Measuring the distances…
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Thinking of living at CM13 3PB? 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.
Most daily things are within reach on foot; the station and GP are further.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingrave Johnstone Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | 450 m | 72% met the expected standard |
| West Horndon Primary School | Primary | 2.7 km | 50% met the expected standard |
| Hogarth Primary School | Primary | 3.1 km | 65% met the expected standard |
| Warley Primary School | Primary | 3.4 km | 67% met the expected standard |
| Willowbrook Primary School | Primary | 3.8 km | 63% met the expected standard |
| St Martin's School Brentwood | Secondary | 2.8 km | Attainment 8: 45.9 · 5.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Brentwood County High School | Secondary | 3.5 km | Attainment 8: 43.2 · 8.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School | Secondary | 3.8 km | Attainment 8: 61 · 24.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Becket Keys Church of England Free School | Secondary | 4.6 km | Attainment 8: 56 · 18.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Shenfield High School | Secondary | 4.7 km | Attainment 8: 45.3 · 11.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Brentwood School | Independent | 3.6 km | 28.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Woodlands School Hutton Manor | Independent | 3.8 km |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | The Heron Country Club | 1.7 km | 12 |
| Golf | Thorndon Park Golf Club | 570 m | 8 |
| Cricket | Ingrave Common | 180 m | 7 |
| Swimming | Virgin Active (Clearview Brentwood) | 3.4 km | 7 |
| Football | Herongate Athletic FC | 870 m | 5 |
| Athletics | Brentwood School Sports Centre | 3.6 km | 2 |
| Motor | High Speed Test Track | 3.9 km | 2 |
| Bowls | Hutton Poplars Bowing Club | 3.9 km | 2 |
| Karting | Brentwood Karting | 3.6 km | 1 |
| Squash | Brentwood School Sports Centre | 3.6 km | 1 |
| Skiing | Brentwood Park Ski And Snowboard Centre | 3.7 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 West Horndon, a drive away (3.3 km), with 412k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Fenchurch Street.
The nearest bus stop is Thorndon Approach, 150 m away, with a bus about every 50 minutes on weekdays (routes 565, 49, 475, 481); 6 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 43 minutes away by public transport (18 by car).
Central London is 34 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Ingrave Johnstone Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 72% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St Martin's School Brentwood, 2.8 km away; Attainment 8: 45.9 · 5.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Costcutter, 50 m away; BP Ingrave SF Connect - M \& S Simply Food (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Beechwood Surgery (3.8 km), with Ingrave Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.2 km).
For a haircut, Blush Hair & Beauty is 2.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Hospital, 12 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: 6 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Thorndon Park Golf Club is the closest café or restaurant (1.0 km), and The Boars Head (Herongate) the nearest pub (500 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 43 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 11% flats and 33% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 23% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is The Green, 650 m away; for exercise, Courage Hall (3.6 km).
11 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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| Ursuline Preparatory School | Independent | 4.0 km | – |
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Every primary near CM13 3PB, 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.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London City is 23 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 33 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
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.