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Thinking of living at CM9 8PZ? 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 station, supermarket, GP are all over 1 km away.
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Totham Primary School | Primary | 450 m | 82% met the expected standard |
| Heybridge Primary School | Primary | 3.3 km | 64% met the expected standard |
| Howbridge Church of England Junior School | Primary | 4.0 km | 51% met the expected standard |
| Howbridge Infant School | Primary | 4.1 km | – |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | Primary | 4.4 km | 70% met the expected standard |
| Lift Maltings | Secondary | 4.5 km | Attainment 8: 39.9 · 4.8% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Plume School | Secondary | 4.8 km | Attainment 8: 42.9 · 7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Maldon Court Preparatory School | Independent | 4.4 km | – |
| Woodend Farm School | Independent | 5.3 km | – |
Every primary near CM9 8PZ, 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 | Wickham Bishops Playing Field | 980 m | 4 |
| Swimming | Forrester Park Golf Club | 1.4 km | 3 |
| Golf | Forrester Park Golf Club | 1.4 km | 3 |
| Sailing | Millbeach Marine Club | 4.5 km | 2 |
| Cricket | Witham Hockey and Cricket Club | 4.1 km | 1 |
| Pool | Shots Pool Club | 4.4 km | 1 |
| Multi-sport | Witham Leisure Centre | 4.5 km | 1 |
| Squash | Witham Leisure Centre | 4.5 km | 1 |
| Bowls | Witham Bowls Club | 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.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 42% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Witham (Essex), a drive away (4.9 km), with 1.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Barn Church, 100 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (routes 90, PL2); 20 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 41 minutes away by public transport (16 by car).
Central London is 62 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 6% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Great Totham Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 82% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Lift Maltings, 4.5 km away; Attainment 8: 39.9 · 4.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Chelmsford County High School for Girls (14.1 km) and King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (14.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Iceland, 1.6 km away, with Totham Community Store closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Goldring House Surgery (3.3 km), with Heybridge Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (3.5 km).
For a haircut, Wickham Barbers is 1.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Colchester General Hospital, 23 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 59% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 61% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 12 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Mrs Salisbury's Of Wickham Bishops is the closest café or restaurant (1.1 km), and Prince Of Wales the nearest pub (150 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 320 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 68% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 20% of homes are bungalows.
8 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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It's growing: about 367 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is The Pit, 400 m away; for exercise, Benton Hall Golf & Country Club (3.1 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Southend is 21 km away, and London Stansted, with far more destinations, 33 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 51% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 28% are 65 or over.
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.