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Thinking of living at CM12 9JW? 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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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quilters Junior School | Primary | 600 m | 85% met the expected standard |
| Quilters Infant School | Primary | 600 m | – |
| Sunnymede Primary School | Primary | 950 m | 69% met the expected standard |
| South Green Junior School | Primary | 1.4 km | 46% met the expected standard |
| South Green Infant School | Primary | 1.5 km | – |
| Harris Academy Billericay | Secondary | 650 m | Attainment 8: 50 · 12.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Mayflower High School | Secondary | 1.7 km | Attainment 8: 47.6 · 10.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| De La Salle School | Secondary | 5.9 km | Attainment 8: 41.8 · 6.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St John's School | Independent | 800 m | 6.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Woodlands School Hutton Manor | Independent | 3.4 km | – |
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| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | Billericay School (Billericay Sports Centre) | 780 m | 11 |
| Swimming | Billericay Swimming Pool | 850 m | 6 |
| Football | Billericay Town Football Club | 1.1 km | 4 |
| Golf | The Burstead Golf Club | 2.0 km | 4 |
| Cricket | Billericay Cricket Club | 1.3 km | 3 |
| Multi-sport | Hannakins Farm Recreation Ground | 1.9 km | 1 |
| Paintball | Delta Force Paintball Essex | 2.4 km | 1 |
| Athletics | Woodlands School Hutton Manor | 3.4 km | 1 |
| Motor | High Speed Test Track | 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.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 48% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Billericay, a few minutes' walk (400 m), with 2.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Hillside Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (routes 300, 12, 9, 561); 28 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 41 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Quilters Junior School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 85% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Buttsbury Primary School (1.4 km).
The nearest secondary is Harris Academy Billericay, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 50 · 12.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (12.7 km) and Chelmsford County High School for Girls (13.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 200 m away, with Holland & Barrett closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Chapel Street Surgery (200 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (50 m).
For a haircut, Bull in a Barbershop is 250 m 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 26 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Sushi Yaa!/Sushi & Bento House/Kim-Bap Fusion is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Coach and Horses the nearest pub (50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
It's a low-crime area: about 63 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 32 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 14% flats and 35% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 111 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Festival Gardens, 300 m away; for exercise, Billericay Swimming Pool (850 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.5 µg/m³).
47 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, London Southend is 20 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 31 km.
Most households own their home, 13% 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.