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Thinking of living at CV1 2UE? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints Church of England Primary School | Primary | 450 m | 58% met the expected standard |
| Gosford Park Primary School | Primary | 1.0 km | 35% met the expected standard |
| Manor Park Primary School | Primary | 1.0 km | 83% met the expected standard |
| Southfields Primary School | Primary | 1.3 km | 71% met the expected standard |
| Howes Community Primary School | Primary | 1.6 km | 61% met the expected standard |
| Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College | Secondary | 700 m | Attainment 8: 51.2 · 11.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Sidney Stringer Academy | Secondary | 1.5 km | Attainment 8: 40.1 · 9.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Eden Girls' School, Coventry | Secondary | 1.6 km | Attainment 8: 62.6 · 29.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Meadow Park School | Secondary | 1.8 km | Attainment 8: 34.9 · 8.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Barr's Hill School | Secondary | 2.0 km | Attainment 8: 46.7 · 10.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| King Henry VIII School | Independent | 1000 m | 53.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Park View | Independent | 1.6 km | – |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls | War Memorial Park Crown Green Bowls Club | 1.3 km | 22 |
| Tennis | Tennis Courts | 630 m | 19 |
| Swimming | The Wave | 890 m | 11 |
| Golf | Hearsall Golf Clubhouse | 2.1 km | 6 |
| Squash | The Wave | 890 m | 5 |
| Rugby union | Nick Newbold Stadium (Coventry RFC) | 1.7 km | 5 |
| Cricket | Coventry & North Warwickshire Ground | 1.9 km | 4 |
| Fitness | Future Fitness | 1.0 km | 3 |
| Athletics | Meadow Park School | 1.8 km | 3 |
| Football | Coventry Sphinx F.C. | 2.1 km | 3 |
| Cycling | Alan Higgs Centre | 2.3 km | 3 |
| Ice skating | Planet Ice Coventry | 1.3 km | 1 |
| Ice hockey | Planet Ice Arena | 1.3 km | 1 |
| Multi-sport | Alan Higgs Sports Centre | 2.1 km | 1 |
| Skateboard | Alan Higgs Skatepark | 2.4 km | 1 |
| Weightlifting | Simply Gym | 3.8 km | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 19. 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 Coventry, about a 10-minute walk (750 m), with 6.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Thomas Lansdail Street, 150 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (routes 21, 21A, 21S); 50 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 7 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
56% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is All Saints Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 58% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Sidney Stringer Primary Academy (1.2 km).
The nearest secondary is Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 51.2 · 11.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Eden Girls' School, Coventry (0.9 km) and Barr's Hill School (1.1 km).
Few families with young children: only 7% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sarra Foods, 600 m away, with Coventry Central Stores closer still (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Poland Medical (550 m), with Cheylesmore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Kurdish Golden Scissors is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital, 5.3 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 61% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 59% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 162 restaurants and cafés and 25 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Grind & Grain also t/a Munch Lab Burgers is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Whitefriars Olde Alehouse the nearest pub (750 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (40 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 482 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 111 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (72%).
It's new: 75% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 198 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
29 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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| Pattison College | Independent | 1.7 km | 11.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
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Every primary near CV1 2UE, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
The nearest park is Charterhouse, 400 m away; for exercise, Coventry University Sports Centre (700 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 17 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 45% of households rent privately and 31% socially.
It's young: 62% of residents are aged 15–29.
This is a student area: 58% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 census, so expect shared houses, busy term times and quiet summers.
The nearest university is Coventry University, 1.0 km away (TEF Gold).
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.