone Bowling Club | 4.2 km | 1 |
| Cycling | BMX Track | 4.6 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.
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 Billericay, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 2.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Buttsbury Infants School, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 561); 3 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 44 minutes away by public transport (19 by car).
Central London is 40 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Buttsbury Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 79% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Mayflower High School, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 47.6 · 10.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (12.1 km) and Chelmsford County High School for Girls (12.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 450 m away; Queens Park Stores (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Queens Park Surgery (450 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Bull in a Barbershop is 1.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Hospital, 18 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 68% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 4 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Cornerstone Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Forge Public House the nearest pub (450 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 42 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 12% flats and 26% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Lake Meadows, 500 m away; for exercise, Billericay Swimming Pool (700 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 21 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 30 km.
24 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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Most households own their home, 14% rent privately.
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.